Backend Developer Jobs in San Francisco

Backend Developer jobs in San Francisco hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $283,127/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Harness
harness.io
Harness is a unified, end-to-end AI software delivery platform to manage the SDLC using purpose-built AI agents.
harness.io • Bengaluru • San Francisco • Chicago • Raleigh • Tampa • Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • DevOps • Est. 2016
Bengaluru • San Francisco • Chicago • Raleigh • Tampa • Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • DevOps • Est. 2016
Verified live · 1 hour ago 2 months ago

Customer Architect (Forward Deployed Engineer)
$160k – $180k per year • Staff+ • 7+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Architect
Bash
Go
Python
AI/ML
Knowledge Graph
DevOps
AppDynamics
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
CloudFormation
GCP
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
Helm
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Kustomize
OpenShift
Terraform
GitHub
GitLab
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Open 161 dayVerified live · 1 hour ago 6 months ago

Senior Implementation Engineer
≈ $135k – $224k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Bash
PowerShell
Python
AI/ML
Knowledge Graph
DevOps
AppDynamics
AWS
Azure
Bamboo
Bitbucket
CI/CD
CloudFormation
Dynatrace
FinOps
GCP
Helm
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Kustomize
New Relic
OpenShift
Prometheus
Splunk
TeamCity
Terraform
GitHub
GitLab
Cybersecurity
Sumo Logic
Management
Jira
ServiceNow
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Open 175 daysTop 25% pay 6 months ago

Principal Software Engineer
$150k – $226k per year • Lead • 12+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Internship • Principal
Java
SQL
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
ElasticSearch
AI/ML
Knowledge Graph
DevOps
AppDynamics
GitHub
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Management
Jira
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GameChanger
gc.com
GameChanger provides teams across the country with live video streaming, team management and scorekeeping capabilities. We connect families, friends and generations to follow their athletes' journey in a simple and powerful way.
gc.com • New York • Streaming & OTT Platforms • Software • Sports
New York • Streaming & OTT Platforms • Software • Sports
Verified live · 7 hours ago 2 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Video Enablement
$169k – $185k per year • Staff+ • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
C++
Kotlin
Python
Rust
Swift
TypeScript
C
C
FFmpeg
AI/ML
Computer Vision
DevOps
AWS
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Yobi
yobi.ai
Yobi is a behavioral artificial intelligence company headquartered in New York City and founded in 2019. The company builds models over large consented consumer behaviour datasets so advertisers can predict audience response without handling personally identifiable information. It licenses those signals to agencies, demand side platforms, and advertising technology partners, and has worked with Microsoft on enterprise predictive behavioural models.
yobi.ai • HQ: New York, United States • Predictive Analytics • Customer Analytics • Data & Analytics • Advertising • Sales & Marketing • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Est. 2019
HQ: New York, United States • Predictive Analytics • Customer Analytics • Data & Analytics • Advertising • Sales & Marketing • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Est. 2019
$225k – $300k per year • Equity • Lead • New York • Remote (United States) • PhD • Full-Time • Staff
C++
Go
Java
Rust
Scala
Databases
Databricks
AI/ML
LLM
Recommender Systems
DevOps
CI/CD
Web3
Rollup
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Top 25% pay 2 months ago

Software Engineer - Yobi Ad Platform
$180k – $275k per year • Equity • New York • Remote (United States) • PhD • Full-Time • Architect
C++
Java
Rust
Scala
Databases
Databricks
AI/ML
LLM
Recommender Systems
DevOps
CI/CD
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Open 302 daysTop 25% pay 10 months ago

Tech Lead / Software Engineer - Yobi Ad Platform
$225k – $300k per year • Lead • Remote (United States, Canada) • Full-Time • Staff
C++
Go
Java
Rust
Scala
Databases
Databricks
AI/ML
LLM
Recommender Systems
DevOps
CI/CD
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R3
r3.com
At R3, we are building the on-ramp for the next trillion dollars of assets to move on-chain, bridging the worlds of traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi). We are launching institutional-grade RWA yield vaults, fully composable and integrated into Solana DeFi. We are also the producers of Corda, the enterprise-grade distributed ledger platform trusted by regulated financial institutions globally, built for the constraints of regulated finance: permissioned networks, deterministic consensus, and privacy by design.
r3.com • San Francisco • Blockchain & Crypto • DeFi • Blockchain Infrastructure
San Francisco • Blockchain & Crypto • DeFi • Blockchain Infrastructure
2 months ago

Software Engineer
≈ $143k – $291k per year (Estimated) • In office (San Francisco, United States)
Java
Kotlin
SQL
Java
Hibernate
Spring Boot
DevOps
Git
Rest API
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
Kubernetes
Web3
Corda
DeFi
Solana
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Phantom
phantom.app
Phantom is a non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet that serves as a user-friendly gateway for managing digital assets, NFTs, and decentralized applications across multiple blockchains including Solana, Ethereum, and Bitcoin. Originally built for the Solana ecosystem, the platform allows users to securely trade tokens, stake assets, and interact with various Web3 services directly from their browser or mobile device.
phantom.app • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Web3 & dApps • Blockchain & Crypto • Crypto Wallets
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Web3 & dApps • Blockchain & Crypto • Crypto Wallets
≈ $154k – $256k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Node JS
Nest.JS
Databases
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
Web3
Bitcoin
Ethereum
Polygon
Solana
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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$200k – $250k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
React Native
Web3
Bitcoin
Ethereum
Polygon
Solana
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Top 25% pay 6 months ago

Software Engineer, Backend (Trading)
$200k – $250k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Bitcoin
Ethereum
Polygon
Solana
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Snaplogic
snaplogic.com
SnapLogic is a leading provider of data and application integration solutions, offering a self-service platform to streamline the integration of various enterprise applications, data sources, and APIs. The company's technology includes pre-built integrations known as Snaps, which enable users to create automated workflows without extensive coding. SnapLogic focuses on facilitating enterprise automation, API management, and data synchronization across cloud and on-premise environments.
snaplogic.com • San Mateo • Seattle • Sydney • Sales & Marketing • Middleware Software • Artificial Intelligence
San Mateo • Seattle • Sydney • Sales & Marketing • Middleware Software • Artificial Intelligence
Top 25% pay 2 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer
$150k – $200k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
TypeScript
AI/ML
AI Agents
Claude
Anthropic
Model Context Protocol
OpenAI Agents SDK
DevOps
Azure
Docker
Management
Slack
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Whitespace
inthewhitespace.com
Whitespace is a company focused on developing privacy-conscious techniques to measure, simulate, and understand human activity globally. The company serves public health, risk intelligence, research, law enforcement, nonprofit, national defense, and regulatory organizations to enhance human security in the digital age. Their data-driven solutions analyze movement, dwell, and interaction to report, simulate, and interpret activity patterns anywhere in the world.
inthewhitespace.com • Los Angeles • Alexandria • Geospatial Analytics • Intelligence • Data & Analytics • Est. 2017
Los Angeles • Alexandria • Geospatial Analytics • Intelligence • Data & Analytics • Est. 2017
2 months ago

Software Engineer-AFRL
≈ $123k – $252k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • Alexandria • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Java
Python
SQL
Databases
Google BigQuery
AI/ML
Edge AI
Hadoop
Spark
DevOps
CI/CD
Jenkins
GitLab
AWS
Azure
Robotics
Digital Twin
Management
Confluence
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Open 92 days 3 months ago

Software Engineer
≈ $125k – $255k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • 7+ years exp • Alexandria • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Java
Python
SQL
JavaScript
Databases
Google BigQuery
AI/ML
AI Agents
Hadoop
Spark
Frontend
Deck.gl
DevOps
CI/CD
Kubernetes
GitLab
AWS
Azure
GCP
Analytics
Power BI
Tableau
Management
Confluence
SpaceTech
QGIS
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Common App
commonapp.org
The Common Application is a not-for-profit member organization committed to the pursuit of access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. Each year, more than one million students, one-third of whom are first-generation, apply to ...
commonapp.org • Omaha • Arlington • Higher Education
Omaha • Arlington • Higher Education
$135k – $149k per year • Lead • 6+ years exp • Arlington • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
C#
JavaScript
TypeScript
Databases
DynamoDB
MySQL
Frontend
Angular
Mobile
Dependency Injection
DevOps
Amazon EC2
AWS
AWS Fargate
AWS Lambda
CI/CD
CloudFormation
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
Amazon ECS
Amazon S3
AWS Step Functions
GitHub
Cybersecurity
OWASP Top 10
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Founded in 1978, Vinmar markets, distributes, & transports petrochemicals and plastics world wide. They also services to petrochemical companies. Vinmar is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
vinmar.com • Gebze • Lagos • Houston • Mumbai • Naucalpan • Wholesale • Manufacturing • Plastics & Polymers
Gebze • Lagos • Houston • Mumbai • Naucalpan • Wholesale • Manufacturing • Plastics & Polymers
Verified live · 6 hours ago 2 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer
≈ $125k – $255k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Full-Time
ABAP
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Alembic
Celery
FastAPI
Pydantic
SQLAlchemy
Databases
Amazon Aurora
Neo4j
pgvector
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Claude
Claude Code
Copilot
Multimodal AI
Model Context Protocol
Frontend
React.js
Vite
DevOps
AWS
AWS Fargate
Docker
Terraform
Amazon ECS
IAM
Cybersecurity
Auth0
GDPR
SOC 2
Management
Slack
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Verified live · 6 hours ago 3 months ago

Staff Engineer (AI-Native Delivery)
≈ $169k – $282k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
ABAP
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Alembic
Celery
FastAPI
Pydantic
SQLAlchemy
Databases
Amazon Aurora
Neo4j
pgvector
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Claude
Claude Code
Copilot
Multimodal AI
Model Context Protocol
Frontend
React.js
Vite
DevOps
AWS
AWS Fargate
Docker
Gitflow
Terraform
Git
Amazon ECS
IAM
Cybersecurity
Auth0
GDPR
ISO 27001
SOC 2
QA
Playwright
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Dealpath
dealpath.com
Dealpath provides deal management software for commercial real estate investment teams. It centralises pipeline tracking, underwriting documents and approval workflows. Institutional investors use it to standardise diligence across large acquisition programmes.
dealpath.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Asset Management • Real Estate Investment • Real Estate • Est. 2014
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Asset Management • Real Estate Investment • Real Estate • Est. 2014
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

Senior Full Stack Engineer
$161k – $210k per year • Equity • Senior • 8+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Ruby
TypeScript
JavaScript
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
LLM
Frontend
Angular
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Moderntreasury
moderntreasury.com
Launch payment operations in days, not months. One API for multi-rail payments with programmable accounts, real-time reporting, and built-in compliance.
moderntreasury.com • San Francisco • New York • Stablecoins • Cryptocurrencies • Blockchain & Crypto
San Francisco • New York • Stablecoins • Cryptocurrencies • Blockchain & Crypto
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

Software Engineer - Infrastructure
$150k – $250k per year • Senior • 8+ years exp • New York • San Francisco • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Ruby
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
Tailwind CSS
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Docker
Platform Engineering
Terraform
Buildkite
GitHub
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Open 272 daysTop 25% pay 9 months ago

Software Engineer
$120k – $240k per year • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, New York, United States) • Full-Time • Junior
Ruby
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
GitHub
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Vector
vector.ai
vector.ai
Top 25% pay 2 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend
$180k – $200k per year • Equity • Senior • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Java
Java
JOOQ
Databases
PostgreSQL
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Sybil
runsybil.com
Sybil builds artificial intelligence penetration testing agents that probe live web applications for exploitable weaknesses. Founded in 2024 by former OpenAI and security industry engineers, it aims to run continuously rather than as an annual engagement. Findings are delivered with reproduction steps that engineers can verify.
runsybil.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Application Security • Cybersecurity • Penetration Testing • 51-200 employees • Est. 2024
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Application Security • Cybersecurity • Penetration Testing • 51-200 employees • Est. 2024
Top 25% pay 2 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer
$215k – $245k per year • Senior • 8+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
OpenAI
Red Teaming
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Cartesia
cartesia.ai
Cartesia is an artificial intelligence research and technology company that builds real-time, low-latency generative voice models for interactive applications. Founded by Stanford researchers, the company utilizes State Space Models (SSMs) to power its flagship text-to-speech platform, Sonic, which enables sub-second voice synthesis, instant voice cloning, and emotional expression across dozens of languages. By providing real-time speech generation and voice agent infrastructure, Cartesia allows developers and enterprises to power conversational AI systems, virtual assistants, and customer service platforms.
cartesia.ai • HQ: San Francisco, United States • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • Speech & Audio AI • 11-50 employees • Est. 2022
HQ: San Francisco, United States • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • Speech & Audio AI • 11-50 employees • Est. 2022
Top 25% payVerified live · 12 hours ago 2 months ago

Software Engineer, Platform
$180k – $250k per year • Equity • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time
Go
Python
JavaScript
Databases
Databricks
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
Edge AI
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
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Top 25% payVerified live · 12 hours ago 2 months ago

Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure
$250k – $375k per year • Equity • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time
Databricks
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
Post-training
Pre-training
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Top 25% payVerified live · 12 hours ago 4 months ago

Software Engineer, Agent Harness
$180k – $250k per year • Equity • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time
Databricks
AI/ML
LLM
Multimodal AI
Text-to-Speech
Claude
LiveKit
OpenAI
OpenAI Agents SDK
DevOps
Vercel
WebRTC
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The Motley Fool
fool.com
The Motley Fool has been providing investing insights and personal finance to millions of people for over 25 years. Learn how we make the world Smarter, Happier & Richer.
fool.com • Blockchain & Crypto • Capital Markets • Financial Services • Est. 1993
Blockchain & Crypto • Capital Markets • Financial Services • Est. 1993
Verified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

Tech Lead (Fool.com and Motley Fool Money)
≈ $138k – $276k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 7+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Relocation • Staff
Python
JavaScript
Python
Django
AI/ML
LLM
Frontend
React.js
Next.js
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Datadog
GitHub Actions
Rest API
GitHub
QA
Playwright
Sentry
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Serval
serval.io
serval.io • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Information Technology
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Information Technology
Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 2 months ago

Software Engineer Intern
$132k per year • Intern • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Intern
Go
Java
Python
TypeScript
AI/ML
Perplexity
AI Agents
DevOps
Vercel
AWS
gRPC
Kubernetes
Terraform
Management
Notion
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Algolia
algolia.com
Algolia is a software-as-a-service company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and was founded in 2012. The company provides a search and discovery platform that offers an application programming interface for integrating search, recommendations, and generative AI capabilities into websites and mobile applications. It operates on a global scale with over 70 data centers across 17 regions, serving more than 18,000 customers in industries such as e-commerce, media, and software.
algolia.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Data & Analytics • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • Web Development • Software • Recommendation Systems • Internet Services • Search Engines • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2012
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Data & Analytics • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • Web Development • Software • Recommendation Systems • Internet Services • Search Engines • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2012
Verified live · 3 hours ago 2 months ago

Software Engineer, Growth
≈ $126k – $258k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States)
Go
Ruby
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
Algolia
DevOps
AWS
GCP
Analytics
A/B Testing
Marketing
Amplitude
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 3 months ago

Solutions Engineer - Portuguese Speaker
≈ $83k – $155k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Junior • Portuguese: C1
PHP
JavaScript
Objective-C
Python
Ruby
TypeScript
PHP
Magento
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
Algolia
Marketing
Salesforce
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 4 months ago

Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, Growth
≈ $141k – $235k per year (Estimated) • Senior • New York • Remote (United States) • Senior
Go
JavaScript
Ruby
TypeScript
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
Algolia
DevOps
AWS
GCP
Analytics
A/B Testing
Marketing
Amplitude
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Cannon Design
cannondesign.com
Cannon Design is a global architecture, engineering, and design firm that provides integrated solutions for the built environment. The company has a long history of innovation and excellence, and its work has been recognized with numerous awards. Cannon Design's services include: Architecture Engineering Interior design Landscape architecture Planning Sustainability consulting Cannon Design is committed to creating spaces that are inspiring, functional, and sustainable.
cannondesign.com • Arlington • Rochester • Buffalo • Denver • Dallas • Higher Education • Real Estate • 201-500 employees
Arlington • Rochester • Buffalo • Denver • Dallas • Higher Education • Real Estate • 201-500 employees
Verified live · 2 hours ago 2 months ago

Structural Engineer II
$72k – $89k per year • Middle • 4+ years exp • Buffalo • Remote (United States) • Contractor • Middle
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Verint
verint.com
Chatbot Analytics gives contact centers complete visibility into chatbot and voicebot performance to drive better CX. Learn more now.
verint.com • Bengaluru • Herzliya • Columbia • AI Agents • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • Artificial Intelligence • 501-1000 employees • Est. 1994
Bengaluru • Herzliya • Columbia • AI Agents • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • Artificial Intelligence • 501-1000 employees • Est. 1994
Verified live · 5 hours ago 2 months ago

Sr. Engineer, Software
≈ $91k – $221k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
JavaScript
Node JS
SQL
TypeScript
Java
Java
Hibernate
Maven
Spring Boot
Spring MVC
Databases
ElasticSearch
MS SQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
LLM
Prompt Engineering
Frontend
React.js
Redux
DevOps
AppDynamics
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Datadog
Docker
GCP
Jenkins
Kubernetes
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Boldin
boldin.com
Boldin (formerly known as NewRetirement) is a financial technology company providing a collaborative financial planning and retirement modeling SaaS platform. Designed to bridge the gap between simple retirement calculators and traditional wealth management firms, the software delivers comprehensive accumulation and decumulation scenario planning for individual investors. Its proprietary modeling engine enables users to run Monte Carlo simulations, aggregate net worth data, optimize tax and Roth conversion strategies, analyze Social Security timing, and forecast healthcare and real estate costs.
boldin.com • Personal Finance • Wealth Management • Financial Services
Personal Finance • Wealth Management • Financial Services
Verified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

Full Stack Engineer
≈ $67k – $191k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years exp • Remote • Full-Time • Middle
Ruby
TypeScript
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Sidekiq
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
Material UI
Redux
SWR
Yarn
DevOps
AWS
Marketing
ActiveCampaign
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Backend Developer Jobs in San Francisco
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