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year Requirements: We are looking for a candidate with a bachelors degree. We need at least 5 years of Java development and backend engineering experience, ideally 7–10+ years. Experience in ecommerce is a strong advanta…
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Backend Developer jobs in Charlotte, NC
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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$34–$89/hr
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$120k
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now.We are currently seeking a Senior Full Stack Java / Angular Developer (FTE / Hybrid) to join our team in Charlotte, North Carolina (... ...enterprise web applications using Angular (65-75%) and Java-based backend ser…
Role: Senior Java Backend Developer Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid) Type: Contract Day-to-Day Job Duties: Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications using Java and Spring Boot. Develop and integrate RES…
$65 per hour
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normalization. Key responsibilities include: - Conducting advanced data profiling and reconciliation of large datasets using SQL and backend systems (not limited to basic Excel extracts). - Translating complex data findi…
$96.8k - $145.2k
organization, apply now.We are currently seeking a Senior Java Developer - Treasury Technology (FTE / Hybrid) to join our team in Charlotte... ..., and support enterprise applications using Java and related backend techn…
Job-ID29134877Reference26-23816Remote50% Remote We are seeking an experienced Ab Initio Developer / ETL Developer to support a large-scale Consumer Banking and Credit Services modernization initiative. The role will focu…
features into functional and nonfunctional user stories for technology, and Data science teams Identify all components required (UI, Backend, Gen AI) to implement a feature Craft clear concise and actionable user stories…
$171.6k - $338.3k
technical solutions using analysis, experience, and decision making Developing solutions to client problems through application of methods... ...in full stack software development across frontend and backend technologies…
$96.8k - $145.2k
be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now. We are currently seeking a Senior Java Backend Developer (FTE / Hybrid) to join our team in Charlotte , North Carolina (US-NC) , United St…
for an AI/ML model hosting platform. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain Python-based automation frameworks, scripts, and performance... ...automation using Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress. Conduct backend API tes…
$54 per hour
type: Contract salary: $54.00 - 64.62 per hour work hours: 9am to 5pm education: Bachelors responsibilities: Required backend stack: · Java 17+ (or enterprise Java baseline) · Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security · S…
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What backend developers earn in Charlotte
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $34–$47 | $71k–$98k |
| Mid level | $47–$68 | $98k–$142k |
| Senior | $66–$89 | $137k–$186k |
Adjusted for the Charlotte 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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