Backend Engineer Jobs

692 Backend Engineer positions currently listed

Browse 692 open Backend Engineer positions across Europe. Every listing includes the full tech stack, seniority, location, remote policy, and salary data, so you can filter with confidence instead of guessing from job descriptions.

By the numbers

  • 271 companies hiring
  • Mostly Senior roles
  • Often paired with Java, Go, Python, PostgreSQL
  • Top locations: London, Berlin, Amsterdam
  • 96% don't require German
  • 26 new in the last 7 days
  • Typical salary €86,000 to €138,000

Market insights

About 40% of live Backend Engineer ads are listed as fully remote.

Remote policy

40%
31%
16%

Remote 40%Hybrid 31%On-site 16%

102 of 691 live ads state a salary.

Seniority mix

  • Senior 63%
  • Mid 15%
  • Staff 9%
  • Lead 6%
  • Junior 3%
  • Principal 3%
Elastic 3 weeks ago
Remote

Principal Software Engineer (Java) - Security - Elasticsearch

United Kingdom (Remote) - English

Java Elasticsearch
Elastic 3 weeks ago Reposted 1 time(s)

Senior Java Software Engineer - Search Inference - Platform

Ireland - English

Java
€87.300–138.100 /year
Elastic 3 weeks ago
Remote

Senior Java Software Engineer - Search Inference - Platform

United Kingdom (Remote) - English

Java
GetYourGuide 3 weeks ago
Hybrid

Senior Backend Engineer

Berlin, Germany - English (excellent)

Java
SoundCloud 3 weeks ago
Hybrid

Backend Engineer - Media Streaming

Berlin, Germany - English

Go Terraform SQL
GetYourGuide 3 weeks ago
Hybrid

Senior Software Engineer (Backend focused)

Berlin, Germany - English (Excellent)

Java
Tem 3 weeks ago Reposted 1 time(s)
Remote

Senior Software Engineer - Pricing

Remote (Europe) - English

Python FastAPI SQL
Goodnotes 3 weeks ago
On-site

Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Harness Quality and Performance

London, United Kingdom - English

Swift TypeScript Rust Go Java
Zalando 3 weeks ago
Hybrid

Software Engineer - Fashion Store API (all genders)

Berlin, Germany - English

Node.js GraphQL
ClickHouse 4 weeks ago
Remote

AI Product Engineer - ClickStack

United Kingdom (Remote) - English

TypeScript Node.js Python SQL ClickHouse +4
Percona 4 weeks ago Reposted 1 time(s)
Remote

Senior Backend Engineer (Go)

Remote (EMEA) - English (Fluent)

Go MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis +1
Canonical 4 weeks ago
Remote

Graduate Software Engineer, Open Source and Linux, Canonical Ubuntu

Remote (Worldwide) - English (Professional)

Python Rust C/C++ Go JavaScript +4
Lemfi 4 weeks ago
On-site

Senior Software Engineer - Credit

London, United Kingdom - English

Go
Talon.One 4 weeks ago
Hybrid

TechOps Engineer

Berlin, Germany - English

Linux Python Go Bash Terraform +4
Stream 4 weeks ago
Hybrid

Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Amsterdam, Netherlands - English

Go Python
Zetaglobal 4 weeks ago
On-site

Senior Software Engineer

Berlin, Germany - English

Scala Java AWS Terraform
Harmonic Security Inc 1 month ago
Hybrid

AI/ML Product Engineer

London, United Kingdom - English

Python Java Spring Boot TypeScript AWS +1
Tem 1 month ago
Remote

Staff Engineer - Pricing

Remote (Europe) - English

Python FastAPI SQL LLM
Autonomous Teaming 1 month ago

Senior Software Engineer (m/w/d) – Backend & Data Infrastructure

Munich, Germany - English (Fluent)

Python Django SQL PostgreSQL AWS +5
HelloKindred 1 month ago
Hybrid

Kotlin (or Java) Developer

Sheffield, United Kingdom - English

Kotlin Java SQL HTML JavaScript

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Backend Engineer jobs are available right now?
There are currently 692 open Backend Engineer positions. This number updates daily as new roles are posted.
How do you decide which jobs are Backend Engineer roles?
We classify every job by its title and required tech stack into a specific role, so you see genuine Backend Engineer positions instead of a broad keyword match.