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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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San Francisco or Los Angeles or Washington or San Diego or Seattle or London
$130k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
CHAOS Industries
CHAOS Industries: Develops advanced radar and sensing systems for modern defense.
Backend and cloud engineering experience with scalable distributed systems; must be a U.S. Person and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
Microsoft Azure, Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, TypeScript, React, CI/CD
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Backend Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$165k-$225k/yr OnsiteFull Time
David AI
David AI: Providing proprietary audio datasets for training advanced AI models.
2+ YOE2+ years of backend engineering experience; scalable systems, APIs, and data pipelines; production-grade infrastructure; customer-focused delivery; bonus experience in DSP, speech, ML deployment, or engineering leadership.
Node.js, tRPC, PostgreSQL, AWS, Trigger.dev, WebRTC, FFmpeg, TypeScript
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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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San Francisco or United States
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Teambridge
Teambridge: AI-native platform for hourly workforce scheduling and management.
5+ YOE5+ years backend experience, proficiency with Kotlin/JVM or Java/Go/Python/Node.js, experience with event systems (SQS,Kafka,PubSub), and ability to deliver end-to-end backend features.
Kotlin, Micronaut, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, ECS, React, TypeScript, GitHub, Slack, Linear, SQS, Kafka, PubSub, Java, Go, Python, Node.js
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Backend Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$120k-$140k/yr HybridFull Time
Ketch
Ketch: Data permissioning platform for automated privacy and compliance.
1+ YOE1–3 years of software engineering experience; production systems experience with Golang or Java, Python, or Scala; distributed systems, cloud-native, Kubernetes, CI/CD, databases, and Git expertise.
Golang, Java, Python, Scala, AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Redis, Cassandra, DynamoDB, ScyllaDB, Postgres, ElasticSearch, git, GitHub
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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
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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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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Staff Backend Software Engineer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$210k-$314k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Carbon
Carbon: Manufacturer of industrial 3D printers and advanced polymer materials.
8+ YOE8+ years building and operating production backend services; deep Linux and networking fundamentals; experience with OS provisioning, reliability, and mentoring; bachelor's in CS/Engineering or equivalent.
Linux, systemd, Bazel, MQTT, Python, Go, Node, TypeScript, C++
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Senior Backend Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$155k-$180k/yr OnsiteFull Time
SPAN
SPAN: Sells smart electrical panels for residential energy management.
4+ YOERequires 4+ years of backend engineering and programming experience, strong JVM expertise, Kafka and Kubernetes experience, cloud-native platform knowledge, and observability platform experience.
Kotlin, TypeScript, Python, gRPC, REST APIs, GraphQL, MQTT, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Datadog, AWS, GCP, Azure, AWS IoT, SQL, Flink, Spark, Istio, Spring Boot, Micronaut, Pulumi, Terraform, Stripe
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Backend Software Engineer - Codex for Finance
San Francisco, California, United States
$293k-$325k/yr HybridFull Time
OpenAI
OpenAI: Develops artificial intelligence models and generative AI software services.
5+ YOERequires 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, backend production systems expertise, backend language proficiency, and experience with APIs, data or distributed systems, integrations, and reliable enterprise software.
ChatGPT Work, Codex, Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript
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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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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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Senior Backend Software Engineer
Chicago or San Francisco
OnsiteFull Time
FleetWorks
FleetWorks: Automates freight brokerage operations using AI voice and email agents.
3+ YOERequires 3–6+ years of software engineering experience, TypeScript, Node.js, REST API design, external-system integration, AI-driven systems experience, strong communication, and Chicago location with 20–30% travel.
TypeScript, Node.js, REST API
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Staff Backend Software Engineer
Sunnyvale or Mountain View
$265k-$311k/yr HybridFull Time
General Motors
General MotorsNYSE: GM: Manufactures and sells automobiles and automotive parts globally.
8+ YOEBachelor's degree and 8 years, or master's degree and 6 years, plus backend Java/Kotlin, distributed systems, APIs, databases, cloud, CI/CD, testing, and security experience.
Java, Kotlin, RESTful APIs, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), CI/CD, NoSQL
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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+ YOERequires 5+ years designing production backend services, APIs, and distributed systems; Python and JavaScript/TypeScript proficiency; experience with infrastructure, data pipelines, scalability, reliability, and end-to-end ownership.
Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js
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Software Engineer, Backend - DoorDash Air
San Francisco, California, United States
$131k-$285k/yr OnsiteFull Time
DoorDash
DoorDashNYSE: DASH: Local food delivery and on-demand logistics platform.
6+ YOEBachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in computer science, robotics, aerospace engineering, or related field; 6+ years' software engineering experience; backend, robotics, algorithms, distributed systems, APIs, databases, and Kotlin or C++.
Kotlin, C++, REST APIs, TCP/IP, UDP, MQTT, SQL, NoSQL, gRPC, Kafka, Redis, Postgres, Cassandra, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, ROS (Robot Operating System), GIS, Covey
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Software Engineer, Backend
Palo Alto, California, United States
$185k-$300k/yr HybridFull Time
Pika
Pika: AI-powered platform for generating and editing professional videos
5+ YOE5+ years backend engineering experience (2+ years senior), expertise in distributed systems, scalable APIs, cloud-native infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Kubernetes), strong system design and communication skills.
AWS, GCP, Kubernetes
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Principal Backend Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$174k-$274k/yr RemoteFull Time
Atlassian
AtlassianNASDAQ: TEAM: Develops software for team collaboration and project management.
10+ YOE10+ years hands-on software/technology leadership, Bachelor's preferred (CS), expertise in Java/Python/Kotlin/Go/Scala, public cloud experience (AWS/GCP/Azure), strong mentoring and architectural skills.
Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, Scala, AWS, GCP, Azure, NodeJS, CI, CD
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