Backend Api Engineer Jobs

At Datadog, we're on a mission to build the best platform in the world for engineers to understand and scale their systems, applications, and teams. We operate at high scale, enabling seamless collaboration and problem-solving among Dev, Ops, and Security teams globally for tens of thousands of companies. Our engineering culture values pragmatism, honesty, and simplicity to solve hard problems the right way. APM at Datadog is on its way to redefine how users interact with their telemetry. We are integrating intelligence directly into troubleshooting workflows to help engineers find root causes faster, navigate complex distributed systems seamlessly, and optimize application performance with minimal cognitive load. APM provides deep visibility from end-user interactions to backend services and we are now expanding this foundation with new AI-driven insights, guidance, and automation. As a Product Manager II for APM, you will work with world-class engineers, designers, and partner product teams to shape the future of Distributed Tracing, Performance Analysis, and Intelligent Troubleshooting. You will help build advanced capabilities that scale to thousands of customers and make sophisticated observability workflows accessible to every engineer, from experts to beginners. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What you will do: Develop a deep understanding of APM customers, their performance challenges, telemetry workflows, and competitors Lead conversations with design partners and strategic customers to uncover real-world performance issues, validate product assumptions, and guide solutions from early prototypes through General Availability Define and deliver the next generation of APM features with engineering and design, especially agentic on

At Datadog, we're on a mission to build the best platform in the world for engineers to understand and scale their systems, applications, and teams. We operate at high scale, enabling seamless collaboration and problem-solving among Dev, Ops, and Security teams globally for tens of thousands of companies. Our engineering culture values pragmatism, honesty, and simplicity to solve hard problems the right way. APM at Datadog is on its way to redefine how users interact with their telemetry. We are integrating intelligence directly into troubleshooting workflows to help engineers find root causes faster, navigate complex distributed systems seamlessly, and optimize application performance with minimal cognitive load. APM provides deep visibility from end-user interactions to backend services and we are now expanding this foundation with new AI-driven insights, guidance, and automation. As a Product Manager II for APM, you will work with world-class engineers, designers, and partner product teams to shape the future of Distributed Tracing, Performance Analysis, and Intelligent Troubleshooting. You will help build advanced capabilities that scale to thousands of customers and make sophisticated observability workflows accessible to every engineer, from experts to beginners. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What you will Do: Develop a deep understanding of APM customers, their performance challenges, telemetry workflows, and competitors Lead conversations with design partners and strategic customers to uncover real-world performance issues, validate product assumptions, and guide solutions from early prototypes through General Availability Define and deliver the next generation of APM features with engineering and design, especially age

Senior Product Manager - Search Datadog’s Search team helps users – both human and agents – find answers to their questions. Search is a critical function in Datadog, and touches many product surfaces: the query editors in product homepages and dashboards, search bars for finding relevant assets, the global cmd+k navigation search, and the MCP tools that our Bits AI agent uses to respond to natural language prompts. Search is a full-stack team: owning user-facing search components, backend search ranking systems, and machine learning models to produce recommendations. The Search team is relatively new, and still growing. We have recently built out agentic search tools, and we are looking for a leader to help us expand to ambitious orchestration systems that deliver accurate results, and proactive recommendations across both keyword and semantic search. Beyond this, you’ll have room to influence how Datadog thinks about Search as a strategic surface. What you’ll do: Define and deliver how Datadog's AI agents discover the right context and tools to answer natural-language questions accurately and at scale Stay on top of industry trends in UI and agentic search experiences and capabilities Collaborate with Applied AI teams to integrate ranking, personalization, and recommendation models that scale across both human and agentic users Define and monitor KPIs for search quality, adoption, and downstream impact on user productivity; use them to drive data-informed decision making Engage directly with customers and internal product teams to deeply understand search journeys across query editors, global navigation, and natural-language agent interfaces Who you are: You have experience with search, ranking, or recommendation systems You are familiar with or very interested in MCP servers and differences between human and agentic UX You have a sharp eye for design and strong opinions on the micro-interactions — keyboard navigation, autocomplete behavior, loading

Atlas Search is a multi-cloud service that allows users to execute complex full text and vector search queries using the MongoDB Query Language . Our users are free to focus on relevance and data retrieval instead of the machinery needed to search data at scale. Our team is building the cloud-based distributed systems software responsible for the lifecycle of search indexes including: data ingestion, index building, partitioning, performance, availability, and backup management. Our product is quickly gaining traction with customers and we are making core architectural improvements that you will contribute to. This role is based in Toronto, ON hybrid. Successful candidates will have the following qualities: 2+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, testing, and maintaining industrial-strength backend software in a complex codebase Experience developing distributed systems and cloud services Experience with at least one modern statically typed programming language, and interest in working with Java Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills and enthusiasm for collaborating closely with colleagues A growth mindset and the desire to learn quickly through taking on challenges, reflecting on outcomes, and incorporating feedback A strong sense of ownership over their work, from initial design all the way through maintaining code in production You will: Contribute to the design, implementation, and support of projects that improve the scalability of Atlas Search to make using it a seamless experience for even the largest workloads Work with a collaborative team that prioritizes sound technical decision-making and building systems that our customers love and that we are proud of as engineers Have the opportunity to lead projects and own subsystems Provide input on the team’s roadmap and help determine the architecture of our system Success measures: In 3 months you’ll have a solid high-level understanding of what our team does and how we operate.

Atlas Search is a multi-cloud service that allows users to execute complex full text and vector search queries using the MongoDB Query Language . Our users are free to focus on relevance and data retrieval instead of the machinery needed to search data at scale. Our team is building the cloud-based distributed systems software responsible for the lifecycle of search indexes including: data ingestion, index building, partitioning, performance, availability, and backup management. Our product is quickly gaining traction with customers and we are making core architectural improvements that you will contribute to. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in San Francisco, CA for our hybrid working model. Successful candidates will have the following qualities: 2+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, testing, and maintaining industrial-strength backend software in a complex codebase Experience developing distributed systems and multithreaded applications Experience with at least one modern statically typed programming language, and interest in working with Java Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills and enthusiasm for collaborating closely with colleagues A growth mindset and the desire to learn quickly through taking on challenges, reflecting on outcomes, and incorporating feedback A strong sense of ownership over their work, from initial design all the way through maintaining code in production You will: Contribute to the design, implementation, and support of projects that improve the scalability of Atlas Search to make using it a seamless experience for even the largest workloads Work with a collaborative team that prioritizes sound technical decision-making and building systems that our customers love and that we are proud of as engineers Have the opportunity to lead projects and own subsystems Provide input on the team’s roadmap and help determine the architecture of our system Success measures: In 3 months you’ll have a

Come join the Server Ingress Security team, where we are rearchitecting MongoDB Server’s ingress networking to make MongoDB clusters even more secure. This new team is building the Atlas Network Protection layer, a set of performant, security-critical services that harden MongoDB's pre-authentication attack surface and provides the ability to respond rapidly to emergent threats. We are looking for talented Senior Engineers to join the team and be founding members, where you will play a crucial role in our multi-year roadmap. Our team champions a strong culture of inclusivity, diversity, and collaboration. If you want to work on a collaborative team that applies security and systems engineering fundamentals to protect a popular database at scale, join us! We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Dublin or Cork for our hybrid working model. Candidate Profile 5+ years of experience building production-quality systems software Experience with large backend/compiled codebases and performance-sensitive software, preferably in Rust Bonus points for experience working hands-on in security-sensitive or networking-adjacent domains Strong systems fundamentals, including multi-threaded programming and performance profiling. Bonus points for: Understanding of network protocols, TLS, and connection lifecycle management Familiarity with security concepts such as attack surface reduction, input validation, memory safety, and defense-in-depth architectures Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills, with a strong desire to collaborate with colleagues Strong time management skills and the ability to realistically assess project complexity B.Sc. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design/architecture. Interest in the theory and practice of high-availability, security-critical systems Position Expectations Design, implement, and operate production

MongoDB is growing its team in Sydney, focusing on building intelligent tools that help customers understand and modernise their application codebases. The Application Modernisation Platform (AMP) guides customers through the entire journey of modernising their applications — from legacy relational platforms to modern, scalable systems built on MongoDB. The App Analysis & Modelling team owns the critical first stage of this journey: building the context that powers everything downstream. The team builds code analysis tools that construct code dependency graphs and generate deep insights for codebases, giving customers a clear understanding of their existing applications before transformation begins. The team also designs schema recommendation engines that analyse signals such as existing relational schemas and query patterns to inform data modelling decisions. Our work sits at the intersection of analysis, data modelling, and AI — helping developers make confident, data-driven decisions as they transition to MongoDB. We are looking for a Software Engineer who is passionate about building scalable backend systems and applications. As we expand our use of AI to power smarter analysis and recommendations, the ideal candidate will bring strong backend engineering fundamentals with the ability to contribute across the full stack. You will collaborate closely with product management and other engineering teams to design and deliver cutting-edge features that guide customers through complex modernisation journeys. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Sydney for our hybrid working model. The Ideal Candidate Will Have 3+ years of commercial software development experience with strong proficiency in Python and/or Java Experience designing and building scalable, high-performance APIs and backend services Solid understanding of relational data modelling and SQL (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar), including schema design and query optimisation Good und

The MongoDB Database Experience team is a diverse group of contributors working together to help our users manage MongoDB at global scale. This includes building tools for MongoDB Atlas: our database as a service offering and fastest growing product which allows users to deploy fault-tolerant, globally distributed MongoDB clusters in just minutes. We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Developer Tools Team within the Database Experience department. The team is responsible for tools which allow users to interact with their data and to understand the health and performance of their MongoDB deployments. The Developer Tools Team works on a variety of APIs and customer-facing UIs empowering MongoDB users to interact with their stored data, whether that’s on desktop via MongoDB Compass or in the browser via Atlas Data Explorer. This role is fully remote for a candidate based in the United States with US citizenship. We're looking for someone who Is a full stack engineer with a willingness to take on both frontend tasks and backend tasks Has experience with the design and architecture of a modern, scalable, high availability web application Has experience working with databases Enjoys collaboration and being part of a team Is approachable, curious, and intellectually honest Would enjoy chasing down difficult problems in a distributed environment Always strives to expand their knowledge Nice to Haves Knowledge of database internals and tuning mechanisms, particularly indexing Previous work in TypeScript, React, and Node.js, particularly maintaining an ecosystem of dependencies Experience working with websocket based client to server communication Familiarity with developing and supporting microservice based architectures using Kubernetes About MongoDB MongoDB is built for change, empowering our customers and our people to innovate at the speed of the market. We have redefined the data platform for the AI era, enabling builders to create, transform, and d

MongoDB is growing its team in Sydney, focusing on building intelligent tools that help customers understand and modernise their application codebases. The Application Modernisation Platform (AMP) guides customers through the entire journey of modernising their applications — from legacy relational platforms to modern, scalable systems built on MongoDB. The App Analysis & Modelling team owns the critical first stage of this journey: building the context that powers everything downstream. The team builds code analysis tools that construct code dependency graphs and generate deep insights for codebases, giving customers a clear understanding of their existing applications before transformation begins. The team also designs schema recommendation engines that analyse signals such as existing relational schemas and query patterns to inform data modelling decisions. Our work sits at the intersection of analysis, data modelling, and AI — helping developers make confident, data-driven decisions as they transition to MongoDB. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is passionate about building scalable backend systems and applications. As we expand our use of AI to power smarter analysis and recommendations, the ideal candidate will bring strong backend engineering fundamentals with the ability to contribute across the full stack. You will collaborate closely with product management and other engineering teams to design and deliver cutting-edge features that guide customers through complex modernisation journeys. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Sydney for our hybrid working model. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of commercial software development experience with strong proficiency in Python and/or Java Extensive Experience designing and building scalable, high-performance APIs and backend services Solid understanding of relational data modelling and SQL (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar), including schema design and query opti

We’re looking for a Software Engineer 3 to join our Marketing Technology Engineering team within Marketing Operations - Technology & Automation. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys building reliable, scalable digital platforms and internal systems that improve how teams ship, measure, and optimize web experiences. You’ll work across application development, integrations, experimentation, data-informed decision making, and AI-enabled workflows that help the team move faster and deliver better outcomes. We are looking to speak to candidates who are based in Gurugram for our hybrid working model. What you’ll do Build and maintain production-quality software that powers martech experiences Design and implement backend services, internal tools, automations, and integrations across the martech ecosystem Improve system reliability, observability, maintainability, and developer experience across the team’s platforms Contribute to experimentation, personalization, and data workflows that support better customer and developer experiences Help evaluate and apply AI-enabled capabilities and tools where they can improve engineering velocity, quality, or user experience Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, and team planning Take ownership of projects from implementation through rollout, monitoring, and iteration What we’re looking for 3+ years of professional software engineering experience building and supporting production systems Strong coding skills in one or more modern programming languages such as JavaScript or Python Experience building web applications, backend services, APIs, data pipelines, or internal platforms Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals including testing, debugging, code quality, and maintainability Experience working with cloud services, CI/CD workflows, and modern development practices Ability to work across systems and collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners Strong writte

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Staff Software Engineer (Full Stack - Backend) Staff Software Engineer The Product Auth0 is a developer-friendly identity platform designed by developers, for developers, simplifying authentication and authorization for more than 100 million daily logins worldwide. Within this global platform, our team drives two of Auth0’s most critical, high-impact surfaces: The Manage Dashboard: The definitive front door for developers and enterprise administrators worldwide. It is the control center where our customers configure critical identity policies, manage complex organizations, and monitor active threat intelligence. The Auth0 Marketplace: Our rapidly expanding extensibility ecosystem. The Marketplace allows customers to seamlessly discover and install third-party integrations - such as security monitoring, consent management, and database connectors - to dynamically customize their identity pipeline. The Role As a Staff Engineer on this team, you will not just write code; you will own the technical strategy, architect highly resilient frameworks, design developer-friendly APIs, and mentor a high-performing team of engineers. Your architectural ownership will span the entire stack - from the React-based frontend down through our Node.js/Go services, robust operational pipelines, and PostgreSQL databases. What You Will Do: Product Ownership: Lead the technical lifecycle of your team’s products, ensuring they are robust, secure, and performant from the frontend to

About Pinterest: Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI. Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here . What we’re looking for: Millions of people across the world come to Pinterest to find new ideas every day. It’s where they get inspiration, dream about new possibilities and plan for what matters most. Our mission is to help those people find their inspiration and create a life they love. In your role, you’ll be challenged to take on work that upholds this mission and pushes Pinterest forward. You’ll grow as a person and leader in your field, all the while helping Pinners make their lives better in the positive corner of the internet. We are looking for a passionate, inquisitive, and well-rounded Sr. Staff Backend Engineer to join the Pinterest Assistant team. The team is building a visual-first, AI-powered companion that helps Pinners go from inspiration to action across shopping, search, and discovery. As the technical leader for our backend p

Squarespace is looking for a frontend-focused engineer who enjoys owning features end-to-end. While your expertise is building exceptional user experiences, you're comfortable working across the stack to deliver secure, scalable identity solutions. You will join the Identity & Access Management (IAM) team, where we architect the mission-critical authentication, authorization, and account security frameworks that safeguard millions of users worldwide. We own the systems powering sign-in, sign-up, account recovery, multi-factor authentication, passkeys, OAuth, and identity verification. Our mission is to make security seamless - creating intuitive user experiences while building highly reliable and secure backend systems. If you are a Frontend Engineer who strives to go beyond what is possible in a web browser, we want to hear from you! You will report to the Engineering Manager in our New York City headquarters. You'll Get To... Work with a wide range of systems, processes, and technologies to own and solve problems across all business units. Build elegant user experiences that enable Squarespace teams to easily add authentication, authorizations and security features to products and services. Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization such as product, design, infrastructure, platform, data, security and legal. Help define frontend architecture, engineering standards, testing strategies, and developer experience. Integrate frontend applications with OAuth, OIDC, session management, and authorization services. Who We're Looking For 3+ years of software development experience, with an emphasis on modern frontend technologies (HTML/CSS/TypeScript/React) and building delightful user interfaces. Extensive experience developing large-scale application software Are motivated by solving hard problems, and measure your success in terms of impact doing so. Have experience and interest in contributing to services around OAuth, WebAuthN, IdentityProviders, Identit

Squarespace is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Purchase, Access & Subscription Success (PASS) team. The group is responsible for the buyer-facing purchase and subscription experience, including the multi-product cart, secure checkout flows, subscription and billing panel, cross-selling, cancellation surveys, and invoices. This team's work directly drives revenue by shaping how customers purchase, manage, and retain their Squarespace subscriptions. As the manager of this team, you'll lead a group of experienced frontend and backend engineers who build and maintain the cart experience and checkout flows, power the subscription and billing panel UI, drive cross-sell and upsell initiatives, and deliver new product integrations. You'll work closely with product, design, analytics, and peer engineering teams to deliver seamless, high-converting purchase experiences for Squarespace customers worldwide. This is a hybrid role working from our Dublin office 3 days per week. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager of Revenue Systems. You’ll Get To… Lead a full-stack engineering team responsible for the multi-product cart, secure checkout flows, subscription and billing panel experience, cross-sell services, cancellation surveys, and invoices. Drive the execution of the Monetization roadmap, including secure checkout migration, new product integrations, and cross-sell optimization. Coach, mentor, and develop engineers through regular feedback, goal-setting, and technical guidance. Collaborate with cross-functional partners (Product, Design, Analytics, and peer engineering teams) to align engineering initiatives with business priorities. Foster a culture of technical excellence, reliability,

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! Application Platform is part of Product Platform within Figma’s Infrastructure organization. We build shared foundations that help engineers ship backend product work quickly, safely, and reliably. The team owns a large Ruby application that powers Figma’s REST APIs, asynchronous jobs, and workflow orchestration. Our systems sit on critical production paths and shape the day-to-day experience of backend engineers across Figma. We’re looking for an experienced backend engineer with meaningful production Ruby experience who enjoys building for other engineers. You don’t need to be a Ruby language specialist. You should be comfortable making informed tradeoffs in a substantial shared codebase and turning recurring problems into durable systems, tools, and paved paths that improve engineering velocity across the company. This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States. What you’ll do at Figma: Design and evolve shared Ruby frameworks for REST APIs, asynchronous jobs, workflow orchestration, and data access Improve the availability, reliability, scalability, and performance of backend systems that support critical product functionality Modernize a large Ruby codebase through safe architectural changes, including moving REST APIs from Sinatra toward Rails and introducing stronger endpoint abstractions and type safety Make backend development faster by improving hot reloading, local workflows, test infrastructure, CI reliability, debugging tools,