16 ai backend engineer jobs at 11 companies in San Diego, CA
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Senior Staff AI Engineer
San Diego or California
$200k-$299k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOEBachelor's degree in CS/Engineering (or equivalent), 12+ years building backend/distributed systems or data/AI platforms; strong Java, Go, or Python skills; experience with SQL/NoSQL, cloud platforms, Kubernetes/Docker, CI/CD, and production observability.
Java, Go, Python, SQL, NoSQL, LLMs, embeddings, vector databases, RAG, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD
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Staff AI Engineer
San Diego or Washington
$169k-$254k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOEBachelor's in CS/Engineering or equivalent, 8+ years building backend/distributed/data/AI platforms, strong Java/Go/Python, experience with SQL/NoSQL, cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), Kubernetes and CI/CD.
Java, Go, Python, SQL, NoSQL, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, AWS, Azure, GCP
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Senior AI Engineer
San Diego or Washington or Texas
RemoteFull Time
5+ YOEBachelor's in CS or equivalent, 5+ years in backend/distributed systems/data platform development, proficiency in Java/Go/Python, RESTful API design, SQL/NoSQL, Kubernetes, cloud knowledge, experience with LLMs/agentic AI and AI productivity tools.
Java, Go, Python, SQL, NoSQL, Kubernetes, Kafka, GitHub Copilot, LLMs
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Senior AI Engineer
San Diego or Washington
$144k-$215k/yr RemoteFull Time
5+ YOEBachelor's in CS or equivalent, 5+ years backend/distributed systems experience, proficiency in Java/Go/Python, RESTful APIs, SQL/NoSQL, Kubernetes, experience with LLMs/agentic AI, strong debugging and mentoring skills.
Java, Go, Python, SQL, NoSQL, Kubernetes, Kafka, GitHub Copilot
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Staff AI Engineer
San Diego or Washington
$169k-$254k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years building backend services or data/AI platforms; bachelor’s in CS or equivalent; strong proficiency in Java, Go, or Python; experience with distributed systems, SQL/NoSQL, cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), Kubernetes and Docker.
Java, Go, Python, SQL, NoSQL, LLMs, vector databases, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, AWS, Azure, GCP
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Staff Software Engineer - Back End
San Diego or California or United States
$189k-$255k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOERequires a BS/MS in computer science or equivalent experience, 7+ years delivering enterprise applications, scalable coding, Java, testing, databases, cloud, microservices, Kubernetes, and AI integration expertise.
Java, TDD, Kubernetes, Mesos, SQL, NoSQL, LLM, AutoML
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Security Engineer, AI Platform Engineering
Austin or San Diego
OnsiteFull Time
Experienced AI-focused security engineer who has shipped agents or LLM-based automations, builds secure backends and infrastructure, understands AI governance/DLP/monitoring, and can obtain U.S. security clearance.
LLMs, agentic loops, function calling, Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD, containers, APIs, data pipelines, MCP, evals
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AI Enablement and Developer Experience
Fort Mill or Charlotte or San Diego
$115k-$192k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years building backend services, SDKs, and developer platforms; 2+ years AI application experience; Bachelors in CS/Engineering or equivalent; proficiency with Python or Java; strong systems design and collaboration skills.
Python, Java
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Senior Software Engineer - AI Transparency Platform
San Diego, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Design and build secure identity and transparency services for large-scale, privacy-preserving cloud AI; strong backend engineering and cryptography experience preferred.
Private Cloud Compute (PCC)
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Senior Software Engineer
San Diego, California, United States
$143k-$179k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years professional software engineering experience, strong backend skills (Java/Spring Boot preferred), distributed systems, cloud-native deployments, CI/CD familiarity, experience with AI-assisted development tools.
Copilot, Claude Code, Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Azure, GCP, CI/CD
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Java Engineer I, 100% Remote
San Diego or United States
$90k-$120k/yr RemoteFull Time
2+ YOERequires 2+ years building backend Java services, 1+ year building AI or ML models, strong Java fundamentals, English fluency, and US residence. Visa sponsorship unavailable.
Java, Machine Learning, AI, Generative AI, OCR, REST APIs, SQL, AWS, CI/CD
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Senior Software Engineer
San Diego, California, United States
$124k-$187k/yr HybridFull Time
Bachelor's degree required. Strong C#/.NET experience, hands-on AWS, experience using Claude for AI-assisted development, API and backend development skills, software design and mentorship experience.
C#, .NET, .NET Core, Claude, AWS, EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, Databricks, Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, Git
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Software Engineer - Platform Infrastructure
San Diego, California, United States
$130k-$155k/yr OnsiteFull Time
0+ YOE0–3 years in systems or backend; CS/CE/EE degree; proficient in Python, C/C++, TypeScript, or Rust; Linux experience; on-site in San Diego; AI tooling; strong communication.
Python, C/C++, TypeScript, Rust, Linux, Terraform, ECS, PostgreSQL, S3
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AI Engineering Manager, Agentic Foundation
Bellevue or South San Francisco or San Diego
$215k-$228k/yr HybridFull Time
Engineering management experience; deep software engineering and system design skills; experience with distributed systems, microservices, APIs, data/storage and GenAI/LLM systems; strong backend skills (Python, FastAPI/Flask); client-facing communication.
Python, FastAPI, Flask, CI/CD
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Head of Engineering & Technical Operations
Los Angeles or Irvine or San Diego
$200k-$240k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8–15+ years software engineering experience with leadership of internal and/or outsourced teams; strong judgment across backend, data pipelines, APIs, cloud, release discipline, QA, and productization of AI; ability to recruit and partner with founder.
AWS, Python, SQL
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Senior Manager, Software Engineering
San Diego, California, United States
$171k-$257k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE3+ Mgmt8+ years software engineering experience with 3+ years engineering management, experience building/scaling teams, AI-assisted development knowledge, technical depth in backend/full-stack, strong communication and hiring track record.
Claude Code, Copilot, Augment Code
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