Ball joints? Sloppy wheel bearings?
I've driven cars with bad ball joints that only give an indication when backing up with the wheel turned. It's a difficult sensation to describe except to say that it feels like the front "shifts" to the side. That would change the alignment of the front wheels while backing, but it doesn't sound like your problem.
Sloppy bearings could let your brake disks shift slightly in relation to the calipers/pads and cause some noise. Especially if the rotors are near the end of their life.
You didn't mention if you get the noise with the wheels turned while the car moves forward.
I might suggest that you might have an issue with the control arm bushings, but if a shop checked out the car and did a good job of it, those should be obvious.
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