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passwordless future. About the Role We're looking for a Senior Full-Stack Software Developer to join our team in San Jose, CA. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain backend services and web applications used…
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Backend Developer jobs in San Jose, 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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surfacing recommendations around the clock. As a Full Stack Developer you will own features end to end, from the ingestion path that... ...software across the stack. ~ Strong Python, ideally Django. Our backend is Django…
Senior Software Engineer Backend San Jose, CA (remote) Fulltime Job Description Must Have Technical/Functional... ...products. Our projects are driven by technological innovation and developer creativity in addition to m…
$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…
Java Backend Developer (Retail Domain Experience Required) Sunnyvale, CA (Hybrid) Experienced Java Backend Developer with 8+ years of experience and mandatory retail domain experience Required Skills: Core Java, J2EE, Sp…
distributed systems where performance, reliability, resiliency, and scalability are mission-critical. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and optimize high-performance Core Java applications. Lead architecture discussi…
$180k - $320k
Job Description Job Description About the role Own LLVM backend development for our custom accelerator ISA — instruction selection... ...across scalar, vector, and floating-point pipelines Use and develop AI-assisted too…
$140k - $200k
global economies, protect space and our planet and enhance our overall quality of life. We are seeking an experienced Senior Digital Backend Layout Engineer specializing in Place and Route (P&R) to join our semiconductor…
$130k - $182k
NASDAQ: WRD) is a leading global commercial-stage company that develops autonomous driving technologies from Level 2 to Level 4. WeRide... ...robotics problems. We are looking for a Full-Time, experienced Backend/ Infras…
Job Description Job Description Ready to make connectivity from space universally accessible, secure, and actionable? Then you’ve come to the right place! At E-Space, we’re focused on bridging Earth and space with the wo…
based large language models by applying sophisticated mid- and backend compiler techniques to target Persimmons.ai's custom accelerator... ...across hardware, systems, and software. What you’ll do: Develop and enhance ML…
Location: San Jose CA 95110 (Hybrid) Duration: 9/15/2025 to 3/13/2026 Team: US Solutions Enablement Key Responsibilities : Develop and maintain full-stack applications using React, NextJS, Java, and Spring Boot. Develop…
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What backend developers earn in San Jose
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $48–$66 | $99k–$138k |
| Mid level | $66–$96 | $138k–$200k |
| Senior | $93–$126 | $193k–$262k |
Adjusted for the San Jose 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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