Remote SaaS Backend Engineer jobs
Backend, API and distributed systems engineering roles at SaaS companies.
Backend Engineer, Create: Source Code Experience (Ruby)
Senior Backend Engineer, Flag Delivery
Senior Backend Engineer, Billing
Senior Backend Engineer, Identity & Access Management
Intermediate-Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby), Plan: Spec-Driven Development
Staff Backend Engineer, Architecture Engineering: Nonlinear Productivity
Senior Backend Engineer, Architecture Engineering: Nonlinear Productivity
Senior Backend Engineer, Platform Readiness
Senior Backend Engineer, Deployment Environments
Staff Backend Engineer – Analytics | US | Remote
Senior Software Engineer – Backend Platform
Staff Backend Engineer – Analytics | Canada | Remote
Staff Backend Engineer – Grafana Alerting | UK | Remote
Staff Backend Engineer – Grafana Alerting | Ireland | Remote
Staff Backend Engineer – Grafana Alerting | Spain | Remote
Staff Backend Engineer – Grafana Alerting | Germany | Remote
Senior Backend Engineer, Search
Staff Backend Engineer, Search
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Taiwan)
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Taiwan)
Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Staff Backend Engineer – Grafana Enterprise | Canada | Remote
Staff Backend Engineer – Grafana Enterprise | US | 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.
16 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?
Every job is pulled from the company’s own hiring system (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable or Rippling) once an hour. We do not accept paid or reposted listings, so each role links back to the company’s live careers page.
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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