Chicago, IL

Backend Engineer Jobs in Chicago

Trading, logistics and enterprise engineering with lower cost of living than the coasts. Backend engineers build APIs, data models and services. Expect interview focus on schema design, concurrency, caching and API contracts.

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Open backend engineer roles in Chicago

No backend engineer roles in Chicago in the current 5-day window. Try the national backend engineer feed or another metro below.

Hiring in Chicago right now

Chicago employers posted 0 backend engineer roles in the last five days. Few of these listings publish a salary range; national bands for this role run $115k–$190k.

Local hiring skews toward Java, Go, Python, PostgreSQL. If your resume doesn't name those tools in the same words the job description uses, an ATS keyword filter is the most likely reason you never hear back.

Skills to lead with

  • Java
  • Go
  • Python
  • PostgreSQL
  • REST APIs
  • Microservices

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