Engineering & IT · Louisville, KY

Backend Developer jobs in Louisville, KY

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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$32–$83/hr
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$111k
Median, full-time
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Patient Financial Advocate

firstsourc · Louisville, KY
$20 per hour

will be contacting them on a regular basis about their progress. Provides transition, as applicable, for the backend Patient Advocate Specialist to develop a positive relationship with the patient. Records all patient in…

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APPLICATION PROGRAMMER ANALYST III

Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company · Louisville, KY · Full-time

take lead role in dealing with users in defining new systems; prepare technical design and program specifications; mentor software developers; and recommend vendor application and development software. A bachelor's degre…

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ICT Lead ( DataCenter Engineering )

System One · Louisville, KY · Full-time

For immediate consideration, please connect with me on LinkedIn at and then email your resume, work authorization status, current location, availability, and compensation expectations directly to ****@*****.*** - make su…

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Appian Developer

Ztek Consulting INC · Louisville, KY

Job Title: Appian Developer Duration: 6-12 months Location: Onsite - Louisville, KY/Dallas, TX Work Type: Rate: Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's educ…

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Go-to-Market - Louisville, KY, USA

speechify · Louisville, KY
$105k - $140k

Speechify in a 100% distributed setting. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon,... ...Engineers to ensure a seamless handoff from sale to onboarding Develop GTM play…

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Associate FinOps Engineer

Louisville, KY

candidate brings a hands-on experience with cloud billing data, strong backend engineering foundation, and a passion for building reliable,... ...Exports, and OCI billing data into unified cost datasets. Develop and supp…

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SAP Developer

Arvato · Louisville, KY · Full-time

art automation technology to realize complex, global supply chain solutions. Job Description We’re looking for an SAP Developer to work closely with technical peers, internal business contacts and external clients to dev…

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Web/App Developer Internship

Reach Alert · Louisville, KY

REACH Alert is seeking a self-directed part-time Web/App Developer with a passion for technology, collaboration, and creative problem-solving. The intern will actively contribute to meaningful projects and work closely w…

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Paid Media Account Manager

J&L Marketing · Louisville, KY · Full-time
$70k - $80k

Execution: Collaborate with internal teams to ensure digital marketing campaigns are executed efficiently and effectively. Provide backend support through data analysis, platform management, and performance monitoring. #…

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What backend developers earn in Louisville

Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives

ExperienceHourlyAnnual, full-time
Entry level $32–$44 $66k–$91k
Mid level $44–$63 $91k–$132k
Senior $61–$83 $127k–$173k

Adjusted for the Louisville 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

Typical progression

01 Junior Backend Developer
02 Backend Developer
03 Senior Backend Developer
04 Staff Engineer
05 Principal Engineer
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