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Backend Developer jobs in Richmond, VA
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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Job Description Job Description Full Stack Developer – AI Integrated Solutions Job at a Glance Location: Richmond, VA (Hybrid: 1 week onsite / 1 week remote) Type: W2, 12-month Contract with potential extension or conver…
$150k - $185k
A growing fintech company is seeking a Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer / Senior Full Stack Developer. This position is fully remote and offers a competitive salary of $150,000 - $185,000 per year, along with an annual bonu…
$90k - $190k
companies, mid-sized enterprises, and government agencies, a list that spans across the country. Job Description Full-Stack Developers at CapTech are part of a capable, highly-motivated community who strive to continuous…
Ferguson is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer – Cloud & Integration Platforms to design, develop, and operate modern cloud native applications across frontend, backend, and data integration services. You will contri…
We are looking for Full stack engineer and AI support engineer who Lead L2L3 application support and engineering activities Act as the primary customer facing technical lead responsible for incident management release co…
# Job Title: Java backend engineer with AWS Location: McLean/Richmond- VA Tech stack: (Java, ETL, SPARK, AWS, Glue) Technologies... ...: We are seeking a highly skilled and independent Java Developer with strong AWS and…
little bit about the role… We are seeking a talented Front-End Developer with experience in Angular and Ionic to join our dynamic... ...frameworks or libraries (e.g., React, Vue.js). Familiarity with backend integration…
$179.4k - $204.7k
Overview Lead Full Stack Engineer - Capital One Software (Remote) Ever since our first credit card customer in 1994, Capital One has recognized that technology and data can enable even large companies to be innovative an…
$70 - $75 per hour
What We Are Looking For We are looking for a Senior Frontend Developer to build and maintain the system’s dashboard and UI. You will... ...across devices. Ensure smooth data handling between frontend and backend through…
in Richmond, VA. Our client has an opening for a Oracle APEX Developer / Programmer Analyst 3 (796854) This position is up to 15 months... ...working with Web based applications using Oracle as the backend is required Re…
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What backend developers earn in Richmond
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 Richmond 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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