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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 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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Senior Backend Engineer, TikTok BRIC ML Foundation
San Jose, California, United States
$213k-$388k/yr OnsiteFull Time
TikTok
TikTok: Global short-form video hosting and social media platform.
Senior-level experience building large-scale backend and ML infrastructure; proficiency in Go, C/C++, Java or Python; experience with distributed systems and risk/anti-abuse domains preferred; strong communication and problem-solving.
Go, C/C++, Java, Python
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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 - Platforms
San Jose, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
ByteDance
ByteDance: Developing AI-driven content platforms and mobile applications.
3+ YOEBS in CS or equivalent; experience with web apps, Unix/Linux, distributed systems, networking; DICM/ITOM/ITSM experience; GPU or big data (Hadoop/Kafka/Apache) preferred; Golang or Python experience.
Golang, Python, Unix, Linux, Hadoop, Kafka, Apache, GPU
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Backend Engineer (3-15years of experience)
San Jose or Durham or Mexico City or Vancouver or Bangalore or Pune or Hoofddorp or Belgrade or Barcelona or Singapore or Sydney or Tokyo
$129k-$193k/yr HybridFull Time
Nutanix
NutanixNASDAQ: NTNX: Sells cloud software and hyperconverged infrastructure for enterprises.
4+ YOE4+ years building scalable, fault-tolerant backend services with Docker,Kubernetes,Go,Python,CI/CD and strong systems, distributed computing, and datacenter knowledge.
Docker, Kubernetes, Go, Python, CI/CD, TensorFlow, PyTorch, GPU
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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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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 – 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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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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SASE Cloud Software Engineer - AI & Backend
San Jose, California, United States
$137k-$277k/yr HybridFull Time
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseNYSE: HPE: Provides edge-to-cloud IT infrastructure and platform services.
5+ YOE5+ years backend development with Java and/or Python, 5+ years designing REST APIs and microservices, 2+ years building or integrating AI/LLM applications, experience with SQL/NoSQL and cloud platforms, Bachelor’s required.
Java, Python, REST, SQL, NoSQL, AWS, Azure, JavaScript, React, Node.js, Copilot
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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: Providing global edge-to-cloud infrastructure and IT solutions for businesses.
5+ YOE5+ years backend development (Java and/or Python), 5+ years designing REST APIs/microservices, 2+ years building or integrating AI/LLM applications; experience with SQL/NoSQL and cloud platforms; Bachelor's degree required, Master's preferred.
Java, Python, REST, SQL, NoSQL, AWS, Azure, JavaScript, React, Node.js
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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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Senior Lead Software Engineer, Back-End Distributed Systems (AWS, Go, Kubernetes, MCP, Lua, Python)
Cambridge or McLean or New York or Plano or San Jose
OnsiteFull Time
Capital One
Capital OneNYSE: COF: Financial services offering credit cards, banking, and loans.
6+ YOE6+ yrs software engineering; 1+ yr cloud (AWS); BS; backend distributed systems exp; Go, Lua, Python, AWS, Kubernetes.
AWS, Kubernetes, Go, Lua, Python, JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, SQL, HTML/CSS, Docker, MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL
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Distinguished Software Engineer - ADEM (Backend)
Santa Clara, California, United States
$230k-$315k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto NetworksNASDAQ: PANW: Provides enterprise-grade network, cloud, and endpoint security software.
12+ YOE12+ years software engineering experience; expertise in large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native architectures; GCP (GKE, Spanner, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow); Kafka/Pulsar/Flink; Rust, Go, Java, or Python; experience with AI dev tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot).
Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Rust, Go, Java, Python, GKE, Spanner, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Kafka, Pulsar, Flink, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Istio
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Sr Software Engineer, Python
San Jose, California, United States
$144k-$213k/yr HybridFull Time
PayPal
PayPalNASDAQ: PYPL: Digital platform for sending money and processing online payments.
3+ YOE3+ years backend development experience with a Bachelor's degree; proficient in Python and backend frameworks; experience designing RESTful APIs and microservices; ability to lead and mentor teams.
Python, Django, Flask, REST, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure
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Senior Software Engineer - Back-end/Data Pipeline - VenturaOS
San Jose, California, United States
$125k-$229k/yr OnsiteFull Time
The Trade Desk
The Trade DeskNASDAQ: TTD: Cloud-based programmatic advertising platform for data-driven media buying.
7+ YOE7+ years software development (5+ in data engineering), experience with Vertica/Snowflake/Databricks, Apache Spark, Kafka, Java/Scala/Python, cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), Kubernetes, data governance, ML pipelines, content metadata and distributed systems.
Vertica, Snowflake, Databricks, Apache Spark, Kafka, Java, Scala, Python, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, MLOps
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Sr Staff Software Engineer, BE Python
San Jose or Austin
$197k-$292k/yr HybridFull Time
PayPal
PayPalNASDAQ: PYPL: Global digital payments platform for consumers and merchants.
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering experience, deep backend and Python expertise, distributed systems and cloud (AWS) experience, strong security/authentication knowledge, Terraform experience, excellent communication and leadership skills.
Python, Java, Go, AWS, Terraform, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, FIDO2/WebAuthn
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Lead Software Engineer - (Forward Deployed Engineer)
Santa Clara, California, United States
$170k-$227k/yr HybridFull Time
Eightfold.ai
Eightfold.ai: AI-native platform for talent management and workforce optimization.
7+ YOE7+ years engineering experience, strong backend skills (Java, Python, Scala), distributed systems, enterprise escalations, system design, APIs and data pipelines, frontend experience (React, Angular), cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), mentoring skills.
Java, Python, Scala, React, Angular, AWS, GCP, Azure
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Senior Infrastructure Architecture Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
MaxInsights
MaxInsights: Provides robot data collection for physical AI development.
Senior-level infrastructure experience with Python and backend systems, architecture judgment across data and platform workflows, ability to define boundaries, and strong communication and product sense.
Python, Docker, CI/CD, observability
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Senior Platform AI Engineer
Santa Clara or California
$184k-$357k/yr HybridFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs graphics processing units and artificial intelligence hardware.
8+ YOE8+ years building and operating production platform/backend infrastructure; 5+ years ML infrastructure; strong Python and a compiled language; experience with job queues, sandboxed execution, and production reliability.
Python, C, C++, Go, Java, Rust, Kubernetes Jobs, Celery, Sidekiq, Temporal, container runtimes
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