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38 backend infrastructure engineer jobs at 15 companies in Salinas, CA

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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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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, TikTok Live Recommendation Infrastructure
San Jose, California, United States
$245k-$588k/yr OnsiteFull Time
TikTok
TikTok: Global short-form video hosting and social media platform.
3+ YOEBachelor's degree in CS or related, 3+ years experience, strong programming in C++, Go, or Java, Python scripting, distributed systems, ML infrastructure, and data pipeline experience (Spark, Flink, Kafka, Hadoop).
C++, Go, Java, Python, Spark, Flink, Kafka, Hadoop, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Kubernetes
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Backend Development Engineer Graduate (Infrastructure Platform Delivery) - 2027 Start
San Jose, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
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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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 AI Platform & Agentic Infrastructure Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
$178k-$321k/yr OnsiteFull Time
OKX
OKX: Global cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 digital wallet developer.
7+ YOE7+ years building and operating resilient backend or platform systems; proven brownfield migrations; fluent Python, strong SQL, and TypeScript/Node or Go; cloud (AWS or GCP), Terraform, CI/CD, observability; data provenance, security, and agentic runtime engineering.
Claude, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Google Workspace, JIRA, Lark, Apps Script, Drive API, Docs API, Sheets API, Slides API, Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, Terraform, Python, SQL, TypeScript, Node, Go, Model Context Protocol (MCP)
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Machine Learning Engineer, Express AI Foundations
San Jose, California, United States
$126k-$234k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Adobe
AdobeNASDAQ: ADBE: Provides software for digital media creation and marketing analytics
3+ YOE3+ years in software engineering, backend infrastructure, data systems, ML infrastructure; distributed systems; APIs/data pipelines; Python/Java/C/C++/Go; cloud; ML systems familiarity.
Python, Java, C++, Go, Kafka, Spark, Flink, distributed data frameworks
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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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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
San Francisco or Atherton or Palo Alto or Cupertino or Santa Clara
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Voltai
Voltai: Building AI world models and agents for semiconductor design.
5+ YOERequires 5+ years backend/full-stack/infrastructure engineering, experience with Docker and cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), strong systems design and debugging, familiarity with agent development and RAG, and willingness to travel locally.
Docker, AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenShift, RAG
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Senior Platform AI Engineer
Santa Clara or United States
$184k-$357k/yr HybridFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs GPU-accelerated computing and artificial intelligence hardware.
8+ YOE8+ years designing and operating production platform/backend infrastructure,5+ years ML infrastructure,BS/MS/PhD or equivalent in CS/EE/CE,strong Python and compiled-language skills,experience with Kubernetes Jobs and job queues.
Python, C, C++, Go, Java, Rust, Kubernetes Jobs, Celery, Sidekiq, Temporal, container runtimes, EDA
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Applied AI Engineer
Cupertino, California, United States
$70k-$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+ YOEProduction backend engineering experience with AI/LLM features, agentic systems, Python, cloud infrastructure, Docker/Kubernetes, and LLM evaluation skills.
Python, Go, TypeScript, Rust, AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, LangGraph, CrewAI, Claude Agent SDK, Google ADK, OpenAI ADK, Langfuse, Arize, Braintrust, W&B
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Full Stack Software Engineer 5 - Content MiddleWare Infrastructure, Messaging
Los Gatos or Los Angeles
$388k-$558k/yr RemoteFull Time
Netflix
NetflixNASDAQ: NFLX: Provider of global streaming entertainment and video content.
Design and build scalable full-stack platforms and embeddable UI, strong backend microservices experience with OO languages, frontend expertise with React/TypeScript, operational ownership, mentoring, and cross-functional leadership.
GraphQL, RESTful APIs, HTML, JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, React, Java, C#
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Senior Staff Distributed Systems Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$216k-$283k/yr OnsiteFull Time
IonQ
IonQNYSE: IONQ: Develops and sells trapped-ion quantum computers and cloud services.
12+ YOE12+ years backend engineering experience, production Go and/or Rust proficiency, distributed systems and data infrastructure experience (streaming, time-series storage), cloud-native deployment, observability, and on-call ownership.
Go, Rust, gNMI, NETCONF, SNMP, InfluxDB, TimescaleDB, Kafka, Kinesis, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, SQL, Neo4j, Amazon Neptune
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Software Engineer, AI Data Application – USDS
San Jose, California, United States
$137k-$360k/yr OnsiteFull Time
TikTok USDS Joint Venture
TikTok USDS Joint Venture: Operates and secures TikTok services for U.S. users.
3+ YOERequires a BS/MS in computer science, engineering, or related field; 3+ years of software development; backend systems experience; proficiency in Python, Go, Java, or Node.js; and knowledge of databases, caching, messaging, and cloud infrastructure.
Python, Go, Java, Node.js, LLM APIs, RAG, Microsoft
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Data and Serving Software Engineer
Campbell, California, United States
$180k-$230k/yr RemoteFull Time
Camus Energy
Camus Energy: Software platform for managing renewable energy grid integration.
3+ YOE3+ years software engineering with infrastructure/platform focus; experience with ML/forecasting pipelines; production backend services; Python 3, Kubernetes, GCP; strong data systems experience.
Python 3, Kubernetes, GCP, SQL
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Senior Software Engineer - Core Cloud Platform
San Francisco or San Jose
$296k-$346k/yr HybridFull Time
Lambda
Lambda: Provides high-performance GPU cloud infrastructure for AI development.
6+ YOEBachelor's or equivalent,6+ years building backend/distributed systems,strong in Python or Go,experience with cloud infrastructure,Linux,Kubernetes,APIs,workflow/orchestration,production debugging and on-call.
Python, Go, Linux, Kubernetes, Temporal, Airflow, Slurm, BMC/Redfish, InfiniBand
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Staff Software Engineer - Confluent Kafka Storage
Poughkeepsie or Lowell or Rochester or Tucson or Research Triangle Park or Armonk or Boston or Bellevue or Atlanta or San Jose or Dallas or Austin or San Francisco or Seattle or New York City
$161k-$299k/yr HybridFull Time
IBM
IBMNew York Stock Exchange: IBM: Global technology providing enterprise software, cloud, and consulting.
10+ YOE10+ years backend/infrastructure experience; BS in CS or equivalent; expertise in Java/Scala/C/C++/Go; deep knowledge of distributed storage systems, systems-level concepts, and leadership/mentoring skills.
Java, Scala, C/C++, Go, Apache Kafka, Apache Iceberg, Apache Flink, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kora
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