Updated Aug 31, 2026

Backend Developer Salary 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.

Open positions
3 583
Companies
1 114
Salary range
$160K – $385K
Average salary
$251K

Salary range

Seniority Jobs 25% Median 75%
Intern 8 $96K $108K $126K
Junior 132 $140K $170K $201K
Middle 238 $165K $200K $250K
Senior 935 $195K $225K $264K
Staff 448 $238K $280K $320K
Lead 146 $200K $250K $300K
All levels 2,195 $194K $240K $300K

Based only on the listings that state pay. Gross annual amounts, converted to USD so roles in different currencies stay comparable.

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Nelnet

nelnet.com
Nelnet is a diversified financial services and technology company headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, with roots dating back to 1978. It specializes in student loan servicing, tuition payment processing for K-12 and higher education institutions, consumer banking, and business process outsourcing for government entities. Publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NNI, the firm operates multiple business segments serving millions of customers across the United States and international markets.
nelnet.com • HQ: Lincoln, United States • Digital Government • Government • EdTech Platforms • Education • Payments • Banking • Financial Services • Lending • 501-1000 employees • Est. 1978
HQ: Lincoln, United States • Digital Government • Government • EdTech Platforms • Education • Payments • Banking • Financial Services • Lending • 501-1000 employees • Est. 1978
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Sr Software Engineer

$100k – $120k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years expUnited States • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Java
Python
C#
C#
.NET
AI/ML
Claude
Copilot
DevOps
GitHub
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The PNC Financial Services Group is one of the largest diversified banking and financial institutions in the United States. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the corporation provides a comprehensive range of services, including retail banking, wealth management, and corporate lending. With a vast network of branches and ATMs, it serves millions of individual consumers, small businesses, and large corporate clients across the country.
pnc.com • HQ: Pittsburgh, United States • Health Care • Financial Services • Banking • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: Pittsburgh, United States • Health Care • Financial Services • Banking • 1001-5000 employees
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Senior Software Engineer

$131k – $217k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years expUnited States • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Java
SQL
PowerShell
Python
Databases
MS SQL
DevOps
Incident Management
OpenShift
Windows Server
Red Hat
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Software Engineer - Tempus

$86k – $159k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years expUnited States • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
Java
C#
C#
.NET
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Software Developer Lead - Openshift & Hogan

$129k – $257k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 3+ years expPhoenixDenverBirminghamDallasCleveland • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
SQL
Databases
MongoDB
DevOps
Dynatrace
OpenShift
Windows Server
SRE
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Coinbase

coinbase.com
Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone.
coinbase.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Blockchain & Crypto • Cryptocurrencies • Crypto Exchanges • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2012
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Blockchain & Crypto • Cryptocurrencies • Crypto Exchanges • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2012
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Finhub

$177k – $295k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 12+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Staff
Go
Java
Python
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Verified live · 5 min ago 2 days ago

Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise Apps

$180k – $299k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Staff
Go
SQL
TypeScript
Databases
Apache Kafka
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
AWS
Buildkite
CI/CD
gRPC
Kubernetes
Terraform
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Verified live · 5 min ago 4 days ago

Software Engineer, CDP - Payment Acceptance

$118k – $236k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Middle
Go
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Human-in-the-Loop
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
Web Components
DevOps
Datadog
gRPC
OpenTelemetry
AWS Step Functions
Web3
Reown
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Syntra

syntra.com
One unified system of record for every chart. Syntra's agents learn your workflows, payer rules, and software stack on their own to help you stay independent.
syntra.com • San Francisco • AI Agents • Health Care • Digital Health
San Francisco • AI Agents • Health Care • Digital Health
Verified live · 2 hours ago 3 hours ago

Healthcare Forward Deployed Engineer

$100k – $150k per year • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
AI Agents
DevOps
GitHub
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Dcthomsonshop

dcthomsonshop.co.uk
This bundle brings together both volumes of Dandy Presents: Desperate Dan by bestselling comic creator Jamie Smart.
dcthomsonshop.co.uk • Sydney • New York • Berlin • Amsterdam • Lehi • Content Creation • Consumer Goods • Commerce
Sydney • New York • Berlin • Amsterdam • Lehi • Content Creation • Consumer Goods • Commerce
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 5 hours ago

Senior Full Stack Engineer, Web & 3D Integrations

$172k – $215k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
C++
Node JS
Nest.JS
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
Three.JS
WebAssembly
DevOps
GCP
Cybersecurity
GDPR
QA
Rest-Assured
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Vanta

vanta.com
Vanta is an automated security, continuous GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance), and trust management platform designed to help businesses scale security and automate compliance. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company enables organizations to streamline audit processes and maintain real-time visibility into their security posture.
vanta.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Information Security • Cybersecurity • Security Compliance • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Information Security • Cybersecurity • Security Compliance • 1001-5000 employees
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 5 hours ago

Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, Expansion

$195k – $229k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
Cybersecurity
HIPAA
ISO 27001
SOC 2
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 day ago

Principal Software Engineer, Program Structure

$321k – $378k per year • Lead • 15+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Principal
HIPAA
ISO 27001
SOC 2
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 5 days ago

Senior Financial Systems Engineer

$145k – $171k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
SQL
Databases
Snowflake
AI/ML
AI Agents
Human-in-the-Loop
Cybersecurity
HIPAA
ISO 27001
SOC 2
Management
Slack
Marketing
Salesforce
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Veriff

veriff.com
Veriff is an Estonian technology company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Tallinn. Its platform verifies identity documents and faces for online services worldwide. The company serves fintech, mobility and marketplace customers in nearly every country.
veriff.com • HQ: Tallinn, Estonia • Artificial Intelligence • Fraud Detection • Cybersecurity • Est. 2015
HQ: Tallinn, Estonia • Artificial Intelligence • Fraud Detection • Cybersecurity • Est. 2015
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Senior Software Engineer (Trust)

$55k – $125k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • 5+ years expTallinn • Remote (United States, Spain) • Senior
Python
Databases
RabbitMQ
DevOps
Kubernetes
Cybersecurity
GDPR
QA
Rest-Assured
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 3 months ago

Senior Software Engineer - Verification Platform

$56k – $128k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • 5+ years expTallinn • Remote (United States, Spain) • Senior
Python
DevOps
Kubernetes
QA
Rest-Assured
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Unusual

unusual.ai
AI models advise, recommend, and increasingly make buying decisions for your prospects. Unusual helps make sure that those prospects end up in your pipeline rather than your competitors.
unusual.ai • San Francisco • LLM & Generative AI • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence
San Francisco • LLM & Generative AI • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 day ago

Founding Engineer - Full Stack

$150k – $250k per year • Equity 0.3–1.5% • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
Python
TypeScript
AI/ML
AI Agents
LLM
NLP
Transformers
DevOps
AWS
GitHub
Terraform
Management
Notion
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Kapitus

kapitus.com
kapitus.com • Omaha • New York • Los Angeles • Arlington
Omaha • New York • Los Angeles • Arlington
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Software Engineer II - Engineering

$96k – $154k per year • Middle • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
Python
Python
Flask
Databases
DynamoDB
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
CI/CD
OpenTofu
Terraform
Marketing
Salesforce
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$96k – $154k per year • Middle • 5+ years expOmaha • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Python
Python
Flask
Databases
DynamoDB
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
CI/CD
OpenTofu
Terraform
Marketing
Salesforce
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Open 129 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 5 months ago

Software Engineer II - Services

$96k – $154k per year • Middle • 4+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
Node JS
Python
JavaScript
Databases
DynamoDB
DevOps
Amazon EC2
API Gateway
AWS
AWS Lambda
CloudFormation
IAM
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GitLab

gitlab.com
GitLab is a comprehensive, open-source DevSecOps platform that enables software teams to manage the entire software development lifecycle within a single application. It streamlines operations by offering integrated tools for source code management, continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), security testing, and project planning. By consolidating the entire pipeline into one continuous workflow, it helps engineering teams accelerate code delivery, improve collaboration, and maintain strict security compliance.
gitlab.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Information Technology • Cybersecurity • DevSecOps • DevOps • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2011
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Information Technology • Cybersecurity • DevSecOps • DevOps • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2011
$167k – $277k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • Remote (United States, Canada) • PhD • Full-Time • Staff • English
Ruby
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Frontend
Vue.js
DevOps
GitLab
Incident Management
Marketing
Salesforce
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 12 days ago

Fullstack Engineer (TypeScript), AI Engineering: Duo Client SDK

$125k – $256k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Remote (United States, Canada) • PhD • Full-Time
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
Vue.js
DevOps
GitLab
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$115k – $194k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • PhD • Full-Time
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
Vue.js
DevOps
GitLab
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Re:Build Manufacturing

rebuildmanufacturing.com
Headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, Re:Build Manufacturing is an industrial technology and manufacturing company focused on revitalizing domestic production capabilities across various sectors. The company integrates advanced engineering, automation, digital technology, and operational expertise to deliver custom prototype development and scalable production solutions. By combining strategic acquisitions with modern manufacturing practices, it supports clients across industries such as aerospace, defense, healthcare, and clean energy.
rebuildmanufacturing.com • HQ: Framingham, United States
HQ: Framingham, United States
Top 25% pay 1 day ago

Senior Backend Engineer

$165k – $200k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years expBoston • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
SQL
Python
Celery
FastAPI
SQLAlchemy
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
AI Agents
Anthropic
Claude
Copilot
Cursor
Edge AI
LangChain
LangGraph
LLM
OpenAI
OpenRouter
DevOps
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Google Cloud Run
Rest API
Terraform
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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Specter

specter.com
Specter tracks growth signals across millions of private companies to help investors find opportunities early. Founded in 2021, it combines web, hiring, app and social data into company momentum scores. Venture funds and corporate development teams use it for sourcing.
specter.com • HQ: Singapore • Est. 2021
HQ: Singapore • Est. 2021
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Wireless Software Engineer

$151k – $308k per year (Estimated)In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
C++
Go
Python
Rust
AI/ML
AI Agents
Time Series Forecasting
Cybersecurity
Wireshark
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 4 days ago

Software Engineer - Applied AI

$149k – $305k per year (Estimated)In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
Python
Databases
Apache Kafka
Redpanda
AI/ML
Computer Vision
Multimodal AI
ONNX
PyTorch
TensorRT
DevOps
CI/CD
Docker
Kubernetes
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 8 days ago

Software Engineer — Fleet

$150k – $306k per year (Estimated)In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
C++
Python
Rust
TypeScript
C
C
Embedded C
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
NixOS
Self-Healing
Buildkite
CI/CD
GitHub Actions
GitHub
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Beacon Biosignals

beacon.bio
Beacon's AI platform for brain data enables and accelerates new treatments that transform the lives of patients with neurological and psychiatric disease. Through FDA-cleared EEG wearables, novel machine learning algorithms, enormous datasets, and advances in software engineering, we are changing the way patients are treated for disorders of the brain.
beacon.bio • HQ: Boston, United States • Genomics • Medical AI • Biotechnology • Est. 2019
HQ: Boston, United States • Genomics • Medical AI • Biotechnology • Est. 2019
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Senior Software Engineer

$150k – $170k per year • Senior • 5+ years expBoston • Remote (United States, Morocco) • Senior
JavaScript
Julia
Node JS
Python
SQL
TypeScript
Databases
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
RabbitMQ
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
Amazon Kinesis
Helm
Kubernetes
Terraform
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Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 2 months ago

Principal Software Engineer, Data

$190k – $210k per year • Lead • 10+ years expBoston • Remote (United States, Morocco) • Principal
Julia
SQL
TypeScript
Databases
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
RabbitMQ
AI/ML
LLM
AI Agents
LLM Guardrails
DevOps
Helm
Kubernetes
Terraform
Amazon Kinesis
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Sia

sia.com
SIA is a global management consulting firm headquartered in Paris, France. Founded in 1999, the company delivers business transformation, artificial intelligence (AI), digital technology, and operational consulting services to mid-market and enterprise clients across financial services, energy, healthcare, and retail sectors.
sia.com • HQ: Paris, France • Information Technology • Professional Services • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: Paris, France • Information Technology • Professional Services • 1001-5000 employees
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Forward Deployed Engineer

$136k – $155k per year • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Visa sponsorship • PhD • Full-Time • Senior • English
Python
AI/ML
Anthropic
Anthropic SDK
Computer Vision
Fine-tuning
LangChain
LlamaIndex
LLM
OpenAI
OpenAI SDK
RAG
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
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Nango

nango.dev
Connect your product & AI agents with 900+ APIs. Build, run, and maintain integrations with AI in code, on infrastructure built for scale.
nango.dev • San Francisco • AI Agents
San Francisco • AI Agents
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 day ago

Founding GTM Engineer

$150k – $225k per year • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
TypeScript
AI/ML
Replit
DevOps
AWS
GitHub
Netlify
Cybersecurity
Okta
Snyk
Management
ServiceNow
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 6 days ago

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

$140k – $220k per year • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • Remote (LATAM, Europe, North America) • Full-Time • Staff
Node JS
JavaScript
AI/ML
Replit
Vapi
DevOps
AWS
Netlify
GitHub
Cybersecurity
Okta
Snyk
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 3 months ago

Staff Backend Engineer

$140k – $220k per year • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • Remote (LATAM, Europe, North America) • Full-Time • Staff
Node JS
JavaScript
AI/ML
Replit
Vapi
DevOps
AWS
Netlify
GitHub
Cybersecurity
Okta
Snyk
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Stripe

stripe.com
Stripe is an American-Irish multinational financial infrastructure and SaaS company dual-headquartered in South San Francisco, California, and Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 2010 by brothers Patrick and John Collison, the firm provides developer-centric payment processing software and APIs for internet businesses.
stripe.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Commerce • Artificial Intelligence • Blockchain & Crypto • Financial Services • FinTech • Payments • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2010
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Commerce • Artificial Intelligence • Blockchain & Crypto • Financial Services • FinTech • Payments • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2010
Verified live · 1 hour ago 1 day ago

Software Engineer, New Grad

$137k – $270k per year (Estimated) • Junior • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Junior
Go
JavaScript
Ruby
Scala
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 1 day ago

Software Engineer, Intern (Summer or Winter)

Intern • 1+ year expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Intern
Go
JavaScript
Ruby
Scala
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 12 days ago

Full Stack Engineer, Bridge

$183k – $330k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Senior
SQL
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Mixpanel

mixpanel.com
Mixpanel is a leading product analytics platform designed to help organizations measure, analyze, and optimize user interaction across web and mobile applications. Founded in 2009, the platform tracks event-based user actions - such as sign-ups, button clicks, purchases, and feature usage - rather than standard pageviews, giving product, engineering, and growth teams deep visibility into user behavior.
mixpanel.com • New York • San Francisco • Bengaluru • Sydney • London • Web Analytics • Data & Analytics • Product Analytics
New York • San Francisco • Bengaluru • Sydney • London • Web Analytics • Data & Analytics • Product Analytics
Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago

Software Engineer, Data Runtime

$129k – $257k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Contractor • Middle
C++
Go
Python
SQL
Databases
Google Cloud Spanner
AI/ML
AI Agents
Claude
Claude Code
LLM
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
GitHub
Google GKE
Incident Management
Kubernetes
Design
Figma
Management
Notion
Slack
Marketing
Mixpanel
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 2 months ago

Software Engineer, AI Platform

$116k – $229k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Contractor • Junior
AI Agents
Hallucination
LLM
Prompt Engineering
Context Engineering
Model Context Protocol
DevOps
Vector
Marketing
Mixpanel
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 3 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Data Foundation

$157k – $284k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Contractor • Senior
Python
Python
Django
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
Marketing
Mixpanel
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Atoms

atoms.co
Atoms is Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics company, brought out of eight years of stealth in 2026 as the rebrand of City Storage Systems, the parent of CloudKitchens. It builds task-specific robots and automation infrastructure across three areas: Atoms Food (infrastructure for better food), Atoms Mining (more productive mines), and Atoms Transport (a wheelbase for robots).
atoms.co • San Francisco • Seattle • New York • Bogotá • Washington • Manufacturing • Robotics • Industrial Automation • Industrial Robotics
San Francisco • Seattle • New York • Bogotá • Washington • Manufacturing • Robotics • Industrial Automation • Industrial Robotics
Top 25% pay 1 day ago

Software Engineer - Networking

$182k – $230k per year • Equity • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
C++
Python
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Top 25% pay 14 days ago

Full Stack Engineer

$145k – $183k per year • Equity • Junior • 2+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Junior
Python
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
DevOps
gRPC
WebSockets
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Top 25% pay 18 days ago

Software Engineer, Onboard

$176k – $242k per year • Equity • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
C++
Python
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Humana

humana.com
Humana is a major American health insurance provider and healthcare services company headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. Founded in 1961, the company is one of the largest managed care organizations in the U.S., specializing primarily in senior-focused care delivery, individual and group Medicare Advantage plans, Medicaid programs, and supplemental insurance products (dental, vision, and pharmacy benefits).
humana.com • HQ: Louisville, United States • Financial Services • Health Care • Insurance • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1961
HQ: Louisville, United States • Financial Services • Health Care • Insurance • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1961
Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago

Senior Enterprise Architect

$118k – $162k per year • Staff+ • 10+ years expLouisvilleFort LauderdaleWashingtonChicagoTampa • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Architect
Azure
GCP
Cybersecurity
HIPAA
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago

Full Stack Engineer

$89k – $121k per year • Senior • 5+ years expLouisvilleNashvilleDallas • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C#
C#
.NET
Databases
Oracle
Cybersecurity
HIPAA
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 5 days ago

Senior Database Engineer

$112k – $185k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years expUnited States • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • PhD • Full-Time • Senior
Python
SQL
Python
pySpark
Databases
Databricks
AI/ML
Spark
DevOps
Azure
Cybersecurity
HIPAA
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Power BI
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TRM Labs

trmlabs.com
TRM Labs is a blockchain intelligence and financial crime prevention platform headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company provides law enforcement agencies, government bodies, regulatory organizations, and financial institutions with tools to monitor, detect, and investigate illicit cryptocurrency transactions and digital asset fraud.
trmlabs.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Cybersecurity • Blockchain & Crypto • Blockchain Analytics
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Cybersecurity • Blockchain & Crypto • Blockchain Analytics
Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 1 day ago

Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack | Product Engineering - SF Only

$180k – $210k per year • Equity • Senior • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
PagerDuty
Web3
TRM Labs
Management
Slack
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Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 6 days ago

Senior Software Engineer, Data Product - SF Only

$190k – $220k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Python
SQL
Databases
Apache Kafka
Google BigQuery
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Flink
Prompt Engineering
Semantic Search
Spark
Semantic Search
DevOps
Datadog
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
Web3
TRM Labs
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Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 5 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Data Product - US

$190k – $220k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Python
SQL
Databases
Apache Kafka
Google BigQuery
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Flink
Prompt Engineering
Semantic Search
Spark
Semantic Search
DevOps
Datadog
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
Web3
TRM Labs
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Fully remote 58%
2,071
Hybrid 12%
444
On site 30%
1,068
Visa sponsorship 11%
400
Relocation package 7%
247
Equity 27%
973

How pay is distributed

2,195 of these Backend Developer Salary in San Francisco state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $194K and $300K a year, with a median of $240K. By level, the median runs intern at $108K, junior at $170K, middle at $200K, senior at $225K, staff at $280K, and lead at $250K. The step from intern to lead is worth about 2.3x on median pay. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.

The market right now

Alion currently lists 3,583 open Backend Developer Salary in San Francisco from 1,114 companies. 442 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 948 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.

Where the work is

The largest concentrations of these roles are United States (142), France (7), Spain (6), Canada (5), and Ireland (4). 58% of the listings are fully remote and a further 12% are hybrid, so a large part of this market is open to you regardless of where you live.

Who is hiring

The employers with the most open Backend Developer Salary in San Francisco right now are OpenAI (151), Anthropic (66), Clickhouse (59), Affirm (49), Crusoe (39), and Databricks (36). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.

What employers ask for

Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are Python (1,729), AWS (1,344), JavaScript (1,291), TypeScript (1,278), AI Agents (1,073), Kubernetes (1,054), CI/CD (950), and React.js (850). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.

Relocation, visas and equity

Of the current Backend Developer Salary in San Francisco, 400 state visa sponsorship, 247 offer a relocation package, and 973 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.

Backend Developer Salary in San Francisco
Frequently asked questions
How many Backend Developer Salary in San Francisco are open right now?
There are 3,583 open Backend Developer Salary in San Francisco on Alion from 1,114 companies. The list was last refreshed on August 31, 2026.
What do Backend Developer Salary in San Francisco pay?
The median is $240K a year, and the middle half of the market falls between $194K and $300K. This is based on the 2,195 listings that state pay.
Are any of these roles remote?
2,071 of the 3,583 listings (58%) are fully remote, and you can filter the list down to them in one click.
Which companies are hiring?
The most active employers right now are OpenAI, Anthropic, Clickhouse, Affirm, Crusoe, and Databricks. Each has its own page on Alion with the rest of its open roles.
Can I get visa sponsorship or relocation?
Yes - of the current listings, 400 state visa sponsorship and 247 offer a relocation package. Both are filters on the jobs page.
How do I apply?
Open any listing and apply on the employer's own board through the link on the page. No account is required to browse or to apply.