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Backend Developer jobs in San Diego, CA
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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$41–$108/hr
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Job Description Job Description We are looking for a Web Marketing Specialist to join MCM’s Digital Marketing team - one of the most entrepreneurial teams within our company. We pride ourselves on moving fast, multitaski…
$60 - $90 per hour
end standards and best practices. Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain responsive, accessible, and performant web... ...performance, accessibility, and security. Collaborate with backend and platform engineerin…
Salary: $180,000-$220,00 doe Senior Full-Stack Engineer, Platform-Leaning Were hiring a Senior Full-Stack Engineer with strong backend- product-platform experience to become the first dedicated engineering hire for our p…
$90k - $130k
to excellence. We are looking for a talented Full-Stack Mobile Developer to join our team in San Diego, CA and help drive our technical... ...-end ownership of our customer-facing SaaS application and the backend systems…
creativity, enthusiasm and technical abilities. Our Full Stack Developer will have knowledge of machine learning algorithms and DevOps tools... ...: Maintain and enhance existing full-stack applications ( backend, fronte…
adaptive design. Determining the structure and design of web pages. Ensuring user experience determines design choices. Developing features to enhance the user experience. Striking a balance between functional and aesthe…
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, headquartered in the USA, is the global leader in digital ordering and customer engagement solutions. For over a decade we have developed revolutionary self-service, ordering and payments solutions – for mobile, tablet…
you're bold, decisive, and obsessed with impact — join us. This is where curiosity meets purpose. Why This Role Matters As a backend engineer, you’ll help shape the core logic that powers real-time, intelligent workflows…
design and product Optimize for performance, responsiveness, and developer velocity What You Bring ~5+ years of frontend or full-... ...user interfaces ~ Bonus: Experience with Python/FastAPI for backend collaboration ~…
advanced knowledge of software engineering practices and techniques, technology trends, and working knowledge of domain expertise. - Develop detailed software architecture and design documents. -Ability to implement the…
Job Description Job Description We are looking for an experienced and passionate Full Stack Developer to join the EyeUniversal team. The focus would be using well known languages such as PHP (using laravel.com framework…
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What backend developers earn in San Diego
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $41–$57 | $85k–$118k |
| Mid level | $57–$82 | $118k–$171k |
| Senior | $79–$108 | $165k–$224k |
Adjusted for the San Diego 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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