ROLE MANDATE Build the backend services, APIs and orchestration layer behind the Sales Command Center. The role sits between the web... ...enterprise platforms. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES * Design and develop backend services…
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Backend Developer jobs in Austin, TX
Backend developers build the server-side logic, APIs, and data layers that applications run on. The job is designing services that stay correct, fast, and secure as usage grows.
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$37–$96/hr
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seeking a Director of Frontend Engineering to lead and evolve a high-performing team focused on frontend platforms, accessibility, developer tooling, shared services, and monorepo management. The ideal candidate combines…
Your OpportunityAt Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thinking meets creative problem‑solving as we challenge the status quo and build technology that helps people plan, save, inv…
practical experience.Preferred QualificationsExperience building and maintaining a medium-to-large website in production.Node.js and backend/ API experience, including data modeling and deployment pipelines.Experience wi…
Angular, React and Typescript and are powered by highly performant backend distributed systems. The Engineers will be working closely with... ...scalable applications. Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain robu…
Job-ID29316181Reference26-26263**Onsite 4 days weekly in Austin, TX** The Senior .NET/C# Developer, with skills equivalent to 6-10 years in a comparable position, will serve as a hands-on lead developer in a dynamic, fas…
$120k - $135k
to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential. Job Title: Windchill Backend Developer Location: 100% Remote (U.S.) Position Type: Full-time, Direct W2 Salary Range: $1…
You enjoy mentoring and providing support for less experienced developers. You've thrived in many different environments and realize... ...work will focus on building web technologies, both frontend and backend. You’ll w…
$115k - $175k
organization offering tremendous career growth potential. Job Title: Backend Software Engineer Location: 100% Remote (U.S.) Position... ...with strong platform-engineering instincts, values internal developer experience…
We are seeking a Full Stack Developer to build, enhance, and maintain customer-facing web applications. The ideal candidate will have strong experience across both front-end and back-end development using C#, ASP.NET, An…
We are looking for an experienced Java Full Stack Engineer with 5+ years of hands-on experience in designing, developing, and supporting scalable enterprise applications using Java and AWS technologies. Must-Have Skills…
$60 - $70 per hour
Responsibilities Develop full-stack applications using JavaScript, React, and Golang. Design, build, and optimize APIs, microservices... ...full-stack development experience with a 50/50 frontend and backend focus. ~ Adv…
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What backend developers earn in Austin
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $37–$50 | $76k–$105k |
| Mid level | $50–$73 | $105k–$152k |
| Senior | $71–$96 | $147k–$200k |
Adjusted for the Austin market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
A server language (Java, Go, Python, C#)API design (REST, gRPC)SQL and schema designCaching and queuesAuthentication and securityDistributed systems basicsDocker and CI/CDObservability and logging
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
Design an API for a feature like comments or notifications.
Clarify requirements, then cover endpoints, data model, pagination, and error handling. Mentioning versioning and rate limits shows production experience.
How would you find and fix a slow database query?
Walk through reading the query plan, checking indexes, and considering caching or denormalization. Ground it in a query you actually fixed.
How do you keep two services consistent when both need to update data?
Discuss transactions, idempotency, and eventual consistency with outbox or saga patterns. Acknowledge tradeoffs rather than promising perfect consistency.
What do you monitor on a service you own?
Name the basics — latency, error rate, saturation — plus business-level signals. Bonus points for talking about alerts you tuned to reduce noise.
Tell me about a production incident you handled.
Structure it: detection, mitigation, root cause, prevention. Emphasize what changed afterward, not just the firefight.
How do you approach securing an API?
Cover authentication, authorization, input validation, and secrets handling. Naming OWASP-style risks concretely is enough; you are not expected to be a security engineer.
When would you choose a message queue over a direct call?
Talk about decoupling, retries, and absorbing spikes, and be honest about the added complexity of async debugging.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For backend developers specifically — generic advice costs you here
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State scale where you can: requests per second, data volume, or number of services — it is the fastest way to signal seniority.
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Name the databases and infrastructure you ran in production, not just languages.
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Describe reliability work — migrations without downtime, incident reduction, test coverage on critical paths.
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If you designed an API others consume, say so and note how many teams or clients depend on it.
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Avoid listing every framework you have touched; two stacks with depth read better than eight without.
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Where this role goes
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