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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
New York City or San Francisco
$250k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Town
Town: AI-powered productivity assistant that automates workplace workflows.
Experienced backend engineer with production experience scaling distributed systems, LLM/agent infrastructure, workflow orchestration, and defining technical direction in fast-moving startups.
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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 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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Staff Backend Engineer, Offerwall
San Francisco, California, United States
$200k-$261k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Unity
UnityNYSE: U: Provides software for creating real-time 3D interactive content.
Staff-level backend engineer with technical leadership experience, large-scale distributed systems expertise, Go proficiency, gRPC knowledge, observability and messaging experience, and cross-team mentorship skills.
Go, gRPC, OpenRTB
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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
OnsiteFull Time
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, Internal Products
San Francisco, California, United States
$200k-$250k/yr HybridFull Time
Twelve Labs
Twelve Labs: AI foundation models for video search and human-like understanding.
Experienced backend engineer with strong Python or Go skills, system design, building zero-to-one internal products, working with large unstructured datasets, and full-stack capability.
Python, Go, Claude Code
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Member of Technical Staff, Backend
San Francisco or New York City or London
$250k-$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; deep expertise in distributed systems, service architecture, data modeling, API design; experience owning architecture, leading migrations, mentoring senior engineers; strong communication.
Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot
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Member of Technical Staff - Backend & Infrastructure
San Francisco, California, United States
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Janitor AI
Janitor AI: Consumer AI platform for interactive roleplay and storytelling.
Product-minded backend engineer able to diagnose and fix distributed system issues; experience with Kubernetes, distributed systems, GPUs or similar systems is helpful; strong problem solving and ownership.
Kubernetes, AWS, WebSocket, GPU
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Staff Backend Engineer - Ads Formats
Toronto or Kitchener-Waterloo or San Francisco or London or New York City
$191k-$262k/yr HybridFull Time
Faire
Faire: Online wholesale marketplace connecting independent retailers with unique brands.
7+ YOE7+ years software engineering experience with 3+ years as a technical leader; deep expertise building low-latency, highly available ad/content delivery systems; strong system design, AI-native tooling experience, and cross-functional leadership.
Kotlin, Java 16, Hibernate, Guice, Jersey, Elasticsearch, FAISS, Redis, DynamoDB, Protocol Buffers, HTTP, JSON, AWS, Kubernetes, Buildkite, Datadog
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Staff Backend Engineer, Custody Core (Crypto Security)
San Francisco or Seattle or New York City or Frisco or Cottonwood Heights or Helena or Jacksonville
$154k-$264k/yr OnsiteFull Time
SoFi
SoFiNasdaq: SOFI: Mobile-first platform for banking, lending, and investment services.
7+ YOE7+ years backend engineering experience building distributed, highly available services; strong REST, async messaging, cloud (AWS) experience; production debugging and incident response skills.
AWS, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, Fireblocks, BitGo, Anchorage
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform
San Francisco or New York City
$296k-$444k/yr HybridFull Time
Patreon
Patreon: Membership platform for creators to monetize work and engage fans.
10+ YOEExtensive backend experience, 10+ years; distributed systems; cloud (AWS, Kubernetes); backend languages (Python, Go, Java, Rust); scale and reliability focus.
Python, Go, Java, Rust, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, DynamoDB, AWS, Kubernetes
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Staff Software Engineer - Backend
San Francisco or New York City or London or Sydney
$240k-$270k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Sigma Computing
Sigma Computing: Cloud-native analytics platform featuring a spreadsheet-style interface.
5+ YOE5+ years building and maintaining high-quality software, strong CS fundamentals, experience deploying secure web apps in continuous deployment environments, cloud infrastructure experience preferred.
Rust, Go, GraphQL, Node, Kubernetes, SQL, GCP, AWS, Azure, Python
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Staff Backend Engineer, Identity Threat Protection
San Francisco, California, United States
$194k-$267k/yr HybridFull Time
Okta
OktaNASDAQ: OKTA: Provide secure identity management and authentication for enterprises.
7+ YOE7+ years building Java-based web applications, strong security background, experience with scalability and design patterns, CI/CD practices, excellent communication and leadership skills.
Java, Angular, ReactJS, Backbone, Vue
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Member of Technical Staff, Custody (Backend Engineer)
United States or Brazil or Argentina or Portugal or Canada or Singapore or San Francisco or New York City or Porto or Sioux Falls
RemoteFull Time
Anchorage Digital
Anchorage Digital: Institutional-grade digital asset custody, trading, and infrastructure platform.
Experienced engineer in distributed systems, strong CS fundamentals (concurrency, algorithms, data structures), Go experience preferred, resilient service design, code quality, testing, mentoring and cross-functional collaboration.
Go, GraphQL, gRPC
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Staff Back End Engineer, Trading
Chicago or New York City or Los Angeles or San Francisco or Culver City or Dallas
$200k-$285k/yr RemoteFull Time
Altruist
Altruist: Provides a digital custodian and portfolio management platform for advisors.
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering experience, 2+ years building low-latency trading systems, BA/BS preferred, proficient with Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS, Postgres, Kubernetes, strong leadership and communication.
Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, AWS, Postgres, Kubernetes
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Staff Backend Software Engineer (Elixir) - Community
San Francisco, California, United States
$200k-$230k/yr HybridFull Time
Papa
Papa: Pairs seniors with companions for social and physical support.
9+ YOE9+ years software development, expert Ruby or Python, 2+ years Elixir, experience with distributed systems, healthcare integrations (FHIR, HL7, X12), and production reliability.
Elixir, Ruby, Python, Phoenix LiveView, FHIR, HL7, X12, EHR
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