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Principal Engineer, Backend Engineering
San Francisco, California, United States
$210k-$274k/yr OnsiteFull Time
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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Backend Engineering Intern
San Francisco or Istanbul or Ankara
HybridFull Time, Internship
0+ YOE3rd/4th-year CS or engineering student with backend interest; hands-on backend experience via coursework/projects/internships; OOP, data structures, algorithms, and Git familiarity; strong analytical and communication skills.
Git
2w
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Sr Backend Engineer
San Francisco or New York
$167k-$219k/yr HybridFull Time
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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Lead Backend Engineer
San Francisco or Lehi or Plano
$138k-$216k/yr HybridFull Time
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
2mo
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Senior Backend Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$150k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
4+ YOE4–6 years backend software engineering in a high-growth startup; ownership of backend systems; strong architectural judgment; in-person SF collaboration.
3mo
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Backend Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$190k-$230k/yr OnsiteFull Time
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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Backend Infrastructure Engineer
San Francisco or North America
$200k-$250k/yr HybridFull Time
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
$110k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years backend experience, proficiency in Python, FastAPI, SQL, testing with pytest, experience designing data architectures and shipping production systems, familiarity with AI-assisted coding tools.
Python, FastAPI, pytest, Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, SQL, AWS
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Backend Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$140k-$185k/yr HybridFull Time
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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Backend Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Strong backend application engineering experience with TypeScript or Python, API design, relational databases, async/background systems, debugging across services, and security best practices.
TypeScript, Python, Next.js, tRPC, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Drizzle, Redis, Bun, Docker
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Software Engineering Manager – Backend
Santa Clara, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE3+ MgmtBachelor's or Master's in CS or related,8+ years backend development,3+ years engineering management,expertise in distributed systems,cloud (Azure or AWS),REST APIs,event-driven systems,databases,microservices;travel up to 15%.
Azure, AWS, REST APIs
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Backend Infrastructure Engineer
Palo Alto, California, United States
$165k-$180k/yr HybridFull Time
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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Sr. Backend Engineer, Digital Engineering
Carlsbad, California, United States
$148k-$180k/yr RemoteFull Time
5+ YOEBachelor's degree preferred,5+ years backend experience,expertise in TypeScript/Node.js or comparable language,REST/GraphQL,serverless,PostgreSQL,testing,CI/CD,observability and strong communication.
TypeScript, Node.js, JavaScript, Python, REST, GraphQL, Azure Functions, AWS Lambda, PostgreSQL, Jest, JWT, OAuth, GitHub, Bitbucket, YAML, New Relic, Sentry, Azure Application Insights, React, NestJS, Next.js, Express, Fastify, Shopify APIs, Azure Bicep, Amazon CDK, Terraform, Azure Service Bus, Amazon Data Firehose
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Backend Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$130k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
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
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
OnsiteFull Time
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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Senior Manager, Backend Services
New York City or Los Angeles or Chicago or Stamford or California or Connecticut or Florida or Georgia or Illinois or Indiana or Maryland or Massachusetts or Michigan or Minnesota or Nevada or New Hampshire or New Jersey or New York or North Carolina or Oregon or South Carolina or South Dakota or Texas or West Virginia or Wisconsin or Wyoming
$179k-$210k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE2+ Mgmt7+ years backend engineering, 2+ years engineering management, GraphQL and REST API design, Node.js and cloud-native experience, CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes, strong communication and leadership.
GraphQL, Apollo, Hasura, REST, Node.js, AWS, GCP, Azure, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Pulumi, SQL, NoSQL, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Stripe, PayPal, Recurly, Auth0, Cognito, LoginRadius, Kafka, SNS, SQS
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Staff Backend Engineer - Device Security
San Mateo, California, United States
$200k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
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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Backend Software Engineer
United States or Goleta
$123k-$170k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years backend experience with C#/.NET and SQL; bachelor\u0002s degree in CS or related field; strong skills in concurrent processing, API and data pipeline design, and clear technical communication.
C#, .NET, SQL Server, SQL
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Staff Backend Engineer
New York City or San Francisco
$250k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
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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