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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Versemedical

versemedical.com
The AI-enabled DME provider delivering hospital-quality healthcare at home, nationwide. Partner with us today to make DME easier for your teams.
versemedical.com • New York • San Francisco • Manila • Hospitals & Clinics
New York • San Francisco • Manila • Hospitals & Clinics
Open 179 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 6 months ago

Software Engineer, Full Stack - Emerging Talent

$130k – $140k per year • In office (New York, San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
Python
TypeScript
Python
Flask
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
AWS
GCP
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Open 179 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 6 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack

$200k – $240k per year • Staff+ • 7+ years expIn office (New York, San Francisco, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
JavaScript
Python
SQL
TypeScript
Python
Flask
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
Vue.js
DevOps
AWS
GCP
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Open 179 daysTop 25% pay 6 months ago

Software Engineer, Full Stack

$130k – $160k per year • Junior • 1+ year expIn office (New York, San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
JavaScript
Python
SQL
TypeScript
Python
Flask
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
Vue.js
DevOps
AWS
GCP
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Remesh

remesh.ai
Remesh is a hybrid insights platform that allows you to run live dialogues with your audience - customers, employees, patients - at scale for deep human understanding faster than ever before.
remesh.ai • New York • Market Research • Sales & Marketing • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2014
New York • Market Research • Sales & Marketing • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2014
Open 179 days 6 months ago

Software Engineer

$140k – $232k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Rust
TypeScript
Python
Django
AI/ML
AI Agents
Claude
Claude Code
Copilot
Cursor
OpenAI
OpenAI Codex
RAG
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
GitHub
Docker
Kubernetes
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Octane

octane.co
Octane Lending is a leading provider of financing solutions for automotive dealerships. We help dealerships increase their sales, improve their customer experience, and grow their business. Our solutions are designed to meet the unique needs of each customer, and we are committed to providing excellent customer service.
octane.co • Irving • New York
Irving • New York
Open 180 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 6 months ago

Senior Software Engineer - Core Products

$130k – $170k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years expIrving • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C#
JavaScript
Python
Python
Django
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
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Codewars

codewars.com
Codewars is where developers achieve code mastery through challenge. Train on kata in the dojo and reach your highest potential.
codewars.com • Education • Database Management • Skill Assessment
Education • Database Management • Skill Assessment
Open 180 daysVerified live · 12 hours ago 6 months ago

Staff Fullstack Engineer

$183k – $380k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 7+ years exp • Remote (Africa, North America) • Full-Time • Staff
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby
RSpec
Ruby on Rails
Sidekiq
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Heroku
Kubernetes
Web3
Rollup
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AngelList

angellist.com
AngelList (AngelList Holdings, LLC) is a leading venture capital infrastructure, fund administration, and startup investment platform headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi, the company spun off its recruiting division (Wellfound) into an independent entity while evolving its core business into the primary financial software stack for early-stage private markets.
angellist.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Financial Services • Venture Capital • Est. 2010
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Financial Services • Venture Capital • Est. 2010
Open 181 dayVerified live · 7 hours ago 6 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Banking

$131k – $255k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Ruby
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
DevOps
gRPC
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Open 516 daysVerified live · 7 hours ago 1 year ago

Founding Engineer, Meridian

$156k – $281k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
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Open 684 daysVerified live · 7 hours ago 2 years ago

Senior Software Engineer, Nova Product

$158k – $285k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
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DoiT

doit-intl.com
Cloud, simplified. We help cloud-driven organizations understand and harness the cloud to drive business growth. We do this by providing intelligent technology and continuous engagement with unrivaled cloud expertise.
doit-intl.com • HQ: Santa Clara, United States • Software • Cloud Management • Information Technology • Cloud Computing
HQ: Santa Clara, United States • Software • Cloud Management • Information Technology • Cloud Computing
Open 181 dayVerified live · 7 hours ago 6 months ago

Senior Software Engineer (Data focused) SELECT by DoiT

$103k – $201k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • Remote (United States) • Internship • Senior
Python
Python
FastAPI
Databases
PostgreSQL
Snowflake
AI/ML
Dagster
dbt
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Kubernetes
FinOps
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Open 227 daysVerified live · 7 hours ago 8 months ago

Senior Software Engineer - SELECT by DoiT

$103k – $201k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • Remote (United States) • Internship • Senior
TypeScript
JavaScript
AI/ML
dbt
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
Tailwind CSS
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Kubernetes
FinOps
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Cresta

cresta.com
Cresta is an American enterprise software company founded in 2017 out of the Stanford artificial intelligence laboratory that builds generative AI systems for customer contact centres. Its platform unites autonomous voice and chat agents, real-time guidance for human agents, automated quality assurance and conversation analytics on top of a company's own transcript history. Headquartered in San Francisco, it serves large telecommunications, financial services, retail and travel brands that run high-volume support and sales operations.
cresta.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Software • Artificial Intelligence • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • AI Agents • Conversational AI • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2017
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Software • Artificial Intelligence • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • AI Agents • Conversational AI • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2017
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 6 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (AI Agent)

$205k – $270k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
SQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Vertex AI
DevOps
AWS
Azure
Docker
GCP
gRPC
Kubernetes
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Open 445 daysTop 25% pay 1 year ago

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Agent)

$185k – $235k per year • Senior • 3+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Python
AI/ML
AI Agents
Function Calling
Prompt Engineering
RAG
Vertex AI
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
Analytics
A/B Testing
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Future

future.ai
Open 185 days 7 months ago

Staff Backend Engineer

$200k – $230k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Staff
Go
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
AWS
Docker
Amazon ECS
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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Udacity

udacity.com
Udacity is an online education company headquartered in Emeryville, California, and founded in 2011 by Sebastian Thrun, David Stavens, and Mike Sokolsky after a free Stanford artificial intelligence course. The company sells Nanodegree programs in areas such as programming, data science, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and autonomous systems, built together with industry partners. It shifted toward enterprise and government reskilling contracts and was acquired by Accenture in 2024.
udacity.com • HQ: Emeryville, United States • Corporate Training • Vocational Education • Education • EdTech Platforms • E-learning • Est. 2011
HQ: Emeryville, United States • Corporate Training • Vocational Education • Education • EdTech Platforms • E-learning • Est. 2011
$149k – $280k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 5+ years exp • Remote (MENA, APAC, Europe, United States, Canada) • Visa sponsorship • Contractor • Architect • English: C1
Pytest
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Airship

airship.com
Airship provides a customer engagement platform built around mobile push notifications and in-app messaging. Brands use it to orchestrate cross-channel journeys spanning apps, email, SMS and mobile wallets. The company began as Urban Airship and rebranded as its scope widened.
airship.com • HQ: Portland, United States • Crypto Wallets • Artificial Intelligence • Data & Analytics • Est. 2009
HQ: Portland, United States • Crypto Wallets • Artificial Intelligence • Data & Analytics • Est. 2009
Open 186 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 7 months ago

Senior Distributed Systems Engineer

$145k – $165k per year • Equity • Senior • Remote (United States) • Senior
Java
Databases
Google Bigtable
DevOps
GCP
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Cortex is the Engineering Operations Platform that gives engineering teams the visibility, governance, and golden paths to ship faster with AI, without runaway risk.
cortex.io • Ride Hailing • 51-200 employees
Ride Hailing • 51-200 employees
Open 188 daysTop 25% pay 7 months ago

Lead Software Engineer, Backend

$215k – $245k per year • Equity • Lead • 7+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
MySQL
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Cortex
Prometheus
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Vrchat

vrchat.com
vrchat.com • Tokyo • Gaming • Virtual & Augmented Reality • Metaverse
Tokyo • Gaming • Virtual & Augmented Reality • Metaverse
Open 189 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Senior / Staff Backend Engineer (API) – Economy

$169k – $282k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
MySQL
Redis
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Docker
WebSockets
Cybersecurity
GDPR
PCI DSS
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Open 201 dayVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Engineer - Trust and Safety (Mid Level to Staff Level)

$172k – $287k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Node JS
JavaScript
C#
Databases
MongoDB
Redis
AI/ML
Human-in-the-Loop
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
Game Dev
Unity
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The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) is a global mass media corporation headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, the organization publishes its flagship daily newspaper, The New York Times, along with The International New York Times and digital media assets. Operating primarily under a digital-first, consumer-subscription model, the enterprise has expanded its portfolio through strategic acquisitions and non-news verticals.
nytco.com • HQ: New York, United States • 501-1000 employees
HQ: New York, United States • 501-1000 employees
Open 189 daysVerified live · 11 min ago 7 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Application Delivery

$171k – $284k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • 7+ years expNew York • Remote (United States) • Staff
Go
Java
Node JS
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Copilot
Cursor
AI Agents
LLM Guardrails
DevOps
ArgoCD
AWS
CI/CD
GCP
GitHub Actions
GitOps
Helm
Kubernetes
Progressive Delivery
Terraform
GitHub
JFrog Artifactory
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OpenEvidence

openevidence.com
OpenEvidence is a medical artificial intelligence company founded in 2021 that answers clinical questions with citations to peer-reviewed literature. It licenses content from publishers including the New England Journal of Medicine and is free for verified clinicians, funded by advertising. The product has been adopted rapidly by physicians in the United States as a point-of-care reference.
openevidence.com • HQ: Cambridge, United States • Cybersecurity • Health Care • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2021
HQ: Cambridge, United States • Cybersecurity • Health Care • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2021
Open 190 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Software Engineer, Data Platform

$144k – $293k per year (Estimated)In office (San Francisco, Miami, United States) • Full-Time
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Open 200 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Software Engineer, Applied AI

$144k – $293k per year (Estimated)In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
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Rescale

rescale.com
Rescale is a high performance computing company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2011. The company runs a platform that schedules engineering simulation and AI workloads across cloud providers and on-premise clusters, bundling hundreds of licensed simulation applications with cost and policy controls. It sells to aerospace, automotive, energy, and life sciences engineering teams that need burst capacity without managing their own clusters.
rescale.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • AI Infrastructure • Hardware • Industrial Engineering • Science & Engineering • Software • Simulation & Digital Twin • Information Technology • Cloud Computing • Est. 2011
HQ: San Francisco, United States • AI Infrastructure • Hardware • Industrial Engineering • Science & Engineering • Software • Simulation & Digital Twin • Information Technology • Cloud Computing • Est. 2011
Open 193 daysTop 25% pay 7 months ago

Software Engineer, Backend Engineer

$115k – $159k per year • Junior • 2+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
HPC
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Kentik

kentik.com
Kentik is the network intelligence platform for modern infrastructure teams. Improve network observability, performance, and security. Network monitoring and analytics for traffic, routing, synthetic testing, and cloud.
kentik.com • Data Centers • Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology
Data Centers • Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology
Open 193 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Sr Staff Distributed Systems Engineer, Platform - Storage

$200k – $245k per year • Staff+ • Remote (United States) • Internship • Staff
Rust
JavaScript
Node JS
Python
Databases
Apache Kafka
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
Synthetic Data
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Akamai
CI/CD
Jenkins
Platform Engineering
GitHub
gRPC
HAProxy
Management
Jira
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Andromeda

andromeda.ai
Andromeda connects AI teams with high-performance compute fast, at scale, and on terms that work. Buy, sell, and operate gpu clusters without complexity.
andromeda.ai • San Francisco • AI Infrastructure
San Francisco • AI Infrastructure
Open 194 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Software Engineer - AI Infrastructure

$104k – $203k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expSan Francisco • Remote (United States, Canada) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Python
DevOps
Ansible
Helm
Kubernetes
Terraform
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NeoSigma

neosigma.ai
NeoSigma is an artificial intelligence infrastructure company focused on self-improving agentic systems. Built by research and engineering leaders formerly at OpenAI, Sierra, and Google, the platform provides an automated harness and runtime evaluation layer that enables AI agents to continuously learn from production failures.
neosigma.ai • San Francisco • Bengaluru
San Francisco • Bengaluru
Open 199 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 7 months ago

Member of Technical Staff - Backend Engineer

$193k – $316k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Model Context Protocol
OpenAI
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Hive

thehive.ai
Hive (Hive Moderation) is a leading cloud-based artificial intelligence and visual intelligence platform headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2013 by Kevin Guo and Dmitriy Karpman, the company has raised over $85 million in funding (reaching a $2B valuation) to build enterprise machine learning systems powered by a vast, distributed data-labeling workforce.
thehive.ai • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Cybersecurity • Identity Management • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees • Est. 2013
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Cybersecurity • Identity Management • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees • Est. 2013
Open 200 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 7 months ago

Forward Deployed Software Engineer

$116k – $229k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 1+ year expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
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Open 1742 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 5 years ago

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

$156k – $281k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Rest API
Cybersecurity
OWASP Top 10
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Open 1742 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 5 years ago

Staff Software Engineer - Backend

$184k – $345k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 8+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Rest API
Cybersecurity
OWASP Top 10
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Ghost

ghost.ai
Ghost makes personal AI factories.. We are the personal AI company. We build dedicated hardware and software for agents.
ghost.ai • San Francisco
San Francisco
Open 200 days 7 months ago

Founding Engineer

$144k – $293k per year (Estimated)In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
AI Agents
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Backend Developer Jobs in San Francisco
Frequently asked questions
How many Backend Developer jobs in San Francisco are available on Alion?
There are currently 1631 active listings from 419 hiring companies on Alion, refreshed daily.
What salary do Backend Developer jobs in San Francisco pay?
The average salary is around $283,127 per year based on the current listings.
Are remote options available for Backend Developer jobs in San Francisco?
Yes, many of these roles offer remote or hybrid work, and you can filter listings by remote, relocation and visa sponsorship.
How do I apply for Backend Developer jobs in San Francisco?
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