# Staff & principal backend developer jobs in Europe > Browse staff & principal backend developer jobs in Europe 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. Canonical: https://lazee.dev/careers?role=backend&level=staff®ion=europe Last updated: 2026-10-25 17 open jobs, page 1 of 1, newest first. Each job links to its posting on the company's own applicant tracking system, which the Lazee extension autofills. ## Jobs - [Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Identity International)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/affirm/jobs/7931496003) at Affirm. Remote Poland · Remote · posted 2026-08-28. Apply on Greenhouse. - [Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Identity International)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/affirm/jobs/7931494003) at Affirm. Remote Spain · Remote · posted 2026-08-28. Apply on Greenhouse. - [Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Card)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/affirm/jobs/7820453003) at Affirm. Remote Poland · Remote · posted 2026-08-05. Apply on Greenhouse. - [Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Card)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/affirm/jobs/7820451003) at Affirm. Remote Spain · Remote · posted 2026-08-05. Apply on Greenhouse. - [Staff Backend Engineer - CI Services](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=stripe&token=8089815) at Stripe. Dublin · posted 2026-08-05. Apply on Greenhouse. - [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. - [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. - [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. - [Staff Software Engineer - Backend](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=databricks&token=8029674002) at Databricks. Amsterdam, Netherlands · posted 2025-06-08. Apply on Greenhouse. - [Staff Software Engineer - Backend](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=databricks&token=8012814002) at Databricks. Belgrade, Serbia · posted 2025-05-28. Apply on Greenhouse. - [Staff Software Engineer - Backend](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=databricks&token=7984907002) at Databricks. Berlin, Germany · posted 2025-05-06. Apply on Greenhouse. - [Staff Software Engineer - Backend](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=databricks&token=7642799002) at Databricks. Aarhus, Denmark · posted 2024-09-17. 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