25 Backend Software Engineering jobs in Los Angeles.

Hiring now: Sr Software Engr Api Secu @ The Trade , Software Engr Backend @ Northwood , Software Engr Recommendat @ Whatnot, Sr Golang Engr @ All In Bit, Lead Software Engr Observ @ Splunk, Sr Software Engr Backend @ First Reso, Sr Software Engr @ Telgorithm, Sr Or Staff Backend Softw @ Calm, Sr Software Engr Backend @ Freeform, Sr Software Engr Backend @ Coco.Explore more at jobswithgpt.com.

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distributed systems (10) Kubernetes (9) software development (7) Python (5) machine learning (5) Golang (5) backend services (3) APIs (3) security (3) Java (3)

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Los Angeles (19) Pasadena (2) Santa Monica (2) Irvine (1) Torrance (1)
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The Trade Desk

Senior Software Engineer, API, Security & Identity Irvine
Skills & Focus: backend services, APIs, security, identity solutions, authentication, scalable architecture, TypeScript, Java, Python, PostgreSQL
About the Company: The Trade Desk is a global technology company with a mission to create a better, more open internet for everyone through principled, intelligent advertising.
Experience: 6+ years of backend experience
Salary: $123,900—$227,200 USD
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Comprehensive healthcare, retirement benefits (401k), short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, we…

Northwood Space

Software Engineer - Backend Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: Distributed Systems, data and control plane, scalable systems, cloud environments, Telemetry, Tracking, Control, data processing pipelines, network programming, high-performance computing
About the Company: Northwood is on a mission to transform connectivity between earth and space and bring the benefits of space to the masses through innovations in space communic…
Experience: 6+ years of professional software development experience
Type: Full time
Benefits: equity, health care, unlimited vacation, retirement savings and professional development, company stock, stock options,…

Whatnot

Software Engineer, Recommendation Systems Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: livestream shopping, recommendation systems, scalable solutions, backend engineer, machine learning, cloud computing, low latency, consumer scale data, remote co-located team, ecommerce
About the Company: Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re building the future of ec…
Experience: 5+ years
Salary: $185,000 - $245,000/year
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays, Health Insurance options, Work From Home Support, Retirement and Pe…
Software Engineer of Data Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: API-driven applications, distributed systems, cloud data stores, streaming data systems, real-time processing pipelines, operational systems management, AWS or Google Cloud, infrastructure-as-code, programming language (Python), software design principles
About the Company: Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re re-defining e-commerce by…
Experience: 3+ years
Salary: $158,000/year to $245,000/year + benefits + equity
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Flexible time off policy, Health insurance options (Medical, Dental, Vision), Home office setup allowance, Care benefit…

All In Bits

Senior Golang Engineer Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: Golang, blockchain, software development, scalability, performance, cross-functional teams, code quality, mentorship, open-source, distributed systems
About the Company: All in Bits (AiB) works to create a more transparent and accountable world through open-source software enabling permissionless innovation and borderless trans…
Experience: 5+ years of software development experience
Salary: $150K – $200K
Type: Full time

Splunk

Lead Software Engineer - Observability Infrastructure Monitoring Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: Observability, Infrastructure Monitoring, Golang, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Microservices, Cloud Native, Kubernetes, Distributed Systems
About the Company: Splunk helps security, IT and DevOps teams keep their organizations securely up and running.
Type: Full-time

First Resonance

Senior Software Engineer (Backend) Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: GraphQL, relational databases, Postgres, APIs, Git, JWT, unit testing, SaaS, distributed architectures, Agile
About the Company: First Resonance accelerates the speed and reliability of hardware development for companies manufacturing the next generation of hardware products. This includ…
Experience: 6+ years of relevant technical experience
Salary: $145K – $165K
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Health Insurance; medical, vision, dental, & life insurance; Unlimited PTO; Paid Parental Leave; Employee Compensation …

Telgorithm

Senior Software Engineer Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: 10DLC, messaging API, software development, web services, asynchronous programming, distributed systems, event-driven systems, Domain Driven Design, performance code, security
About the Company: Telgorithm is a cutting edge messaging API provider specializing in 10DLC text messaging, enabling software providers to send high-volume business text message…
Experience: Hands-on experience in web services development with ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core, SQL databases (Microsoft SQL, Postgres), message brokers (RabbitMQ)
Type: Contract
Benefits: Fully remote work arrangement; Flexible time off including paid vacation and sick leave; Employee stock options

The Trade Desk

Senior Software Engineer, API, Security & Identity Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: API, security, identity solutions, authentication, backend systems, observability, TypeScript, Java, Python, PostgreSQL
About the Company: The Trade Desk is a global technology company with a mission to create a better, more open internet for everyone through principled, intelligent advertising. H…
Experience: 6+ years
Salary: $123,900—$227,200 USD
Type: Full-time
Benefits: comprehensive healthcare, retirement benefits such as a 401k plan and company match, short and long-term disability cov…

Whatnot

Software Engineer of Data Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: cloud data stores, distributed systems, real-time processing pipelines, stream processing, AWS, Google Cloud, API-driven applications, monitoring, alerting, incident management
About the Company: Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re re-defining e-commerce by…
Experience: 3+ years
Salary: $158,000/year to $245,000/year
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Flexible Time off Policy, Health Insurance options, Work From Home Support, Care benefits, Retirement plans, Monthly al…

Calm

Senior or Staff Backend Software Engineer Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: Backend Systems, JavaScript, Typescript, GoLang, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, GCP, Microservices
About the Company: Calm is on a mission to support everyone on every step of their mental health journey. With the #1 app for sleep, meditation and relaxation as well as a growin…
Experience: 8+ years for Senior, 12+ years for Staff
Salary: $159,000 - $259,700
Type: Remote
Benefits: Equity + comprehensive benefits + 401k + flexible time off.

Freeform

Senior Software Engineer (Backend) Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: backend software, data pipeline, machine learning, sensor data, software development, production code, unit test, scalable software, API, big data
About the Company: Freeform is deploying software-defined, autonomous metal 3D printing factories around the world, bringing the scalability of software to physical production. O…
Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in software development.

Calm

Senior or Staff Backend Software Engineer Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: backend systems, scalable, secure, REST API, microservices, Javascript/Typescript, GoLang, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS
About the Company: Calm is on a mission to support everyone on every step of their mental health journey. With the #1 app for sleep, meditation and relaxation as well as a growin…
Experience: 8+ years for Senior; 12+ years for Staff
Salary: $159,000 - $259,700
Type: Remote
Benefits: equity + comprehensive benefits + 401k + flexible time off

Northwood Space

Tech Lead - Platform (Backend Engineer) Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: cloud-based services, APIs, distributed systems, resource allocation, scheduling, billing systems, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, satellite communications, event-driven architectures
About the Company: Northwood is on a mission to transform connectivity between earth and space and bring the benefits of space to the masses through innovations in space communic…
Experience: 6+ years of professional software development experience; 3+ years building and scaling cloud-based services and APIs in production environments
Type: Full time
Benefits: Northwood offers long term incentives such as company stock, stock options, cash awards, discretionary bonus for perfor…

Coco

Senior Software Engineer, Backend Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: Golang, Typescript, Postgres, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Kubernetes, Terraform, Datadog, software development, backend services
About the Company: Coco is dedicated to perfecting the last-mile delivery experience through robotics, operating hundreds of sidewalk robots and committed to creating a sustainab…
Experience: 3+ years with Go; Strong SQL database fundamentals; 3+ years architecting business-critical services.
Salary: $175K – $230K
Type: Full-time

Northwoodspace

Software Engineer – General (new grad / early career) Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: software development, distributed systems, cloud computing, API development, high-throughput, data pipelines, monitoring solutions, automation, network programming, FPGA programming
About the Company: Northwood is on a mission to transform connectivity between Earth and space, bringing the benefits of space to the masses through innovations in space communic…
Experience: 1+ years of professional software development experience
Type: Full time
Benefits: Compensation includes equity, healthcare, unlimited vacation, retirement savings, and professional development opportun…

Sleeper

Backend Engineer Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: multi-player games, messaging, scalable solutions, Elixir, ScyllaDB, distributed systems, infrastructure, practical decisions, ambiguity, ErlangVM
About the Company: A rapidly growing platform for sports fans with messaging at its core.
Experience: 3+ years of engineering experience
Salary: 150K - 225K

Raya

Senior Engineering Manager Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: Senior Engineering Manager, Node.js, Golang, cloud architectures, project management, distributed systems, software development, team leadership, business impact, membership-based community
About the Company: Raya is a technology company focused on providing utility through a membership-based app for discovery and access to exciting people, events, opportunities, an…
Experience: At least 4 years in managing software development teams
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, $50 a day food delivery budget, equity based employment, great culture, lear…

Whatnot

Backend Engineer Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: Logistics, software engineering, Python, Elixir, JavaScript, problem solver, global carrier integrations, shipping experience, payment systems, high-growth company
About the Company: Whatnot is the largest livestream shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. We’re re-defining e-commerce by…
Experience: 5+ years of software engineering experience
Salary: $185,000/year to $205,000/year
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Flexible Time off Policy, Health Insurance options, Work From Home Support, Care benefits, Retirement 401k offering, Mo…

Metropolis

Senior Software Engineer, Backend Los Angeles
Skills & Focus: Java, Scala, gRPC, Protocol Buffers, Redis, MySQL, Kubernetes, Kafka, microservices, real-time data processing
About the Company: Metropolis is an artificial intelligence company that uses computer vision technology to enable frictionless, checkout-free experiences in the real world. Toda…
Experience: 8 years of experience in backend development, preferably within platform or core services.
Type: Full-time

Primer

Staff Software Engineer Pasadena
Skills & Focus: natural language processing, machine learning, cloud provider, data ingestion, containerization, Kubernetes, real-time systems, Python, Golang, agile environment
About the Company: Primer exists to make the world a safer place by providing trusted decision-ready AI to the world's most critical organizations. Our software enables leaders, …
Experience: 5+ years of shipping production grade software
Salary: US$170,000 to US$240,000
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits including full medical, dental, and vision coverage, fertility bene…
Senior Software Engineer Pasadena
Skills & Focus: Python, Object-Oriented language, Flask, ElasticSearch, PostgreSQL, Redis, data ingestion, natural language processing, machine learning, agile environment
About the Company: Primer exists to make the world a safer place by providing trusted decision-ready AI to the world's most critical organizations.
Experience: 5+ years of shipping production grade software
Salary: US $160,000 to US $230,000
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits including full medical, dental, and vision coverage, fertility bene…

Snap Inc

Software Engineer, Spam & Abuse Santa Monica
Skills & Focus: backend services, distributed systems, spam prevention, abuse detection, big data processing, machine learning, Kubernetes, NoSQL, cloud services, programming in Golang or Java
About the Company: Snap Inc is a technology company that believes the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to…
Experience: 6+ years of software development experience
Salary: $178,000-$313,000 annually
Type: Full time
Benefits: Paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation pac…

Ziprecruiter

Software Engineer Santa Monica
Skills & Focus: software development, cloud-based technologies, Kubernetes, data processing, ML infrastructure, distributed systems, programming languages, coding, algorithms, data structures
About the Company: ZipRecruiter is a leading online employment marketplace. Powered by AI-driven smart matching technology, the company actively connects millions of all-sized bu…
Experience: 5+ years of experience in software development
Salary: $105,000-$145,000
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Competitive compensation, Exceptional benefits package, Flexible Vacation & Paid Time Off, Employer-matched 401(k) plan

Arc Boat Company

Senior Backend Software Developer Torrance
Skills & Focus: backend systems, data pipelines, cloud resources, API design, microservices, DevOps, architecture, software engineering, telemetry data, manufacturing processes
About the Company: We're building electric water sport boats to provide a better alternative to gas-powered boats, focusing on technology and clean energy.
Experience: At least 5 years of industry experience
Salary: $160,000 - $220,000
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Semi-annual bonuses, equity stake, nearly free health insurance, 401k access, parental leave, daily lunches, snacks.