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Backend jobs in Washington, DC
The newest live backend openings in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area, from employer career sites and job boards. Each employer's name shows once you sign in.
- Live openings
- 393
- Matching this page's search
- Median advertised pay
- $162,500
- From 1,671 postings with pay
Figures as of .
393 live openings match. The 10 newest are listed below with employer names hidden.
Postings that list pay advertise a median of $162,500 a year, from 1,671 postings with pay as of November 5, 2026.
Newest openings
Live openings from employer career sites and job boards, as of November 5, 2026. Pay is yearly, or as the posting words it when we could not read its figures.
| Job | Location | Pay | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NET Developer | Washington, DC | Not listed | November 5, 2026 |
| Systems Developer | Washington, DC | $95,000 to $105,000 a year | November 5, 2026 |
| Systems Technical Director (Remote) | Reston, VA (remote) | $158,819 to $269,993 a year | November 5, 2026 |
| Technical Manager | Arlington, VA - 1801 S Bell (INDG) | $165,000 to $200,000 a year | November 5, 2026 |
| Software Engineer, Telemetry - Top Secret Clearance (Starlink) | Washington, DC | $135,000 to $195,000 a year | November 5, 2026 |
| Senior Technical Lead - Java / Distributed Systems | Washington, District of Columbia | $114,400 to $124,800 a year | November 5, 2026 |
| Senior Full Stack Engineer (Java / Angular) | Washington, District of Columbia | $114,400 a year | November 5, 2026 |
| Junior Software Engineer- AI | Herndon, VA; Cincinnati, OH | $85,000 to $105,000 a year | November 4, 2026 |
| Senior Principal Full Stack Engineer | Sterling, Virginia | $179,000 to $215,000 a year | November 4, 2026 |
| SharePoint Developer | Chantilly, Virginia | $120,000 to $160,000 a year | November 4, 2026 |
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| Where | Postings |
|---|---|
| Across the US | 36,837 |
| Remote | 6,601 |
| San Francisco, CA | 7,136 |
| New York, NY | 3,570 |
| Seattle, WA | 2,365 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 1,251 |
| Dallas, TX | 1,165 |
| Boston, MA | 1,008 |
| Austin, TX | 897 |
| Baltimore, MD | 866 |
| Chicago, IL | 832 |
Other jobs in Washington, DC
Other role families with a page here, with the live postings each counted as of November 5, 2026.
| Role family | Postings |
|---|---|
| Healthcare | 11,301 |
| Retail | 9,280 |
| Food and hospitality | 8,007 |
| Engineering | 5,287 |
| Operations | 5,040 |
| Sales | 3,828 |
| Finance | 3,272 |
| Skilled trades | 3,013 |
| IT support | 2,922 |
| Education | 2,570 |
| Administrative | 2,441 |
| Security | 2,374 |
| Data | 2,248 |
| Project management | 2,004 |
| Facilities and maintenance | 1,596 |
| Legal | 1,504 |
| Marketing | 1,388 |
| Transportation and driving | 1,263 |
| HR and recruiting | 1,119 |
| DevOps | 1,040 |
| Customer support | 1,035 |
| Full stack | 855 |
| Product and design | 593 |
| QA | 358 |
| Frontend | 310 |
| Machine learning | 307 |
| Mobile | 55 |