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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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Founding Full-stack / Product Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$130k-$300k/yr On-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Help us build a 100× better job search engine. We need a full-stack engineer with great taste, sharp fundamentals, and a track record of shipping polished product on React/Next.js plus a real backend (Firebase, Elasticsearch, Redis, Stripe).
React, Next.js, TypeScript, Firebase, Elasticsearch, Redis, Stripe
Help us #BeatIndeed & #BeatLinkedIn
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Backend Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$100k-$130k/yr HybridFull Time
Ketch
Ketch: Data permissioning platform for automated privacy and compliance.
1+ YOE1+ year software engineering experience; strong backend development in Golang (or Java/Python/Scala); experience with cloud-native production systems, distributed systems, CI/CD, and databases; strong communication and collaboration skills.
Golang, Java, Python, Scala, AWS, GCP, Azure, Github Actions, Redis, Cassandra, DynamoDB, ScyllaDB, Postgres, ElasticSearch, git, GitHub, Kubernetes
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Backend Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$125k-$150k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Lumafield
Lumafield: Accessible industrial CT scanners and cloud-based analysis software
2+ YOEBachelor's degree in Engineering or related field; 2+ years Python backend experience with web frameworks; experience with large dataset processing; strong software engineering fundamentals; team collaboration; Linux, Docker, production deployments.
Python, Django, Django Rest Framework, Celery, AWS (EKS, S3, CloudFront), Docker, Kubernetes, Linux
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Backend Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$167k-$231k/yr HybridFull Time
Artos
Artos: AI-powered document authoring platform for life sciences R&D.
3+ YOE3+ years software development experience (AI/ML focus), BS/MS in CS/Engineering or equivalent, experience with GenAI, Python APIs (FastAPI/Django), containerized cloud deployments (Docker, AWS), CI/CD, and secure coding.
Python, FastAPI, Django, AWS, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi, React
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Backend Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$130k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
CHAOS Industries
CHAOS Industries: Develops advanced radar and sensing systems for modern defense.
Experience building scalable backend services and cloud infrastructure, knowledge of Python, Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD; eligible U.S. Person able to obtain security clearance.
Python, Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, TypeScript, React
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Backend Software Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$140k-$205k/yr HybridFull Time
Kerrigan Robotics
Kerrigan Robotics: AI-powered orchestration platform for factory automation systems.
5+ YOE5+ years backend experience building distributed systems in Go; strong Docker and Kubernetes skills; familiarity with PostgreSQL, message brokers (NATS, RabbitMQ), gRPC/REST, CI/CD and Git.
Golang, Docker, Kubernetes, NATS, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, gRPC, REST, CI/CD, Git
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Software Engineer, Backend
San Francisco, California, United States
$140k-$185k/yr HybridFull Time
Sleeper: Mobile platform for fantasy sports leagues and fan communities.
3+ YOE3+ years backend software engineering; distributed systems; proficient in Go, Python, Node.js, or Java; SQL/NoSQL databases; REST/GraphQL; AWS/GCP; Docker; Kubernetes; strong collaboration.
Go, Python, Node.js, Java, SQL, NoSQL, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub, REST, GraphQL, AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes
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Senior Software Engineer, Backend
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Kiddom
Kiddom: Provides a digital curriculum and instructional platform for schools.
6+ YOEBS or MS in Computer Science; 6+ years software engineering; experience with backend systems, databases, cloud, containers, and distributed architectures.
SQL, NoSQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Golang, Typescript, AWS Lambda, Terraform, Microservices, Distributed systems
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Software Engineer, Backend
San Francisco, California, United States
$180k-$310k/yr HybridFull Time
Gamma
Gamma: AI platform that generates presentations, documents, and websites from text.
3+ YOE3+ years building production backend systems; strong TypeScript/Node.js; distributed systems, databases, APIs; scalable systems; websockets/streaming nice to have.
TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, APIs
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Lead Backend Software Engineer
San Carlos, California, United States
$185k-$260k/yr HybridFull Time
Beacon AI
Beacon AI: Developing an AI-powered-pilot for safer flight operations.
5+ YOE5+ years building backend services and distributed systems, fluency in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js), experience with data pipelines, production reliability, and US Person work authorization.
Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js
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Backend Software Engineer, Applied Foundations
San Francisco, California, United States
$185k-$385k/yr OnsiteFull Time
OpenAI
OpenAI: Develops artificial intelligence models and generative AI software services.
Experience with distributed systems, APIs, and backend languages; production backend services and data pipelines.
Go, Python, Rust, C++
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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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Senior Backend Software Engineer
New York City or San Francisco
$100k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Alpaca Health
Alpaca Health: Enabling clinicians to launch and scale independent autism care clinics.
Senior backend engineer with strong system-design and ownership; builds integrations, billing/payments, data pipelines, and AI/LLM infrastructure. Experience in operationally complex domains (healthcare, fintech, insurance) or early-stage startups preferred.
Candid, Silna, Availity, HubSpot, LLM
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Senior Backend Software Engineer - GM Energy
Warren or Austin or Sunnyvale
$129k-$198k/yr HybridFull Time
General Motors
General MotorsNYSE: GM: Manufactures and sells automobiles and automotive parts globally.
5+ YOEBachelor's in CS or related and 5+ years software engineering experience; strong backend/API development, cloud and distributed systems experience; proficiency in Java/Kotlin/Python/Go; testing, debugging, and collaboration skills.
Java, Kotlin, Python, Go, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, 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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Software Engineer, Backend, Level 3
Los Angeles or Seattle or San Francisco or Palo Alto or New York City or Bellevue or Santa Monica
$100k-$176k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Snap
SnapNYSE: SNAP: Develops social media applications and augmented reality technology.
1+ YOEBS/BA in a technical field or equivalent experience,1+ years post-Bachelor software development,experience with backend/distributed systems; proficiency in Java/C++/Python and cloud/NoSQL tooling preferred.
NoSQL, Memcache, Redis, Kubernetes, Google, AWS, Java, C++, Python
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Backend Developer
San Francisco, California, United States
RemoteFull Time
CareerSwift
CareerSwift: AI-powered recruitment and job search automation platform
3+ YOE3+ years backend development, proficiency in Python/Java/Node.js/Go/C#, API design (REST/GraphQL/event-driven), SQL/NoSQL knowledge, API security, Git, automated testing and deployment workflows.
Python, Java, Node.js, Go, C#, REST, GraphQL, SQL, NoSQL, Git, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes
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Senior Software Engineer, Backend - RQL
San Francisco or Seattle
$168k-$280k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Rippling
Rippling: Unified platform managing workforce HR, IT, and finance operations
6+ YOE6+ years backend engineering experience; strong backend development, distributed systems and big-data skills; mentoring experience; familiarity with Python, MongoDB, CDC, Kafka, Aurora, Trino/Presto, Pinot, Iceberg, and Flink.
Python, MongoDB, CDC, Kafka, Aurora, Trino, Presto, Pinot, Iceberg, Flink
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Software Engineer (Backend), Content Foundations
San Francisco or Atlanta or Austin or Boston or Chicago or Dallas or Denver or Houston or Jacksonville or Los Angeles or Mexico City or Miami or New York City or Ottawa or Phoenix or Portland or Sacramento or Salt Lake City or San Diego or Seattle or Toronto or Vancouver or Washington, D.C.
$104k-$187k/yr HybridFull Time
Scribd
Scribd: Subscription-based digital library for e-books, audiobooks, and documents.
4+ YOE4+ years as a software engineer; backend/data pipelines; comfortable with messy data; proficient in Ruby, Python, or Go; AWS experience; SQL; collaborative and communicative.
Ruby, Python, Go, AWS, S3, SQS, SNS, SQL
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Software Engineer - Backend
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition: Developing software and simulation infrastructure for autonomous vehicles.
2+ YOEBachelor's degree,2+ years backend web services experience,proficiency in Go or Python,distributed systems,microservices,cloud platforms and containerization,NoSQL (Redis),EMR not mentioned.
protobuf, gRPC, AWS, GCP, OCI, Docker, Kubernetes, Redis, Go, Python
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Backend Software Engineer, Asset Services
San Jose, California, United States
$123k-$317k/yr OnsiteFull Time
TikTok
TikTok: Global short-form video hosting and social media platform.
Experienced building large-scale backend services for consumer applications; proficiency in at least one of Go, NodeJS, Python, Java, or C++; strong CS fundamentals and collaboration skills; BA/BS in CS preferred.
Go, NodeJS, Python, Java, C++
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