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ABOUT YOU We’re looking for a Backend Software Engineer with a strong infrastructure mindset to join our Technology team. This role... ...commerce company with robust tools and services to help developers solve the inher…
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Backend Developer jobs in Los Angeles, CA
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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$42–$112/hr
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improve performance and reliability across both frontend and backend systems. Proficiency in React and modern frontend development... ...commerce company with robust tools and services to help developers solve the inhere…
impact each engineer gets to have at Tinder enormous. As a Backend Engineer at Tinder, you will have an outsized impact and... ...widely known the world over. In this role you will: Design, develop and operate scalable a…
$190k - $210k
experience, redefining the way creators interact with their audiences. Role Overview We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Backend Engineer to join our team and take a leadership role in driving the development and inno…
Media Group. We empower a diverse range of creators to imagine and develop culturally significant content, while building an organization... ...DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE ROLE We are looking for a Staff Backend Software Engin…
$146.8k - $183.4k
Job Description Job Description Role Overview We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Backend, to solve complex problems gracefully, grow scalable systems, and help to shape our technical vision. As a Senior Softw…
$50 per hour
build, maintain, and scale high-quality web applications. In this role, you'll work across the entire stack-from database design and backend architecture to responsive frontend user interfaces. If you thrive on solving e…
$25 - $35 per hour
to connect. We're looking for an engineer who can make an impact on the entire product: the mobile app, the web app, and the backend. You'll be the person who understands how the whole system fits together, ships feature…
and maintainable software design. Build features across our backend services and React-based web applications. What Will Set... ...databases such as MySQL / GCP Cloud SQL. Hands-on experience developing APIs, services fo…
growth across markets. We are looking for a talented Backend Engineer to help build and scale enterprise-grade applications... ...to production. Key Responsibilities Design, develop& comma; and mainta…
firms such as Spotify, Blackstone and KKR. What you will do As one of our first developers, you will bridge the gap between beautifully designed frontends and scalable backends. You'll tackle the big questions: How do we…
$158k - $208k
Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Backend to join our Engineering team. Oscar is the first health insurance company built around a full stack technology platform and a focus on serving our members…
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What backend developers earn in Los Angeles
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $42–$59 | $88k–$122k |
| Mid level | $59–$85 | $122k–$177k |
| Senior | $82–$112 | $171k–$232k |
Adjusted for the Los Angeles 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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