915 backend software engineer python jobs at 452 companies in California

PromotedHiringCafe
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
PromotedHiringCafe
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
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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
$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 (Golang)
Austin or San Diego
OnsiteFull Time
Apple
AppleNASDAQ: AAPL: Designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and online services.
3+ YOEBackend software engineer with 3+ years in Go/Java/Python, CS/CE degree, scalable cloud services, collaborative.
Go, Java, Python
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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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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
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
California, United States
$150k-$200k/yr HybridFull Time
Doxel
Doxel: AI-powered computer vision for construction progress tracking.
2+ YOE3+ years programming (Python, C++, TypeScript or functional languages); 2+ years backend/full-stack experience in cloud environments; 1+ year ETL/Airflow; PostgreSQL, SQL, Kubernetes, DuckDB, Wasm experience; Bachelor's in CS or related.
three.js, DuckDB, Airflow, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Python, C++, TypeScript, SQL, WebAssembly (Wasm)
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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
Arkansas or California or Colorado or District of Columbia or Florida or Illinois or Massachusetts or Maryland or Maine or Michigan or New Jersey or Ohio or Pennsylvania or South Carolina or Texas or Utah or Virginia or Washington
$165k-$195k/yr RemoteFull Time
SITE Technologies
SITE Technologies: Provides AI-powered property condition assessments and management software.
5+ YOE5+ years backend development experience with Python and FastAPI, strong backend architecture, relational modeling, AWS services, Docker, CI/CD, and cross-team communication.
Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, Flyway, AWS, ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM, Docker, Git, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, Claude Code, Cursor, Terraform, Terragrunt, Datadog, Sentry, LangGraph, Claude Code SDK, Amazon Bedrock
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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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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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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 Software Engineer, API Multicloud
San Francisco, California, United States
$293k-$385k/yr HybridFull Time
OpenAI
OpenAI: Develops artificial intelligence models and generative AI software services.
7+ YOE7+ years engineering experience; proficiency in backend languages (Python, Go, Rust, Typescript); experience with distributed systems, cloud services, developer tools, and production service ownership; strong communication and system-design skills.
Python, Go, Rust, Typescript, AWS, OpenAI Responses API, Codex
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Senior Software Engineer Backend
San Francisco, California, United States
$130k-$190k/yr RemoteFull Time
WeaveGrid
WeaveGrid: Software platform for electric vehicle grid integration and management.
5+ YOEBackend software engineer with 5+ years experience, strong Python/Go, cloud microservices, and ownership of production systems.
Python, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GitHub, Jira/Confluence, CircleCI
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Lead Software Engineer, Back End (Python, Spark)
New York City or San Francisco
$215k-$246k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Capital One
Capital OneNYSE: COF: Financial services offering credit cards, banking, and loans.
4+ YOEBachelor's degree, 4+ years professional software engineering experience, 1+ year cloud computing (AWS/Azure/GCP), proficiency in Java/Python/SQL/Node/Go/Scala, and experience with containerization and cloud services.
Python, Spark, Java, SQL, Node, Node.js, Go, Scala, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud
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Senior Software Engineer, Backend/Infra
Palo Alto, California, United States
$185k-$300k/yr HybridFull Time
Pika
Pika: AI-powered platform for generating and editing professional videos
5+ YOE5+ years software engineering experience, 2+ years with LLM/agentic systems preferred; deep backend proficiency (Node.js, Python, Go), distributed systems, AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, CI/CD, real-time architectures, and LLM integration skills.
Node.js, Python, Go, Express, FastAPI, TypeScript, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, CI/CD, WebSocket, Claude, GPT, Gemini, LLM, LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGPT, SQL, NoSQL
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Software Engineer - Backend
Sunnyvale, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
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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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Agentic AI)
Marina Del Rey, California, United States
$170k-$220k/yr HybridFull Time
Sift
Sift: Software platform for high-frequency hardware telemetry observability.
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering, backend APIs and distributed systems experience; strong with Go/Python/Rust, Kubernetes, observability, and customer-facing product ownership.
Go, Python, Rust, REST, gRPC, ECharts, PostgreSQL, Protobuf, Radix, React, Redux, TypeScript, Arrow, DataFusion, Flink, Parquet, Argo CD, AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, Grafana, Kubernetes, Kustomize, Linux, Prometheus, Terragrunt, Kafka, TimescaleDB
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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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Solution Backend Software Engineer - Local Service
San Jose, California, United States
$156k-$317k/yr OnsiteFull Time
TikTok
TikTok: Global short-form video hosting and social media platform.
3+ YOEBachelor's in CS,3+ years backend experience,proficiency in Python/Go/Java/C/C++,backend system design,collaboration and communication skills.
Python, Go, Java, C/C++