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Backend Developer jobs in Portland, OR
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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$38–$100/hr
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$135k
Median, full-time
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$114k - $142k
building and shipping reliable software services.Expertise in backend languages; our services span Ruby, Java, and others, with Ruby... ...that does not have a signed agreement with New Relic.New Relic develops and distr…
$80k - $95k
Lead Backend Developer – Remote Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. This is a fantastic op…
Lead Backend Engineer – Remote Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. This is a fantastic opp…
$80k - $100k
accomplished Lead Java Full Stack Engineer to architect, design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade web applications and distributed... ...operational lifespan. The successful candidate will bring deep backend expert…
$90k - $100k
responsive front-end applications, and cloud-integrated services. The ideal candidate will combine strong backend expertise in C# and .NET Core with hands-on experience developing modern front-end applications using Java…
$80k - $95k
Go Developer – Remote Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data... ...experienced Go Developer to design and build high-performance backend services…
Work at entp! Frontend Developer ENTP is looking to add a Frontend Developer The Job Lighthouse is getting a major facelift and we're 90% of the way there, but we need a designer/frontend developer to round out the devel…
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What backend developers earn in Portland
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $38–$53 | $79k–$110k |
| Mid level | $53–$77 | $110k–$160k |
| Senior | $74–$100 | $154k–$209k |
Adjusted for the Portland 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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Junior Backend Developer
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Backend Developer
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Senior Backend Developer
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Staff Engineer
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