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16 lead software engineer back end jobs at 14 companies in San Jose, CA

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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, APIs, and distributed systems; experience with Python and JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js); data pipeline and production reliability experience; strong ownership and communication.
Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js
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Lead Software Engineer - Backend
San Mateo, California, United States
$168k-$208k/yr HybridFull Time
Freshworks
FreshworksNASDAQ: FRSH: Provides cloud-based customer support and IT management software.
6+ YOE6-8 years backend experience; Ruby on Rails; strong DSA, REST APIs, OOD/SOLID; system design; leadership potential; collaborative, agile mindset.
Ruby on Rails, REST APIs, RDBMS, Caching, Distributed Queues, Microservices, OOP, SOLID, AI tools and technologies
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Lead Backend Engineer
Redwood City, California, United States
HybridFull Time
Attain
Attain: Provides real-time purchase data and measurement solutions for marketers.
6+ YOEStrong backend engineering experience designing APIs, microservices, and data models; experience with cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), gRPC/protobuf/GraphQL, relational databases, Rust-based services; 6+ years preferred; strong communication and leadership potential.
Rust, AWS, GCP, Azure, gRPC, protobuf, GraphQL, React Native, iOS, Android
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Senior Engineer - Security Products (Backend APIs)
San Francisco, California, United States
$181k-$217k/yr HybridFull Time
Fastly
FastlyNYSE: FSLY: Provides edge cloud platform for content delivery and cybersecurity.
5+ YOE5+ years engineering experience with production Go; 3+ years building public APIs; strong RESTful API design, testing, observability, and on-call experience; ability to author design docs and lead end-to-end projects.
Go, Terraform, CI/CD, OpenAPI, OAuth, JWT, SAML, RBAC, AI coding agents
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Tech Lead Backend Software Engineer - AI - Asset Services
San Jose, California, United States
$245k-$450k/yr OnsiteFull Time
TikTok
TikTok: Global short-form video hosting and social media platform.
Experience building large-scale backend services, distributed systems, data structures and algorithms, AI application and agent development, and strong cross-team communication.
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Lead Software Engineer - Java Backend
Seattle or Palo Alto
$152k-$215k/yr OnsiteFull Time
JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan ChaseNYSE: JPM: Global financial services firm providing banking and investment solutions.
5+ YOE5+ years professional software engineering experience; proficiency with Java, Scala, or Python; system design, testing, operational stability, CI/CD and experience with production data/streaming systems.
Java, Scala, Python, Flink, Spark, Feast, CI/CD
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Senior Software Engineer (Backend)
San Francisco, California, United States
$180k-$240k/yr HybridFull Time
Onos Health
Onos Health: AI-powered behavioral health platform for healthcare payers.
5+ YOE5+ years building software, prior experience leading engineering teams, strong system design and product sense, experience with cloud infrastructure and backend systems, familiarity with healthcare data preferred.
AWS, ECS, Bedrock, Glue, Docker, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Python, Django, Celery, Celery Beat, django-ninja, django-tenants, Next.js, TypeScript, TanStack Query, Shadcn UI, Zod, Nuqs, PostgreSQL, AWS RDS, S3, ClickHouse, GitHub, Jira, Claude Code, CoderabbitAI, Tusk
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Software Engineer, Backend
San Francisco, California, United States
$200k-$500k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Mercor
Mercor: Connecting expert human intelligence with frontier AI model development.
8+ YOE8+ years backend engineering experience with 3+ years at senior level, expertise in distributed systems, service architecture, data modeling, API design, and leading complex migrations; strong communication and mentoring skills.
Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot
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Lead Software Engineer - Backend
San Jose, California, United States
$159k-$302k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Adobe
AdobeNASDAQ: ADBE: Provides software for digital media creation and marketing analytics
5+ YOEBachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent, 5+ years backend development, strong Node.js/TypeScript experience, Kubernetes, Postgres/Redis, Terraform and AWS, CI/CD (CircleCI), bash, and HTTP API security.
Node.js, TypeScript, Kubernetes, Postgres, Redis, Terraform, AWS, bash, CircleCI
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Staff, Software Engineer - Backend / ML
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$143k-$286k/yr HybridFull Time
Walmart
WalmartNYSE: WMT: Multinational retail operating discount stores and supermarkets.
6+ YOE10+ years building large-scale distributed backend microservices, data pipelines, and ML-serving infrastructure; expertise with Java/Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Spark, Kafka, NoSQL, testing frameworks, and cloud data platforms; experience leading engineering teams.
Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Apache Spark, SparkSQL, Kafka, Cassandra, JUnit, Mockito, Hive, BigQuery, GCP, GCS, Cosmos DB, Azure Blob Storage, Solr, Elasticsearch, Vespa, FAISS, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, XGBoost, TensorRT, ONNX, Python, Airflow
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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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Delivery Project Lead
New York or Menlo Park
OnsiteFull Time
Mphasis
MphasisNational Stock Exchange of India: MPHASIS: Provides information technology and business process services.
7+ YOE7+ years software engineering experience; bachelor's in CS/Engineering; expertise in Java/Spring or Go; experience with databases, microservices, containers, Kubernetes, cloud (AWS/Azure); strong design and performance skills.
Oracle, MySQL, Sybase, PostgreSQL, Java, Spring Framework, Go, Python, Service Mesh, Containers, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure
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Delivery Project Lead
Menlo Park, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Mphasis
MphasisNational Stock Exchange of India: MPHASIS: Provides information technology and business process services.
7+ YOEBachelor's in CS/Engineering,7+ years software engineering,expertise in Java/Go, microservices, databases (Oracle, MySQL, Sybase, PostgreSQL), cloud-native development, containers/Kubernetes, and strong algorithms/architecture skills.
Oracle, MySQL, Sybase, PostgreSQL, Java, Spring Framework, Go, Python, Service Mesh, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure
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(USA) Senior, Software Engineer
Bentonville or Sunnyvale
$90k-$180k/yr HybridFull Time
Walmart
WalmartNYSE: WMT: Multinational retail operating discount stores and supermarkets.
5+ YOE5+ years building back-end stacks and leading teams; expertise with Java, Go, and/or Python; SQL, REST APIs, cloud-native and Azure experience; CI/CD, unit/functional testing, automation frameworks; strong communication and problem-solving.
Java, Go, Python, SQL, REST APIs, CI/CD, Microsoft Azure
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Staff Engineer, Product Engineering (Backend)
San Francisco, California, United States
$249k-$278k/yr HybridFull Time
Strava
Strava: Fitness tracking and social networking app for athletes.
10+ YOE10+ years backend engineering experience, tech lead experience, strong system design for distributed systems, proficiency in Scala/Go/Python and distributed tech (Kafka, Kubernetes, cloud).
Ruby, Scala, Go, Python, MySQL, Redis, Cassandra, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS
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Engineering Manager, RCM AI Core Backend
Mountain View or San Francisco or Los Angeles or New York City
$200k-$225k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Commure
Commure: AI-powered software platform for healthcare workflow and administrative automation.
6+ YOE2+ Mgmt6+ years developing software, 2+ years leading engineering teams, experience delivering platform-scale backend systems, strong communication, and technical expertise in Python, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes.
Python, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, EHR
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