Back-End Engineer Jobs in Texas
Back-End Engineer jobs in Texas are concentrated in Austin, Dallas, and Houston, where technology and enterprise software companies maintain large engineering organizations, and demand runs from junior developers through principal engineers. Employers like Dell Technologies, AT&T, and Oracle have significant Texas engineering footprints and hire back-end engineers consistently across roles focused on distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and API development. Texas stands among the most active markets in the country for back-end talent, particularly in fintech and energy software. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Top employerGEICO
Top cityAustin, TX
Cities hiring14
Work type46% Hybrid
Top industryTechnology
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Software Engineer III - Backend Search and Retrieval Systems
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Software Engineer III - Backend Search and Retrieval Systems
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Sr. Backend Engineer (Golang/Distributed Systems) - US/Canada
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Sr. Backend Engineer (Golang/Distributed Systems) - US/Canada
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Java Back end Engineer
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Quest Global
Java Back end Engineer
Austin, Texas
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Back-End (+RPA) Developer_ Bilingual (Korean/ English)
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Woongjin, Inc
Back-End (+RPA) Developer_ Bilingual (Korean/ English)
Plano, Texas
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Software Engineer III - Backend Search and Retrieval Systems
Indeed·Austin, Texas
Job functions:
$164k - $197k/yr
Remote (US)
Military encouraged
10,000+ employees
Job Description
Our Mission
As the world’s number 1 job site*, our mission is to help people get jobs. We strive to cultivate an inclusive and accessible workplace where all people feel comfortable being themselves. We're looking to grow our teams with more people who share our enthusiasm for innovation and creating the best experience for job seekers.
(*Comscore, Total Visits, March 2026)
Day to Day
- Write software to fulfill larger, less well-defined full-stack work requests and backend recommendation and search features for the main site-search engine.
- Take on large, loosely defined priorities and broad technical challenges, independently researching, designing, and implementing solutions within our large-scale distributed architecture from scratch without requiring granular product management specifications.
- Own, improve, and evaluate services in production by analyzing logs, traces, and metrics to understand performance and business value- prioritize, investigate, and implement fixes for performance, reliability, and efficacy.
- Proactively analyze logs, trace metrics, manage resource utilization, and resolve issues before they impact users or SLAs.
- Perform deep systems analysis to act as an escalation point for complex distributed systems issues, untangling and fixing problems across both legacy and modern codebases, inside and outside of the services that the team owns.
- Serve as a technical bridge for cross-functional collaboration by digging into what partner teams are building, conducting design and code reviews, and ensuring interacting architectures align with our operational standards and SLAs.
- Evaluate high-level architectural decisions that balance engineering time against infrastructure costs (e.g., deciding whether to optimize an algorithm or scale compute power to free up engineering resources).
- Lead process improvements, write comprehensive system documentation, and mentor peer and junior engineers by providing constructive feedback on code, design, and execution.
- Independently identify and design new systems and enhancements to existing systems to support substantial new features and products, as well as improve quality, scalability, and performance.
- Work with business partners to clarify requirements, to decompose large requests into smaller ones that can be executed sequentially or in parallel, and to refine and clarify Product and Engineering goals and ensure that they align with company objectives and are sufficiently defined for junior developers to successfully work on.
- Share your expertise on products and technologies by mentoring other engineers and by helping them prioritize work items based on urgency, business impact, and goals.
Position is in Austin, Texas. Up to 100% telecommuting permitted from anywhere in the U.S.
Responsibilities
- Bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a closely related computer technical field.
- Five (5) years of experience in a software developer-related occupation.
- Three (3) years of experience in: analyzing software and customer requirements, and preparing a development plans, including estimation, risks, analysis, unit tests, functional tests,and code design; investigating issues related to products/computer software applications, analyzing code, deployments, and logs for origins of bugs, and recommending solutions; implementing software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including requirement gathering, coding standards, peer code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations; and analyzing third-party tools and software and providing recommendations based on analysis.
- Two (2) years of experience in: investigating and characterizing the performance of a distributed web-app, and identifying opportunities to improve performance; designing and operating large-scale, globally distributed recommendation and search architectures handling high transactional throughput across extensive machine fleets, while balancing architectural requirements between search/retrieval and usage-based optimization algorithms and maintaining personalization in both; designing and building test harnesses for n-tier applications utilizing service APIs, mocked data/stubbed responses, stored request data, and stored results for regression and performance testing; implementing, engineering, executing, tracking, troubleshooting, and documenting configuration management projects; and performing build engineering and defining dependencies in quality assurance, pre-production, and production environments utilizing build tools.
Education and experience may be gained concurrently.
Multiple positions available.
Salary Range Transparency
Salary range: $163,550 to $197,000 per year.
Salary Range Disclaimer
The salary range for this role reflects the minimum and maximum compensation for the role. Offers are typically made between the range minimum and the range midpoint. Actual compensation will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview process. The range(s) listed is just one component of Indeed's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include quarterly bonuses, Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), a Paid Time Off policy, and many region-specific benefits. Compensation may also vary based on where a role is performed, as work locations are grouped into geographic pay tiers to reflect cost of labor differences in different geographic markets. Candidates can view geographic pay tiers by location on our career site (https://www.indeed.com/careers/paytiers), and recruiters can confirm how location is considered for a specific role.
Benefits - Health, Work/Life Harmony, & Wellbeing
We care about what you care about. We have a multitude of benefits to support Indeedians, as well as their pets, kids, and partners including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance. Indeedians are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, as well as an equity-based incentive program. Indeedians will also receive open paid time off, 11 paid holidays a year and up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave. For more information, select your country and learn more about our employee benefits, program, & perks at https://www.indeed.com/careers/benefits!
Equal Opportunities and Accommodations Statement
Indeed is deeply committed to building a workplace and global community where inclusion is not only valued, but prioritized. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, neuro-diversity, disability, age, or veteran status, or any other non-merit based or legally protected grounds.
Indeed provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the employment application process. To request an accommodation, please visit https://www.indeed.com/careers/accommodations. If you are requesting accommodation for an interview, please reach out at least one week in advance of your interview.
For more information about our commitment to equal opportunity/affirmative action, please visit our Careers page (https://www.indeed.com/careers).
Inclusion & Belonging
Inclusion and belonging are fundamental to our hiring practices and company culture, forming an integral part of our vision for a better world of work. At Indeed, we’re committed to the wellbeing of our employees and on a mission to make this the best place to work and thrive. We believe that fostering an inclusive environment where every employee feels respected and accepted benefits everyone, fueling innovation and creativity.
We value diverse experiences, including those who have had prior contact with the criminal legal system. We are committed to providing individuals with criminal records, including formerly incarcerated individuals, a fair chance at employment.
Those with military experience are encouraged to apply.
Indeed’s Employee Recruiting Privacy Policy
Like other employers Indeed uses our own technologies to help us find and attract top talent from around the world. In addition to our site’s user and privacy policy found at https://www.indeed.com/legal, we also want to make you aware of our recruitment specific privacy policy found at https://www.indeed.com/legal/indeed-jobs.
Agency Disclaimer
Agency Disclaimer
Indeed does not pay placement fees for unsolicited resumes or referrals from non-candidates, including search firms, staffing agencies, professional recruiters, fee-based referral services, and recruiting agencies (each individually, an "Agency"), subject to local laws. An Agency seeking a placement fee must obtain advance written approval from Indeed's internal Talent Acquisition team and execute a fee agreement with Indeed for each job opening before making a referral or submitting a resume for that opening.
AI Notice
Indeed is committed to ensuring fairness and transparency throughout our hiring process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the screening, assessment, and selection of applicants for this position by analyzing information provided in resumes and applications. Our use of AI does not replace human decision-making.
Unless otherwise notified, Indeed does not use AI constituting an AEDT or an ADMT as those tools are defined in applicable laws.
Reference ID: 47562
The deadline to apply to this position is September 18th, 2026.
#IND123
Reference ID: 47562
Indeed
Software Engineer III - Backend Search and Retrieval Systems
Austin, Texas
Added 2d ago10,000+ employees
Job functions:
$164k - $197k/yr
Remote (US)
Military encouraged
Job Description
Our Mission
As the world’s number 1 job site*, our mission is to help people get jobs. We strive to cultivate an inclusive and accessible workplace where all people feel comfortable being themselves. We're looking to grow our teams with more people who share our enthusiasm for innovation and creating the best experience for job seekers.
(*Comscore, Total Visits, March 2026)
Day to Day
- Write software to fulfill larger, less well-defined full-stack work requests and backend recommendation and search features for the main site-search engine.
- Take on large, loosely defined priorities and broad technical challenges, independently researching, designing, and implementing solutions within our large-scale distributed architecture from scratch without requiring granular product management specifications.
- Own, improve, and evaluate services in production by analyzing logs, traces, and metrics to understand performance and business value- prioritize, investigate, and implement fixes for performance, reliability, and efficacy.
- Proactively analyze logs, trace metrics, manage resource utilization, and resolve issues before they impact users or SLAs.
- Perform deep systems analysis to act as an escalation point for complex distributed systems issues, untangling and fixing problems across both legacy and modern codebases, inside and outside of the services that the team owns.
- Serve as a technical bridge for cross-functional collaboration by digging into what partner teams are building, conducting design and code reviews, and ensuring interacting architectures align with our operational standards and SLAs.
- Evaluate high-level architectural decisions that balance engineering time against infrastructure costs (e.g., deciding whether to optimize an algorithm or scale compute power to free up engineering resources).
- Lead process improvements, write comprehensive system documentation, and mentor peer and junior engineers by providing constructive feedback on code, design, and execution.
- Independently identify and design new systems and enhancements to existing systems to support substantial new features and products, as well as improve quality, scalability, and performance.
- Work with business partners to clarify requirements, to decompose large requests into smaller ones that can be executed sequentially or in parallel, and to refine and clarify Product and Engineering goals and ensure that they align with company objectives and are sufficiently defined for junior developers to successfully work on.
- Share your expertise on products and technologies by mentoring other engineers and by helping them prioritize work items based on urgency, business impact, and goals.
Position is in Austin, Texas. Up to 100% telecommuting permitted from anywhere in the U.S.
Responsibilities
- Bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a closely related computer technical field.
- Five (5) years of experience in a software developer-related occupation.
- Three (3) years of experience in: analyzing software and customer requirements, and preparing a development plans, including estimation, risks, analysis, unit tests, functional tests,and code design; investigating issues related to products/computer software applications, analyzing code, deployments, and logs for origins of bugs, and recommending solutions; implementing software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including requirement gathering, coding standards, peer code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations; and analyzing third-party tools and software and providing recommendations based on analysis.
- Two (2) years of experience in: investigating and characterizing the performance of a distributed web-app, and identifying opportunities to improve performance; designing and operating large-scale, globally distributed recommendation and search architectures handling high transactional throughput across extensive machine fleets, while balancing architectural requirements between search/retrieval and usage-based optimization algorithms and maintaining personalization in both; designing and building test harnesses for n-tier applications utilizing service APIs, mocked data/stubbed responses, stored request data, and stored results for regression and performance testing; implementing, engineering, executing, tracking, troubleshooting, and documenting configuration management projects; and performing build engineering and defining dependencies in quality assurance, pre-production, and production environments utilizing build tools.
Education and experience may be gained concurrently.
Multiple positions available.
Salary Range Transparency
Salary range: $163,550 to $197,000 per year.
Salary Range Disclaimer
The salary range for this role reflects the minimum and maximum compensation for the role. Offers are typically made between the range minimum and the range midpoint. Actual compensation will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview process. The range(s) listed is just one component of Indeed's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include quarterly bonuses, Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), a Paid Time Off policy, and many region-specific benefits. Compensation may also vary based on where a role is performed, as work locations are grouped into geographic pay tiers to reflect cost of labor differences in different geographic markets. Candidates can view geographic pay tiers by location on our career site (https://www.indeed.com/careers/paytiers), and recruiters can confirm how location is considered for a specific role.
Benefits - Health, Work/Life Harmony, & Wellbeing
We care about what you care about. We have a multitude of benefits to support Indeedians, as well as their pets, kids, and partners including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance. Indeedians are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, as well as an equity-based incentive program. Indeedians will also receive open paid time off, 11 paid holidays a year and up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave. For more information, select your country and learn more about our employee benefits, program, & perks at https://www.indeed.com/careers/benefits!
Equal Opportunities and Accommodations Statement
Indeed is deeply committed to building a workplace and global community where inclusion is not only valued, but prioritized. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, neuro-diversity, disability, age, or veteran status, or any other non-merit based or legally protected grounds.
Indeed provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the employment application process. To request an accommodation, please visit https://www.indeed.com/careers/accommodations. If you are requesting accommodation for an interview, please reach out at least one week in advance of your interview.
For more information about our commitment to equal opportunity/affirmative action, please visit our Careers page (https://www.indeed.com/careers).
Inclusion & Belonging
Inclusion and belonging are fundamental to our hiring practices and company culture, forming an integral part of our vision for a better world of work. At Indeed, we’re committed to the wellbeing of our employees and on a mission to make this the best place to work and thrive. We believe that fostering an inclusive environment where every employee feels respected and accepted benefits everyone, fueling innovation and creativity.
We value diverse experiences, including those who have had prior contact with the criminal legal system. We are committed to providing individuals with criminal records, including formerly incarcerated individuals, a fair chance at employment.
Those with military experience are encouraged to apply.
Indeed’s Employee Recruiting Privacy Policy
Like other employers Indeed uses our own technologies to help us find and attract top talent from around the world. In addition to our site’s user and privacy policy found at https://www.indeed.com/legal, we also want to make you aware of our recruitment specific privacy policy found at https://www.indeed.com/legal/indeed-jobs.
Agency Disclaimer
Agency Disclaimer
Indeed does not pay placement fees for unsolicited resumes or referrals from non-candidates, including search firms, staffing agencies, professional recruiters, fee-based referral services, and recruiting agencies (each individually, an "Agency"), subject to local laws. An Agency seeking a placement fee must obtain advance written approval from Indeed's internal Talent Acquisition team and execute a fee agreement with Indeed for each job opening before making a referral or submitting a resume for that opening.
AI Notice
Indeed is committed to ensuring fairness and transparency throughout our hiring process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the screening, assessment, and selection of applicants for this position by analyzing information provided in resumes and applications. Our use of AI does not replace human decision-making.
Unless otherwise notified, Indeed does not use AI constituting an AEDT or an ADMT as those tools are defined in applicable laws.
Reference ID: 47562
The deadline to apply to this position is September 18th, 2026.
#IND123
Reference ID: 47562
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Where Texas roles are concentrated, by current openings.
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1 jobBack-End Engineer Job Market in Texas
A snapshot from current Texas openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
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Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Insurance
- Banking & Financial Services
- Energy
- Fintech
What Texas Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in Back-End engineer jobs across Texas.
- Proficiency in at least one backend language such as Java, Python, Go, or Node.js
- Experience designing and maintaining RESTful or GraphQL APIs at production scale
- Hands-on work with cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB
- Understanding of microservices architecture, containerization with Docker, and Kubernetes
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
Back-End Engineer Jobs in Texas: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a back-end engineer in Texas?
Back-end engineering carries no state-issued license in Texas, so the path runs through education and demonstrated technical skill. Most Texas employers expect a bachelor's degree in computer science or software engineering, though strong candidates from bootcamps and self-taught backgrounds do get hired. Building a portfolio of server-side projects, contributing to open-source repositories, and earning cloud certifications from AWS or Google are the steps that open doors at Texas companies.
Which companies hire back-end engineers in Texas?
Employers hiring back-end engineers in Texas right now include GEICO, Commerce, and Sbt Global, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Texas's mix of enterprise technology headquarters, energy software firms, and fast-growing fintech companies keeps back-end demand broad across company sizes and sectors.
Which Texas cities have the most back-end engineer jobs?
Austin, Dallas, and Plano have the most back-end engineer openings in Texas. Austin's concentration of tech company offices and startups drives the highest volume, while Dallas benefits from major corporate headquarters in telecom and financial services, and Houston's energy industry generates consistent demand for engineers building data and infrastructure platforms.
Are there remote back-end engineer jobs in Texas?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 67% of back-end engineer openings tied to Texas are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, reflecting how naturally suited the work is to distributed teams. Roles focused on API development, cloud infrastructure, and platform engineering tend to offer the most location flexibility.
How can I get hired as a back-end engineer in Texas with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is an associate or junior engineer role at a mid-size Texas technology or fintech company, where structured onboarding is common. Large Texas employers including Dell Technologies and Oracle run new-graduate hiring programs that accept candidates with no professional experience but strong project work. Moving laterally from a QA engineer or data analyst role is another well-traveled path. A GitHub portfolio demonstrating REST API or database work gives early-career candidates a concrete edge over those without one.
Where can I find and apply to back-end engineer jobs in Texas?
You can find and apply to back-end engineer jobs in Texas on Migrate Mate, which lists current Texas openings. Search the roles available, identify the ones that match your skills and experience level, and apply directly to whichever positions fit.
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