$135.2k - $156k
origination, video ingest and encoding, packaging, encryption, and DRM Responsibilities: Design, develop, and support large-scale cloud-based distributed backend systems and data pipelines for video streaming and content…
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Backend Developer jobs in New York, NY
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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$46–$121/hr
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year Requirements: At least 6 years of experience as a senior backend or platform engineer. Hands-on experience designing and... ...Own the architecture for supply, PMS, and POS integrations, and develop reusable connect…
$140k - $215k
The Role:We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated Sr. Backend Engineer to join the CDE Platform team. In this role, you will... ...tooling to enable content authors to treat detections as code. Develop highly sc…
$106.9k - $147k
platforms across the enterprise. This position is ideal for a developer who enjoys working on complex systems, building full-stack applications... ..., TypeScript, and state management frameworksDevelop scalable backend…
$155k - $180k
engineer will own the platform end to end: building and maintaining backend jobs and services that power application functionality and... ...precision over time.Support active investigations by rapidly developing applica…
, Bonus, etc (Based on Experience)Industry: Media & TechnologyWe’re seeking an experienced Full Stack Software Engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain scalable web applications across front-end and back-end envir…
$125.7k - $203.1k
design and build software solutions that power Cisco's products and platforms. You will work end-to-end on everything from APIs and backend services to user interfaces and distributed systems. You'll solve real-world pro…
with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or breakdown technical problemsDesign, develop, and maintain backend services, agentic workflows using TypeScript and APIs using Java, an…
We are seeking a highly skilled AI/LLM Engineer to design, develop, and deploy intelligent agent-based systems capable of reasoning,... ...applications. Integrate AI services with enterprise applications and backend syst…
$150k - $300k
the intersection of financial infrastructure, complex engineering, and product experience. About the Role We’re looking for a BackEnd Engineer to join our growing team at Fun and help architect the backend services that…
$200k
performance and reliability. ~Deliver intuitive, visually polished user experiences with meticulous attention to design and usability. ~ Develop robust full-stack solutions using modern frameworks, tools and technologies…
$200k - $300k
client, a growing venture-backed Healthcare startup, is hiring a Backend Engineer to join their team in New York. The successful... ...strengthen their services to patients. Responsibilities ~Design, develop, and maintai…
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What backend developers earn in New York
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $46–$63 | $95k–$132k |
| Mid level | $63–$92 | $132k–$191k |
| Senior | $89–$121 | $185k–$251k |
Adjusted for the New York 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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