Last updated: 2025-05-22

35 Backend Engineer jobs in Boston.

Hiring now: Software Engr Full Stackb @ Reframe Sy, Cnet Dev @ Rockstar G, Software Dev Backend @ Harvard Bu, Software Engr @ Klaviyo, Staff Software Engr @ Chewy, Sr Software Engr @ Watershed, Software Engr Demand Tech @ Magnite, Software Engr Ii @ Cargurus, Sr Software Engr Distribu @ Datadog, Sr Software Engr @ Simplisafe.Explore more at at kaamvaam.com

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distributed systems (12) AWS (10) Java (9) Python (9) microservices (6) software engineering (6) software development (5) Kubernetes (5) RESTful APIs (4) collaboration (4)

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Boston (28) Cambridge (3) North Andover (2) Lexington (1) Peabody (1)
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Reframe Systems

Software Engineer - Full Stack/Backend North Andover
Skills & Focus: full-stack development, data pipelines, cloud-native services, IoT devices, manufacturing operations, scalable backend solutions, collaborative teamwork, professional engineering best practices, continuous integration, data analysis
About the Company: Reframe Systems is on a mission to build fast, cost-efficient, and climate-resilient homes for everyone. Through our modular building platform and highly autom…
Experience: Demonstrated ability to deliver production-ready code at scale, under tight timelines.
Type: Full-time

Rockstar Games

C#/.NET Developer North Andover
Skills & Focus: C#, C++, scalable systems, distributed systems, API design, web services, Windows Server, SQL server, IIS, database development
About the Company: At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences.
Experience: Minimum 6+ years of experience developing scalable distributed systems.
Type: Full-time

Harvard Business Publishing

Software Developer - Backend Boston
Skills & Focus: software development, Java, RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, agile, clean code, databases, cloud, AWS, collaboration
About the Company: Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) – the leading destination for innovative management thinking. We reach lifelong learners to improve the practice of managemen…
Experience: 2-4 years of experience as a hands-on software developer
Salary: $110,000K - $120,000
Benefits: competitive compensation and benefits package, education reimbursement, early-release Summer Fridays

Klaviyo

Software Engineer Boston
Skills & Focus: Python, AWS, software development, big data, SQL, Kafka, Django, mentoring, Terraform, distributed systems
About the Company: Klaviyo empowers creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable for personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond.
Experience: 6 plus years of experience in software development life cycle.
Salary: $152,000 - $228,000 USD
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Total compensation package including participation in the company’s annual cash bonus plan, variable compensation, equi…

Chewy

Staff Software Engineer Boston
Skills & Focus: architecture, microservices, distributed systems, scaling, deployment, cloud services, Java, Spring Boot, high-volume transactions, team leadership
About the Company: A Fortune 500 industry leader in pet products and e-commerce.
Experience: 10+ years of software engineering experience

Watershed

Senior Software Engineer Boston
Skills & Focus: Software Engineer, Omics Research, Cloud Data Lab, Python, JavaScript, RESTful APIs, Bioinformatics, Data Analysis, System Design, Enterprise Research
About the Company: Watershed is focused on becoming the leading biocomputing platform, enhancing digital drug discovery through big data analysis. The company aims to enable scie…
Experience: 3-6 years
Benefits: Equal-opportunity employer, commitment to diversity

Magnite

Software Engineer- Demand Tech Boston
Skills & Focus: software development, distributed systems, data analysis, mathematical algorithms, high-performance software, low-latency software, traffic optimisation, Scala, Spark, Kubernetes
About the Company: Magnite (NASDAQ: MGNI) is the world’s largest independent sell-side advertising platform. Publishers use our technology to monetize their content across all sc…
Experience: 2+ years of software development experience
Salary: $125,000 - $145,000
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Superb Healthcare Coverage, Generous Time Off, Holiday Breaks, Summer Fridays, Parental Leave, 401k Retirement Savings …

Klaviyo

Software Engineer Boston
Skills & Focus: Python, Django, AWS, MySQL, Kafka, Linux, distributed systems, OLTP, data processing, technical mentorship
About the Company: Klaviyo empowers creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before.
Experience: 7+ years of experience in a software engineering discipline
Salary: $152,000 - $228,000 USD
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Participation in annual cash bonus plan, variable compensation, equity, sign-on payments, and comprehensive health, wel…

Cargurus

Software Engineer II Boston
Skills & Focus: Software Engineer, Java, concurrency, multi-threading, web applications, event driven architecture, data structures, algorithms, performance optimization, NoSQL
About the Company: At CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG), our mission is to give people the power to reach their destination. We started as a small team of developers determined to bring tr…
Experience: Experience with concurrency, multi-threading, web applications and event driven architectures.
Type: Full-time
Benefits: best-in-class benefits and compensation, including equity for all employees, a flexible hybrid model, robust time off p…

Datadog

Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems Boston
Skills & Focus: Distributed Systems, Go, Java, Rust, C++, Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, fault-tolerant
About the Company: Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve …
Experience: significant backend programming experience in one or more languages (Go, Java, Rust, C++)
Salary: $130,000 — $300,000 USD
Type: Full-time
Benefits: New hire stock equity (RSUs), employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Continuous professional development, competitive glo…
Software Engineer - Authorization & Access Management Boston
Skills & Focus: Authorization, Access Management, distributed systems, Go, Python, code simplicity, performance, architecture, low latency, user experience
About the Company: Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve …
Experience: 3+ years
Salary: $130,000 — $300,000 USD
Benefits: healthcare, dental, parental planning, mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimburs…

Simplisafe

Senior Software Engineer Boston
Skills & Focus: software design, backend, customer identity, access management, scalable applications, web services, CIAM, DevOps, Nodejs, Rust
About the Company: We’re a high-tech home security company that’s passionate about protecting the life you’ve built and our mission of keeping Every Home Secure. We’ve created a …
Experience: Experience shipping complex, highly scalable applications
Type: Hybrid
Benefits: A comprehensive total rewards package that supports your wellness and provides security for SimpliSafers and their fami…

Snyk

Software Engineer Boston
Skills & Focus: software engineering, high-performance, scalable services, design, testing, microservice, APIs, automation, mentorship, collaboration
About the Company: Snyk is a developer security platform that makes it easy for development teams to find, prioritize, and fix security vulnerabilities in code, dependencies, con…
Experience: At least 5 years of commercial experience as a Software Engineer.
Benefits: Flexible working hours, generous vacation, wellness time off, health benefits, life insurance, disability benefits, and…

Klaviyo

Software Engineer Boston
Skills & Focus: software engineering, distributed systems, cloud computing, data processing, database schema design, operation, MySQL, Python, AWS, technical mentorship
About the Company: Klaviyo empowers creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable. They are committed to providing a collaborative work envir…
Experience: 7+ years of experience in a software engineering discipline
Salary: $152,000 - $228,000 USD
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Total compensation package may include participation in the company’s annual cash bonus plan, variable compensation, eq…

Datadog

Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems (Event Platform) Boston
Skills & Focus: distributed systems, high availability, low latency, Java, Go, Python, Kafka, Redis, Cassandra, Elasticsearch
About the Company: Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve …
Experience: Experience with one or more programming languages (Go, Java, Rust, C++, Python). Experience building storage engines, datastores and/or high scale Distributed Systems.
Salary: $200,000 — $240,000 USD
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Free global mental health benefit, generous global benefits including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental…

Simplisafe

Backend/Platform Software Engineer Boston
Skills & Focus: Data Platform, Data Platform Team, building SimpliSafe's Data Platform, analyzing data, design, implement, test, deploy, monitor, support
About the Company: We’re a high-tech home security company that’s passionate about protecting the life you’ve built and our mission of keeping Every Home Secure.

Datadog

Staff Software Engineer - Metrics Query Boston
Skills & Focus: Metrics Query, observability, time series data, query systems, APIs, engineering, data platforms, system design, collaboration, cloud technology
About the Company: Datadog is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in t…
Experience: 10+ years of relevant engineering experience
Salary: $234,000 — $300,000 USD
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Healthcare, dental, parental planning, mental health benefits, 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursem…

Material Bank

Search Engineer Boston
Skills & Focus: Search engine technologies, Elastic Search, Open Search, Lucene, machine learning, database ERD designs, PostgresSQL, algorithm design, Golang, recommendation systems
About the Company: Material Bank is the world’s largest material marketplace for the architecture and design industry, providing the fastest and most powerful way to search and s…
Experience: 5+ years
Benefits: Flexible PTO, Sick Days, Paid National Holidays, and health benefits including medical, dental, vision, and short-term/…

Cargurus

Software Engineer II Boston
Skills & Focus: Java, PostgreSQL, Data structures, Algorithms, Performance optimization, Caching strategies, Elasticsearch, Ruby, Collaboration, Production support
About the Company: At CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG), our mission is to give people the power to reach their destination. We started as a small team of developers determined to bring tr…
Experience: 3-5 years of development experience
Benefits: best-in-class benefits and compensation, including equity for all employees, career development programs, flexible hybr…

Klaviyo

Lead Software Engineer Boston
Skills & Focus: Python, Django, FastAPI, GRPC, Apache Kafka, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
About the Company: At Klaviyo, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives each Klaviyo (we call ourselves Klaviyos) brings to our workplace each and every day.
Experience: 10+ years of experience in a software engineering discipline, at least 3 plus years as a tech lead
Salary: $188,000 – $282,000 USD
Type: Full-time
Benefits: medical, dental and vision coverage, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k), flexible paid time of…

Boston Red Sox And Fenway Sports Management

Backend/API Engineer Boston
Skills & Focus: API, GraphQL, Azure Functions, Python, Serverless, Data pipelines, Data sources, Backend systems, API security, Collaboration
Type: Full-time

Suno

Software Engineer Boston
Skills & Focus: backend, full-stack, software engineering, Python, Django, React, databases, Postgres, Redis, distributed systems
About the Company: At Suno, we are building a future where anyone can make music. You can make a song for any moment with just a few short words. Award-winning artists use Suno, …
Experience: 3-5 years
Salary: $130,000 - $180,000
Type: Full time
Benefits: Healthcare for you and your dependents, with vision and dental, 401k with match, Generous commuter benefit, Flexible PTO

Cargurus

Senior Software Engineer Boston
Skills & Focus: Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Kubernetes, microservices, backend, UI performance, software engineering, developer tooling, architectural improvements
About the Company: At CarGurus, our mission is to give people the power to reach their destination. CarGurus is the largest and fastest-growing automotive marketplace, and we’ve …
Experience: Five or more years hands-on software design and development experience with at least 2 years of Java
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Best-in-class benefits and compensation, including equity for all employees, flexible hybrid model, robust time off pol…

Chewy

Staff Software Engineer Boston
Skills & Focus: software engineering, architecture, development, testing, implementation, microservices, distributed systems, RESTful APIs, e-commerce, cloud services
About the Company: Chewy is an innovative Fortune 500 industry leader on a mission to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners everywhere.
Experience: Minimum 10+ years of software engineering experience

Simplisafe

Software Engineer II Boston
Skills & Focus: software, cloud-based, backend systems, AWS, Agile, performance optimization, real-time control, high-quality software, reliability, distributed systems
About the Company: We’re a high-tech home security company that’s passionate about protecting the life you’ve built and our mission of keeping Every Home Secure.
Type: Hybrid
Benefits: A comprehensive total rewards package that supports your wellness and provides security for SimpliSafers and their fami…

Veeva Systems

Senior Software Engineer Boston
Skills & Focus: cloud technologies, open source technologies, enterprise applications, clinical trials, regulatory compliance, distributed systems, secure systems, database replication, backend services, massive scalability
About the Company: Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the…
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Flexible work environment, work from home or in the office

Whoop

Backend Software Engineer Boston
Skills & Focus: Backend, Software Engineer, systems, app functionality, automate, data workflows, actionable insights, hardware, data science, fault-tolerant
About the Company: WHOOP empowers members to perform at a higher level through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives.

Via

Sr Software Developer Boston
Skills & Focus: Senior Software Engineer, Web3 technologies, secure solutions, privacy-preserving, innovative, microservices, reliability, performance, trust, high-quality software
About the Company: VIA is focused on driving the development of secure, privacy-preserving solutions leveraging advanced Web3 technologies.

Axon

Staff Software Engineer Boston
Skills & Focus: software engineering, cloud technology, system design, collaboration, mentoring, technical strategy, high-availability, scalability, microservices, customer-obsession
About the Company: At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and clou…
Experience: 10+ years of experience in software engineering
Salary: USD 171,000 - USD 273,600
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Competitive salary and 401k with employer match; Discretionary paid time off; Paid parental leave for all; Medical, Den…

Simplisafe

Staff Software Engineer - Enterprise Information Systems Boston
Skills & Focus: e-commerce, API, backend services, microservices, AWS, React, REST, GraphQL, CI/CD, scalability
About the Company: We’re a high-tech home security company that’s passionate about protecting the life you’ve built and our mission of keeping Every Home Secure. And we’ve create…
Experience: 7+ years of industry experience

Kayak

Java Backend Developer Cambridge
Skills & Focus: Java, backend, API, MySQL, XML, JSON, agile, performance, scalable, Spring
About the Company: KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is the world’s leading travel search engine, helping people find flights, stays, rental cars, and vacation pack…
Experience: Proven software engineer with backend experience
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year; company-paid therapy sessions; paid parental leave; generous pa…

Philo

Backend Software Engineering Manager (Billing Engineer) Cambridge
Skills & Focus: software development, technical leadership, billing system, payment performance, data analysis, Kubernetes, cloud computing, Ruby/Rails, JavaScript/TypeScript, subscription management
About the Company: Philo is a technology and product company focused on building an innovative television experience by leveraging modern technology and cloud delivery.
Experience: 8+ years of software development experience, 2+ years of software engineering management experience.
Salary: $162K - $210K
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Full health, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) plan, flexible working hours, paid parental leave, unlimited paid time…

Isee

Backend Engineer Cambridge
Skills & Focus: APIs, web applications, requirements gathering, Prototyping, data services, development timelines, feature requests, testing code, AWS, Kubernetes
Experience: At least 5 years of relevant full-time work experience
Type: Full-time

Rakuten Rewards

Backend Developer Lexington
Skills & Focus: Java, Node.js, RESTful APIs, OOP, Cloud platforms, AWS, Database technologies, Service-oriented architecture, CI/CD pipelines, Frontend JavaScript Frameworks
About the Company: Rakuten International oversees 7 businesses with over 4,000 employees globally. The brand is recognized for its leadership and innovation in e-commerce, digita…
Experience: 2+ years of production-level application development experience
Salary: USD $96,442.50 - $163,680.00 annually
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Discretionary bonus, health, vision, dental insurance, 401k matching, PTO, Volunteer Time Off (VTO), and other employee…

Johnson & Johnson

Software Engineer II Peabody
Skills & Focus: software development, algorithm design, cloud solutions, data storage, medical applications, AI models, UI development, code quality, secure software, data integration
Experience: 2 years in Software Engineer II-related occupation or related field
Salary: $115,000 - $135,000
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Comprehensive employee benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, retirement plan…