$87.12k - $151.25k
availability.Collaborate with the development team on defining Service Level Indicators (SLIs) that represent the health of their service. Develop systems and software that increase site reliability and performance and b…
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Backend Developer jobs in Memphis, TN
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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$108k
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$118.7k - $243.7k
Technology US (DT - US) helps power Deloitte’s success, which serves many of the world’s largest, most respected organizations. We develop and deploy cutting-edge internal and go-to-market solutions that help Deloitte op…
$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…
$86.32k - $154.96k
new and innovative solutions leveraging data science and AI/ML skills and technologies to solve non-trivial problems. Develops AI demonstration use-cases and workshop materials and provides workshops and training classes…
$86.32k - $154.96k
the Center for Bioimage Informatics (CBI) teams at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are seeking a Senior Scientific Software Developer to design and build the software platforms, applications, and data systems that…
required to work on-site at a FedEx location several times per week. Summary The AI Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions tha…
$140k - $200k
the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. Overview The Platform team owns the backend behind everything Speechify ships: the public TTS API, payments, subscriptions, auth, consu…
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…
$104k - $186.16k
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Machine Learning Engineer to develop advanced machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), and foundational AI models for medical imaging. This role focuses on building rob…
$50 per hour
Ability to work onsite in Memphis, TN and participate in a rotational 24/7 support schedule. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Experience developing and integrating RESTful APIs. Hands-on familiarity with enterprise schedulers li…
Deployment Engineers play a critical role in building and scaling the physical infrastructure that powers AI cloud platform. Deployment team is responsible for supporting new AI data center builds, infrastructure expansi…
$130k - $200k
Lead Mechanical Engineer II - Full-Time Location: Tennessee Industry: Manufacturing / R&D / Industrial Engineering Schedule: Full-Time | 1st Shift ⚙️ Position Summary We are seeking an experienced Lead Mechanical Enginee…
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What backend developers earn in Memphis
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $30–$42 | $63k–$88k |
| Mid level | $42–$62 | $88k–$128k |
| Senior | $59–$80 | $123k–$167k |
Adjusted for the Memphis 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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