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Founding Backend / Infra Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$160k-$300k/yr On-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Own the crawlers, pipelines, and infrastructure powering a real-time job search engine. Strong Node.js and Python fundamentals; bonus points for security and reverse-engineering chops.
Node.js, Python, Elasticsearch, Redis
Help us #BeatIndeed & #BeatLinkedIn
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Backend Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$190k-$230k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Lapel
Lapel: Unifying customer data to power personalized service at scale.
3+ YOE3+ years backend or software engineering; API design; backend architecture; Node.js/Python/Go; PostgreSQL/MySQL; scalable systems; customer-focused.
Node.js, Python, Go, PostgreSQL, MySQL, TypeScript, Temporal, Pulsar
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Lead Backend Engineer
San Francisco or Lehi or Plano
$138k-$216k/yr HybridFull Time
Collective Health
Collective Health: Cloud platform for managing employer-sponsored health benefits.
10+ YOE10+ years backend engineering experience with Java and Spring Cloud, microservices and integration platform experience (Mulesoft), AI tooling familiarity, cloud (AWS/GCP), SQL/PostgreSQL, system development, and strong communication and leadership skills.
Java, Spring Cloud, Mulesoft, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, WindSurf, AWS, GCP, SQL, PostgreSQL
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Senior Backend Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$150k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Amari
Amari: AI agents automating document-heavy workflows for the logistics industry.
4+ YOE4–6 years backend software engineering in a high-growth startup; ownership of backend systems; strong architectural judgment; in-person SF collaboration.
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Backend Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$190k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Wordware
Wordware: Full-stack operating system for building AI applications.
Senior backend-leaning full-stack engineer; onsite in San Francisco; full-time; $190k-$220k; US-based or relocation.
TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Cloudflare, AWS, AI model integrations
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Backend Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$140k-$185k/yr HybridFull Time
Scribe
Scribe: Automatically documents digital workflows into step-by-step process guides.
3+ YOE3+ years building backend applications, strong Python skills, experience optimizing endpoints and database queries, automated testing, and collaborative engineering practices.
Python, Django, PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery, AmazonMQ, Terraform, AWS
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Sr. Backend Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$145k-$170k/yr HybridFull Time
LeapXpert
LeapXpert: Compliant enterprise communication platform for secure consumer messaging.
6+ YOE6+ years building backend/distributed systems, experience designing agentic runtimes and SDKs, multi-tenant isolation, async/concurrent patterns, secure API design, observability, and production-grade platform development.
Temporal, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Go, Python, TypeScript/Node.js, Rust, Kubernetes, CI/CD, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, SQL, gRPC, Claude Managed Agents, Bedrock Agents, Google Agent Builder, Azure AI Services, Google ADK, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI SDK, LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, MCP, Kafka, Neo4j
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Backend Infrastructure Engineer
San Francisco or North America
$200k-$250k/yr HybridFull Time
Firecrawl
Firecrawl: Converts websites into clean structured data for AI.
3+ YOE3+ years in backend, networking, or infrastructure engineering; production ownership and on-call responsibility; authorized to work in the US or eligible remote regions.
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Senior Backend Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$200k-$230k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Sauron Systems
Sauron Systems: Autonomous robotic platforms for residential security and threat deterrence.
5+ YOE5+ years building production backend systems; proficiency in Go, Python, Rust, Java, or C++; experience with distributed systems, REST/gRPC, PostgreSQL/MySQL/Redis/DynamoDB, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and observability; strong system design and debugging skills.
Go, Python, Rust, Java, C++, REST, gRPC, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, DynamoDB, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, NATS, RabbitMQ
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Engineer, Backend
San Mateo, California, United States
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Bedrock Data
Bedrock Data: AI-native data security and governance platform for enterprise environments.
Backend engineer with experience designing scalable services; strong problem-solving; entrepreneurial mindset.
Golang, Python, Node, AWS, Neo4j, SQL
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Backend Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$130k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation
Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation: Operates programs for women's empowerment and community resilience.
3+ YOE3+ years backend or full-stack engineering experience with data/analytics; strong Python (preferred) or Node.js/Ruby/Java, SQL and NoSQL skills; experience building data pipelines, defining metrics, A/B testing, and data visualization; bachelor's in CS/data field or equivalent.
Python, Node.js, Ruby, Java, SQL, NoSQL, RESTful APIs
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Backend Infrastructure Engineer
Palo Alto, California, United States
$165k-$180k/yr HybridFull Time
Vinci
Vinci: AI software for rapid hardware design and physics simulation.
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering experience focused on backend and infrastructure. Hands-on Terraform and major cloud experience, CI/CD (Jenkins), build systems (CMake,pip/uv), Python and C++ proficiency, production platform experience.
Terraform, GCP, AWS, Azure, Jenkins, CMake, pip, uv, Python, C++, Docker, Kubernetes, PyTorch, NumPy, CUDA
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Backend Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$140k-$290k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Paraform
Paraform: Marketplace connecting hiring companies with specialized recruiters and AI.
Deep backend expertise; pragmatic, operationally minded, high ownership; experience building production services, databases, and integrations.
PostgreSQL, REST APIs, CI/CD, Git, Authentication, Observability
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Senior Backend Engineer (Product)
San Francisco, California, United States
$200k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Conversion
Conversion: AI-native marketing automation platform for modern B2B companies.
5+ YOE5+ years experience shipping product features; backend services experience; Go; Kafka; Temporal; PostgreSQL; ClickHouse; GCP.
Go, Kafka, Temporal, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, GCP
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Backend Engineer, Integrations
Palo Alto, California, United States
$140k-$220k/yr HybridFull Time
Pylon
Pylon: API-first infrastructure for automated mortgage lending and operations.
Backend engineer skilled in building integrations, with experience in TypeScript/NestJS, GraphQL, SQL, and external APIs.
TypeScript, NestJS, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, Temporal, REST, SOAP, File-based APIs, AI tooling
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Backend Engineer
San Mateo, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Luminary Cloud
Luminary Cloud: Cloud-native physics simulation platform for accelerated product engineering.
10+ YOE10+ years building high-performance backend systems; Kubernetes expertise; SaaS focus; cloud infrastructure and security; leadership and mentoring; strong communication.
Kubernetes, Docker, GCP, CI/CD
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Backend engineer
San Jose, California, United States
$150k-$200k/yr RemoteFull Time
Protocol Nine
Protocol Nine: Building AI-native security infrastructure for threat detection and response.
4+ YOE4+ years building backend or distributed systems; strong in Python, Go, Java, or TypeScript; experience operating production systems and building APIs/integrations.
Python, Go, Java, TypeScript, REST
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Backend Engineer
San Francisco or North America or South America
$70k-$100k/yr RemoteFull Time
Clera
Clera: AI talent agent matching professionals with high-growth startup roles
3+ YOE3+ years building production backend systems (Python or TypeScript/Node), experience with distributed systems, queues, cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP), relational databases, observability, and strong product ownership.
Python, TypeScript, Node, AWS, GCP, EHR, ASR, TTS, LLM
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Backend Engineer
Arvada or San Francisco or Washington or Seattle or Los Angeles
$120k-$180k/yr HybridFull Time
Quindar
Quindar: Cloud-native software for automated satellite mission operations.
3+ YOE3+ years backend development experience, proficiency with Python, AWS, GraphQL, Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, Git; Bachelor’s in CS or related; U.S. Person required and ability to obtain U.S. security clearance.
Python, GraphQL, Docker, Terraform, OpenAI, Anthropic, AskSage, Kubernetes, EC2, S3, RDS, Fargate, EKS, Lambda, ECS, CloudWatch, EFS, EBS, Git, GitHub, GitLab, Fargate
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Senior Backend Engineer - Virtual Guard
San Mateo, California, United States
$130k-$280k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Verkada
Verkada: Sells integrated AI-powered cloud physical security hardware and software.
5+ YOE5+ years backend engineering experience; distributed systems, event-driven architectures, scalable APIs; real-time data pipelines; cloud and edge; Go or Python; Kafka, Temporal, Postgres; strong ownership.
Go, Python, Kafka, Temporal, Postgres, Cloud
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Backend Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$135k-$250k/yr HybridFull Time
Fable Security
Fable Security: AI-driven platform managing human risk and employee security behavior.
3+ YOE3+ years developing backend software; experience designing, implementing, and owning production services; familiarity with relational DBs (Django or similar), APIs, ETL/data pipelines, distributed systems, and cloud tooling (AWS, Terraform, EKS).
Kafka, Spark, Airflow, Django, AWS, Terraform, EKS, GenAI
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