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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Positron AI

positron.ai
Positron AI builds purpose-built inference servers for large language models, aiming for much higher energy efficiency than general-purpose GPU systems. Its Atlas hardware uses field-programmable logic and a memory-centric design to serve transformer models at high token throughput. The company was founded in 2023 and assembles its systems in the United States.
positron.ai • HQ: Reno, United States • Hardware • Artificial Intelligence • LLM & Generative AI • Est. 2023
HQ: Reno, United States • Hardware • Artificial Intelligence • LLM & Generative AI • Est. 2023
Open 565 daysTop 25% pay 1 year ago

Software Engineer, Senior

$150k – $250k per year • Senior • 7+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time • Senior
C++
C
C++
LLVM
C
Valgrind
GCC
AI/ML
LLM
Quantization
DevOps
CI/CD
HPC
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Juicebox

juicebox.ai
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juicebox.ai • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Information Technology
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Information Technology
Open 588 daysTop 25% pay 1 year ago

Senior Software Engineer

$180k – $300k per year • Senior • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
JavaScript
Databases
ElasticSearch
OpenSearch
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Management
Notion
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Open 668 daysTop 25% pay 2 years ago

Software Engineer

$160k – $250k per year • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
Node JS
JavaScript
Databases
ElasticSearch
OpenSearch
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Management
Notion
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FutureSearch

futuresearch.ai
AI forecasting with a public track record. First in Metaculus's Summer 2026 FutureEval tournament, above the superforecaster median on ForecastBench, and every forecast draws on a shared world model that compounds with use. Research trusted by Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and xAI.
futuresearch.ai • Explainable AI (XAI) • Predictive Analytics • Artificial Intelligence • 11-50 employees
Explainable AI (XAI) • Predictive Analytics • Artificial Intelligence • 11-50 employees
Open 637 daysTop 25% pay 2 years ago

Software Engineer

$125k – $225k per year • Senior • Remote (United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Czech Republic) • Full-Time
Python
Databases
ClickHouse
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
LLM
AI Agents
Dagster
Ray
DevOps
Azure
GCP
Kubernetes
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Agave

useagave.com
Agave connects your construction software systems, automates Accounts Payable workflows, and gives field and finance teams real-time visibility across projects — without replacing your ERP or PM system.
useagave.com • San Francisco • Berkeley • Manufacturing • Business Process Automation (BPA) • Software
San Francisco • Berkeley • Manufacturing • Business Process Automation (BPA) • Software
Open 664 daysTop 25% pay 2 years ago

Software Engineer

$140k – $285k per year • Junior • 1+ year expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Relocation • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time • Junior
SQL
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
DevOps
AWS
WebSockets
Amazon EC2
Marketing
Salesforce
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Finch

finch.com
Finch is an online advertising service that helps businesses gain more revenue, profit, or leads with their technology. Finch pioneered a new PPC advertising system for eCommerce companies that helps customers earn an average of 111% more revenue ...
finch.com • San Francisco • New York • Media & Entertainment • Creative Agencies • Sales & Marketing
San Francisco • New York • Media & Entertainment • Creative Agencies • Sales & Marketing
Open 712 daysVerified live · 9 hours ago 2 years ago

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

$220k – $240k per year • Staff+ • 10+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Node JS
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
DevOps
AWS
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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Open 1134 daysTop 25% pay 3 years ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

$200k – $220k per year • Senior • 7+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
DevOps
AWS
Git
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Bfl

bfl.ai
Black Forest Labs is building visual intelligence: models that understand, reason, and act in the world. Use FLUX models via our API.
bfl.ai • HQ: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024
HQ: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024
$180k – $300k per year • Staff+ • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Python
JavaScript
Python
FastAPI
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
Gradio
Quantization
Stable Diffusion
Streamlit
TensorRT
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
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Letta

letta.com
Letta is a company founded in 2023 by University of California, Berkeley researchers behind the MemGPT project on long-term memory for language models. Its open-source framework and cloud service give agents persistent memory that survives beyond a context window, with tooling to inspect and edit what an agent remembers. The project is widely used by developers building assistants that must retain state over months.
letta.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents • Est. 2023
HQ: San Francisco, United States • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents • Est. 2023
Open 726 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 2 years ago

Software Engineer, Agent Harness

$147k – $301k per year (Estimated)In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
Python
SQL
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Letta
LLM
Ollama
Ray
Spark
vLLM
Anthropic
OpenAI
Frontend
Tailwind CSS
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Uncountable

uncountable.com
Uncountable is the AI platform that unifies R&D, QC, and PLM data across the full product lifecycle — for traceability, compliance, and faster decisions.
uncountable.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • CAD & PLM • Artificial Intelligence • Software
HQ: San Francisco, United States • CAD & PLM • Artificial Intelligence • Software
Open 735 daysTop 25% pay 2 years ago

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

$170k – $220k per year • Senior • 3+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
Python
Flask
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
Redux
Sass
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Complete

complete.ai
complete.ai • San Francisco
San Francisco
Open 746 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 2 years ago

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer

$185k – $347k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
JavaScript
Python
Python
Django
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
ChatGPT
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
Frontend
GraphQL
React Query
React.js
DevOps
Datadog
Docker
GitHub
Management
Slack
QA
Sentry
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Open 746 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 2 years ago

Senior/Staff Fullstack Engineer

$185k – $347k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
JavaScript
Python
Python
Django
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
ChatGPT
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
Frontend
GraphQL
React Query
React.js
DevOps
Datadog
Docker
GitHub
Management
Slack
QA
Sentry
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Deepnote

deepnote.com
Deepnote is a company founded in 2019 that builds a collaborative data notebook for analytics and machine learning teams. It runs Python and SQL in a shared cloud workspace with real-time editing, scheduling and access controls, and has added artificial intelligence assistance for writing and explaining analysis. The product is used by data teams that find local notebooks hard to share and govern.
deepnote.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Data Science • Data Visualization • Data & Analytics • Est. 2019
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Data Science • Data Visualization • Data & Analytics • Est. 2019
Open 761 dayVerified live · 2 days ago 2 years ago

Senior Full Stack Engineer

$142k – $235k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
LLM
Tokenization
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
AI Agents
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Kubernetes
Design
Webflow
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Prosidian

prosidian.com
ProSidian Consulting is an integrated management and operations consulting firm with a reputation for its strong national practice spanning six solution areas including Risk Management, Compliance, Business Process, Energy and Sustainability, IT E...
prosidian.com • Boulder • Phoenix • Vancouver • Washington • Charlotte • Commerce • Data & Analytics • Professional Services • 1001-5000 employees
Boulder • Phoenix • Vancouver • Washington • Charlotte • Commerce • Data & Analytics • Professional Services • 1001-5000 employees
Open 928 daysVerified live · 6 hours ago 2 years ago

Java Developer II

$102k – $186k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 7+ years expUnited States • Remote (United States) • High School Diploma • Full-Time • Senior • English
JavaScript
SQL
Java
Java
Maven
Apache Tomcat
Frontend
JQuery
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Open 1115 daysVerified live · 6 hours ago 3 years ago

Software Applications Developer - Transportation Safety

$91k – $170k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years expWashington • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle • English • Spanish
SQL
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Open 1382 daysVerified live · 6 hours ago 4 years ago

Full Stack Web Developer III - Information Technology (IT109)

$99k – $181k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 7+ years expUnited States • Remote (United States) • High School Diploma • Full-Time • Senior • English
C#
JavaScript
SQL
C#
ASP.NET Core
Frontend
JQuery
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Osaro

osaro.com
OSARO offers cutting-edge robotic piece-picking solutions tailored to your industry.
osaro.com • San Francisco • Robotics • Artificial Intelligence • Logistics & Warehouse Robotics • Est. 2017
San Francisco • Robotics • Artificial Intelligence • Logistics & Warehouse Robotics • Est. 2017
Open 1306 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 3 years ago

Senior Backend Software Engineer

$155k – $190k per year • Senior • 3+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Python
Rust
C++
C++
Protobuf
PyTorch C++
TensorFlow C++
Databases
Google BigQuery
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
PyTorch
TensorFlow
DevOps
Docker
GCP
Rest API
Ansible
gRPC
Helm
Kubernetes
SaltStack
Terraform
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Open 2728 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 7 years ago

Software Engineer

$160k – $190k per year • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Rust
Robotics
Motion Planning
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Gravity Sketch

gravitysketch.com
Gravity Sketch is a London company founded in 2014 that makes three dimensional design software used in virtual reality. Designers sketch full scale models with their hands, which automotive and footwear studios use to shorten early concept work. The company's tools are used by major car makers and consumer brands.
gravitysketch.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Design & Creative • 3D Design • CAD & PLM • Est. 2014
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Design & Creative • 3D Design • CAD & PLM • Est. 2014
Open 1403 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 4 years ago

Backend Engineer

$127k – $254k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Middle • English
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Allium

allium.com
Founded in 2022, Allium is an enterprise-grade blockchain data platform that provides real-time, normalized data infrastructure for Web3 applications. The company ingests and processes raw smart contract data across major blockchain networks, transforming it into clean, developer-ready APIs and analytics databases. By removing the complexity of indexing and hosting node infrastructure, it enables financial institutions, crypto enterprises, and developers to build applications and power financial operations smoothly.
allium.com • New York • San Francisco • Metals & Metallurgy • Manufacturing • Metal Fabrication
New York • San Francisco • Metals & Metallurgy • Manufacturing • Metal Fabrication
Open 1490 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 4 years ago

Software Engineer

$128k – $261k per year (Estimated) • Equity • New YorkSan Francisco • Remote (Singapore, Australia) • Full-Time
SQL
Databases
Amazon Aurora
Apache Kafka
ClickHouse
Databricks
Google BigQuery
PostgreSQL
Snowflake
AI/ML
AI Agents
LLM
DevOps
AWS
Azure
Cloudflare
GCP
Web3
Consensus
Ethereum
Staking
Uniswap
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CertiK

certik.com
CertiK is a blockchain security company that specializes in auditing smart contracts and blockchain protocols. It offers security audits monitoring tools and risk assessment services to help projects identify vulnerabilities and improve the safety of decentralized applications and digital assets.
certik.com • New York • Shenzhen • Dubai • San Francisco • Cybersecurity • Blockchain & Crypto • Smart Contracts & Security
New York • Shenzhen • Dubai • San Francisco • Cybersecurity • Blockchain & Crypto • Smart Contracts & Security
Open 1492 daysVerified live · 8 hours ago 4 years ago

Software Engineer (Engineer III to Principal) - Formal Methods

$137k – $275k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 4+ years expNew York • Remote (United States, Canada) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Principal
Haskell
OCaml
DevOps
CI/CD
Web3
Smart Contracts
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Runway

runway.team
Runway is a mobile release management company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2020. The company builds a platform that coordinates app store releases, automating build tracking, regression checks, staged rollouts, and the cross-team communication that surrounds a mobile launch. It integrates with the app stores, continuous integration systems, issue trackers, and chat tools that mobile teams already use, and went through Y Combinator.
runway.team • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Business Process Automation (BPA) • Project Management • Information Technology • DevOps • Software • Mobile App Development • Est. 2020
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Business Process Automation (BPA) • Project Management • Information Technology • DevOps • Software • Mobile App Development • Est. 2020
Open 1584 daysTop 25% pay 4 years ago

Member of Technical Staff, Backend Engineer, API

$240k – $290k per year • Staff+ • 3+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
TypeScript
Python
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Runway
Flyte
PyTorch
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Grafana
Kubernetes
Prometheus
Terraform
AWS Fargate
AWS Lambda
Amazon ECS
Amazon Kinesis
Amazon S3
Cybersecurity
Kyverno
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PerformYard

performyard.com
Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, PerformYard, Inc. develops and delivers enterprise sales and talent management software, web-based platforms for corporate strategy, goal management, performance reviews and insights, repor...
performyard.com • Arlington • Information Technology • Professional Services • Human Resources • Est. 2013
Arlington • Information Technology • Professional Services • Human Resources • Est. 2013
Open 1645 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 4 years ago

Full Stack Software Engineer

$124k – $253k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expArlington • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
Node JS
Python
SQL
TypeScript
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
Redux
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
Docker
Rest API
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Linear

linear.app
Linear is a software company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and was founded in 2019. The company provides a project management and issue tracking platform designed for software development teams to plan and build products using streamlined workflows. Its system features integrated AI agents for automated task handling and connects with developer tools like GitHub, serving a global market of technology companies and engineering teams.
linear.app • HQ: San Francisco, United States • DevOps • Information Technology • Productivity Software • Project Management • Software • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2019
HQ: San Francisco, United States • DevOps • Information Technology • Productivity Software • Project Management • Software • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2019
Open 1838 days 5 years ago

Senior / Staff Fullstack Engineer

$187k – $389k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
AI Agents
OpenAI
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
styled-components
DevOps
GCP
Kubernetes
WebSockets
GitHub
Management
Slack
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Open 1951 day 5 years ago

Senior / Staff Fullstack Engineer

$118k – $245k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 5+ years exp • Remote (Europe, North America) • Full-Time • Staff
JavaScript
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
AI Agents
OpenAI
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
styled-components
DevOps
GCP
Kubernetes
WebSockets
GitHub
Management
Slack
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Atria Group

atriagroup.com
Atria Group (Atria Plc) is a leading Nordic food industry company that specializes in meat processing, ready meals, and convenience food production. Headquartered in Finland, the enterprise operates extensively across Northern Europe, including Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Estonia, serving retail, food service, and industrial customers.
atriagroup.com • HQ: Plano, United States • Prepared Foods • Food & Beverages • Meat & Poultry • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: Plano, United States • Prepared Foods • Food & Beverages • Meat & Poultry • 1001-5000 employees
Open 4049 daysVerified live · 8 hours ago 11 years ago

Senior Developer Java

$149k – $269k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
Java
SQL
Java
Hibernate
Maven
Spring Framework
Databases
ActiveMQ
Apache Solr
Oracle
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Jenkins
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Tech Tammina

tectammina.com
Tech Tammina (also known as TecTammina) is a global digital transformation and IT consulting company that specializes in robotic process automation (RPA), low-code platform development, and artificial intelligence solutions.
tectammina.com • HQ: Washington, United States • IT Consulting • Software • Business Process Automation (BPA) • 501-1000 employees
HQ: Washington, United States • IT Consulting • Software • Business Process Automation (BPA) • 501-1000 employees
Open 4105 daysVerified live · 6 hours ago 11 years ago

Senior Back End Engineer

$150k – $271k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Java
Java
Hibernate
Databases
MySQL
Amazon Redshift
ElasticSearch
Memcached
Redis
DevOps
Nginx
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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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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