$62.59 - $93.98 per hour
Title : Senior Java Backend Engineer Location : Brooklyn Park, MN (Hybrid) Job Type : Contract (12 Months) Compensation :... ...experiences and data-driven solutions. In this role, you will design, develop, and optimize…
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Backend Developer jobs in Minneapolis, MN
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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$125k
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benefits, and work/life balance; we believe you will feel the Affinity Plus difference. Position Summary The Senior Full Stack Developer is responsible for leading the design, development, and delivery of scalable web-ba…
Python and Health Care Experience: Nice to have Senior Java Developer Job Overview We are seeking an experienced Senior... ..., and maintain scalable, high-performance applications and backend services. The ideal candida…
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Job Description Job Description Brain Trust | AgentPosition Profile Reports To: Brain Trust | Leader FLSA Status: Full-Time Non Exempt SummaryBrain Trust Agents operate as an ELITE team at the hub of sales, customer and…
Role: Sr. Full Stack Developer Location - Minneapolis, MN Job Description Years of experience needed 4- 6 year.... ...Hands on experience of designing and writing automated tests for backend applications and data flow, u…
Job Description Job Description Part-Time WordPress Developer (Contract-to-Hire) About Gemini Gemini Agency is a performance-driven marketing firm based in the Twin Cities, helping businesses grow smarter through data, s…
Title : Kotlin Backend Engineer Location : Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid) Job Type : W-2 Contract (12 Months) Compensation : $5... ...Required Qualifications: Strong professional experience developing backend applications usin…
$82.71 - $97.74 per hour
Title : Backend Java Engineer Location : Minneapolis, MN Job Type : Contract (6 Months) Compensation : $82.71 - $97.74/hr... ...supporting the day-to-day health of production systems. Design, develop, and maintain backen…
$60.15 - $71.42 per hour
strong production development experience in Kotlin and modern backend technologies. Job Description As a Senior Engineer, you will... ...evolving ad tech environment. In this role, you will: Design, develop, and maintain…
$75.19 - $90.22 per hour
Title : Backend Software Engineer – Supply Chain & Warehouse Systems Location : Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid) Job Type : W2 Contract... ...an excellent opportunity for a software engineer who enjoys developing enterprise appl…
$67.66 - $90.22 per hour
Title : Senior Backend Engineer (Kotlin, Kafka) Location : Brooklyn Park, MN (Hybrid) Job Type : W2 Contract (6 Months) Compensation... ...solutions that support millions of customers, is seeking a Developer to join a hi…
We are looking for a Full-stack Developer with Wordpress and Drupal experience to join our team. This role at fjorge is integral to delivering high-quality products that meet client needs and business goals. As a leader…
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What backend developers earn in Minneapolis
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $35–$49 | $73k–$102k |
| Mid level | $49–$71 | $102k–$148k |
| Senior | $69–$93 | $143k–$194k |
Adjusted for the Minneapolis 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
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