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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Wefunder

wefunder.com
wefunder.com · HQ: Cambridge, United States · Crowdfunding & P2P Lending · 51-200 employees · Est. 2012 · Startup · Hiring 7
HQ: Cambridge, United States · Crowdfunding & P2P Lending · 51-200 employees · Est. 2012 · Startup · Hiring 7
Wefunder is a public benefit corporation that runs an investment crowdfunding platform helping founders raise money, from ostrich farms to companies such as Substack, Replit and Mercury. Its stated goal is to help 20,000 more founders get started, and it hires sales, operations, design and customer success staff. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsor 3 months ago Long shot · 10%

Full Stack Product Engineer

$160k – $250k per year · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
OpenAI Codex
Replit
Cursor
Claude
Frontend
React.js
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Svix

svix.com
svix.com · HQ: New York, United States · Custom Software Development · Integration & API Management · 51-200 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Hiring 3
HQ: New York, United States · Custom Software Development · Integration & API Management · 51-200 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Hiring 3
Svix is the enterprise-ready webhook platform delivering billions of webhooks every month for fast-growth startups and Fortune 500 companies including Brex, Benchling, and Drata. Send and receive webhooks at scale with retries, signature verification, and a managed dashboard.
Verified live · 3 hours ago 3 months ago Long shot · 13%

Rust Backend Engineer

$130k – $180k per year · Middle · 3+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Middle
Rust
DevOps
Fly.io
GitHub
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 3 months ago Long shot · 13%

Full-stack Engineer

$130k – $180k per year · Middle · 3+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Middle
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Fly.io
GitHub
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Granica

granica.ai
granica.ai · HQ: Mountain View, United States · AI Compute & Inference · Cloud Cost & Multi-Cloud Management · MLOps · 51-200 employees · Est. 2019 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 9
HQ: Mountain View, United States · AI Compute & Inference · Cloud Cost & Multi-Cloud Management · MLOps · 51-200 employees · Est. 2019 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 9
Granica is an AI infrastructure software company that reduces storage, compute and data costs for large-scale AI and analytics workloads. Its platform compresses and optimizes data in cloud data lakes and runs inside customers' own AWS and Google Cloud environments. Founded in 2019, the company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States, with an engineering team in Bengaluru, India.
Top 25% payVerified live · 5 hours ago 3 months ago Likely open · 48%

Senior Software Engineer — Distributed Compute / Spark Systems

$160k – $240k per year · Senior · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Rust
Scala
C++
Java
SQL
Databases
Apache Iceberg
Delta Lake
DuckDB
Presto
Apache Hudi
Trino
AI/ML
Flink
Spark
AI Agents
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Top 25% payVerified live · 5 hours ago 3 months ago Likely open · 48%

Senior Software Engineer — Lakehouse Systems

$160k – $240k per year · Senior · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Rust
Scala
C++
Java
Databases
Delta Lake
DuckDB
Trino
AI/ML
Flink
AI Agents
DevOps
Amazon S3
+2
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Hedge

hedgespecialty.com
hedgespecialty.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Property & Casualty Insurance · Insurance Brokers & Agencies · 201-500 employees · Est. 2026 · Startup · IT services · Hiring 15
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Property & Casualty Insurance · Insurance Brokers & Agencies · 201-500 employees · Est. 2026 · Startup · IT services · Hiring 15
Hedge is a wholesale specialty insurance brokerage serving licensed retail agents and brokers with public appetite, form, and submission resources.
Top 25% payVerified live · 4 hours ago 3 months ago Long shot · 10%

Founding Engineer

$150k – $250k per year · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
AI Agents
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Fuse AI

fuseai.com
fuseai.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Lead Generation · Startup · Hiring 4
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Lead Generation · Startup · Hiring 4
The AI-native sales platform. Find your perfect leads, uncover buying signals, enrich contact data, and automate your outbound at scale.
Verified live · 7 min ago 3 months ago Long shot · 14%

Senior Software Engineer

$30k – $160k per year · Equity 0.2–2% · Senior · 1+ year exp · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · Senior · English: C1
Node JS
JavaScript
AI/ML
LangChain
AI Agents
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Wi-Fi
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Found

found.com
found.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Accounting & Tax Software · Digital Banks & Neobanks · 1-10 employees · Est. 2019 · Startup · Hiring 4
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Accounting & Tax Software · Digital Banks & Neobanks · 1-10 employees · Est. 2019 · Startup · Hiring 4
Smarter business banking designed for small business owners. Manage your bookkeeping, taxes, and invoicing all from your business checking account.
Top 25% payVerified live · 3 hours ago 3 months ago Long shot · 15%

Staff Software Engineer, Platform

$210k – $278k per year · Staff+ · 8+ years exp · Vancouver · San Francisco · Remote (United States, Canada) · Full-Time · Staff
Ruby
JavaScript
Ruby
Sidekiq
Databases
Redis
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
React Native
DevOps
OpenTelemetry
CloudFormation
StatsD
Prometheus
Terraform
AWS
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
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Open 146 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 5 months ago Long shot · 10%

Staff Software Engineer (Full-Stack)

≈ $179k – $305k per year (Estimated) · Staff+ · 12+ years exp · San Francisco · Vancouver · Remote (United States, Canada) · Full-Time · Staff
TypeScript
Ruby
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
MySQL
Frontend
React.js
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techinterview

techinterview.org
techinterview.org · HQ: Dallas, United States · E-learning · Recruiting Software & ATS · Startup · Hiring 56
HQ: Dallas, United States · E-learning · Recruiting Software & ATS · Startup · Hiring 56
About techinterview.org — engineers writing interview prep for engineers. Editorial standards, content philosophy, and how the site is built.
Verified live · 4 hours ago 3 months ago Long shot · 11%

Software Engineer (Operations Team)

$70k – $110k per year · Junior · 1+ year exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Junior
Node JS
TypeScript
SQL
Python
Python
Flask
FastAPI
Django
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
Tailwind CSS
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
AWS
+5
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Bluejay

getbluejay.ai
getbluejay.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Evaluation & Observability · 51-200 employees · Est. 2025 · Startup · Hiring 8
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Evaluation & Observability · 51-200 employees · Est. 2025 · Startup · Hiring 8
Bluejay is the QA platform for AI agents. Rigorously test your voice agents—before and after deployment. Simulate edge cases, catch regressions, ensure security, and benchmark performance. Stop vibe testing. Quality is engineered.
Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 3 months ago Long shot · 10%

Software Engineer Intern

$72k – $126k per year · Intern · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Internship · Intern
TypeScript
Python
Python
FastAPI
Databases
Supabase
Redis
AI/ML
AWS Bedrock
Model Context Protocol
Claude Code
Copilot
AI Agents
Multimodal AI
DevOps
AWS
WebSockets
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
+7
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Name Space

namespace.so
namespace.so · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Developer Tools · 201-500 employees · Est. 2022 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 12
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Developer Tools · 201-500 employees · Est. 2022 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 12
Namespace accelerates the development workflow of fast-moving software engineering teams. Best-in-class compute and development-supporting services that lead to 2x-10x faster builds, tests, and more.
Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 3 months ago Long shot · 10%

Customer-Facing Software Engineer

$150k – $220k per year · Equity · Hybrid (San Francisco, New York, United States) · Full-Time
CI/CD
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Open 163 daysTop 25% pay 6 months ago Long shot · 11%

Engineering Lead, US

$200k – $225k per year · Equity · Lead · Hybrid (San Francisco, New York, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
Go
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Frontend
React.js
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Open 215 daysTop 25% pay 7 months ago Long shot · 4%

Product Engineer

$150k – $225k per year · Equity · Hybrid (San Francisco, New York, United States) · Full-Time
Go
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Frontend
React.js
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Reflection AI

reflection.ai
reflection.ai · HQ: New York, United States · AI Research Labs · Foundation Models · 501-1000 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 45, 3 new
HQ: New York, United States · AI Research Labs · Foundation Models · 501-1000 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 45, 3 new
Reflection AI is a company founded in 2024 by former Google DeepMind researchers who worked on AlphaGo and large language models. It builds autonomous coding agents and has committed to releasing frontier open-weight models as an American counterweight to Chinese open model releases. The company raised a very large round in 2025 to fund training at frontier scale.
Verified live · 4 hours ago Visa sponsorship 3 months ago Likely open · 62%

Member of Technical Staff - Engineering Lead, Data Platform

≈ $171k – $342k per year (Estimated) · Equity · Lead · 8+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, New York, United States, London, United Kingdom) · Full-Time · Staff
Delta Lake
Google BigQuery
Snowflake
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Dagster
Great Expectations
Flink
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Verified live · 4 hours ago Visa sponsorship 3 months ago Likely open · 52%

Member of Technical Staff - Engineering Lead, Compute Platform

≈ $183k – $365k per year (Estimated) · Equity · Lead · In office (San Francisco, New York, United States, London, United Kingdom) · Full-Time · Staff
NCCL
DevOps
Kubernetes
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Verified live · 4 hours ago Visa sponsorship 4 months ago Likely open · 49%

Member of Technical Staff - Engineering Lead, Data Acquisition

≈ $181k – $362k per year (Estimated) · Equity · Lead · In office (San Francisco, New York, United States, London, United Kingdom) · Full-Time · Staff
Prefect
Ray
Pre-training
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Accordtraining

accordtraining.com
accordtraining.com · San Francisco · Toronto · IT Training & Certification · Analytics & BI Consulting · Est. 1983 · Hiring 4
San Francisco · Toronto · IT Training & Certification · Analytics & BI Consulting · Est. 1983 · Hiring 4
Welcome to Data analytics accessible in Singapore | Accord Business Solutions. We offer consulting and training services.
Verified live · 1 hour ago 3 months ago Long shot · 16%

Staff Software Engineer

$170k – $225k per year · Staff+ · 5+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
GCP
Kubernetes
CI/CD
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Sim

sim.ai
sim.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Developer Tools · AI Agents · 51-200 employees · Est. 2025 · Startup · Hiring 3
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Developer Tools · AI Agents · 51-200 employees · Est. 2025 · Startup · Hiring 3
Sim is an open-source AI workspace where companies build, distribute and govern AI agents for enterprise systems. It offers many integrations, support for major language models, permission groups, spend limits and self-hosting, and hires engineers and go-to-market staff. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsorship 3 months ago Long shot · 10%

Software Engineer, Agent Harness

$190k – $250k per year · Equity · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
Function Calling
Knowledge Graph
AI Agents
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Current Surgical

currentsurgical.com
currentsurgical.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Surgical Instruments & Devices · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 6
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Surgical Instruments & Devices · 11-50 employees · Startup · Hiring 6
Surgery Reinvented - Current Surgical targets early-stage solid tumors in areas where traditional surgical techniques fail.
Verified live · 5 hours ago Visa sponsor 3 months ago Long shot · 12%

Lead/Principal Software Engineer

≈ $170k – $340k per year (Estimated) · Lead · 8+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · GMP / cleanroom · Principal
Rust
C++
Python
C
Python
PyQt
C
ZeroMQ
C++
Qt
AI/ML
OpenCV
SciPy
NumPy
scikit-image
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Mobile
MVVM
DevOps
gRPC
Linux
GCP
MedTech
ISO 13485
ISO 14971
IEC 62304
Design Controls
+13
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Open 91 daysVerified live · 5 hours ago Visa sponsor 3 months ago Long shot · 6%

Software Engineer

≈ $104k – $215k per year (Estimated) · Junior · 2+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Junior
MATLAB
Python
Python
PyQt
AI/ML
OpenCV
SciPy
NumPy
scikit-image
Computer Vision
PyTorch
+1
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Pharos Art Pte Ltd

pharos.sg
pharos.sg · San Francisco · Digital Marketing · Graphic Design · Est. 2014 · Hiring 2
San Francisco · Digital Marketing · Graphic Design · Est. 2014 · Hiring 2
About Us Who We Are Pharos Art Pte Ltd is an Interior Design and Renovation company in Singapore, founded in 2014.Backed by years of experience, we continue to strive to meet our customers' needs and expectations.
Verified live · 1 hour ago 3 months ago Long shot · 13%

Software Engineer

≈ $125k – $245k per year (Estimated) · Equity · Middle · 3+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Middle
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Python
Ruff
Databases
Firestore
Google BigQuery
Google Cloud Spanner
AI/ML
LLM
Frontend
Vue.js
React.js
Vite
DevOps
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Google Cloud Run
MedTech
HL7
FHIR
+10
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Variance

variance.com
variance.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Fraud Detection · RegTech, AML & Compliance · AI Agents · 51-200 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 9
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Fraud Detection · RegTech, AML & Compliance · AI Agents · 51-200 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 9
Variance is an artificial intelligence company that builds AI agents for investigative and review work in risk, compliance and trust and safety operations. Its agents handle level one to level three reviews with consistency, auditability and traceability, replacing manual case work for operations teams. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Verified live · 5 hours ago 3 months ago Long shot · 10%

Software Engineer, Agent

≈ $207k – $446k per year (Estimated) · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
Function Calling
Context Engineering
LLM Evaluation
AI Agents
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Open 223 daysTop 25% pay 8 months ago Long shot · 4%

Software Engineer

$160k – $250k per year · Junior · 1+ year exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Junior
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
ClickHouse
MySQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
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Open 403 daysTop 25% pay 1 year ago Long shot · 7%

Senior Software Engineer

$200k – $300k per year · Senior · 4+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
ClickHouse
MySQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
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LightSource

lightsource.ai
lightsource.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Procurement & Spend Management · 51-200 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Hiring 5
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Procurement & Spend Management · 51-200 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Hiring 5
LightSource is sourcing software for procurement teams that runs quotations, supplier comparison and award decisions in one place. It replaces the spreadsheets and email threads that manufacturers still use to buy direct materials. The product includes analytics on cost drivers and supplier performance.
Top 25% payVerified live · 4 hours ago Visa sponsor 3 months ago Long shot · 15%

Software Engineering TLM

$160k – $250k per year · Senior · 8+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
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Strix

strix.ai
strix.ai · HQ: New York, United States · Cybersecurity AI · Penetration Testing · 51-200 employees · Est. 2025 · Startup · Hiring 6
HQ: New York, United States · Cybersecurity AI · Penetration Testing · 51-200 employees · Est. 2025 · Startup · Hiring 6
AI penetration testing and autonomous security platform that tests your code, APIs, cloud, and infrastructure — and delivers validated findings with fix PRs. Start for free.
Verified live · 5 hours ago 3 months ago Long shot · 13%

Product Engineer

≈ $114k – $225k per year (Estimated) · Middle · 3+ years exp · In office (New York, San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Middle
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
GitHub
CI/CD
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Luminai

luminai.com
luminai.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Workflow & Process Automation (RPA, BPM) · 51-200 employees · Est. 2020 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 15, 1 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Workflow & Process Automation (RPA, BPM) · 51-200 employees · Est. 2020 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 15, 1 new
Luminai automates the repetitive manual steps inside business processes without replacing the systems underneath them. It records how staff move between applications and then performs those sequences on their behalf. Insurance, healthcare and government customers use it where integration projects would take years.
Verified live · 4 hours ago 3 months ago Long shot · 14%

Staff Software Engineer, Platform

$220k – $250k per year · Staff+ · 8+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, New York, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
OpenAI
DevOps
Kubernetes
CI/CD
Management
Notion
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Top 25% payVerified live · 4 hours ago 3 months ago Long shot · 10%

Senior Software Engineer, Platform

$170k – $220k per year · Senior · Hybrid (San Francisco, New York, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Python
AI/ML
OpenAI
DevOps
CI/CD
Management
Notion
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Open 279 daysVerified live · 4 hours ago 9 months ago Long shot · 5%

Staff Software Engineer, Product

$220k – $250k per year · Staff+ · 8+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, New York, United States) · PhD · Full-Time · Staff
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
OpenAI
DevOps
Kubernetes
Management
Notion
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Hebbia

hebbia.com
hebbia.com · HQ: New York, United States · Financial AI · Document AI · AI Search · 11-50 employees · Est. 2020 · Startup · Trust C · Hiring 23
HQ: New York, United States · Financial AI · Document AI · AI Search · 11-50 employees · Est. 2020 · Startup · Trust C · Hiring 23
Hebbia is an artificial intelligence company that develops Neural Matrix, an AI-powered enterprise search and intelligence platform designed for complex knowledge work. Founded in 2020, the platform enables professionals in finance, law, and corporate strategy to analyze massive volumes of unstructured documents, spreadsheets, and data instantly. By acting as an intelligent co-pilot for information retrieval and synthesis, it helps organizations make faster, data-driven decisions.
Top 25% payVerified live · 4 hours ago Visa sponsor 3 months ago Long shot · 7%

Software Engineer, Infrastructure

$160k – $300k per year · Equity · In office (New York, San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
Go
Python
DevOps
IAM
CI/CD
AWS
Cybersecurity
Least Privilege
Threat Modeling
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Likely inactiveTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 1 year ago Long shot · 5%

Backend Engineer, Agent Collaboration Platform

$160k – $350k per year · Equity · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (New York, San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Senior
Go
Java
Python
Databases
ElasticSearch
Redis
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Agentic Workflows
Cursor
Claude Code
LLM
AI Agents
DevOps
AWS
+5
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Likely inactiveTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 1 year ago Long shot · 5%

Backend Engineer, Agents

$160k – $350k per year · Equity · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (New York, San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Senior
Go
Java
Python
Databases
ElasticSearch
Redis
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Multi-Agent Systems
Cursor
Claude Code
LLM
AI Agents
DevOps
AWS
+5
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Petual

petual.ai
petual.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Audit & Assurance Firms · 51-200 employees · Startup · Hiring 7, 3 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Audit & Assurance Firms · 51-200 employees · Startup · Hiring 7, 3 new
Automate SOX Testing. Petual's AI agents deliver audit testing results from any dataset in minutes, with better than human precision.
Verified live · 4 hours ago 3 months ago Long shot · 10%

Software Engineer

≈ $146k – $316k per year (Estimated) · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
AI Agents
DevOps
Kubernetes
AWS
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Backend Developer Salary in San Francisco
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