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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Rockstar

tryrockstar.com
Human-led recruiting. Reinvented with AI.For 10x Less.. Personalized, multi-step sequences sent via Rockstar or "on behalf of" your team.
tryrockstar.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Professional Services • Human Resources
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Professional Services • Human Resources
Open 270 daysTop 25% pay 9 months ago

Founding Software Engineer

$150k – $250k per year • Equity • Middle • 3+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Middle
JavaScript
Python
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Text-to-Speech
LLM
Edge AI
Frontend
React.js
Next.js
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Open 304 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 11 months ago

Senior Software Engineer

$140k – $233k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote (United States, Canada) • Senior
TypeScript
JavaScript
Node JS
AI/ML
AI Agents
Lovable
Model Context Protocol
Replit
Frontend
React.js
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Open 537 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 1 year ago

Protocol Engineer

$121k – $248k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Junior
Solidity
TypeScript
Yul
DevOps
Git
Web3
DeFi
Foundry
Smart Contracts
Unichain
Ethereum
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Chai Discovery

chaidiscovery.com
Chai Discovery is a San Francisco research company founded in 2024 that builds foundation models for molecular structure and interaction prediction. Its Chai-1 model predicts complexes of proteins, small molecules, nucleic acids and antibodies, and was released for free non-commercial use alongside a commercial offering. The company is backed by OpenAI and Thrive Capital and targets the design of antibodies and other biologics.
chaidiscovery.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2024
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2024
Open 278 daysVerified live · 15 min ago 10 months ago

Software Engineer, Platform & Inference

$137k – $274k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Middle
Quantization
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Open 427 daysVerified live · 15 min ago 1 year ago

Software Engineer, Product

$118k – $232k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Junior
Go
Python
TypeScript
DevOps
CI/CD
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Playlab

playlab.com
Playlab is a leading game developer & publisher that has grown from a handful of passionate gamers to a group of over 100 enthusiasts striving to create the best games for iOS and Android devices along with Facebook.\r Founded in January 2012, the ...
playlab.com • Washington • Game Development • Gaming • Mobile Games
Washington • Game Development • Gaming • Mobile Games
Open 279 days 10 months ago

Staff Fullstack Engineer

$170k – $210k per year • Staff+ • 7+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Node JS
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
Neo4j
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
React.js
Remix
DevOps
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
WebSockets
Management
Google Workspace
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Paired

paired.com
Love more. Stress less. Paired is your guide to improve communication, stay connected, and deepen intimacy as a couple.
paired.com • Dubai • Toronto • Irvine • Tampa • Dallas • Lifestyle • Dating & Relationships • Est. 2020
Dubai • Toronto • Irvine • Tampa • Dallas • Lifestyle • Dating & Relationships • Est. 2020
Open 283 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 10 months ago

Web Designer/Developer for Healthcare and Wellness Industry (US-Based/Remote)

Remote (United States) • Full-Time
PHP
PHP
WooCommerce
WordPress
Design
Figma
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Tensorlake

tensorlake.ai
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.
tensorlake.ai • San Francisco • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents
San Francisco • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents
Open 285 daysVerified live · 5 hours ago 10 months ago

Distributed Systems Engineer

$126k – $276k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Go
Rust
Python
TypeScript
Databases
FoundationDB
DevOps
CI/CD
Kubernetes
Terraform
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umbrel

umbrel.com
Bring the cloud to your home with umbrelOS - a beautiful home server OS for self-hosting, and Umbrel Home - a plug-and-play home server. Install Nextcloud, Jellyfin, Bitcoin node, and hundreds of self-hosted apps in one click.
umbrel.com • Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies
Open 289 days 10 months ago

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

$141k – $234k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
shadcn/ui
Tailwind CSS
Radix UI
DevOps
Docker
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Open 289 days 10 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer

$140k – $232k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
DevOps
Docker
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Flux

flux.ai
Introducing a new way to work: Give Flux a job and it plans, explains, and executes workflows inside a full browser-based eCAD you can edit anytime.
flux.ai • San Francisco • Embedded Systems • Electronic Components • Hardware
San Francisco • Embedded Systems • Electronic Components • Hardware
Open 290 daysTop 25% pay 10 months ago

Software Engineer, Agentic Products

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

xsolla.com
Xsolla is a global video game commerce company that provides specialized financial and operational tools tailored for the gaming industry. The firm helps game developers and publishers fund, launch, market, and monetize their titles across PC, mobile, web, and cloud platforms. By operating as a merchant of record with support for over 1,000 local payment methods, it enables direct-to-consumer sales and seamless cross-border transactions for gaming studios worldwide.
xsolla.com • HQ: Los Angeles, United States • Financial Services • Payments • Game Development • Gaming • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2006
HQ: Los Angeles, United States • Financial Services • Payments • Game Development • Gaming • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2006
Open 306 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 11 months ago

Senior Software Engineer

$72k – $123k per year • Senior • 4+ years exp • Remote (Canada, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
Clean Architecture
React Native
DevOps
CI/CD
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Open 307 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 11 months ago

Lead Software Engineer (Mobile Native)

$87k – $123k per year • Lead • 6+ years exp • Remote (Canada, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Kotlin
Swift
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
React Native
DevOps
CI/CD
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Open 311 daysTop 25% pay 11 months ago

Principal Engineer – Identity & Golang

$180k – $250k per year • Lead • 10+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Principal
Go
DevOps
AWS
GCP
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
IAM
Cybersecurity
Auth0
HashiCorp Vault
Keycloak
Zero Trust
Cryptography
Vault
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Stedi

stedi.com
Stedi is the only programmable healthcare clearinghouse. We offer modern, AI-ready APIs for eligibility checks, claims, transaction enrollment, and more.
stedi.com • New York • Software • Data & Analytics • Data Integration
New York • Software • Data & Analytics • Data Integration
Verified live · 2 days ago 11 months ago

Backend Engineer: US & Canada

$106k – $193k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years exp • Remote (United States, Canada) • Full-Time • Middle
Rust
TypeScript
Databases
Amazon Aurora
DynamoDB
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
PagerDuty
API Gateway
GitHub
Cybersecurity
HIPAA
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Strella

strella.io
Get customer insights 10x faster with Strella. AI-moderated interviews and real-time synthesis turn customer research from weeks into hours.
strella.io • New York • San Francisco • Customer Analytics • Artificial Intelligence • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023
New York • San Francisco • Customer Analytics • Artificial Intelligence • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023
Open 325 days 11 months ago

Full Stack Software Engineer

$128k – $256k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
JavaScript
Node JS
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
LLM
Prompt Engineering
Frontend
React.js
Tailwind CSS
DevOps
GCP
Rest API
Vercel
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Hospitable

hospitable.com
Best vacation rental software in 2023 and 2024. Whether you use Airbnb, Vrbo, or Booking.com - Hospitable will help you automate.
hospitable.com • London • New York • Atlanta • Brussels • Amsterdam • Software • Property Management • Vacation Rentals • Est. 2016
London • New York • Atlanta • Brussels • Amsterdam • Software • Property Management • Vacation Rentals • Est. 2016
Open 332 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 11 months ago

Product Engineer, Core & Connectivity (Laravel - Remote)

$121k – $247k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote (EU, United States, Australia) • Full-Time • Middle
PHP
TypeScript
JavaScript
PHP
Laravel
Databases
MySQL
Frontend
Angular
DevOps
Kubernetes
Management
Slack
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Goodbill

goodbill.com
Our supercharged reviews lower hospital claims by an average of 30%. See why TPAs, brokers and employers love our member-centric cost containment solution.
goodbill.com • Financial Services • Health Care • Digital Health
Financial Services • Health Care • Digital Health
Open 332 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 11 months ago

Full Stack Software Engineer

$124k – $253k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Full-Time
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby
Hotwire
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
Sass
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Lightning Labs

lightning.engineering
Lightning Labs is a bitcoin infrastructure company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2016. The company maintains lnd, the most widely deployed implementation of the Lightning Network, a payment layer that settles bitcoin transactions off chain for speed and low fees. It also builds Taproot Assets for issuing tokens on bitcoin and sells developer tooling and node services to exchanges, wallets, and payment companies.
lightning.engineering • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Asset Tokenization • Crypto Payments • Blockchain Infrastructure • Blockchain & Crypto • Cryptocurrencies • Est. 2016
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Asset Tokenization • Crypto Payments • Blockchain Infrastructure • Blockchain & Crypto • Cryptocurrencies • Est. 2016
Open 335 days 12 months ago

Full Stack Engineer

$128k – $262k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Full-Time
TypeScript
JavaScript
Go
AI/ML
AI Agents
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
OpenAI Codex
Frontend
Emotion
Next.js
React.js
D3.js
Bootstrap
visx
WebAssembly
DevOps
Rest API
GitHub
Web3
Bitcoin
QA
Jest
Playwright
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Open 1028 days 3 years ago

Assets Protocol Engineer (Remote)

$129k – $263k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Full-Time
C++
DevOps
GitHub
Web3
Bitcoin
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Open 1699 days 4 years ago

Lightning Protocol Engineer (Remote)

$129k – $263k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Full-Time
C++
DevOps
GitHub
Web3
Bitcoin
Smart Contracts
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Conversion

conversion.com
Conversion Factory is the data driven conversion optimization agency, providing CRO for a range of clients, from blue chip companies to small niche businesses. Conversion Factory uses the latest tools, technologies and methodologies to increase ...
conversion.com • San Francisco • E-commerce Marketing • Clinical Research • Sales & Marketing
San Francisco • E-commerce Marketing • Clinical Research • Sales & Marketing
Open 338 daysTop 25% pay 12 months ago

Backend Engineer (Infra)

$175k – $225k per year • Middle • 3+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Middle
Go
Databases
ClickHouse
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
CI/CD
GCP
Design
Webflow
Management
Slack
Marketing
HubSpot
Marketo
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Tzafon

tzafon.ai
Tzafon is advancing machine intelligence. Our team develops models and systems for autonomous agents interacting with the real world.
tzafon.ai • San Francisco • AI Agents
San Francisco • AI Agents
Open 340 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 12 months ago

Member of Technical Staff – Backend/Platform Engineer

$150k – $250k per year • Equity • Staff+ • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time • Staff
Rust
Databases
Apache Kafka
ClickHouse
NATS
PostgreSQL
Redis
DevOps
OpenTelemetry
WebSockets
gRPC
Kubernetes
Prometheus
Amazon S3
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
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Modal

modal.com
Modal is an AI infrastructure company headquartered in New York City and founded in 2021. It provides a serverless cloud platform featuring sub-second cold starts and instant autoscaling that enables developers to run GPU-accelerated workloads, including model inference and fine-tuning, using a Python-native SDK. The company operates a globally distributed compute network designed for AI applications and serves a diverse range of industries such as generative AI and biotechnology.
modal.com • HQ: New York, United States • MLOps • LLM & Generative AI • Machine Learning • Information Technology • Hardware • Cloud Computing • AI Infrastructure • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2021
HQ: New York, United States • MLOps • LLM & Generative AI • Machine Learning • Information Technology • Hardware • Cloud Computing • AI Infrastructure • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2021
Open 341 dayTop 25% pay 12 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer - Systems

$180k – $240k per year • Middle • 3+ years expIn office (New York, San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Middle
AWS
Azure
CloudFormation
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
Pulumi
Terraform
Analytics
Seaborn
Matplotlib
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depthfirst

depthfirst.com
depthfirst is an applied artificial intelligence security lab headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2024 by technical leaders from DeepMind, Databricks, and Faire. The company trains security specific models that read code, business logic, and infrastructure to find exploitable vulnerabilities and propose fixes, rather than emitting the false positives typical of static scanners. It released dfs-mini1 for smart contract auditing and works with Fortune 500 companies and software firms including Supabase, ClickUp, and Moveworks.
depthfirst.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Smart Contracts & Security • Blockchain & Crypto • Vulnerability Management • Cybersecurity AI • Application Security • Cybersecurity • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Smart Contracts & Security • Blockchain & Crypto • Vulnerability Management • Cybersecurity AI • Application Security • Cybersecurity • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024
Open 350 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 12 months ago

Backend Engineer

$130k – $259k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
Databases
Databricks
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
React.js
Next.js
DevOps
AWS
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DAKOTA

dakotagroup.fr
dakotagroup.fr • Anchorage • Consumer Goods • Luggage & Bags
Anchorage • Consumer Goods • Luggage & Bags
Open 355 days 12 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Payments

$146k – $242k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Rust
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
TimescaleDB
AI/ML
Claude
DevOps
Incident Management
GitHub
Buildkite
CI/CD
GCP
Kubernetes
Vercel
QA
Sentry
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Open 423 daysTop 25% pay 1 year ago

Senior Software Engineer, Back-End

$140k – $200k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
TimescaleDB
AI/ML
Claude
DevOps
Incident Management
GitHub
Buildkite
CI/CD
GCP
Kubernetes
Vercel
QA
Sentry
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Numeral

numeral.com
We fully manage the headaches of sales tax so you can get back to real work. Get started for free today!
numeral.com • New York • San Francisco • Salt Lake City • Financial Services • Software • FinTech
New York • San Francisco • Salt Lake City • Financial Services • Software • FinTech
Open 356 daysTop 25% pay 12 months ago

Software Engineer (Infra)

$180k – $300k per year • Senior • 7+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
JavaScript
Databases
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
Redis
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Datadog
Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
Platform Engineering
Prometheus
Terraform
Amazon ECS
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Open 410 daysTop 25% pay 1 year ago

Software Engineer (Product)

$175k – $300k per year • Senior • 7+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, New York, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
JavaScript
Databases
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
Redis
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Platform Engineering
Terraform
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Tempo

tempo.xyz
Tempo is a blockchain company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2025. The company is building a payments focused layer one network designed for stablecoin settlement, with fees payable in stablecoins and throughput targeted at real world transaction volumes rather than speculative trading. It was incubated with backing from Stripe and Paradigm and is aimed at businesses moving money across borders.
tempo.xyz • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Payments • Financial Services • Crypto Payments • Blockchain Infrastructure • Stablecoins • Blockchain & Crypto • 51-200 employees • Est. 2025
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Payments • Financial Services • Crypto Payments • Blockchain Infrastructure • Stablecoins • Blockchain & Crypto • 51-200 employees • Est. 2025
Open 360 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 12 months ago

Rust Engineer

Remote (United States) • Full-Time
Rust
AI/ML
Anthropic
OpenAI
Web3
Ethereum
Rollup
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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.
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