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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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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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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
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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Backend Staff Software Engineer
Foster City, California, United States
$146k-$234k/yr HybridFull Time
Visa
VisaNYSE: V: Global payment technology facilitating electronic funds transfers.
5+ YOE5+ years software engineering; web or mobile apps; leadership experience; strong Java/C/C++; collaboration across teams.
Java, C++, C#, HTML, Angular, React, Kubernetes, Docker
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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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Backend Software Engineer - Platforms
San Jose, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
ByteDance
ByteDance: Developing AI-driven content platforms and mobile applications.
3+ YOEBS in CS or equivalent; experience with web apps, Unix/Linux, distributed systems, networking; DICM/ITOM/ITSM experience; GPU or big data (Hadoop/Kafka/Apache) preferred; Golang or Python experience.
Golang, Python, Unix, Linux, Hadoop, Kafka, Apache, GPU
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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (AdTech)
Palo Alto, California, United States
$160k-$220k/yr HybridFull Time
Mashgin
Mashgin: AI-powered touchless checkout kiosks for retail and dining.
5+ YOE5+ years backend engineering experience, B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent, strong knowledge of Python/Node.js/C++/Go/C#/Java, production systems, SQL, algorithms; AdTech experience preferred.
Python, Node.js, C++, Go, C#, Java, SQL, OpenRTB
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Backend Engineer
San Mateo, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Luminary Cloud
Luminary Cloud: Cloud-native physics simulation platform for accelerated product engineering.
10+ YOE10+ years building high-performance backend systems; Kubernetes expertise; SaaS focus; cloud infrastructure and security; leadership and mentoring; strong communication.
Kubernetes, Docker, GCP, CI/CD
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Senior Backend Software Engineer, Developer Productivity Engineering
Mountain View, California, United States
$161k-$194k/yr HybridFull Time
Alphabet
AlphabetNASDAQ: GOOGL: Holding providing internet, software, and AI services.
5+ YOE5+ years backend development (Python, Go, Java), 3+ years cloud experience (Google Cloud Platform), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), IaC (Terraform/Terragrunt/Pulumi/Helm), CI/CD (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions). Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience.
Python, Go, Java, Google Cloud Platform, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Terragrunt, Pulumi, Helm, AWS, Azure, Oracle, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions
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Backend Software Engineer - Web/ML Dev Ops
San Mateo, California, United States
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Chooch
Chooch: Provides computer vision AI for automated visual data analysis.
Strong backend engineering experience, proficiency in Python, relational databases/SQL (PostgreSQL), Linux, Git, CI/CD, and experience operating production services and APIs.
Python, PostgreSQL, SQL, Linux, Git, OpenCV, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, HTML, JS, REST, GraphQL, CI/CD
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Senior Backend Engineer
Redwood City, California, United States
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Waystation
Waystation: AI-native procurement platform for consumer packaged goods.
6+ YOERequires 6+ years of production software experience, 2+ years at a seed-to-Series B startup, backend/data expertise, live schema migrations, queues, APIs, and strong communication.
TypeScript, Node, React, GraphQL, Postgres, Claude Code
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Senior Staff Backend Software Engineer-NYC
Mountain View or New York City
$262k-$369k/yr HybridFull Time
X, The Moonshot Factory
X, The Moonshot FactoryNASDAQ: GOOGL: Develops early-stage technologies and experimental projects.
5+ YOEBachelor's in CS or related,5+ years building enterprise backend systems,proficiency in Java/Kotlin or Golang,experience with microservices,streaming,Cloud SQL,monitoring,security,and stakeholder collaboration.
Java, Kotlin, Golang, RESTful APIs, gRPC, Cloud SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Prometheus, Grafana, GCP Cloud Monitoring, Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure, Angular
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Senior Staff Software Engineer-Backend
Fremont, California, United States
$180k-$220k/yr HybridFull Time
Scout Motors
Scout Motors: Designs and manufactures all-electric rugged SUVs and trucks.
12+ YOE12+ years building and scaling backend platforms; expertise in distributed systems, platform engineering, APIs, microservices, cloud-native architectures; experience influencing technical strategy and mentoring senior engineers.
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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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Backend Engineer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$177k-$195k/yr OnsiteFull Time
GFiber: An Alphabet delivering fiber and webpass internet services to homes and businesses across the United States.
5+ YOE5+ years software design and full-stack experience with Java/Kotlin, microservices and distributed systems; 2+ years API development; experience with Spring Boot, GCP, container orchestration, and observability; bachelor's or equivalent.
Spring Boot, Kotlin, Java, Redis, Memcached, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Run, Google Cloud Observability (Stackdriver), OpenTelemetry, Vertex AI, Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, AntiGravity, Claude, Cursor, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
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Senior, Software Engineer - Back End
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$117k-$234k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Walmart
WalmartNYSE: WMT: Multinational retail operating discount stores and supermarkets.
3+ YOEExpertise in software architecture and scalable distributed systems, proficiency in object-oriented programming (JavaScript, Python, C), CI/CD experience, 3+ years software engineering experience or 5+ years without degree, strong communication and problem-solving.
JavaScript, Python, C, CI/CD
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Backend Software Engineer, Trading Systems & Data Platform
Mountain View or New York City or New Jersey
$110k-$300k/yr HybridFull Time
Arta Finance
Arta Finance: Digital wealth management platform for sophisticated individual investors.
Experience building reliable distributed systems, backend platforms or data infrastructure; strong programming skills (Python or similar); familiarity with Kafka, Kubernetes and cloud; knowledge of financial systems is a plus.
Python, Kafka, Kubernetes
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Sr. Backend Engineer
New York or Sunnyvale or Berkeley Heights or Alpharetta
$128k-$216k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Fiserv
FiservNew York Stock Exchange: FI: Provides financial technology and payment processing services to institutions.
10+ YOEBachelor's or equivalent,10+ years software engineering,Java/JVM and Spring Boot expertise,cloud-native/Kubernetes and Terraform experience,SQL/NoSQL schema design,REST API architecture,mentorship and on-call experience.
Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Terraform, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT
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