Remote SaaS Backend Engineer jobs
Backend, API and distributed systems engineering roles at SaaS companies.
Senior Backend Engineer (Data serving)
Senior Backend Engineer (Multiple Positions)
Backend Engineer (Multiple Positions)
Senior Backend Engineer – Payments
Backend Engineer, Create: Repository Management
Staff Backend Software Engineer – Loki | Singapore | Remote
Staff Backend Software Engineer – Loki | Australia | Remote
Backend Engineer, Control Plane
Senior Backend Engineer, Platform Enablement
Senior Backend Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails)
Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Senior Backend Engineer
Backend Engineer, Control Plane
Backend Engineer, Control Plane
Staff Backend Engineer, Database Automation (Go)
Senior Backend Engineer, Database Excellence (Ruby)
Senior Backend Engineer, Trusted Agentic Development
Intermediate Backend Engineer, AMER
Senior Backend Engineer (Go), Tenant Scale: Gitaly
Intermediate-Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby), Plan: Spec-Driven Development
Senior Backend Engineer, Experimentation
Senior Backend Engineer (Go), Tenant Scale: Gitaly
Senior Product Engineer [Backend]
Staff Backend Engineer – Mimir Query, Databases | USA | Remote
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About these roles
Backend Engineer jobs at SaaS companies
Backend engineers build the services, APIs and data stores behind a SaaS product, with a focus on reliability and scale.
For what SaaS companies pay Backend Engineer roles by level, location and company, see the Backend Engineer salary guide.
Pay depends heavily on level and location. Where companies publish a range, the typical role on this page lists $175k–$240k in the US (median published minimum and maximum). About 60% of the roles here include a salary; use Salary listed first to see those at the top.
17 SaaS companies are hiring for these roles right now, led by GitLab, Grafana Labs, and Cresta.
Questions about SaaS Backend Engineer jobs
Where do these SaaS Backend Engineer jobs come from?
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What happens when I click Apply?
You go straight to the job on the company’s careers site and apply there. We never host applications and never see or store your details.
Why don’t all jobs show a salary?
We only show pay when the company publishes it in the job post. Around 60% of the roles on this page include a range today. Sort by “Salary listed first” to see those roles at the top.
How do I know a job is still open?
We check every company’s job board hourly. When a role is removed from the careers page, we remove it here within the hour and point you to similar open roles.
How much do SaaS Backend Engineer roles pay?
Where companies publish a range, the typical open role here lists $175k–$240k in the US (median published minimum and maximum). Pay rises with level and varies by location; the Backend Engineer salary guide breaks it down.
What does “Remote (Europe)” mean?
It means the company hires remotely but only within that region, usually for tax, contract or time-zone reasons. “Remote (Worldwide)” roles have no location restriction.
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