$126.65k - $217.35k
Special Program Access. You should have at least 5 years of backend software development experience with technologies such as Java... ...Kafka, NiFi, Redis, or RabbitMQ is preferred. Experience developing RESTful APIs fo…
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Backend Developer jobs in St. Louis, MO
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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$32–$84/hr
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$113k
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$69.55k - $125.73k
Responsibilities: Maintain maritime systems software through adaptive, corrective, preventive, and perfective maintenance. Design, develop, and automate testing of software modules using established practices and pattern…
$69.55k - $125.73k
after hire. Preferred: proficiency in AWS/cloud technologies and experience with cloud-based architecture. Responsibilities: Develop, maintain, integrate, deploy, and sustain aeronautical systems software. Perform adapti…
$120k - $160k
Modern .NET), you will play a key role in building new web-based ERP products for county and city governments. This is a senior, backend- focused individual contributor role with meaningful ownership and influence. You w…
$100k - $140k
collaborating effectively across product design and engineering, and developing a strong understanding of both the customer workflow and the... ...Our frontend follows a feature-oriented structure, while our backend uses…
systems, or educator development. The successful candidate should demonstrate a commitment to bridging research and practice and developing partnerships that improve educational opportunities for students and educators.…
Associate Backend Software Engineer, Phantom WorksCompany:The Boeing CompanyThe Boeing Company is currently seeking an Associate Backend... ...(BDS) business organization.This position will focus on developing prototypes…
$58 - $63 per hour
DescriptionKforce has a client that is seeking a ServiceNow Developer in Saint Louis, MO.Summary:We are seeking an experienced ServiceNow professional to support the development, enhancement, and ongoing optimization of…
Key Responsibilities Lead technical design and development of enterprise applications using C#/.NET and Angular . Develop scalable REST APIs, microservices, and multi-tenant applications . Work with Angular, TypeScript,…
$88.2k - $198k
sessions and technical workshops with stakeholders. • Design and develop cloud native applications using modern application development frameworks and services. • Design and implement scalable backend services, APIs, and…
customers' requirements and the highest quality standards. As part of this, you will work with all the stakeholders, from architects and Backend Leads to customers, understanding their requirements and supporting them, g…
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What backend developers earn in St. Louis
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $32–$44 | $66k–$92k |
| Mid level | $44–$64 | $92k–$133k |
| Senior | $62–$84 | $129k–$175k |
Adjusted for the St. Louis 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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