{"slug":"backend-sde-2-us-i5kwpv","name":"Backend SDE-2 US","task":"Find open mid-level backend engineering roles at technology companies in the United States, including fully remote US roles. Each finding must be ONE job posting for ONE role, hosted either on the employer's own careers domain or on an applicant tracking system. Accept job-boards.greenhouse.io, boards.greenhouse.io, jobs.lever.co, jobs.ashbyhq.com, myworkdayjobs.com, smartrecruiters.com, apply.workable.com, jobs.jobvite.com, careers.icims.com, darwinbox.in, keka.com, zohorecruit.com, or a company's own /careers/, /jobs/ or /join/ path that carries a role identifier in the URL. MUST-HAVES, every one of them checkable from the posting itself: the role is based in the United States, or is explicitly remote within it; the title is Software Engineer II, SDE II or Engineer II, OR the posting names an internal level of Google L4, Meta E4 or Amazon SDE II, OR the requirements ask for 2 to 5 years; The posting must still be open. Reject anything showing 'closed', 'filled', 'position no longer available', 'no longer accepting applications', or a deadline that has passed. The posting must have been published or last updated within the last 21 days. If the page carries no date at all, say so in the summary and rank it below an otherwise identical dated posting rather than assuming it is fresh. The following RAISE the value of a finding and are NOT requirements: a published compensation band, a named tech stack, the team size, the reporting line, and whether the role is onsite, hybrid or remote. Say which of them are present. Never reject a posting for omitting them: most postings omit compensation, and treating that as disqualifying rejects almost everything. DO NOT SEND: new-grad or entry-level roles; Senior, Staff or Principal roles, which have their own agents; or manager roles. REJECT these domains outright, they are never the employer: naukri.com, instahyre.com, foundit.in, monsterindia.com, hirist.tech, cutshort.io, glassdoor, indeed, ziprecruiter, simplyhired, jooble, talent.com, adzuna, reed.co.uk, totaljobs, cv-library, stepstone, xing, jobs-radar.com, itreferraljobs.in, educativ.net, digitalxnode.com, and any page whose title reads 'ROLE at COMPANY | SITENAME'. Also skip search and category pages (any URL carrying q=, query=, keyword=, search=, page= or offset=, or a path ending at /jobs, /careers, /vacancies or /openings with no role identifier), recruiter and staffing agency pages, LinkedIn profiles of people who already hold the role, 'we are hiring' social posts, salary guides, interview-prep articles, and course or bootcamp adverts. Lead with the company, the level, the location or remote policy, and the stack.","interval_minutes":360,"digest_mode":"6hourly","clone_count":0,"view_count":18,"follower_count":1,"following":false,"owned":false,"published_at":"2026-07-30T22:47:07.284806Z","running":false,"clone_recommended":true,"findings_total":354,"findings":[{"id":"fnd_ecb35ffb06e0","title":"Senior Software Engineer II (Full Stack), Fieldwork Automation (Remote Arizona) @ Optro","url":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/optro/601ef6b7-f454-4335-ab58-1eb8ef67536e","source":"jobs.ashbyhq.com","summary":"Single ATS posting but titled Senior Software Engineer II, which the brief explicitly excludes; also undated, so freshness cannot be checked.","relevance":12,"published_at":null,"created_at":"2026-08-08T14:17:27.043930Z"},{"id":"fnd_87b6a69e2ed9","title":"Software Engineer II - Fullstack (Remote, United States)","url":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/The%20Zebra/9912e93c-93cf-4df4-8a5b-bb634eb54361","source":"jobs.ashbyhq.com","summary":"Single Ashby posting: Software Engineer II, remote within the US, correct level and no senior/manager exclusion; page carries no date so the 21-day freshness must-have is unverified, and it is fullstack rather than strictly backend.","relevance":65,"published_at":null,"created_at":"2026-08-08T14:17:26.563453Z"},{"id":"fnd_6698e00f34d9","title":"PhD Research Scientist Intern - Reinforcement Learning for Diffusion Modelling","url":"https://www.lifeatcanva.com/en/jobs/6000000001295209/phd-research-scientist-intern-reinforcement-learning-for-diffusion-modelling/","source":"lifeatcanva.com","summary":"Off-brief role type: PhD research internship, excluded as intern-level; no publication date and no evidence of US basing.","relevance":3,"published_at":null,"created_at":"2026-08-08T08:16:47.946759Z"},{"id":"fnd_0432c78f5870","title":"PhD Research Scientist Intern - Edge AI","url":"https://www.lifeatcanva.com/en/jobs/6000000001295782/phd-research-scientist-intern-edge-ai/","source":"lifeatcanva.com","summary":"Off-brief role type: PhD internship posting, not a mid-level backend engineering role; carries no date and no US location.","relevance":3,"published_at":null,"created_at":"2026-08-08T08:16:47.464133Z"},{"id":"fnd_887f24ff7764","title":"PhD Research Scientist Intern - Reinforcement Learning for Diffusion Modelling","url":"https://www.lifeatcanva.com/en/jobs/6000000001295787/phd-research-scientist-intern-reinforcement-learning-for-diffusion-modelling/","source":"lifeatcanva.com","summary":"Off-brief role type: PhD internship in research, excluded as entry-level/intern; no date and no US location shown.","relevance":3,"published_at":null,"created_at":"2026-08-08T08:16:46.981198Z"},{"id":"fnd_e2781d5de92a","title":"PhD Research Scientist Intern - Edge AI","url":"https://www.lifeatcanva.com/en/jobs/6000000001295792/phd-research-scientist-intern-edge-ai/","source":"lifeatcanva.com","summary":"Off-brief role type: PhD research scientist internship, not a mid-level backend Engineer II posting; no date and no stated US location.","relevance":3,"published_at":null,"created_at":"2026-08-08T08:16:46.498453Z"},{"id":"fnd_d2b3869da4a0","title":"Career Opportunities at SmartRecruiters","url":"https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/smartrecruiters","source":"careers.smartrecruiters.com","summary":"Employer branding/careers stories page, not one live job posting with a role identifier; no date and no checkable requirements.","relevance":10,"published_at":null,"created_at":"2026-08-08T08:16:46.016206Z"},{"id":"fnd_59769c81e423","title":"Senior Software Engineer, Backend","url":"https://builtin.com/job/senior-software-engineer-backend/7451365","source":"builtin.com","summary":"Excluded aggregator domain (builtin.com), and the role is Senior level based in Poland, failing both seniority and US location must-haves.","relevance":5,"published_at":null,"created_at":"2026-08-08T08:16:45.532917Z"},{"id":"fnd_7df86f29ead5","title":"Job Application for Software Engineer II, Backend (Infrastructure) at Affirm","url":"https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/affirm/jobs/7548338003","source":"job-boards.greenhouse.io","summary":"Single ATS posting for Software Engineer II, Backend in the US with published pay band, but dated 2025-12-18, far outside the 21 day freshness must-have.","relevance":50,"published_at":"2025-12-18T00:00:00Z","created_at":"2026-08-08T08:16:45.050493Z"},{"id":"fnd_0ef09a39253e","title":"Work for Amplitude | Amplitude","url":"https://www.amplitude.com/careers","source":"amplitude.com","summary":"Container: general careers landing page with benefits and leadership content, no individual Engineer II posting or role ID.","relevance":15,"published_at":"2026-03-09T00:00:00Z","created_at":"2026-08-08T08:16:44.567814Z"}]}