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257 backend development engineer jobs at 59 companies in Salinas, CA

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Backend Engineer, Flag Delivery
Oakland or San Francisco or New York City or Boston or Seattle or Irvine or Los Angeles or Monterey or Santa Barbara or Santa Rosa or Austin or Portland or Philadelphia or Chicago or United States
$146k-$235k/yr OnsiteFull Time
LaunchDarkly
LaunchDarkly: Provides a feature management platform for software development teams.
5+ YOE5+ years backend engineering experience building/operating production distributed systems; strong programming in Go/Java/Rust; production debugging, observability, on-call experience; clear AI usage in engineering work.
Go, Java, Rust
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Staff MaaS Backend Engineer
San Jose or Austin
RemoteFull Time
Bitdeer
BitdeerNASDAQ: BTDR: Operates cryptocurrency mining and high-performance computing data centers.
8+ YOERequires 8+ years backend experience, including 3+ years owning high-traffic multi-tenant APIs. Deep Go, Kubernetes, distributed systems, migrations, observability, LLM serving, security, and billing expertise required.
Go, Kubernetes, Envoy, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, OpenTelemetry, OAuth, OpenAI, Anthropic
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Principal Backend Engineer - Core Infrastructure
Santa Clara, California, United States
$212k-$318k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Qualcomm
QualcommNASDAQ: QCOM: Designs and manufactures semiconductors and wireless telecommunications products.
6+ YOEAdvanced software engineering experience (6+ years), proficiency in backend languages (Go, Java, Python, C/C++), cloud platforms, containerization, distributed systems, and API design; BS/MS/PhD in CS or related field.
C, C++, Java, Python, Go, Node.js, AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, Git, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack
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Backend Software Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$140k-$205k/yr HybridFull Time
Kerrigan Robotics
Kerrigan Robotics: AI-powered orchestration platform for factory automation systems.
5+ YOE5+ years backend experience building distributed systems in Go; strong Docker and Kubernetes skills; familiarity with PostgreSQL, message brokers (NATS, RabbitMQ), gRPC/REST, CI/CD and Git.
Golang, Docker, Kubernetes, NATS, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, gRPC, REST, CI/CD, Git
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Backend/ML Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$130k-$150k/yr OnsiteMultiple Commitments Available
LG Electronics
LG ElectronicsKorea Exchange: 066570: Designs and manufactures consumer electronics and home appliances.
3+ YOERequires 3–7 years of software engineering experience, REST API development, LLM API familiarity, SQL, a non-relational data store, adaptable problem-solving, and strong written communication.
FastAPI, Flask, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SQL, REST APIs, LLMs
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Backend Development Engineer Graduate (Infrastructure Platform Delivery) - 2027 Start
San Jose, California, United States
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ByteDance
ByteDance: Developing AI-driven content platforms and mobile applications.
Completing or recently completed a bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field; strong coding, data structures, algorithms, and programming language skills.
Java, Go, C, C++, MySQL, Redis, Linux, TCP/UDP, HTTP
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AIML - Sr Backend Engineer, Data and ML Innovation
Cupertino, California, United States
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Apple
AppleNASDAQ: AAPL: Designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and online services.
Design and build backend data solutions for ML and foundation model lifecycle; collaborate with ML researchers, engineers, and data scientists to enable research and product development.
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Helix AI Engineer, Backend Infrastructure
San Jose, California, United States
$150k-$400k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Figure
Figure: Develops autonomous humanoid robots for commercial and residential tasks.
5+ YOESenior backend engineer skilled in high-throughput, real-time streaming, cloud systems, and ML-serving integration.
Go, C++, Python, Rust, AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, CI/CD
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Backend Compiler Engineer
Austin or Texas or Oregon or California or Redmond or Santa Clara
$124k-$242k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs GPU-accelerated computing and artificial intelligence hardware.
2+ YOE2+ years compiler code generation experience, B.S. in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent, strong C++ skills, compiler optimization experience, good communication and documentation.
C++, CUDA, DirectX, OpenGL, Vulkan, PTX, LLVM, TableGen, LLVM IR, Machine IR (MIR)
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Senior Backend Engineer – Cloud Platform
San Jose, California, United States
$139k-$258k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Adobe
AdobeNASDAQ: ADBE: Provides software for digital media creation and marketing analytics
5+ YOE5+ years experience in Java and cloud development, experience with cloud APIs, DevOps, AI-first development, Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred.
Azure, AWS, GCP, Java, Azure Java SDK, Chef, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Adobe AEM
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Staff Backend Engineer, Core Data Service
San Jose, California, United States
$245k-$450k/yr OnsiteFull Time
TikTok
TikTok: Global short-form video hosting and social media platform.
5+ YOE5+ years building large-scale distributed backend systems; strong coding in Go/C++/Java; experience with active-active/global architectures, distributed storage, and AI-native infrastructure.
Go, C++, Java, Redis, RocksDB, Spanner
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Sr Staff Engineer Backend
Los Angeles or Santa Clara or Tustin or Dallas
$99k-$185k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Lendistry
Lendistry: Technology-enabled lender providing capital to small businesses.
7+ YOE7+ years backend, distributed systems, microservices; technical leadership; collaboration across product, data, and compliance; AI-assisted development familiarity.
Java, Kotlin, Scala, Go, C#, TypeScript, REST, gRPC, OAuth2, JWT, AWS, CI/CD, AI tools, Copilot
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Backend Compiler Engineer - New College Grad 2026
Santa Clara, California, United States
$108k-$196k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs graphics processing units and artificial intelligence hardware.
Recent BS/MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (or equivalent), compiler design coursework, LLVM backend experience, strong C/C++ coding and communication skills.
LLVM, LLVM IR, Machine IR (MIR), GlobalISel, TableGen, C/C++, CUDA, PTX, OpenGL, DX, Vulkan
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Java Back end Engineer
Cupertino, California, United States
$100k-$115k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Quest Global
Quest Global: Global engineering services for product development and lifecycle management.
8+ YOERequires 8–12 years in back-end application development, strong Java, Spring, Spring Boot, REST API, SQL, and Git experience, plus Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD, debugging, and collaboration skills.
Java, Spring, Spring Boot, REST APIs, SQL, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD
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Founding Backend / Infra Engineer
Cupertino, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Hiring.Cafe
Hiring.Cafe: An AI-powered job search engine and aggregator.
Ownership from day one; strong fundamentals in programming and systems design; Node.js and Python experience; fast learner; detail-oriented; security interest preferred.
Node.js, Python
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Senior Backend Engineer (Full-Stack Capable)
Santa Clara, California, United States
$180k-$240k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Orkes
Orkes: Cloud platform for building distributed, event-driven applications.
7+ years experience, deep OO language expertise (Java/Go/C++), cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP), on-call/operational architecture ownership, distributed-systems design, full-stack React/TypeScript capability.
Java, Go, C++, AWS, Azure, GCP, React, TypeScript, Spring Boot, Netflix Conductor, Temporal
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Senior Software Engineer Backend - Node Connectivity
San Jose, California, United States
$94k-$130k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consultancy ServicesNational Stock Exchange of India: TCS: Global provider of IT services, consulting, and business solutions.
8+ YOE10+ years software engineering experience, 5+ years writing production C/C++, Linux/embedded experience, networking fundamentals, strong communication and presentation skills.
C, C++, Linux, gRPC, Yocto, buildroot
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Sr Principal Engineer Software- Backend (Prisma Browser)
Santa Clara, California, United States
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Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto NetworksNASDAQ: PANW: Provides enterprise-grade network, cloud, and endpoint security software.
5+ YOE5+ years backend development in Go/C#/Java/C++ or similar; experience with cloud environments and microservices; strong performance focus.
Go, CSharp, Java, C++, AWS, GCP, Azure, Microservices
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Staff Software Engineer, Backend
San Jose, California, United States
$173k-$216k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Archer
ArcherNYSE: ACHR: Develops electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for urban mobility.
5+ YOEBS/MS in CS or related,5+ years backend and data pipeline experience,proficiency in Java,Python and/or Rust,experience with streaming systems,databases,cloud and containerization.
Java, Python, Rust, Apache Pulsar, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, Valkey, Docker, AWS, GCP, Azure, Parquet, Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitOps
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SASE Cloud Software Engineer - AI & Backend
San Jose, California, United States
$137k-$277k/yr HybridFull Time
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseNYSE: HPE: Provides global edge-to-cloud technology solutions and IT infrastructure services.
5+ YOE5+ years Java/Python backend development, 5+ years designing REST APIs/microservices, 2+ years building or integrating AI/LLM applications, experience with SQL/NoSQL and cloud platforms, familiarity with JavaScript/React/Node.js, BS in a technical discipline.
Java, Python, REST APIs, LLM, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), SQL, NoSQL, AWS, Azure, JavaScript, React, Node.js
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