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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Bild AI

bild.ai
bild.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Construction Management Software · 1-10 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 4
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Construction Management Software · 1-10 employees · Est. 2024 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 4
Bild AI reads construction blueprints and produces material takeoffs automatically. Estimators use it to count doors, windows and assemblies from a PDF set instead of measuring drawings by hand. The company sells to subcontractors bidding on commercial projects.
Open 111 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 4 months ago Long shot · 5%

AI/SWE Intern

$36k – $120k per year · Intern · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Internship · Intern
Computer Vision
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Open 209 daysVerified live · 5 hours ago Visa sponsor 7 months ago Long shot · 3%

Founding Product Engineer

$120k – $180k per year · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Relocation · Full-Time
Python
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
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Genies

genies.com
genies.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Generative 3D · 201-500 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Generative 3D · 201-500 employees · Startup · Hiring 1
Genies is an AI avatar technology company powering the visual and embodiment layer for AI. Genies brings AI to life as fully realized personas that look, think, behave, and play like living identities across enterprise, consumer, entertainment and gaming.
Open 111 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 4 months ago Long shot · 13%

Lead Full Stack Engineer

$220k – $260k per year · Equity · Lead · 7+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Staff
Go
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
AI/ML
LLM
Frontend
GraphQL
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
WebSockets
Rest API
CI/CD
AWS
Cybersecurity
OWASP
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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MrBeast

mrbeastyoutube.com
mrbeastyoutube.com · HQ: Greenville, United States · Influencers · Content Creation · 51-200 employees · Trust A · Hiring 63
HQ: Greenville, United States · Influencers · Content Creation · 51-200 employees · Trust A · Hiring 63
MrBeast is the media and entertainment business of Jimmy Donaldson, the YouTube creator known as MrBeast, run through MrBeastYouTube LLC and the wider Beast Industries group from Greenville, North Carolina. Beyond YouTube channels that reach an audience of more than 100 million people, Beast Industries spans digital media, philanthropy, consumer products and other ventures, and is building an AI-first engineering team in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York. It hires video editors, YouTube creative strategists, social media and brand partnership managers, project managers, IT and HRIS engineers, finance systems analysts and machine learning engineers.
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Full Stack Engineer, Live & Game

$178k – $223k per year · Middle · 3+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Relocation · Middle
Rust
Go
Node JS
Java
JavaScript
DevOps
WebSockets
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Ethos

ethos.com
ethos.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Life Insurance & Annuities · InsurTech · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2016 · Trust B · Hiring 72, 6 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Life Insurance & Annuities · InsurTech · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2016 · Trust B · Hiring 72, 6 new
Ethos is an American insurtech company founded in 2016 that simplifies and modernizes the life insurance purchasing process. Operating as a digital platform rather than a direct carrier, Ethos uses data analytics and proprietary algorithms to allow customers to apply for term and whole life insurance online in minutes. By leveraging simplified underwriting, the platform eliminates traditional barriers like lengthy medical exams for most applicants, partnering with top-rated insurance providers to issue policies.
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Full-Stack Engineer (Frontend Leaning)

$96k – $169k per year · Junior · 2+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Relocation · Full-Time · Junior
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
AI/ML
Claude Code
Copilot
AI Agents
Frontend
Webpack
React.js
Mobile
Twilio
Analytics
A/B Testing
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Picogrid

picogrid.com
picogrid.com · HQ: El Segundo, United States · Defense AI · Border Security · C4ISR · 201-500 employees · Est. 2020 · Trust C · Hiring 20
HQ: El Segundo, United States · Defense AI · Border Security · C4ISR · 201-500 employees · Est. 2020 · Trust C · Hiring 20
Picogrid is an American defence technology company that builds a software platform for integrating sensors, cameras and other field hardware into a single command and control system. Its technology monitors remote and contested areas such as borders, bases and critical infrastructure for US military and government customers, and its founders previously built field sensor systems for the US Armed Forces. The company is headquartered in El Segundo, California, United States.
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsor 4 months ago Long shot · 18%

Senior Software Engineer

$150k – $250k per year · Equity · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (El Segundo, San Francisco, United States) · Relocation · Full-Time · Top Secret · Citizenship or vetting required · Senior
Go
TypeScript
Python
Databases
MinIO
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
gRPC
Amazon S3
Rest API
Cybersecurity
NIST 800-53
FedRAMP
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Reach Security

reach.security
reach.security · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Security Operations · Cybersecurity · 11-50 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 6
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Security Operations · Cybersecurity · 11-50 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 6
Unleash your security superpowers. Reach finds and remediates misconfigured tools and configuration drift to supercharge your security posture.
Open 116 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago Visa sponsor 4 months ago Long shot · 10%

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Integrations)

≈ $186k – $347k per year (Estimated) · Equity · Staff+ · 8+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
Python
DevOps
GCP
Azure
AWS
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Open 179 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago Visa sponsor 6 months ago Long shot · 10%

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Data Platform)

≈ $191k – $356k per year (Estimated) · Equity · Staff+ · 8+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
Python
Databases
Apache Iceberg
Presto
Google BigQuery
Amazon Redshift
Trino
DevOps
AWS CDK
Pulumi
Platform Engineering
Terraform
GCP
Azure
AWS
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Open 179 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago Visa sponsor 6 months ago Long shot · 10%

Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

≈ $190k – $354k per year (Estimated) · Equity · Staff+ · 7+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
Prolog
Python
DevOps
AWS CDK
Pulumi
Platform Engineering
GCP
Azure
AWS
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Canopy Works

canopyworks.com
canopyworks.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Health Care · Hospitals & Health Systems · 11-50 employees · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 13
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Health Care · Hospitals & Health Systems · 11-50 employees · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 13
The Connected Safety Platform™ for hospitals. Prevent workplace violence and protect your staff with Canopy.
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Staff Software Engineer - Sensing

$200k – $225k per year · Staff+ · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Staff
Rust
C++
Python
AI/ML
Machine Learning
DevOps
RTOS
Platform Engineering
Linux
IoT
FreeRTOS
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Top 25% payVerified live · 3 hours ago 6 months ago Long shot · 20%

Senior Software Engineer - SF Bay Area

$160k – $200k per year · Senior · 5+ years exp · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Senior
Node JS
SQL
JavaScript
Frontend
Vue.js
React.js
DevOps
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
AWS
+1
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Slash Eureka Inc.

useascend.com
useascend.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · InsurTech · Financial Software & Embedded Finance · Startup · Hiring 6
HQ: San Francisco, United States · InsurTech · Financial Software & Embedded Finance · Startup · Hiring 6
The only complete financial operations platform built for agencies, MGAs, wholesalers, and carriers.
Open 117 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 4 months ago Long shot · 7%

Software Engineer

$160k – $200k per year · Junior · 1+ year exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Junior
Ruby
TypeScript
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
Redis
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Prompt Engineering
Frontend
Tailwind CSS
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
Vercel
Heroku
CI/CD
+5
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Open 690 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 2 years ago Long shot · 6%

Senior Software Engineer

$200k – $250k per year · Senior · 4+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Senior
Ruby
TypeScript
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
Redis
PostgreSQL
Frontend
Next.js
Tailwind CSS
React.js
DevOps
Vercel
Heroku
CI/CD
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Moderntreasury

moderntreasury.com
moderntreasury.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Payment Processing & Gateways · Financial Software & Embedded Finance · 51-200 employees · Est. 2018 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 7
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Payment Processing & Gateways · Financial Software & Embedded Finance · 51-200 employees · Est. 2018 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 7
Launch payment operations in days, not months. One API for multi-rail payments with programmable accounts, real-time reporting, and built-in compliance.
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Software Engineer - Infrastructure

$159k – $275k per year · Senior · 8+ years exp · New York · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · Staff
Ruby
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
Tailwind CSS
DevOps
Platform Engineering
Terraform
Docker
CI/CD
AWS
Buildkite
GitHub
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Open 340 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 11 months ago Long shot · 4%

Software Engineer

$120k – $240k per year · Junior · 2+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, New York, United States) · Full-Time · Junior
Ruby
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
Redis
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
GitHub
CI/CD
AWS
+1
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Judgment Labs

judgmentlabs.ai
judgmentlabs.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · AI Evaluation & Observability · 51-200 employees · Est. 2025 · Startup · Hiring 4
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · AI Evaluation & Observability · 51-200 employees · Est. 2025 · Startup · Hiring 4
Judgment Labs builds a continuous-improvement stack for AI agents that monitors agent behaviour at scale and uses interaction data to evaluate and improve it through learning and feedback. It hires applied AI engineers, backend and full-stack product engineers and a founding account executive. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Open 117 daysVerified live · 4 hours ago Visa sponsor 4 months ago Long shot · 14%

Member of Technical Staff, Product Engineer/Full Stack

≈ $198k – $370k per year (Estimated) · Staff+ · 5+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
Context Engineering
AI Agents
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Pantograph

pantograph.com
pantograph.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Research Labs · Robotics AI · Trust B · Hiring 5
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Research Labs · Robotics AI · Trust B · Hiring 5
Research and hardware for an abundant future.. Pantograph is a research lab developing generally intelligent robots with simple, scalable methods.
Open 118 daysVerified live · 5 hours ago 4 months ago Long shot · 8%

Software Engineer

≈ $138k – $297k per year (Estimated) · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
Rust
DevOps
Linux
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Plymouth Street

plymouthstreet.com
plymouthstreet.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Legal Software · Legal Services · 1-10 employees · Hiring 2
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Legal Software · Legal Services · 1-10 employees · Hiring 2
Plymouth Street is a technology and legal services start-up that makes immigration to the United States fast and simple for technologists. It builds technology that helps start-ups, incubators and investors handle immigration for their founders and staff. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Open 118 daysTop 25% pay 4 months ago Long shot · 9%

Founding Full Stack Engineer

$175k – $250k per year · Middle · 4+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Middle
Node JS
Python
Ruby
TypeScript
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Cursor
Claude Code
Copilot
LLM
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
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Pylon

usepylon.com
usepylon.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Customer Support & Help Desk Software · 51-200 employees · Est. 2022 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 14, 1 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Customer Support & Help Desk Software · 51-200 employees · Est. 2022 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 14, 1 new
Pylon is a customer support software company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2022. The company builds a support platform for business to business software vendors that manage customers in shared Slack, Microsoft Teams, and email channels rather than through a traditional ticket portal. It centralizes those conversations into one system with ticketing, knowledge base, account health, and AI agents, and went through Y Combinator before raising venture funding.
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Software Engineer, Intern

Intern · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Relocation · Bachelor's Degree · Internship · Intern
Go
AI/ML
Devin
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
AWS
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsor 4 months ago Long shot · 16%

Software Engineer, AI

$180k – $280k per year · Equity · Middle · 3+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Relocation · Full-Time · Middle
Go
AI/ML
Devin
LLM
AI Agents
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
AWS
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsor 4 months ago Long shot · 13%

Software Engineer, New Grad

$150k – $180k per year · Equity · Junior · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Relocation · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Junior
Go
AI/ML
Devin
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
AWS
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Spiral

spiraldb.com
spiraldb.com · HQ: New York, United States · AI Agents · Data Engineering & Migration Services · 1-10 employees · Startup · Hiring 2
HQ: New York, United States · AI Agents · Data Engineering & Migration Services · 1-10 employees · Startup · Hiring 2
Built for the machine consumer.. Spiral is the multimodal data platform for frontier AI. Every modality, machine-scale throughput.
Open 121 daysTop 25% pay 4 months ago Long shot · 6%

Software Engineer - Systems

$200k – $275k per year · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Rust
Databases
ClickHouse
DuckDB
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
Time Series
CUDA
PyTorch
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Forerunner

forerunner.com
forerunner.com · HQ: Brooklyn, United States · Media & Entertainment · 11-50 employees · Est. 1993 · Trust B · Hiring 9
HQ: Brooklyn, United States · Media & Entertainment · 11-50 employees · Est. 1993 · Trust B · Hiring 9
The Forerunner is dedicated to the media training of students and interns and hosts articles from Christian newspapers from the USA, Russia, Ukraine, Latin America and China.
Open 122 daysTop 25% pay 4 months ago Long shot · 8%

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

$185k – $215k per year · Senior · 5+ years exp · Hybrid (New York, San Francisco, Portland, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
TypeScript
SQL
JavaScript
Databases
PostGIS
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Cursor
Claude Code
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Analytics
ETL/ELT
+3
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Tavus

tavus.io
tavus.io · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Multimodal AI · Generative Video · Conversational AI · 51-200 employees · Est. 2020 · Startup · Trust C · Hiring 19
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Multimodal AI · Generative Video · Conversational AI · 51-200 employees · Est. 2020 · Startup · Trust C · Hiring 19
Personified Application Layers that see, hear, and respond face-to-face in real time. Build and deploy with our API, no-code PAL Maker, or enterprise Solutions. Interactive AI avatars and conversational video reimagined
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Senior Software Engineer (CVI)

≈ $157k – $292k per year (Estimated) · Senior · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Python
Python
Asyncio
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
AI Agents
DevOps
WebRTC
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Software Engineer, Infrastructure

≈ $124k – $268k per year (Estimated) · San Francisco · Remote (United States) · Full-Time
CUDA
LLM
DevOps
Amazon EKS
Kubernetes
AWS
GCP
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
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Commodityai

commodityai.com
commodityai.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Supply Chain & Logistics Software · Startup · Hiring 1
HQ: San Francisco, United States · AI Agents · Supply Chain & Logistics Software · Startup · Hiring 1
Own execution throughout commercial, logistics, and finance operations. Skip the patchwork tools and brittle internal builds.
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Senior Software Engineer

≈ $161k – $300k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 6+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Relocation · Full-Time · Senior
Go
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
AI/ML
Structured Outputs
LLM
AI Agents
Frontend
React.js
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Mochi Health

mochihealth.com
mochihealth.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Patient Access & Booking · Telemedicine & Virtual Care · 11-50 employees · Est. 2022 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 14, 2 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Patient Access & Booking · Telemedicine & Virtual Care · 11-50 employees · Est. 2022 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 14, 2 new
Mochi Health is a healthcare company building an AI-driven marketplace that connects patients to the right providers, transparent pharmacy pricing and affordable medications. It combines clinical expertise with technology and hires product managers, designers, growth marketers and pharmacy operations staff. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
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Senior Fullstack Engineer

$230k – $280k per year · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
JavaScript
AI/ML
OpenAI Codex
Agentic Workflows
Claude
AI Agents
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Terraform
Kubernetes
CI/CD
AWS
+2
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Top 25% payVerified live · 5 hours ago Visa sponsor 4 months ago Fading · 32%

Senior Backend Engineer

$230k – $280k per year · Equity · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
Redis
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
OpenAI Codex
Agentic Workflows
Claude
AI Agents
DevOps
Terraform
Kubernetes
CI/CD
AWS
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Aera Technology

aeratechnology.com
aeratechnology.com · HQ: Mountain View, United States · Supply Chain AI · Decision Intelligence · 201-500 employees · Est. 2017 · Trust B · Hiring 19, 3 new
HQ: Mountain View, United States · Supply Chain AI · Decision Intelligence · 201-500 employees · Est. 2017 · Trust B · Hiring 19, 3 new
Aera Technology is the Decision Intelligence company that makes business agility happen. In the era of digital acceleration, Aera helps enterprises around the world transform how they respond to the ever-changing environment.
Top 25% payVerified live · 4 hours ago Visa sponsor 4 months ago Long shot · 20%

Senior Software Engineer (CALC engine)

$220k – $230k per year · Senior · 10+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
Java
AI/ML
Claude Code
Wikipedia
Analytics
Dimensional Modeling
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Haast Autonomous

haastautonomous.com
haastautonomous.com · HQ: Pendleton, United States · Drone AI · Drones & UAVs · Trust D · Hiring 10
HQ: Pendleton, United States · Drone AI · Drones & UAVs · Trust D · Hiring 10
Revolutionizing healthcare logistics with autonomous drone delivery networks for hospitals, labs, and pharmacies.
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Full-Stack Software Engineer

≈ $141k – $305k per year (Estimated) · In office (San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time
TypeScript
SQL
Python
Databases
Supabase
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Git
WebSockets
Linux
Robotics
ArduPilot
Digital Twin
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Backend Developer Salary in San Francisco
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