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 $272,233/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Klavis

klavis.ai
klavis.ai · AI Training Data & Annotation · AI Development Tools · AI Agents · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
AI Training Data & Annotation · AI Development Tools · AI Agents · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
Klavis AI provides live environments for training AI agents. Powering frontier AI labs with real world MCP environments and complex, long-horizon agentic tool-use data.
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Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago Visa sponsor 1 month ago Long shot · 15%

Founding Engineer

$150k – $200k per year · Equity 0.5–1% · Middle · 3+ years exp · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · Middle
TypeScript
Python
AI/ML
Gemini
OpenAI Codex
SFT
Post-training
Cursor
ChatGPT
Model Context Protocol
Claude Code
LLM
Machine Learning
AI Agents
DevOps
Git
Docker
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Almond

almond.bot
almond.bot · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Industrial Robotics · Startup · Hiring 4
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Industrial Robotics · Startup · Hiring 4
Almond is a robotics company building a dual-arm robot called Axol for builders working on physical AI, designed for real work and ready out of the box. It also develops data collection systems and hires founding mechanical, software and robotics software engineers and production technicians. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.
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Founding Software Engineer

$130k – $200k per year · Equity 0.5–3% · Junior · 1+ year exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Junior
Python
DevOps
GitHub
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Finta

finta.com
finta.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Financial AI · Accounting & Tax Software · 51-200 employees · Est. 2023 · Startup · Hiring 6
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Financial AI · Accounting & Tax Software · 51-200 employees · Est. 2023 · Startup · Hiring 6
Finta builds an AI-native finance platform for startups that replaces the bookkeeper with automated bookkeeping, tax filing and real-time financial insights. Launched in 2023, it raised $2 million from Y Combinator and leaders at Mercury, Brex and Ramp, and its software categorises most transactions automatically. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsorship 1 month ago Likely open · 50%

Founding Design Engineer

$100k – $180k per year · Equity 1–3% · Middle · 3+ years exp · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · Relocation · Full-Time · Middle
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Hotwire
Stimulus
ViewComponent
AI/ML
Cursor
Claude
Frontend
Tailwind CSS
DevOps
Vercel
GitHub
Design
Figma
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsorship 1 month ago Likely open · 49%

Founding Engineer

$150k – $250k per year · Equity 5–5% · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · Relocation · Full-Time
Ruby
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Stimulus
Sidekiq
Databases
Redis
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
OpenAI Codex
Cursor
Claude Code
Frontend
Tailwind CSS
React.js
DevOps
GitHub
Management
Linear
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HERA

manufacturingintelligence.org
manufacturingintelligence.org · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Manufacturing & Industrial Software · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Manufacturing & Industrial Software · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
HERA checks drawings, drafts documents, and reviews revisions. Every finding traced to its source and governing requirement.
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 month ago Long shot · 15%

Industrial Software Engineer

$150k – $200k per year · Middle · 3+ years exp · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Middle
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
AI/ML
LLM
AI Agents
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
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Astraea

tryastraea.com
tryastraea.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · CRO & CDMO Services · Scientific & Lab Software · 11-50 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Hiring 3
HQ: San Francisco, United States · CRO & CDMO Services · Scientific & Lab Software · 11-50 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Hiring 3
Astraea automates SAPs, SDTM/ADaM, TLFs, Define-XML, QC, and FDA submission documents inside your environment. Sponsor-run software, not a CRO.
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Founding Engineer

$150k – $300k per year · Equity 0.5–2% · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
TypeScript
JavaScript
AI/ML
Agentic Workflows
LangChain
Prompt Engineering
AI Agents
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
GitHub
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Amboras

amboras.com
amboras.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · E-commerce Platforms · 51-200 employees · Startup · Hiring 7
HQ: San Francisco, United States · E-commerce Platforms · 51-200 employees · Startup · Hiring 7
AI builds your storefront, runs your promotions, and optimizes for sales on its own. No plugins, no agencies, no setup. Start selling in under two minutes.
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Full-Stack Engineer

$150k – $350k per year · Equity 0.2–0.6% · Middle · 3+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Middle
AI Agents
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Product Engineer

$150k – $300k per year · Equity 0.2–0.6% · Junior · 1+ year exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Junior
AI Agents
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Top 25% payVerified live · 3 hours ago 1 month ago Fading · 35%

Founding Product Engineer

$150k – $350k per year · Equity 0.2–0.6% · Middle · 3+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Middle
AI Agents
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MochaCare

mochacare.com
mochacare.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Home Care Services · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Home Care Services · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
MochaCare provides AI tools and hands-on help for home care agencies to reduce busywork. Its core systems cover hiring, scheduling and intake, and the product is already used by multiple agencies. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.
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Founding Product Engineer

$120k – $220k per year · Equity 0.5–1.5% · Junior · 1+ year exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Junior
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
Supabase
AI/ML
LiveKit
Claude Code
Machine Learning
AI Agents
LLM
Frontend
Tailwind CSS
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
Vercel
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Booko

bookoapp.com
bookoapp.com · HQ: Menlo Park, United States · AI Agents · Scheduling & Booking Software · 51-200 employees · Startup · Hiring 4
HQ: Menlo Park, United States · AI Agents · Scheduling & Booking Software · 51-200 employees · Startup · Hiring 4
Booko fills the slots that would go unsold. It integrates with Mindbody and existing booking systems to predict at-risk class and appointment slots and fill them with targeted incentives, lifting revenue per class.
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Founding Engineer

$140k – $220k per year · Equity 0.5–2% · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Relocation · Full-Time
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Replicas

replicas.dev
replicas.dev · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Development Tools · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Development Tools · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
Run coding agents in cloud workspaces with your repos, tools, and dependencies. Delegate from Slack, Linear, or GitHub. Review code changes and test results.
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 month ago Fading · 37%

Founding Engineer

$150k – $250k per year · Equity 0.5–2% · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
OpenAI Codex
Claude Code
AI Agents
DevOps
GitHub
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Cardinal

trycardinal.com
trycardinal.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Marketing & Sales AI · Sales Enablement · 1-10 employees · Startup · Hiring 4
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Marketing & Sales AI · Sales Enablement · 1-10 employees · Startup · Hiring 4
Cardinal is a startup building an AI revenue platform for high-growth companies that helps them design how they sell. It hires founding engineers across product, customer and design engineering, preferably with experience in outbound sales tools and revenue technology. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 month ago Long shot · 23%

Founding Engineer

$150k – $230k per year · Equity 1–1% · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
AI/ML
AI Agents
Prompt Engineering
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 month ago Long shot · 23%

Founding Product Engineer

$150k – $215k per year · Equity 0.5–1% · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
AI Agents
DevOps
Vercel
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Aurorin CAD

aurorincad.com
aurorincad.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Software · CAD, PLM & BIM Software · 51-200 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Software · CAD, PLM & BIM Software · 51-200 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
CAD software rebuilt from the ground up. Fast, thoughtfully designed, AI-native, and built for modern engineering workflows.
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Founding Engineer

$120k – $160k per year · Equity 3–4% · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
C++
DevOps
Windows
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Clara

askclara.com
askclara.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Primary Care & Medical Centers · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 2
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Primary Care & Medical Centers · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 2
Clara is an AI-supported primary care service that offers patients day-to-day care through chat and subscription. It hires founding full-stack growth engineers and AI engineers focused on healthcare, working on onboarding, experimentation and retention. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
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Top 25% payVerified live · 3 hours ago Visa sponsorship 1 month ago Fading · 33%

Founding full-stack growth Engineer

$130k – $210k per year · Equity 0.1–0.4% · Middle · 3+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Middle
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
Python
Django
Frontend
React.js
Next.js
DevOps
Vercel
AWS
Cybersecurity
HIPAA
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Zarna

zarnaai.com
zarnaai.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Private Equity · AI Agents · 51-200 employees · Hiring 1
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Private Equity · AI Agents · 51-200 employees · Hiring 1
Zarna builds AI associates for private equity that automate sourcing, diligence, & portfolio workflows. Close better deals, faster.
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AI Software Engineering Intern

Intern · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Internship · Intern
TypeScript
Python
DevOps
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AirCaps

aircaps.com
aircaps.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Virtual & Augmented Reality · Hearing Care & Audiology · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Virtual & Augmented Reality · Hearing Care & Audiology · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
AirCaps smart glasses show real-time captions and translate 60+ languages instantly. Designed for hearing loss, travel, and professionals. 97% accuracy, 49g lightweight. $599.
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 month ago Fading · 37%

Product Engineer

$150k – $220k per year · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
Swift
Kotlin
Java
Python
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
Claude Code
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Proliferate

proliferate.com
proliferate.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · AI Development Tools · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · AI Development Tools · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
Proliferate is the open-source agent workspace: run Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, and open models in parallel, locally or in the cloud.
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Founding Product Engineer

$150k – $300k per year · Equity 0.3–1.5% · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time
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Panels

usepanels.com
usepanels.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Training Data & Annotation · Speech & Audio AI · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Training Data & Annotation · Speech & Audio AI · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
Panels provides high-quality audio datasets for training and evaluating speech and audio models. We work with frontier labs and early stage startups building at the edge of Voice AI.
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Founding Engineer

$120k – $200k per year · Equity 0.5–1.5% · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Machine Learning
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
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EffiGov

effigov.com
effigov.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Machine Learning · Digital Government · 11-50 employees · Est. 2024 · Hiring 1
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Machine Learning · Digital Government · 11-50 employees · Est. 2024 · Hiring 1
EffiGov provides AI-powered voice assistants for local government. Automate 311 calls, handle constituent inquiries 24/7, file service requests, and route calls intelligently in 30+ languages.
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Founding Engineer

$120k – $200k per year · Equity 0.6–3% · Middle · 3+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Middle
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
Python
FastAPI
AI/ML
Embeddings
LiveKit
OpenAI
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
Mobile
Twilio
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS Fargate
Amazon ECS
Docker
AWS
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Prox

useprox.com
useprox.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Conversational AI · Customer Support & Help Desk Software · AI Agents · 51-200 employees · Startup · Hiring 5
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Conversational AI · Customer Support & Help Desk Software · AI Agents · 51-200 employees · Startup · Hiring 5
Prox is a startup that turns product knowledge into AI agents, including voice agents, that help customers and teams get answers quickly. Its engineering work covers voice AI infrastructure, telephony systems and cloud scaling, and it hires founding engineers, go-to-market engineers and forward-deployed engineers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
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Founding Engineer at Prox

$200k per year · Equity 1–1% · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
Weights & Biases
Multimodal AI
Knowledge Graph
LLM
DevOps
Docker
AWS
Management
Obsidian
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Infinite

infinite.net
infinite.net · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Payment Processing & Gateways · Digital Banks & Neobanks · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Payment Processing & Gateways · Digital Banks & Neobanks · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
Infinite runs compliance, issues real bank accounts and moves money for global businesses, on one network. Counterparty review in 1–2 days, not 30.
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Top 25% payVerified live · 4 hours ago 1 month ago Long shot · 12%

Founding Engineer

$108k – $230k per year · Equity 0.2–1% · Senior · 6+ years exp · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · Senior
C#
TypeScript
Python
AI/ML
Cursor
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
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Candor

candor.security
candor.security · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Information Security · Data Loss Prevention · 201-500 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Information Security · Data Loss Prevention · 201-500 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
Candor is an AI-powered DLP and insider risk platform that helps enterprises detect sensitive data movement, investigate threats, and stop data loss.
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Top 25% payVerified live · 4 hours ago 1 month ago Likely open · 56%

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

$150k – $250k per year · Equity 0.2–0.5% · Senior · 3+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Explainable AI
LLM
AI Agents
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Docker
Cybersecurity
Okta
Crowdstrike
Management
ServiceNow
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Backend Developer Salary in San Francisco
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