$140k - $165k
Salary: $140,000 - 165,000 per year Requirements: We need 6+ years of experience building and operating production backend services, with strong recent TypeScript/Node expertise. We expect solid API design judgment, incl…
Engineering & IT · Raleigh, NC
Backend Developer jobs in Raleigh, NC
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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$121k
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customers. You'll work across the full stack — from architecting backend services to building intuitive front-end experiences — and... ...platform foundation as we grow. Contribute to improving developer tooling , deploy…
maintain code repositories Implement test strategies, analyse results, and coordinate bug fixes to uphold the software quality standards Develop user training programs, documentation, and support frameworks to ensure a s…
$115k - $135k
development, infrastructure-as-code, and containerized environments.Responsibilities of the Sr. Software Engineer (Node.js):• Design and develop backend services and APIs using Node.js and Python.• Build and maintain int…
$174k - $252k
with Google hardware and software so you can build and test software in C++ for use on Google's ML Library solutions and Smart NICs. Develop next generation AI/ML Networking solutions as well as Smart NICs at Google, tak…
maintain code repositories Implement test strategies, analyse results, and coordinate bug fixes to uphold the software quality standards Develop user training programs, documentation, and support frameworks to ensure a s…
$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…
Job Summary (Full Stack Developer NC Dept. of Health and Human Services): - Serve as a Full Stack Developer for the Medicaid Enterprise System Project. - Design, develop, and maintain mission-critical web portal and ente…
Job Summary (Senior UI/UX Developer NCDHHS Child Support Services) - Lead the transformation of a legacy mainframe Child Support... ...enhance UI/UX design and automate workflows. - Collaborate with backend developers to…
Job Summary: NCDHHS Child Support Lead Full Stack Java Developer - Lead modernization of legacy mainframe systems to advanced... ...System Enhancement Effort. - Architect, develop, and enhance backend services using Java…
$77.8k - $172.4k
Sr. Backend Engineer Position Description CGI is seeking a hands-on Senior API / Full Stack Engineer to design, develop, test, and support highly scalable enterprise services and APIs. The ideal candidate brings strong J…
$120k - $165k
your work saves lives The research we do and the products we develop improve outcomes for patients around the world. As a Principal... ..., develop, and maintain secure, scalable, and high-performing backend systems that…
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What backend developers earn in Raleigh
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $34–$48 | $71k–$99k |
| Mid level | $48–$69 | $99k–$144k |
| Senior | $67–$90 | $139k–$188k |
Adjusted for the Raleigh 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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