HQ: Cupertino, United States • Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers • Operating Systems • Tablets • Laptops • Smartphones • 5000+ employees • Est. 1976 • Trust A • Hiring 3713, 356 new
Apple is an American multinational technology company founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, and headquartered in Cupertino, California. It designs and sells consumer hardware including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods and Vision Pro, together with the operating systems and silicon that run them. A growing services division built around the App Store, iCloud, Apple Music, Apple TV+ and Apple Pay now contributes a large share of profit, making Apple one of the most valuable companies in the world.
Sabih Khan · Chief Operating Officer · decision-maker
Kevan Parekh · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Tim Cook · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Steve Wozniak · Co-Founder · founder
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≈ $228k – $420k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Cupertino, United States) • Master's Degree • Senior
≈ $185k – $367k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Cupertino, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
JavaScript
SQL
AI/ML
Machine Learning
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Rest API
≈ $230k – $423k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Cupertino, United States) • Senior
HQ: Seattle, United States • Robotics AI • Logistics & Warehouse Robotics • Video Production • Developer Tools • Advertising • Logistics • Streaming & OTT Platforms • Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) • Marketplaces • 1-10 employees • Est. 1994 • Trust B • Hiring 15276, 1131 new
Amazon is an American technology and retail conglomerate founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as an online bookstore and headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It operates the world's largest online marketplace together with a global logistics network, physical grocery stores and a third-party seller platform that accounts for most units sold. Amazon Web Services, launched in 2006, is the leading public cloud provider and generates the majority of the group's operating profit, while advertising, Prime Video, Alexa devices and Kuiper satellite broadband round out the business.
Jeff Bezos · Founder & Executive Chairman · decision-maker
Scott McMillan · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Emily Austin · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Joel Wallenstrom · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
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$230k – $311k per year • Equity • Lead • In office (Seattle, Arlington, Santa Clara, New York, Herndon, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Principal
C#
C++
Java
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
$165k – $224k per year • Equity • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Cupertino, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
C++
AI/ML
Machine Learning
DevOps
Amazon EC2
HPC
AWS
Linux
$165k – $224k per year • Equity • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Cupertino, United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
C++
Java
C#
C++
TensorFlow C++
CMake
LLVM
AI/ML
DeepSeek
Stable Diffusion
JAX
Llama
AWS Trainium
TensorFlow
PyTorch
MLIR
Apache TVM
DevOps
AWS
GitHub
+9
HQ: Minneapolis, United States • Financial Services • Cards & Card Issuing • Mortgage Lending & Brokers • Commercial & Retail Banks • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1863 • Trust A • Hiring 2129, 267 new
US Bank is the primary operating bank of US Bancorp, a Minneapolis, Minnesota based banking group offering consumer and business banking, credit cards, mortgages, wealth management, corporate trust, payments and treasury services. Tracing its roots to 1863, it is the largest bank in the Midwest and the seventh-largest in the country, runs a branch network across much of the western and central US, including in-store Walmart branches, and is designated a domestic systemically important bank. Open roles include relationship bankers, branch managers, mortgage loan originators, audit, data and payments specialists, and AI and software engineers.
No named decision-maker yet.
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$139k – $164k per year • Lead • 6+ years exp • In office (Chicago, Cupertino, Charlotte, Irving, New York, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Python
Databases
Snowflake
Databricks
AI/ML
Claude Code
DevOps
CloudFormation
Terraform
Docker
Kubernetes
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Robotics
Digital Twin
Analytics
ETL/ELT
+5
HQ: Kent, United States • Space Services • Launch Services • 5000+ employees • Est. 2000 • Trust A • Hiring 1501, 134 new
Blue Origin is an American aerospace company founded quietly by Jeff Bezos in 2000, and funded for two decades largely out of his own fortune rather than external investment. It flies the suborbital New Shepard vehicle for space tourism and research payloads, and developed the heavy-lift New Glenn rocket alongside the BE-4 engine, which also powers United Launch Alliance's Vulcan. Headquartered in Kent, Washington, the company is building the Blue Moon lunar lander under a NASA Artemis contract and has moved from a deliberately slow development culture toward far more aggressive schedules under chief executive Dave Limp.
Jeff Bezos · Founder · decision-maker
Dave Limp · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Bob Smith · former Chief Executive Officer
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≈ $180k – $332k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • 8+ years exp • In office (Seattle, Cupertino, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Nationals only • Hazardous materials • Citizenship or vetting required • Senior
Self-Healing
BGP
OSPF
MPLS
$249k – $348k per year • Equity • Senior • 8+ years exp • In office (Seattle, Cupertino, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Nationals only • Hazardous materials • Citizenship or vetting required • Senior
Rust
Go
C++
Java
SQL
Databases
Apache Pulsar
Apache Kafka
DynamoDB
ElasticSearch
OpenSearch
AI/ML
Time Series
Flink
DevOps
Amazon Kinesis
Amazon S3
Kubernetes
AWS
+8
$230k – $323k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Cupertino, Seattle, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Nationals only • Hazardous materials • Citizenship or vetting required • Senior
C++
Java
Python
DevOps
CI/CD
GitLab CI
HQ: Cincinnati, United States • Biomedical Engineering • Engineering Services • Industrial Design • Custom Software Development • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1989 • Trust B • Hiring 101, 4 new
Kaleidoscope Innovation is a product design and development firm headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing industrial design, human factors research, mechanical, electrical and biomedical engineering, prototyping, software and regulatory services to consumer, industrial and medical technology clients. Founded in 1989, it has offices in Boston, Seattle and Dallas and also places onsite engineering teams with aerospace, automotive and enterprise clients in cities such as Wichita, Charlotte and Detroit. It hires mechanical and design engineers, quality and manufacturing engineers, PLM architects and integration leads, data engineers, software developers and test technicians.
No named decision-maker yet.
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$130k – $140k per year • In office (Cupertino, United States)
C++
JavaScript
Frontend
WebGPU
Game Dev
HLSL
GLSL
WGSL
HQ: Spring, United States • Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) • High-Performance Computing • Network Equipment • Enterprise Storage Systems • Servers & Data Center Hardware • 5000+ employees • Est. 2015 • Trust B • Hiring 1268, 147 new
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is a global technology company specializing in edge-to-cloud solutions, enterprise IT infrastructure, and intelligent software services. Formed in 2015 following the division of Hewlett-Packard Company, the organization offers servers, storage, high-performance computing, and networking capabilities through flexible consumption models like its GreenLake platform. Headquartered in Spring, Texas, the enterprise operates internationally to help commercial and public-sector clients secure, manage, and modernize their digital infrastructure.
No named decision-maker yet.
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$172k – $349k per year • Lead • 10+ years exp • In office (Cupertino, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Principal
Python
DevOps
Debian
Linux
CI/CD
$106k – $214k per year • Middle • 2+ years exp • In office (Cupertino, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
$137k – $277k per year • Senior • 6+ years exp • In office (Cupertino, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
HQ: San Diego, United States • Headphones & Audio • Smartphones • Consumer Electronics • Edge AI • Autonomous Driving • Car Electronics • RF & Wireless Hardware • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 5000+ employees • Est. 1985 • Trust B • Hiring 1840, 46 new
Qualcomm is an American semiconductor and wireless technology company founded in 1985 and headquartered in San Diego, California. It holds foundational patents in CDMA and the 3G, 4G and 5G cellular standards, licensing them to nearly every handset maker in the world, while its chip division designs the Snapdragon platforms that power a large share of Android smartphones, personal computers, wearables and connected cars. The company has been diversifying away from smartphone dependence into automotive digital cockpit and driver assistance systems, industrial internet of things, and on-device AI processing through its Hexagon and Oryon architectures.
Akash Palkhiwala · Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer · decision-maker
Cristiano Amon · President & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Andrew Viterbi · Co-Founder · founder
Irwin Jacobs · Co-Founder & former Chairman · founder
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$176k – $263k per year • Equity • Middle • 4+ years exp • In office (Cupertino, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
$176k – $263k per year • Equity • Senior • 4+ years exp • In office (Cupertino, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C++
Python
DevOps
Linux
QEMU
QA
Rest-Assured
$176k – $263k per year • Equity • Senior • 4+ years exp • In office (Cupertino, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C++
Python
DevOps
Linux
QEMU
QA
Rest-Assured
HQ: Cupertino, United States • Energy Storage • Energy Management • Energy AI • 201-500 employees • Est. 2018 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 12
Gridmatic is an AI-driven energy technology firm dedicated to accelerating grid decarbonization through optimized renewable power and battery storage management. The company leverages advanced predictive algorithms and machine learning models to maximize efficiency across energy trading, power purchase agreements, and retail power supply. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, the firm combines Silicon Valley software innovation with deep energy sector expertise to build a more resilient and sustainable electric grid.
No named decision-maker yet.
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$209k – $270k per year • Equity • Senior • In office (Cupertino, United States) • Senior
Rust
Go
C++
Java
Python
AI/ML
Flyte
DevOps
Google GKE
IAM
Terraform
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
AWS
Grafana
+6
$180k – $270k per year • Equity • Middle • 4+ years exp • In office (Cupertino, United States) • Middle
Rust
C++
Java
Python
AI/ML
Flyte
DevOps
Google GKE
Terraform
GCP
Kubernetes
Energy
Battery Management Systems
+2
$175k – $270k per year • Equity • Senior • Hybrid (Cupertino, United States) • Senior
HQ: Cupertino, United States • Log Management & Analytics • Observability & APM • 11-50 employees • Est. 2020 • Startup • Hiring 1
Kloudfuse is a data lake analytics solutions company that provides observability into the data lake for the high cardinality observability streams including cardinality metrics, high volume events, logs, and more.
Krishna Yadappanavar · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Pankaj Thakkar · Director
David Blumberg · Director
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$170k – $220k per year • Senior • 8+ years exp • In office (Cupertino, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Go
Java
SQL
Python
DevOps
VMWare
Apache HTTP Server
Docker
Kubernetes
CI/CD
AWS
+2
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| Middle |
16 |
$224K |
$224K |
$224K |
| Senior |
19 |
$262K |
$270K |
$277K |
| All levels |
47 |
$224K |
$224K |
$270K |
Based only on the listings that state pay. Gross annual amounts, converted to USD so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
The market right now
Alion currently lists 183 open Backend Developer jobs in Cupertino from 9 companies. 98 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 8 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. 1 of the 183 carries the marks of a stale or abandoned posting - open far beyond the usual time to fill, reposted, or on a board that mostly never closes a role - and is marked as likely inactive; the list can hide them. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
What these roles pay
47 of these Backend Developer jobs in Cupertino state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $224K and $270K a year, with a median of $224K. By level, the median runs middle at $224K and senior at $270K. The step from middle to senior is worth about 1.2x on median pay. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Where the work is
The largest concentrations of these roles are United States (3). Most of these positions are on-site roles tied to a specific office.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Backend Developer jobs in Cupertino right now are Apple (135), Amazon (26), Blue Origin (9), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (4), Gridmatic (3), and Qualcomm (3). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are C++ (81), Python (66), AWS (43), Java (38), Kubernetes (36), Machine Learning (35), Objective-C (34), and CI/CD (32). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current Backend Developer jobs in Cupertino, 2 offer a relocation package and 38 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
