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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People Data Labs

peopledatalabs.com
PEOPLE DATA LABS IS A DATA COMPANY We build people data - that's it. We are a deeply technical company that only does one thing. OUR MISSION All enterprises will become people data companies over the next decade.
peopledatalabs.com • Los Angeles • Data Mining • Predictive Analytics • Machine Learning
Los Angeles • Data Mining • Predictive Analytics • Machine Learning
$160k – $200k per year • Senior • 7+ years expLos Angeles • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Senior
Go
Python
Rust
SQL
Databases
Apache Kafka
Amazon Redshift
Databricks
Delta Lake
Google BigQuery
Snowflake
AI/ML
Airflow
Spark
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
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ETL/ELT
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Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

$160k – $180k per year • Senior • 7+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
Python
SQL
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Django
FastAPI
Flask
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
Tailwind CSS
DevOps
Rest API
Vercel
Design
Figma
Management
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Data Acquisition

$160k – $200k per year • Senior • 7+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Python
Rust
SQL
Databases
Apache Kafka
Amazon Redshift
Databricks
Delta Lake
Google BigQuery
Snowflake
AI/ML
Airflow
Spark
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Management
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Plenful

plenful.com
Transform your pharmacy and healthcare operations with our AI-powered workflow automation platform. Optimize back-office tasks and administrative work, maximizing operational efficiency. Improve productivity and revenue capture for your healthcare organization today.
plenful.com • New York • San Francisco • Pharmaceuticals • Health Care • Digital Health • Est. 2021
New York • San Francisco • Pharmaceuticals • Health Care • Digital Health • Est. 2021
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Staff Full-Stack Engineer

$196k – $320k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 10+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
Ruby
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Senior Software Engineer

$116k – $255k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 7+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
SQL
DevOps
Rest API
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Staff Software Engineer

$188k – $308k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 8+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
SQL
DevOps
Rest API
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Neon

neon.com
The backend for apps and agents. Build with Lakebase Postgres, Auth, Functions, Storage, and an AI Gateway: instant, branchable, serverless.
neon.com • New York • São Paulo • San Francisco • Cloud Computing • Information Technology • Database Management
New York • São Paulo • San Francisco • Cloud Computing • Information Technology • Database Management
2 months ago

Full Stack Engineer

Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Internship
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
Swift
TypeScript
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
React Native
SwiftUI
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
WebRTC
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Bellotalabs

bellotalabs.com
Bellota Labs is a software development studio specializing in games. Based in Redwood City, CA, we partner with world-class brands to build digital experiences players love.
bellotalabs.com • Redwood City • Los Angeles • San Jose • Game Development • 51-200 employees • Est. 2024
Redwood City • Los Angeles • San Jose • Game Development • 51-200 employees • Est. 2024
$225k – $275k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C#
C++
Databases
Apache Kafka
DevOps
ArgoCD
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Amazon Kinesis
Game Dev
Unity
Analytics
A/B Testing
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Open 548 daysVerified live · 6 hours ago 1 year ago

Senior Software Engineer (Mandarin-speaking)

$139k – $230k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Redwood City • Remote (United States, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
TypeScript
DevOps
CI/CD
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LiveKit

livekit.io
LiveKit is an open-source real-time audio, video, and AI voice infrastructure platform headquartered in San Francisco. The company provides cloud and developer infrastructure designed to build ultra-low-latency video conferencing, live streaming, and interactive multimodal AI voice agents into web and mobile applications. Powered by flexible SDKs and scalable server orchestration, LiveKit is widely used by developers and enterprise teams to deploy real-time voice and video applications at global scale.
livekit.io • HQ: San Francisco, San Jose, United States • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents • Speech & Audio AI • Est. 2021
HQ: San Francisco, San Jose, United States • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents • Speech & Audio AI • Est. 2021
$167k – $313k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • Remote (United States, United Kingdom) • Visa sponsorship • High School Diploma • Staff
Go
Databases
ClickHouse
NATS
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
LiveKit
OpenAI
DevOps
gRPC
Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
GitHub
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Top 25% payVerified live · 13 min ago 2 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

$135k – $300k per year • Equity • Staff+ • Remote (EMEA, North America) • Full-Time • Staff
Go
Databases
ClickHouse
NATS
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
LiveKit
OpenAI
DevOps
gRPC
Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
GitHub
etcd
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Top 25% payVerified live · 13 min ago 3 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

$135k – $300k per year • Equity • Senior • Remote (EMEA, North America) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Databases
ClickHouse
NATS
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
LiveKit
OpenAI
DevOps
gRPC
Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
GitHub
etcd
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Mapbox

mapbox.com
Mapbox is a leading location data and mapping platform that provides custom map building tools, APIs, and SDKs for developers and enterprises worldwide. The company enables businesses to integrate dynamic maps, real-time navigation, search geocoding, and spatial data visualization into their web and mobile applications.
mapbox.com • HQ: Washington, United States • Data & Analytics • Geospatial Analytics • Navigation & Mapping • 51-200 employees
HQ: Washington, United States • Data & Analytics • Geospatial Analytics • Navigation & Mapping • 51-200 employees
$161k – $217k per year • Middle • 3+ years expMinsk • Remote (Belarus, United States, Finland) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
JavaScript
TypeScript
Frontend
React.js
Redux
Mobile
State Management
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
QA
Jest
Playwright
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Chainalysis

chainalysis.com
Chainanalysis is a leading blockchain data platform that provides intelligence, investigative tools, and compliance solutions to government agencies, financial institutions, and cryptocurrency businesses worldwide. The company specializes in analyzing public blockchain ledgers to trace digital asset transactions, helping detect, prevent, and investigate financial crime and illicit activity. By turning complex on-chain data into actionable insights, it plays a critical role in building trust, regulatory compliance, and security within the Web3 ecosystem.
chainalysis.com • New York • Tel Aviv • Seoul • Aarhus • London • Cybersecurity • Fraud Detection • Blockchain & Crypto • Blockchain Analytics
New York • Tel Aviv • Seoul • Aarhus • London • Cybersecurity • Fraud Detection • Blockchain & Crypto • Blockchain Analytics
Top 25% payVerified live · 3 hours ago 2 months ago

Software Engineer II, Gov Systems

$130k – $180k per year • Middle • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Middle
Bash
Go
JavaScript
Node JS
Databases
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
Tailwind CSS
DevOps
Amazon EC2
AWS
AWS Lambda
Datadog
FluxCD
GitOps
Grafana
Helm
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Prometheus
Terraform
Amazon S3
IAM
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP
Web3
Chainalysis
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Attainx

attainx.com
AttainX is an SBA certified 8a / EDWOSB / WOSB and CMMI L3, ISO 9001:201, QMS certified company that delivers information technology solutions to Federal and state agencies. Our expertise is in software application development, testing, maintenance, cloud application offerings and migration to cloud technologies, enterprise architecture, cyber security, big data, enterprise service desk and IV&V solutions. We also specialize in ERP Implementation, maintenance and digital transformation of existing business processes.
attainx.com • New York • Software • Cybersecurity • Information Technology
New York • Software • Cybersecurity • Information Technology
$100k – $183k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years expNew York • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Public Trust • Middle
SQL
TypeScript
Java
Kotlin
C++
JavaScript
Python
Java
Hibernate
Spring Boot
Spring Framework
Spring MVC
Kotlin
Mockito
Databases
MS SQL
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Frontend
Angular
React.js
Mobile
JUnit
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Jenkins
Amazon EC2
AWS
AWS Lambda
Terraform
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon S3
API Gateway
Cybersecurity
SonarQube
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Myriad360

myriad360.com
Myriad360 is a cyber security consultancy and integrator who combines in-house expertise and big-picture thinking to customize your IT infrastructure for your network security goals. Today, Myriad360 protects enterprises with the industry’s best hardware, software, and managed services solutions for the full cyber security lifecycle.
myriad360.com • HQ: New York, United States • Information Technology • IT Infrastructure • Cybersecurity • Security Operations
HQ: New York, United States • Information Technology • IT Infrastructure • Cybersecurity • Security Operations
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Managed Services Enterprise Services Architect

$140k – $160k per year • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Architect
PowerShell
Python
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
VMWare
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cFive Solutions

cfive.com
cfive.com • Software • Government • Law Enforcement
Software • Government • Law Enforcement
$134k – $223k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Java
Node JS
SQL
TypeScript
JavaScript
Java
Hibernate
Maven
Databases
MariaDB
Oracle
Frontend
Angular
DevOps
CI/CD
Jenkins
QA
Selenium
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Tekion

tekion.com
Tekion is an end-to-end, AI-native automotive retail platform that unifies dealership operations - DMS, CRM, digital retail, service, payments and analytics - on a single cloud-based operating system. Tekion powers 3,000+ dealerships and has processed $43B+ in transactions.
tekion.com • HQ: Pleasanton, United States • Software • Artificial Intelligence • Commerce • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2016
HQ: Pleasanton, United States • Software • Artificial Intelligence • Commerce • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2016
2 months ago

Software Engineer II

$21k – $57k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years expBengaluru • Remote (India, United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Python
SQL
Databases
Databricks
AI/ML
AI Agents
dbt
DevOps
CI/CD
Rest API
SLI/SLO/SLA
Analytics
Tableau
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Loft Orbital Solutions

loftorbital.com
Loft Orbital is a global space technology and satellite infrastructure enterprise headquartered in San Francisco, California, with major satellite integration and testing facilities in Golden, Colorado, and Toulouse, France. Founded in 2017 by Antoine de Chassy, Alex Greenberg, and Pierre-Damien Vaujour, the company provides turn-key "satellite-as-a-service" and space infrastructure management.
loftorbital.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Transportation & Logistics • Hardware • Space & Aerospace • 201-500 employees • Est. 2017
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Transportation & Logistics • Hardware • Space & Aerospace • 201-500 employees • Est. 2017
$144k – $198k per year • Equity • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Relocation • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree
Python
C++
Rust
Databases
NATS
DevOps
CI/CD
Docker
Git
GitLab CI
Jenkins
Kubernetes
GitLab
CUE
gRPC
QA
Pytest
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Backend Engineer - Oort

$140k – $190k per year • Equity • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Relocation • Full-Time
Python
Python
Django
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
Docker
AWS
CI/CD
GCP
Kubernetes
QA
Cypress
Jest
Playwright
Pytest
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 3 months ago

Backend Engineer - Mission Operations Services

$140k – $190k per year • Middle • 4+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Middle
Python
Python
Django
FastAPI
Flask
Databases
InfluxDB
PostgreSQL
TimescaleDB
AI/ML
Time Series Forecasting
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
Docker
Kubernetes
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McKesson

mckesson.com
Together with our customers and partners, we are creating a sustainable future for health care. And working to improve patient care in every setting - one product, one partner, one patient at a time.
mckesson.com • Mississauga • Dallas • Irving • Cork • Supply Chain • Health Care • Pharmaceuticals
Mississauga • Dallas • Irving • Cork • Supply Chain • Health Care • Pharmaceuticals
$88k per year • Junior • 2+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Java
Micronaut
Databases
Apache Kafka
ElasticSearch
Frontend
Vue.js
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GE Vernova

gevernova.com
GE Vernova is a global energy equipment and services company that spun off from General Electric as an independent, publicly traded business. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company operates across three primary business segments - Power, Wind, and Electrification - providing gas, nuclear, hydro, onshore and offshore wind turbines, grid software, and energy storage solutions. GE Vernova partners with utilities, industrial clients, and governments worldwide to drive electrification and accelerate the transition toward sustainable power.
gevernova.com • HQ: Cambridge, United States • Wind Energy • Energy & Utilities • Power Grid • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: Cambridge, United States • Wind Energy • Energy & Utilities • Power Grid • 1001-5000 employees
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Staff Software Engineer - Electricity Markets

$132k – $198k per year • Staff+ • 8+ years expMelbourneBellevue • Remote (United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Java
JavaScript
TypeScript
Java
Maven
Spring Boot
Databases
Oracle
PostgreSQL
Apache Kafka
ElasticSearch
DevOps
Ansible
CI/CD
Git
GitOps
Jaeger
Jenkins
Kibana
Kubernetes
Prometheus
Splunk
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Hive Collective

hivecollective.co
Hive Collective is a private society of peer-vetted AI-native engineers. We partner with ambitious organizations to architect production agentic systems and build elite AI engineering teams.
hivecollective.co • Financial Services • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents • Est. 2015
Financial Services • Artificial Intelligence • AI Agents • Est. 2015
$135k – $185k per year • Equity • Senior • 7+ years expUnited States • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
JavaScript
Python
Django
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
ChatGPT
Claude
Claude Code
OpenAI Codex
Frontend
Apollo Client
GraphQL
Mobile
Modularization
DevOps
AWS
Docker
Git
Rest API
Terraform
GitHub
Management
Zapier
Marketing
Salesforce
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NMI

nmi.com
NMI is a leading provider of payment processing solutions. The company's platform helps businesses accept payments from a variety of sources, including credit cards, debit cards, ACH, and more. NMI's platform offers a range of features, including: Payment gateway Merchant account Payment processing Fraud prevention Customer support NMI's platform is designed to be secure and reliable, with a focus on providing businesses with a seamless payment experience.
nmi.com • Cape Town • Bristol • FinTech • Financial Services • Payments
Cape Town • Bristol • FinTech • Financial Services • Payments
$90k – $130k per year • Senior • 4+ years expUnited States • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C#
PHP
Scala
SQL
TypeScript
PHP
Laravel
Databases
DynamoDB
MySQL
RabbitMQ
Redis
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Copilot
OpenAI Codex
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
CI/CD
CloudFormation
Docker
Git
Jenkins
Terraform
Amazon ECS
Amazon S3
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Senior Software Engineer (PHP)

$90k – $176k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (Canada, United States) • Senior
Go
JavaScript
PHP
Python
TypeScript
PHP
Laravel
Python
Flask
Databases
Memcached
MySQL
Redis
AI/ML
Pandas
Scikit-learn
Frontend
npm
Pinia
Sass
Vite
Vue.js
Mobile
Quasar
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Docker
Git
New Relic
Amazon ECS
Amazon S3
QA
Sentry
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Senior Software Engineer (PHP)

$123k – $205k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States, Canada) • Senior
JavaScript
PHP
Python
TypeScript
PHP
Laravel
Python
Flask
Databases
Memcached
MySQL
Redis
AI/ML
Pandas
Scikit-learn
Frontend
npm
Pinia
Sass
Vite
Vue.js
Mobile
Quasar
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Docker
Git
New Relic
Amazon ECS
Amazon S3
QA
Sentry
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ELEKS

eleks.com
ELEKS is a global software engineering and technology consulting firm headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, and founded in 1991. The company provides a range of services including custom software development, product design, data science, cybersecurity, and quality assurance across various industries such as fintech, healthcare, and logistics. Operating through a network of delivery centers and offices across Europe, North America, and the Middle East, the firm employs over 2,000 specialists to support enterprise-level digital transformation projects.
eleks.com • HQ: Tallinn, Estonia • Cybersecurity • Data Science • Data & Analytics • Mobile App Development • IT Consulting • Information Technology • IT Outsourcing • Software • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1991
HQ: Tallinn, Estonia • Cybersecurity • Data Science • Data & Analytics • Mobile App Development • IT Consulting • Information Technology • IT Outsourcing • Software • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1991
$132k – $263k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 10+ years expUnited States • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
C#
SQL
C#
.NET
Databases
Azure Cosmos DB
Databricks
MS SQL
Redis
DevOps
Azure
Azure AKS
CI/CD
Docker
Kubernetes
Datadog
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Eudia

eudia.com
Eudia builds augmented intelligence for corporate legal departments, combining models with a network of legal professionals. Founded in 2023 in Palo Alto, it targets in-house teams asked to handle more work without more headcount. Its offering covers contracts, compliance and legal operations analytics.
eudia.com • HQ: Palo Alto, United States • Industrial IoT (IIoT) • Internet of Things • Simulation & Digital Twin • Est. 2023
HQ: Palo Alto, United States • Industrial IoT (IIoT) • Internet of Things • Simulation & Digital Twin • Est. 2023
Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 2 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer - Eudia for Government

$160k – $200k per year • Washington • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree
NIST 800-171
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Instabase

instabase.com
Instabase is a San Francisco company founded in 2015 that builds an applied artificial intelligence platform for unstructured data. Its AI Hub lets organisations read documents, images and other content and assemble automated workflows around the extracted facts. Large banks, insurers and technology firms use it for onboarding, claims and compliance processes.
instabase.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Government • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2015
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Government • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2015
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Software Engineer - Agent Harness

$123k – $268k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Go
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
Databases
Apache Kafka
RabbitMQ
Redis
AI/ML
AI Agents
AutoGen
LangChain
LLM
Model Context Protocol
Multimodal AI
Edge AI
LLM Guardrails
Human-in-the-Loop
Frontend
WebAssembly
React.js
DevOps
Docker
gRPC
Kubernetes
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Technical Lead Manager

$129k – $259k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 8+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
Python
JavaScript
Go
SQL
Databases
PostgreSQL
Redis
TimescaleDB
AI/ML
Fine-tuning
Function Calling
LLM
Model Context Protocol
Multimodal AI
RAG
AI Agents
Edge AI
Claude
DeepSeek
LangChain
LangGraph
GPT-4
Frontend
Bootstrap
Next.js
React.js
WebAssembly
DevOps
AWS
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
Chips/EDA
Sonnet
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Open 327 daysTop 25% pay 11 months ago

Full-Stack Engineer, Core Services (Senior Level)

$190k – $205k per year • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Go
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
AI/ML
Edge AI
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
React Native
DevOps
AWS
Azure
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
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Instacart

instacart.com
Instacart is an American delivery company that operates a grocery delivery and pick-up service in the United States and Canada accessible via a website and mobile app. The company has partnerships with 1,400 retail banners comprising 80,000 stores.
instacart.com • Columbia • Ontario • San Francisco • Wayne • Delivery • Commerce • Online Groceries
Columbia • Ontario • San Francisco • Wayne • Delivery • Commerce • Online Groceries
Top 25% pay 2 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Bazel & Go

$265k – $280k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 10+ years expColumbia • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Secret • Staff
Go
DevOps
AWS
Bazel
CI/CD
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Backend Developer Salary in San Francisco
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What salary do Backend Developer jobs in San Francisco pay?
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