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.

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Together AI

together.ai
Together AI (Together Computer, Inc.) is a full-stack AI infrastructure and cloud platform headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2022 by prominent AI researchers and system engineers - including CEO Vipul Ved Prakash, CTO Ce Zhang, Chief Scientist Tri Dao (co-creator of FlashAttention), Chris Ré, and Percy Liang - the company operates as an "AI Native Cloud" designed to train, fine-tune, and deploy open-source generative AI models at scale with high performance and optimized unit economics.
together.ai • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Hardware • Events & Ticketing • Corporate Events • AI Infrastructure • Artificial Intelligence • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2022
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Hardware • Events & Ticketing • Corporate Events • AI Infrastructure • Artificial Intelligence • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2022
Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 2 months ago

Software Engineer, Customer Insights

$150k – $200k per year • Junior • 2+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Junior
C++
Go
Java
Python
TypeScript
AI/ML
Together AI
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Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 10 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Observability

$200k – $280k per year • Senior • San Francisco • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
Databases
ClickHouse
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
LLM
Together AI
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
Ansible
AWS
Azure
Chaos Engineering
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
GitOps
Grafana
Helm
Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
Service Mesh
Terraform
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Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 1 year ago

Senior Backend Engineer, Inference Platform

$160k – $250k per year • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Python
Rust
TypeScript
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
SGLang
Together AI
vLLM
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
Triton
InfiniBand
NCCL
NVLink
DevOps
Kubernetes
HPC
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Intercom

intercom.com
Intercom is an AI-first customer service platform designed to help businesses build stronger relationships with their users through automated and human support. The company offers an integrated suite of tools including AI-powered chatbots, live chat, helpdesk software, and proactive messaging systems to streamline customer communication.
intercom.com • London • Chicago • San Francisco • Dublin • Berlin • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Software • Conversational AI • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • 1001-5000 employees
London • Chicago • San Francisco • Dublin • Berlin • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Software • Conversational AI • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • 1001-5000 employees
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 2 months ago

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

$215k – $235k per year • Equity • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Senior
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
Rest API
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 2 months ago

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

$215k – $235k per year • Equity • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Senior
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
Rest API
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 2 months ago

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

$215k – $235k per year • Equity • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Senior
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
Rest API
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View Technology Systems

viewtechsys.com
We are a small, self-funded, and consistently profitable healthcare technology startup specializing in revenue cycle automation. We work closely with our clients to build exactly what we can deliver in the way they want to use it.
viewtechsys.com • Billing & Invoicing • Health Care • Digital Health
Billing & Invoicing • Health Care • Digital Health
$157k – $262k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
C#
SQL
C#
.NET
DevOps
Azure
Management
Jira
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Token

token.security
Token Security accelerates secure adoption of Agentic AI by managing & governing AI agents & non-human identities. From continuous visibility to lifecycle management, we provide complete control, eliminating risks & ensuring compliance across your AI & automation ecosystem.
token.security • Tel Aviv • New York • Cybersecurity • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence
Tel Aviv • New York • Cybersecurity • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence
Verified live · 7 hours ago 2 months ago

Go-to-Market Engineer

$142k – $235k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expNew York • Remote (United States) • Internship • Senior
JavaScript
Python
AI/ML
AI Agents
Claude
LLM Guardrails
Management
Zapier
Marketing
HubSpot
Salesforce
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Stacklok

stacklok.com
From developers workflow to a running workload, complete provenance and insight.
stacklok.com • Singapore • Information Technology • Virtualization • DevOps
Singapore • Information Technology • Virtualization • DevOps
$216k – $264k per year • Staff+ • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
Go
AI/ML
AI Agents
Model Context Protocol
DevOps
ArgoCD
Datadog
GitOps
Grafana
Helm
Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
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Top 25% pay 2 months ago

Sr. Software Engineer - Platform

$189k – $231k per year • Senior • Remote (United States) • Senior
Go
AI/ML
AI Agents
Model Context Protocol
DevOps
Kubernetes
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Top 25% pay 2 months ago

Software Engineer II - Platform

$158k – $193k per year • Middle • Remote (United States) • Middle
Go
AI/ML
AI Agents
Model Context Protocol
DevOps
Docker
Kubernetes
SLI/SLO/SLA
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Labcorp

labcorp.com
Labcorp helps patients, providers, organizations, and biopharma companies to guide vital healthcare decisions each and every day.
labcorp.com • Clinical Research • Health Care • Diagnostics
Clinical Research • Health Care • Diagnostics
$150k per year • Equity • Middle • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
C++
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
SQL
Python
Django
Frontend
Angular
React.js
DevOps
Bamboo
Bitbucket
Management
Confluence
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Nagarro

nagarro.com
Nagarro is a global digital engineering and technology solutions firm that specializes in custom software development, cloud transformation, and AI-driven innovation for enterprise clients. Headquartered in Germany, the company operates across more than 30 countries with an agile, non-hierarchical organizational model tailored for rapid digital product engineering. Partnering with leading organizations across industries such as automotive, financial services, and healthcare, it helps businesses accelerate digital transformation and modernize complex IT systems.
nagarro.com • HQ: Gurgaon, India • HQ: Munich, Germany • Software • Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: Gurgaon, India • HQ: Munich, Germany • Software • Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees
$164k – $272k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 6+ years expGrand Prairie • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Master's Degree • Staff
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
FastAPI
Databases
DynamoDB
MySQL
Snowflake
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
Bootstrap
Redux
Redux Toolkit
React.js
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
CI/CD
Jenkins
Octopus Deploy
Rest API
API Gateway
AWS Step Functions
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Open 1103 daysVerified live · 23 min ago 3 years ago

Principal Engineer -- PHP Developer

$131k – $261k per year (Estimated) • Lead • United States • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Principal
PHP
PHP
Drupal
Databases
MySQL
DevOps
CI/CD
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Open 1213 daysVerified live · 23 min ago 3 years ago

Staff Engineer, Java Fullstack

$164k – $273k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 5+ years expUnited States • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff • English
JavaScript
TypeScript
Java
Java
Hibernate
Spring Boot
Frontend
Angular
React.js
DevOps
Docker
GitLab CI
Jenkins
GitLab
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Atom Computing

atom-computing.com
Atom Computing operates in the quantum computing technology field, focusing on systems built with neutral atoms as qubits. It develops scalable quantum hardware and associated software and offers quantum computing capabilities and services for research institutions, enterprises, and government organizations requiring advanced computational workloads.
atom-computing.com • HQ: Berkeley, United States • Hardware • Quantum Science & Computing • Quantum Computing Hardware
HQ: Berkeley, United States • Hardware • Quantum Science & Computing • Quantum Computing Hardware
2 months ago

Software Engineer

$120k – $145k per year • Junior • 2+ years expBoulder • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Junior
Python
Rust
TypeScript
JavaScript
C++
SQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
AWS
Azure
GCP
Terraform
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Nooks

nooks.com
Nooks is an AI-powered sales assistant and development platform designed to streamline and scale outbound cold-calling for B2B sales teams. Headquartered in San Francisco, the platform combines parallel dialing, automated data entry, and conversation intelligence to help sales representatives connect with more prospects and generate pipeline faster.
nooks.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Sales & Marketing • Sales Enablement
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Sales & Marketing • Sales Enablement
Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 2 months ago

Software Engineer, New Grad

$155k – $170k per year • Junior • Remote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
Node JS
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
AI/ML
AI Agents
Cursor
Frontend
React.js
Management
Notion
Marketing
HubSpot
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Open 109 daysTop 25% pay 4 months ago

Software Engineer

$175k – $250k per year • Middle • 3+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • PhD • Full-Time • Middle
Node JS
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
AI/ML
AI Agents
Copilot
Cursor
Frontend
React.js
Management
Airtable
Slack
Marketing
HubSpot
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Open 109 daysTop 25% pay 4 months ago

Staff Software Engineer

$290k – $350k per year • Staff+ • 8+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • PhD • Full-Time • Staff
Node JS
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
AI/ML
AI Agents
Copilot
Cursor
Frontend
React.js
Management
Airtable
Slack
Marketing
HubSpot
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NextGen Federal Systems

nextgenfs.com
NextGen Federal Systems is a government technology contractor headquartered in Morgantown, West Virginia, and founded in 2011. The company delivers software development, modeling and simulation, geospatial analysis, data management, and cybersecurity work to defense, intelligence, space, and electronic warfare customers. It holds federal contract vehicles including a GSA schedule and staffs cleared personnel on programs across the United States.
nextgenfs.com • HQ: Morgantown, United States • Data Management • Data & Analytics • C4ISR • Military • Intelligence • Government • IT Consulting • Information Technology • Est. 2011
HQ: Morgantown, United States • Data Management • Data & Analytics • C4ISR • Military • Intelligence • Government • IT Consulting • Information Technology • Est. 2011
2 months ago

Software Developer

$118k – $241k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree
C#
C++
JavaScript
SQL
Databases
MS SQL
Frontend
JQuery
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Verified live · 27 min ago 3 months ago

Senior Software Engineer

$143k – $237k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
AI/ML
Synthetic Data
NumPy
Pandas
SciPy
DevOps
CI/CD
Docker
Kubernetes
QA
Pytest
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Bumble

bumble.com
Bumble Inc. is an American technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas, founded in 2014. The company operates a portfolio of social networking and dating applications, including Bumble, Badoo, and Fruitz, which facilitate romantic connections, friendships, and professional networking. It is a publicly traded corporation on the NASDAQ exchange and serves millions of users across more than 150 countries, with a specific focus on empowering women to initiate contact in dating scenarios.
bumble.com • HQ: Austin, United States • Online Communication • Internet Services • Software • Mobile App Development • Lifestyle • Dating & Relationships • Est. 2014
HQ: Austin, United States • Online Communication • Internet Services • Software • Mobile App Development • Lifestyle • Dating & Relationships • Est. 2014
$255k – $285k per year • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Databases
PostgreSQL
PostGIS
AI/ML
LLM
Recommender Systems
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Scale to Win

scaletowin.com
Scale to Win is a political organizing and fundraising technology platform that provides two main products: Scale to Win Text (an all-in-one SMS/texting tool) and Scale to Win Dialer (a calling/dialer tool). The platform is built for organizers, campaigns, nonprofits, unions, and advocacy organizations, and was founded by veterans of Democratic and progressive campaigns. Key features include high deliverability, support for shortcode, toll-free and 10DLC numbers, integrations with ActBlue and NGP VAN, pay-as-you-go pricing, low per-message and per-call rates, script templates, advanced reporting, audience targeting, voicemail drops, and support during high-volume events like GOTV and fundraising drives.
scaletowin.com • Sales & Marketing • Internet Services • Online Communication
Sales & Marketing • Internet Services • Online Communication
Top 25% pay 2 months ago

Senior Software Engineer

$200k per year • Senior • 8+ years expUnited States • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Terraform
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Ultimus Fund Solutions

ultimusfundsolutions.com
Ultimus Fund Solutions is an independent provider of fund administration and investment operations solutions for advisors and asset/fund managers. The firm delivers high-touch, scalable services across public and private markets - including transfer agency, middle-office and investment operations, ETF launch and conversion support, and specialized administration for mutual funds, private equity, private credit, retail alternatives, REITs and other fund wrappers. Ultimus combines these services with integrated, AI-enabled technology platforms (Ultimus Connect, Portfolio Analytics Portal, Workflow Manager, Investor and Advisor Portal, Private Investor Portal and related tools) to provide data, reporting and workflow automation.
ultimusfundsolutions.com • Wealth Management • Financial Services • Asset Management
Wealth Management • Financial Services • Asset Management
2 months ago

Software Developer I

$87k – $162k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 5+ years expUnited States • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • TS/SCI • Senior
C#
TypeScript
JavaScript
C#
.NET
Frontend
Angular
DevOps
Azure
Azure DevOps
Git
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2 months ago

Software Developer II

$100k – $181k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 7+ years expUnited States • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • TS/SCI • Senior
C#
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
Angular
JQuery
DevOps
Azure
Azure DevOps
Git
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Hugging Face

huggingface.co
Hugging Face is an American company, founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, that runs the largest open platform for sharing machine learning models, datasets and demonstration applications. Its Hub hosts more than a million public models and is often described as the GitHub of machine learning, while its open-source libraries such as Transformers, Diffusers and Datasets are standard tools in research and production pipelines. The company earns revenue from paid Hub features, managed inference endpoints and enterprise deployments, and works with cloud and chip vendors to make open models easy to run anywhere.
huggingface.co • HQ: New York, United States • Software • MLOps • Machine Learning • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees • Est. 2016
HQ: New York, United States • Software • MLOps • Machine Learning • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees • Est. 2016
Verified live · 2 hours ago 2 months ago

Low-Level Senior Software Engineer, Xet Storage - US Remote

$146k – $242k per year (Estimated) • Senior • New York • Remote (United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Go
Python
Rust
TypeScript
AI/ML
Gradio
Hugging Face
DevOps
GitHub
AWS
Azure
GCP
Kubernetes
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Siftstack

siftstack.com
Sift is a software company that provides a unified data observability platform specifically designed for mission-critical hardware and complex physical machines. Founded by former SpaceX engineers, the company's software replaces fragmented internal tooling by streamlining real-time telemetry ingestion, storage, automated anomaly detection, and root-cause analysis. Headquartered in El Segundo, California, it serves engineering teams across high-stakes industries such as aerospace, defense, autonomous systems, and transportation.
siftstack.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Military • Log Analytics • Data & Analytics • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2022
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Military • Log Analytics • Data & Analytics • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2022
Top 25% pay 2 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer

$125k – $175k per year • Junior • 2+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
Python
SQL
Databases
Apache Kafka
InfluxDB
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
Rest API
AWS
Azure
GCP
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Top 25% pay 2 months ago

Application Software Engineer

$125k – $175k per year • Junior • 2+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
Python
SQL
Databases
Apache Kafka
InfluxDB
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
Rest API
AWS
Azure
GCP
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Top 25% pay 2 months ago

Software Engineer, Backend (Agentic AI)

$160k – $200k per year • Middle • 3+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Middle
Go
Python
Rust
JavaScript
TypeScript
Databases
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
TimescaleDB
AI/ML
AI Agents
LLM Guardrails
Model Context Protocol
Time Series Forecasting
Flink
LLM
Function Calling
Frontend
React.js
Redux
DevOps
gRPC
Kubernetes
Terraform
ArgoCD
AWS
Docker
GitHub Actions
Grafana
Kustomize
Prometheus
Terragrunt
GitHub
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Amigo

amigo.ai
Amigo is a clinical artificial intelligence company headquartered in New York City and founded in 2023 by Ali Khokhar and John Xing. The company provides a platform for healthcare organizations to build, test, and deploy patient facing agents that handle intake, triage, care navigation, and round the clock support, integrated with electronic health record systems. It emphasizes simulation and verification tooling so clinical agents can be evaluated against safety criteria before they reach patients.
amigo.ai • HQ: New York, United States • Conversational AI • Digital Health • AI Agents • Medical AI • Artificial Intelligence • Health Care • 11-50 employees • Est. 2023
HQ: New York, United States • Conversational AI • Digital Health • AI Agents • Medical AI • Artificial Intelligence • Health Care • 11-50 employees • Est. 2023
$200k – $260k per year • Senior • In office (New York, San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
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$260k – $300k per year • Staff+ • In office (New York, San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
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$260k – $300k per year • Staff+ • In office (New York, San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
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Renaissance

renaissance.com
Educators trust Renaissance software solutions for K‒12 assessment and reading and math practice to increase student growth and mastery.
renaissance.com • Baltimore • Chicago • Dallas • Education • Est. 1986
Baltimore • Chicago • Dallas • Education • Est. 1986
$110k – $151k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Contractor • Senior
SQL
Databases
Snowflake
AI/ML
dbt
DevOps
AWS
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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EvenUp

evenuplaw.com
EvenUp employs advanced AI technology under a strict zero-day retention policy. Data is deleted immediately after processing, ensuring no long-term storage risks and highlighting our commitment to data security and client privacy.
evenuplaw.com • San Francisco • Toronto • Clinical Research • Artificial Intelligence • Legal Services
San Francisco • Toronto • Clinical Research • Artificial Intelligence • Legal Services
$160k – $288k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Python
TypeScript
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bswift

bswift.com
Bswift is AI-native, combining AI for benefits with expert service to reduce busy work for HR and help employees use their benefits with confidence.
bswift.com • Chicago • Health Care • Artificial Intelligence • Data & Analytics
Chicago • Health Care • Artificial Intelligence • Data & Analytics
$140k – $160k per year • Senior • 8+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
PowerShell
SQL
Java
Java
Flyway
Liquibase
Databases
Amazon Aurora
DynamoDB
MS SQL
MySQL
PostgreSQL
OpenSearch
AI/ML
AWS Bedrock
DevOps
Amazon EC2
AppDynamics
AWS
CI/CD
CloudFormation
Platform Engineering
SLI/SLO/SLA
Terraform
Amazon CloudWatch
AWS Lambda
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Noiselabs

noiselabs.com
noiselabs.com • New York • Information Technology
New York • Information Technology
$180k per year • Senior • 3+ years expNew York • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
Python
Rust
Scala
SQL
TypeScript
JavaScript
Rust
Axum
SQLx
Databases
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Flink
NumPy
Pandas
SciPy
DevOps
AWS
gRPC
Kubernetes
Terraform
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Backend Developer Salary in San Francisco
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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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