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Palo Alto • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments

1,562 backend engineer jobs at 634 companies in Palo Alto, CA

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Sr Backend Engineer

San Francisco or New York

$167k-$219k/yr HybridFull Time

Quizlet

Quizlet: Digital learning platform providing study tools and flashcards.

4+ YOE4+ years backend or data engineering experience; strong SQL and data warehouse experience; proficiency in Python/Java/Scala; Elasticsearch/OpenSearch experience; experience building production data pipelines and backend services.

Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, SQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Python, Java, Scala, Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, dbt, REST, gRPC, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, Spark, Kafka, Flink, FAISS, ScaNN, pgvector, LightGBM, XGBoost, BM25, HNSW, kNN

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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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Principal Engineer, Backend Engineering

San Francisco, California, United States

$210k-$274k/yr OnsiteFull Time

Atlassian

AtlassianNASDAQ: TEAM: Develops software for team collaboration and project management.

Expert backend engineering to design and lead an AI proxy platform, ensure high availability, cost-efficiency, security integration, and mentor engineering teams.

Codex, Cursor, Claude Code, Rovo CLI

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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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Senior Backend Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States

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Slope

Slope: Provides an AI-powered B2B payments and credit platform.

5+ YOE5+ years backend experience; strong Node.js/TypeScript and Python skills; strong SQL and relational/database/ETL experience; API and service design; experience productionizing models and working with data science and risk teams.

Node.js, TypeScript, Python, SQL, Postgres, Snowflake, AWS

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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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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 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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Backend Engineer

San Mateo, California, United States

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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

Denver or Seattle or Washington or San Francisco or Los Angeles or Arvada or San Francisco or Nashville or Denver or Santa Fe or New Orleans or San Diego or Bozeman or New York City

$120k-$180k/yr HybridFull Time

Quindar

Quindar: Cloud-native software for automated satellite mission operations.

3+ YOERequires Python backend development, AWS, GraphQL, Docker, Terraform, APIs, Kubernetes, Git, a computer science bachelor's degree, and 3+ years of experience; U.S. person status and security clearance eligibility required.

Python, AWS, GraphQL, Docker, Terraform, OpenAI, Anthropic, AskSage, Kubernetes, AWS Lambda, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon S3, Amazon EFS, Amazon EBS, Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, Git, GitHub, GitLab, CI/CD

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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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Staff Backend Engineer

New York City or San Francisco

$250k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time

Town

Town: AI-powered productivity assistant that automates workplace workflows.

Experienced backend engineer with production experience scaling distributed systems, LLM/agent infrastructure, workflow orchestration, and defining technical direction in fast-moving startups.

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Senior Backend Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States

$230k-$280k/yr OnsiteFull Time

Mochi Health

Mochi Health: Provides telehealth weight management and prescription medication services.

5+ YOE5+ years backend engineering experience, strong distributed systems and data modeling skills, experience owning infrastructure (Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS), proficiency with TypeScript/Node.js, excellent communication.

TypeScript, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Codex 5.3, Claude Opus 4.6

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Staff Backend Engineer - Device Security

San Mateo, California, United States

$200k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time

Verkada

Verkada: Sells integrated AI-powered cloud physical security hardware and software.

8+ YOEBS/MS in CS/Engineering; 8+ years building Go/Python microservices on AWS with on-call experience; strong backend systems and architecture knowledge; familiarity with temporal, k8s, Docker, Redis, DynamoDB, Postgres, IAM, S3; IoT and security experience preferred.

Go, Python, AWS, temporal, k8s, Docker, Redis, DynamoDB, Postgres, IAM, S3

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Senior Backend Engineer, Product

San Francisco, California, United States

OnsiteFull Time

Orion Sleep

Orion Sleep: Manufacturer of AI-powered smart mattress covers for sleep optimization.

Experience designing APIs, scaling backend systems from 0-1, and building infrastructure to support product features; strong backend engineering and system-architecture skills.

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Lead Backend Engineer

Redwood City, California, United States

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Attain

Attain: Provides real-time purchase data and measurement solutions for marketers.

6+ YOEStrong backend engineering experience designing APIs, microservices, and data models; experience with cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), gRPC/protobuf/GraphQL, relational databases, Rust-based services; 6+ years preferred; strong communication and leadership potential.

Rust, AWS, GCP, Azure, gRPC, protobuf, GraphQL, React Native, iOS, Android

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Semiotic Labs - Senior Backend Engineer

New York or San Francisco

RemoteFull Time

YieldNest

YieldNest: Liquid restaking protocol for risk-adjusted DeFi yields.

5+ YOE5+ years backend development in Python; async programming; deep PostgreSQL; multi-tenant data isolation; Redis; OpenTelemetry; AWS; strong system design and collaboration.

Python, FastAPI, Pydantic, Async SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL, pgvector, Row-level security, Redis, OpenTelemetry, AWS, React, Vite

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Senior Backend Engineer, Ambient AI

Mountain View or San Francisco or New York City

$170k-$230k/yr OnsiteFull Time

Commure

Commure: AI-powered software platform for healthcare workflow and administrative automation.

Professional software development experience; strong backend skills with Python and web frameworks; experience with containers and cloud (Docker, Kubernetes); production systems, alerting, metrics, and SRE practices; leadership and customer-facing experience.

Python, Flask, Django, FastAPIs, Docker, Kubernetes, LLMs, EHRs

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Backend Engineer - Oort

San Francisco or Golden or Toulouse

$140k-$190k/yr OnsiteFull Time

Loft Orbital

Loft Orbital: Deploy and operate satellite missions for organizations and governments.

Proficiency in Python and Docker, backend/API design and database interaction, experience with space mission technologies, strong communication and product mindset.

Python, Docker, Django, GraphQL, GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, PyTest, Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright, Cypress

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