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Berkeley • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments

Berkeley • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments

290 staff backend engineer jobs at 169 companies in Berkeley, CA

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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

Help us #BeatIndeed & #BeatLinkedIn

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Staff Backend Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States

$250k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time

Town

Town: AI-powered productivity assistant that automates workplace workflows.

Backend engineer skilled in LLM orchestration, workflow execution, and identity/knowledge layers; strong system design and AI-native infrastructure experience.

LLM infrastructure, backend systems, knowledge graph, identity service, agent networks

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Staff Engineer, Backend & Data

San Francisco, California, United States

$168k-$230k/yr HybridFull Time

Trial Library

Trial Library: AI-platform for clinical trial recruitment and patient navigation.

8+ YOE8+ years backend experience; staff-level ownership; strong AWS, AI tooling usage; healthcare domain interest; HIPAA experience a plus.

AWS, Python, Typescript, React, PostgreSQL, Drizzle, Terraform, Lambda, Fargate, SQS, RDS

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Staff Backend Engineer

San Francisco or United States

$157k-$235k/yr OnsiteFull Time

LiveRamp

LiveRampNew York Stock Exchange: RAMP: Provides a platform for secure data collaboration and identity.

5+ YOE5+ years in production code; large-scale distributed or big data systems; strong data engineering and SQL; end-to-end data pipelines; cloud (GCP) and Kubernetes; mentoring; strong communication.

Java, Go, Scala, Spark, Dataproc, SingleStore, Kubernetes, GKE, Pub/Sub, Redpanda, Kafka, Temporal, Cadence, Airflow, SQL, BigQuery, Snowflake, Cloud Platform (GCP)

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Staff Backend Engineer (Rails)

San Francisco or Remote

$180k-$220k/yr HybridFull Time

Tread

Tread: AI platform for construction material logistics and fleet dispatching.

Strong Rails or backend framework experience, systems thinking, ownership, AI-assisted coding tools, ability to design scalable architectures.

Rails, Postgres, REST, React, Flutter, AWS

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Staff Engineer, Backend - Revenue

San Francisco, California, United States

$211k-$316k/yr RemoteFull Time

Zapier

Zapier: Connects web applications to automate repetitive workflows without coding.

8+ YOE8+ years of engineering impact in production systems; billing/payments domain experience; API/platform design; cross-team leadership; AI fluency; ability to navigate complex codebases.

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Staff Backend Engineer - Device Security

San Mateo, California, United States

$200k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time

Verkada

Verkada: Sells integrated AI-powered cloud physical security hardware and software.

8+ YOEBS/MS in CS/Engineering; 8+ years building Go/Python microservices on AWS with on-call experience; strong backend systems and architecture knowledge; familiarity with temporal, k8s, Docker, Redis, DynamoDB, Postgres, IAM, S3; IoT and security experience preferred.

Go, Python, AWS, temporal, k8s, Docker, Redis, DynamoDB, Postgres, IAM, S3

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Staff Backend Software Engineer

San Francisco or Montreal

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Saris AI

Saris AI: Automates banking back-office workflows using autonomous AI agents.

Backend software engineer with Python (Django/Flask/FastAPI), TypeScript (React), Docker, AWS/GCP; design scalable distributed systems.

Python, Django, Flask, FastAPI, TypeScript, React, Docker, AWS, GCP, PostgreSQL, Redis, REST, GraphQL

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Staff Engineer - Backend Java

Sunnyvale, California, United States

$192k-$230k/yr OnsiteFull Time

Illumio

Illumio: Provides zero-trust segmentation software to contain cyberattacks.

Senior backend engineer with cloud architecture experience, strong Java/Python skills, and familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, REST, and infrastructure as code.

Java, Python, REST API, Kubernetes, Docker, Spring, CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS, Azure, GCP

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Staff Backend Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States

$220k-$270k/yr OnsiteFull Time

Arena Club

Arena Club: Digital marketplace and vaulting service for sports collectibles

8+ YOE8+ years backend experience, strong Node.js/TypeScript/Postgres skills, observability (Datadog), AWS and Terraform experience, marketplace/eCommerce background, familiarity with AI coding tools, and leadership/mentorship ability.

Node.js, TypeScript, Redis, Postgres, BullMQ, Claude Code, Cursor, Datadog, AWS, S3, SNS, SQS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Python

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Staff Backend Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States

$224k-$284k/yr OnsiteFull Time

Atoms

Atoms: Building robotics and software to automate physical world industries.

8+ YOE8+ years building backend systems with Java/Go, experience with PostgreSQL/MongoDB/Redis, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), RESTful APIs, microservices, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), CI/CD, and mentoring experience.

Java, Go, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, AWS, GCP, Azure, RESTful APIs, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD

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Staff Backend Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States

$224k-$284k/yr OnsiteFull Time

Atoms

Atoms: Building specialized industrial robots and physical AI systems.

8+ YOE8+ years building backend systems; proficiency in Java or Go; experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis; cloud experience (AWS/GCP/Microsoft Azure); strong knowledge of RESTful APIs, microservices, distributed systems; Docker/Kubernetes and CI/CD experience; mentoring experience.

Java, Go, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD

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MTS - Backend Engineer (Principal/Staff Level)

Palo Alto, California, United States

$220k-$300k/yr HybridFull Time

Endor Labs

Endor Labs: Builds software security platforms to manage dependency and supply-chain risks.

15+ YOE15+ years backend software engineering; security product expertise; Go proficiency; Kubernetes, MongoDB/PostgreSQL experience; strong product sense and leadership.

Go, Kubernetes, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, React

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Staff+ Software Engineer, Backend

San Francisco or New York City or Seattle

$405k-$485k/yr OnsiteFull Time

Anthropic

Anthropic: Developing safe and reliable artificial intelligence systems.

8+ years backend or product engineering; lead multi-month projects; distributed systems; API design; cloud infra; strong cross-team communication.

API design, Distributed systems, Cloud infrastructure, Backend programming

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Staff Backend Engineer (Application Infra)

Seattle or Mountain View

$164k-$282k/yr HybridFull Time

Coupang

CoupangNYSE: CPNG: Provides online retail, grocery delivery, and video streaming services.

6+ YOE6 years backend development; BS in CS/EE/Math; Java and Spring; AWS; distributed systems experience.

Java, Spring Framework, AWS, Kubernetes, Temporal, Cadence, Cassandra, TiDB, Python

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Staff Backend Engineer (Application Infra)

Mountain View or Seattle

$164k-$282k/yr OnsiteFull Time

Coupang

CoupangNYSE: CPNG: Provides an end-to-end e-commerce and logistics network.

6+ YOE6+ years backend software development; Bachelor's in CS/EE/Math; Java + Spring; AWS; experience building highly available distributed systems.

Java, Spring Framework, AWS, Distributed Systems, Python

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Staff Backend Engineer (Platform)

San Francisco, California, United States

$300k-$350k/yr OnsiteFull Time

Conversion

Conversion: AI-native marketing automation platform for modern B2B companies.

7+ YOE7+ years backend experience; scalable systems; Go; Kafka; Temporal; PostgreSQL; ClickHouse; GCP; startup mindset; in-person SF.

Go, Kafka, Temporal, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, GCP

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Senior/Staff Backend Engineer

New York or San Francisco

$170k-$220k/yr HybridFull Time

Casap

Casap: Building an AI-native disputes automation and fraud prevention platform with a mission to reduce fraud and streamline workflow for financial institutions.

6+ YOE6+ years in software development; at least 2 years with Go or Java in production; platform team/API/background services; end-to-end feature ownership; strong problem-solving and data structures knowledge; mentoring and technical leadership; strong communication.

Go, Java, CI/CD, microservices, backend development

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Senior/Staff Backend Engineer

New York City or San Francisco

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Lighthouse

Lighthouse: Technology-driven platform for U.S. immigration and visa services.

5+ YOE5+ years building and operating production backend systems; strong in Python and TypeScript; experience with PostgreSQL, GraphQL, serverless, async and event-driven architectures; familiarity with LLMs and integrations (Slack, Linear, HubSpot, Front).

Python, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, Slack, Linear, HubSpot, Front, CRDTs, LLMs, serverless

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Staff Backend Engineer - Search FX (Discovery Experience)

Kitchener-Waterloo or Toronto or San Francisco

$191k-$262k/yr HybridFull Time

Faire

Faire: Online wholesale marketplace connecting independent retailers with unique brands.

7+ YOE7+ years software engineering; 3+ years leadership; strong AI/ML collaboration; Kotlin/Java backend expertise; search systems experience.

Kotlin, Java, Hibernate, Guice, Jersey, Elasticsearch, FAISS, Redis, DynamoDB, Protocol Buffers, HTTP, JSON, AWS, Kubernetes, Buildkite, Datadog

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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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