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 $276,456/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Legion Health

legionhealth.com
legionhealth.com · HQ: Austin, United States · Medical AI · Telemedicine & Virtual Care · Psychiatric Care · Est. 2021 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 155
HQ: Austin, United States · Medical AI · Telemedicine & Virtual Care · Psychiatric Care · Est. 2021 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 155
Legion Health is an AI-native telepsychiatry and virtual mental healthcare enterprise providing insurance-covered psychiatric care. The platform integrates artificial intelligence automation - including workflow scheduling, clinical documentation, and decision support tools - to connect board-certified psychiatric providers with patients and partner healthcare organizations. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it operates a technology-driven virtual clinic focused on expanding access to scalable, affordable behavioral health treatments.
Yash Patel · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Arthur MacWaters · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Daniel Wilson · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Ferdinand Martignetti · Director
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Open 330 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsorship 11 months ago Long shot · 4%

Product Engineer, Care Loop (backed by Y Combinator, $5M+ ARR, $23M+ raised)

$160k – $260k per year · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
TypeScript
Node JS
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Anthropic
OpenAI
LLM
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
GitHub
Vercel
Management
Power Automate
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Vizcom

vizcom.com
vizcom.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Industrial Design · Generative Image · 51-200 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 9, 1 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Industrial Design · Generative Image · 51-200 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 9, 1 new
Vizcom turns rough sketches into rendered product concepts using generative models trained for industrial design. Founded in 2021 in San Francisco, it lets designers keep control of form while the model handles material and lighting. Automotive and consumer product studios use it during early ideation.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 333 daysTop 25% pay 11 months ago Long shot · 9%

Senior Software Engineer – Backend

$195k – $225k per year · Equity · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
Frontend
GraphQL
Vite
React.js
DevOps
WebSockets
Kubernetes
CI/CD
Datadog
Pulumi
GitHub Actions
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
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Open 333 daysTop 25% pay 11 months ago Long shot · 9%

Senior Product Engineer

$195k – $225k per year · Senior · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
TypeScript
Node JS
JavaScript
Node JS
Electron
BullMQ
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
AI Agents
LLM
Frontend
GraphQL
Three.JS
WebGPU
React.js
Vite
WebAssembly
DevOps
Datadog
Pulumi
GitHub Actions
GitHub
Kubernetes
Design
Adobe Photoshop
Procreate
Management
Miro
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Apiphany

apiphany.ai
apiphany.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Simulation & Digital Twin Software · Manufacturing & Industrial Software · 11-50 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 7
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Simulation & Digital Twin Software · Manufacturing & Industrial Software · 11-50 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 7
The #1 physics-first AI platform for manufacturing and product engineering. Extract insights from unstructured engineering data across PLM, ERP, FMEA, and CAD. 5-15x more relevant than general-purpose LLMs.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 334 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 11 months ago Long shot · 4%

Full Stack Engineers

$136k – $160k per year · Junior · 1+ year exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Junior
Node JS
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
Databases
Databricks
AI/ML
ONNX
Anomaly Detection
Time Series
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
GCP
Azure
AWS
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Open 375 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsorship 1 year ago Long shot · 9%

Senior / Staff Backend Engineer

$160k – $300k per year · Staff+ · 3+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
Databricks
Frontend
D3.js
visx
React.js
DevOps
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Terraform
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Neon Redwood

neonredwood.com
neonredwood.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Data Engineering & Migration Services · Custom Software Development · 11-50 employees · Trust B · Hiring 6
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Data Engineering & Migration Services · Custom Software Development · 11-50 employees · Trust B · Hiring 6
Neon Redwood is a data services consulting and software company that builds foundational systems for artificial intelligence, venture capital, healthcare and infrastructure. Its vacancies are data engineers, platform backend engineers, application engineers and a venture services coordinator. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 341 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago Visa sponsor 12 months ago Long shot · 6%

Platform Backend Engineer

≈ $128k – $251k per year (Estimated) · Middle · 4+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Middle
TypeScript
Node JS
JavaScript
Node JS
Prisma
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Agentic Workflows
LLM
AI Agents
LangChain
Machine Learning
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Pulumi
Management
Asana
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Frec

frec.com
frec.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Online Brokerage & Trading Platforms · Investing Apps & Robo-Advisors · 51-200 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 4, 1 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Online Brokerage & Trading Platforms · Investing Apps & Robo-Advisors · 51-200 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 4, 1 new
Frec brings direct indexing to retail investors, buying the underlying shares of an index so losses on individual positions can be harvested for tax. It also offers portfolio-backed lines of credit at rates tied to short-term benchmarks. The service targets people who would otherwise hold index funds in a taxable account.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 345 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsorship 12 months ago Long shot · 5%

Backend Engineer

$200k – $300k per year · Equity · In office (San Francisco, New York, United States) · Full-Time
TypeScript
Python
Databases
Redis
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
AWS
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Tensorlake

tensorlake.ai
tensorlake.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · AI Development Tools · 1-10 employees · Est. 2023 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 3
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · AI Development Tools · 1-10 employees · Est. 2023 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 3
Sandboxes for AI agents. Securely run untrusted, LLM-generated code in isolated Firecracker microVM sandboxes that scale from one to thousands — with snapshot, suspend/resume, and durable orchestration.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 349 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsor 12 months ago Long shot · 13%

Distributed Systems Engineer

≈ $160k – $297k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Rust
Go
C++
TypeScript
Python
Databases
FoundationDB
AI/ML
Machine Learning
DevOps
Terraform
Kubernetes
CI/CD
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Flowtel

flowtel.ai
flowtel.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Startup · Hiring 1
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Startup · Hiring 1
Flowtel answers every guest call and runs your properties on one live surface: Lila the AI voice agent, Hotel OS, Management Company OS, and custom AI in production in 30 days with forward-deployed engineers.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 349 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 12 months ago Long shot · 4%

Founding Engineer

$180k – $250k per year · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
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New Lantern

newlantern.ai
newlantern.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Custom Software Development · 1-10 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 3
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Custom Software Development · 1-10 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 3
One workspace for worklist, viewer, and AI-powered reporting. New Lantern replaces disconnected radiology systems with a single platform.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 353 daysVerified live · 5 hours ago Visa sponsor 12 months ago Long shot · 11%

Backend Software Engineer

≈ $128k – $251k per year (Estimated) · Middle · 4+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Middle
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Django
AI/ML
OpenAI Codex
Cursor
Claude Code
Copilot
LLM
Fine-tuning
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Terraform
Linux
Kubernetes
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Flux

flux.ai
flux.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · EDA Software · 51-200 employees · Est. 2019 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 7
HQ: San Francisco, United States · EDA Software · 51-200 employees · Est. 2019 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 7
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Flux is a cloud-native electronic design automation (EDA) platform specializing in AI-assisted printed circuit board (PCB) design. Operating directly in the browser, the platform features real-time multiplayer collaboration alongside an AI copilot that assists hardware engineers with component sourcing, schematic capture, automated routing, and continuous design rule checks.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Top 25% payVerified live · 5 hours ago 12 months ago Fading · 32%

Software Engineer, Agentic Products

$183k – $250k per year · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
AI/ML
LangGraph
Agentic Workflows
LangChain
LLM
AI Agents
NLP
Frontend
Redux
React.js
DevOps
GitHub
Design
Figma
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Inkeep

inkeep.com
inkeep.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Customer Support & Help Desk Software · 201-500 employees · Est. 2022 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 3
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Customer Support & Help Desk Software · 201-500 employees · Est. 2022 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 3
Inkeep builds AI agents for customer support and operations that answer from a company's own documentation and product data. Engineering and support teams configure the agents together, with visibility into what each answer was based on. It is widely used by developer tool companies for docs search and ticket deflection.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 356 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 12 months ago Long shot · 11%

Member of Technical Staff, TypeScript Engineer (Senior)

≈ $172k – $321k per year (Estimated) · Staff+ · 3+ years exp · In office (New York, San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
TypeScript
AI/ML
Midjourney
Anthropic
AI Agents
Agentic Workflows
RAG
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Open 436 daysTop 25% pay 1 year ago Long shot · 10%

Member of Technical Staff, TypeScript Engineer (Principal)

$180k – $250k per year · Lead · 4+ years exp · In office (New York, San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Principal
TypeScript
AI/ML
Midjourney
Anthropic
AI Agents
Agentic Workflows
RAG
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Espa Labs

espa.ai
espa.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Office & Productivity Software · Likely startup · Hiring 2
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Office & Productivity Software · Likely startup · Hiring 2
Espa Labs is an early-stage AI startup building an AI-native productivity assistant that handles email, calendars, contacts and tasks. It is backed by venture capital firms including Village Global, Neo and SV Angel, and hires a founding software engineer and engineering interns. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 357 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsor 12 months ago Long shot · 6%

Founding Software Engineer

≈ $156k – $290k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Go
TypeScript
Python
Databases
Databricks
AI/ML
LlamaIndex
Embeddings
LangChain
RAG
LLM
AI Agents
Anthropic
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Bunkerhill Health

bunkerhillhealth.com
bunkerhillhealth.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Medical AI · AI Agents · 51-200 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Hiring 7
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Medical AI · AI Agents · 51-200 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Hiring 7
Build, deploy, and scale AI agents for clinical and administrative work. The platform leading health systems run on.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 367 daysTop 25% pay 1 year ago Long shot · 4%

AI Product Engineer

$200k – $300k per year · Junior · 2+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Junior
Rust
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Python
Django
Celery
AI/ML
Agentic Workflows
AI Agents
LLM
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Helm
Kustomize
Terraform
GCP
Kubernetes
AWS
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Magicpatterns

magicpatterns.com
magicpatterns.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Design & Prototyping Tools · 51-200 employees · Est. 2023 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 7
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Design & Prototyping Tools · 51-200 employees · Est. 2023 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 7
AI design tool to turn prompts into production-ready UI. Use your design system, generate prototypes fast, and collaborate.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 370 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 1 year ago Long shot · 5%

Product Engineer

≈ $143k – $308k per year (Estimated) · Equity · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
AI Agents
Design
Figma
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Navi AI

flynavi.com
flynavi.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Defense AI · Avionics & Flight Control · 11-50 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Hiring 2
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Defense AI · Avionics & Flight Control · 11-50 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Hiring 2
Navi AI builds a cockpit device called the Wave that captures what a pilot sees and hears and streams flight data to the cloud in real time. It hires hardware, embedded, machine learning and forward deployed engineers, including for a defense practice. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.
Nikola Kostic · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Vivek Velivela · Director
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Open 371 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 year ago Long shot · 8%

Founding Software Engineer

≈ $156k – $287k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
CI/CD
AWS
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Air Apps

airapps.co
airapps.co · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Consumer & Utility Software · Office & Productivity Software · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2017 · Trust A · Hiring 424
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Consumer & Utility Software · Office & Productivity Software · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2017 · Trust A · Hiring 424
Founded in 2017, Air Apps is a prominent mobile software developer specializing in AI-driven utility, productivity, and personal management applications. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, the enterprise operates a remote-first global team that designs and manages a broad portfolio of digital tools. Through its bundled subscription model and suite of user-friendly mobile solutions, it provides millions of consumers worldwide with streamlined options for daily organization, translation, and task automation.
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Likely inactiveVerified live · 2 hours ago 1 year ago Long shot · 6%

Backend Engineer

$80k – $160k per year · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time
Ruby
Go
Java
Python
Node JS
JavaScript
Python
Django
Java
Spring Boot
Node JS
Express
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
GCP
Azure
AWS
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Likely inactiveTop 25% pay 1 year ago Long shot · 8%

Software Architect - Mobile

$145k – $255k per year · Staff+ · 6+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Architect
Kotlin
Swift
Objective-C
Java
Mobile
UIKit
SwiftUI
Combine
MVVM
VIPER
Offline-First
Modularization
DevOps
CI/CD
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Likely inactiveTop 25% pay 1 year ago Long shot · 8%

Software Architect

$145k – $260k per year · Staff+ · 6+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Architect
Node JS
Java
SQL
Python
C#
TypeScript
JavaScript
C#
.NET
Frontend
Vue.js
Angular
React.js
DevOps
CloudFormation
Terraform
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
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Giga

giga.ai
giga.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Speech & Audio AI · Artificial Intelligence · Contact Center Software · Conversational AI · AI Agents · 51-200 employees · Est. 2023 · Startup · Trust D · Hiring 32
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Speech & Audio AI · Artificial Intelligence · Contact Center Software · Conversational AI · AI Agents · 51-200 employees · Est. 2023 · Startup · Trust D · Hiring 32
Giga, formerly GigaML, is an artificial intelligence company that builds voice and chat agents for enterprise customer support. Its agents handle large volumes of phone and messaging conversations for consumer and logistics businesses, integrating with existing support tools and escalating to human staff when needed, and it is backed by venture investors. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Likely inactiveTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 1 year ago Long shot · 5%

Senior Backend Engineer

$200k – $350k per year · Senior · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Python
FastAPI
Django
Databases
ClickHouse
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Hallucination
AI Agents
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
Kubernetes
AWS
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Likely inactiveTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 1 year ago Long shot · 5%

Staff Backend Engineer

$290k – $400k per year · Staff+ · 7+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Python
FastAPI
Django
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
Kubernetes
AWS
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Alleviate Health

alleviatehealth.care
alleviatehealth.care · HQ: Fayetteville, United States · AI Agents · Clinical Trial Software · 1-10 employees · Est. 1987 · Trust B · Hiring 7
HQ: Fayetteville, United States · AI Agents · Clinical Trial Software · 1-10 employees · Est. 1987 · Trust B · Hiring 7
The AI Recruiter for Clinical Research.. Human-in-the-loop AI workflows to help your team to make more powerful connections with participants while saving thousands of hours.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 385 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 1 year ago Long shot · 4%

Founding Product Engineer

≈ $149k – $321k per year (Estimated) · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
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Orchestra

orchestra.bio
orchestra.bio · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Custom Software Development · 1-10 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 3
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Custom Software Development · 1-10 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 3
Orchestra helps R&D organizations unify planning, automate operations, and reduce the risks that derail breakthrough science.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 389 daysVerified live · 4 hours ago 1 year ago Long shot · 13%

Senior Fullstack Engineer

≈ $153k – $285k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 6+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
Life Sciences
Benchling
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Open 454 daysVerified live · 4 hours ago 1 year ago Long shot · 13%

Senior Backend Engineer

≈ $152k – $283k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 6+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
TypeScript
Node JS
JavaScript
Node JS
Nest.JS
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Haystack
Anthropic
Prompt Engineering
OpenAI
RAG
LLM
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
GCP
Azure
AWS
Life Sciences
Benchling
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Strella

strella.io
strella.io · HQ: New York, United States · AI Agents · Market Research · 11-50 employees · Est. 2023 · Startup · Hiring 13, 3 new
HQ: New York, United States · AI Agents · Market Research · 11-50 employees · Est. 2023 · Startup · Hiring 13, 3 new
Get customer insights 10x faster with Strella. AI-moderated interviews and real-time synthesis turn customer research from weeks into hours.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 389 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 1 year ago Long shot · 6%

Full Stack Software Engineer

≈ $126k – $247k per year (Estimated) · Middle · 3+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Middle
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Prompt Engineering
LLM
Frontend
Tailwind CSS
React.js
DevOps
Vercel
Rest API
GCP
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Achira

achira.ai
achira.ai · HQ: New York, United States · AI for Science · Drug Discovery · 201-500 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 7
HQ: New York, United States · AI for Science · Drug Discovery · 201-500 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 7
Who we are. 2026-06-23 : [BIO2026] Achira Works With NVIDIA to Advance Molecular World Models for Agentic Discovery.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 391 daysTop 25% pay 1 year ago Long shot · 4%

SWE - Distributed

$165k – $259k per year · Hybrid (San Francisco, New York, United States) · Full-Time
Fine-tuning
JAX
Ray
TPU
World Models
TensorFlow
PyTorch
Machine Learning
DevOps
SLURM
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
AWS
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Backend Developer Jobs in San Francisco
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