$61.09k - $104.36k
Summary: We are looking for a highly motivated Java Full Stack Developer with 5 to 6 years of experience in designing, developing, and... ...and DevOps practices. Required Technical Skills Backend Java 8/11/17 Spring Boo…
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Backend Developer jobs in Tampa, FL
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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Salary: $92,000 - 92,000 per year Requirements: We want a developer with 3–5 years of professional software development experience. We need strong experience with modern JavaScript or TypeScript. We require hands-on expe…
RoleCadence Coalition is building the team for a U.S. Central Command operational enterprise services program. We are seeking a Senior Web Developer to serve as Key Personnel on the Information Management Development and…
Position: Sr. Java Full Stack Developer Location: Tampa FL (Onsite) Duration: Fulltime Job Description: We are seeking an experienced Sr. Java Full Stack Developer to design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade applic…
NET Fullstack Developer Tampa FL (Onsite role) Contract role Job Description 1. C# / .NET 8 - async/await, DI, middleware 2. Azure Services - Cosmos DB, Service Bus, Functions, App Config, Key Vault 3. React + TypeScript…
We are currently looking for a Senior Backend Engineer for a 100% remote position on a large federal government healthcare technology... ...within the continental US. Responsibilities ~Design and develop backend services…
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…
reside within the continental US. Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain scalable full-stack applications using Java, Java... ...emerging AI technologies and best practices. Build reliable backend services, optim…
We are currently looking for a Front-End (UI/UX) Developer for a 100% remote position supporting a large federal government healthcare... ...context-aware experiences. Integrate front-end applications with backend servic…
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The Journeyman Full Stack Application Developer will provide software development and sustainment support to the USSOCOM J6 Budget Tool. The developer will design, code, test, and maintain enterprise-level applications t…
$130k - $160k
critical feedback to ensure that software systems are reliable, scalable, and secure. Key Responsibilities: Serving as a core developer building and optimizing a high-throughput integration platform utilizing TypeScript/…
Expectations Frontend Development - ~ Strong working experience with Angular or React. ~ Develops maintainable, modular UI components and integrates them with backend APIs. ~ Understands state management, routing, perfor…
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What backend developers earn in Tampa
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 Tampa 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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