# Staff & principal backend developer jobs

> Browse staff & principal backend developer jobs at top tech companies, updated every 12 hours. Each role links to the original posting on the company's ATS, which Lazee autofills in a few clicks. Page 3 of 5.

Canonical: https://lazee.dev/careers?role=backend&level=staff&page=3
Last updated: 2026-10-25

107 open jobs, page 3 of 5, newest first. Each job links to its posting on the company's own applicant tracking system, which the Lazee extension autofills.

## Jobs

- [Staff Backend Engineer](https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/96902) at Athelas. Mountain View, CA / New York City, NY / Los Angeles, CA / San Francisco, CA · On-site · Full-time · posted 2026-06-27. Apply on Y Combinator.
- [Staff Backend Engineer, Platform](https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/98791) at Zeit AI. Munich / London, England, GB · On-site · Full-time · €95K - €270K EUR · posted 2026-06-25. Apply on Y Combinator.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Backend - NYC](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/harvey/b774c88e-5d8f-48d3-aed7-948f2e4292b7) at Harvey. New York · Hybrid · Full-time · $238K – $290K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus · posted 2026-06-22. Apply on Ashby.
- [Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=elastic&token=8002562) at Elastic. Spain · posted 2026-06-12. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=elastic&token=8002561) at Elastic. Romania · posted 2026-06-12. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=elastic&token=8002560) at Elastic. Portugal · posted 2026-06-12. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=elastic&token=8002559) at Elastic. Norway · posted 2026-06-12. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=elastic&token=8002558) at Elastic. Ireland · posted 2026-06-12. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=elastic&token=8002555) at Elastic. Greece · posted 2026-06-12. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=elastic&token=7982100) at Elastic. United States · posted 2026-06-12. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Principal Java Developer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=elastic&token=7982102) at Elastic. Canada · posted 2026-06-12. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/harvey/8b16bcf7-9255-4859-8416-a7ff921032e6) at Harvey. Bengaluru · Hybrid · Full-time · posted 2026-05-28. Apply on Ashby.
- [Staff Backend Software Engineer](https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/96149) at Tennr. New York City Office · On-site · Full-time · $230K - $250K · posted 2026-05-28. Apply on Y Combinator.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Backend](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/harvey/bd54cfd8-933d-46a8-9796-e249b82cef7f) at Harvey. Bengaluru · Hybrid · Full-time · posted 2026-05-25. Apply on Ashby.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Capacity Modeling)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/affirm/jobs/7719649003) at Affirm. Remote Canada · Remote · posted 2026-05-07. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Capacity Modeling)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/affirm/jobs/7719647003) at Affirm. Remote US · Remote · posted 2026-05-07. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Backend](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/harvey/9b7ae8f4-773e-4f83-83fa-096d157ae00d) at Harvey. San Francisco · Hybrid · Full-time · $231K – $340K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus · posted 2026-05-05. Apply on Ashby.
- [Staff Backend Engineer, Developer Experience](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gitlab/jobs/8490477002) at GitLab. Remote, Canada; Remote, United Kingdom; Remote, US · Remote · posted 2026-04-07. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Backend Software Engineer](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=databricks&token=8468436002) at Databricks. New York · posted 2026-03-18. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Backend Engineer - API Platform](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=stripe&token=7716032) at Stripe. Dublin · posted 2026-03-13. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Principal Backend Engineer](https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/90988) at Heron. London, UK / New York, NY, US · On-site · Full-time · $315K - $440K + 0.10% - 0.15% equity · posted 2026-02-27. Apply on Y Combinator.
- [Senior/Staff Backend Engineer](https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/91866) at BlueCargo. New York, NY, US / Culver City, CA, US / Remote (US) · Remote · Full-time · $160K - $220K · posted 2026-02-27. Apply on Y Combinator.
- [Senior Staff Software Engineer - Backend](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=databricks&token=8421894002) at Databricks. Bengaluru, India · posted 2026-02-13. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Software Engineer - Backend](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=databricks&token=8374611002) at Databricks. London, United Kingdom · posted 2026-01-29. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Founding Engineer - Staff/Senior](https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/88994) at Flowtel. San Francisco, CA, US · On-site · Full-time · $180K - $250K + 0.70% - 3.00% equity · posted 2026-01-28. Apply on Y Combinator.

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