South San Francisco • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments
South San Francisco • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments
South San Francisco • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments
South San Francisco • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments
1,458 software engineer backend jobs at 577 companies in South San Francisco, CA
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Backend Software Engineer
San Francisco or Los Angeles or Washington or San Diego or Seattle or London
$130k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
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
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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Backend Software Engineer
San Francisco or United States
HybridFull Time
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Senior/Staff Backend Software Engineer
Redwood City, California, United States
$184k-$284k/yr HybridFull Time
Experience architecting and operating reliable cloud-native real-time backend systems; backend language proficiency, REST/gRPC APIs, distributed systems, databases, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and production operations.
Python, REST, gRPC, Kafka, MQTT, TimescaleDB, Docker, Kubernetes, Cursor, CodeRabbit, Claude, GitHub Copilot, SCADA, Ignition
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