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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Arch

getarch.com
getarch.com • San Francisco • Digital Marketing • HVAC & Refrigeration • 51-200 employees • Est. 2011 • Trust B • Hiring 6
San Francisco • Digital Marketing • HVAC & Refrigeration • 51-200 employees • Est. 2011 • Trust B • Hiring 6
Arch is AI-powered marketing software for HVAC, plumbing, and electrical contractors. Prevent churn, discover high-intent leads, and automate campaigns from ServiceTitan data.
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Open 499 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 year ago Long shot · 8%

Senior Software Engineer

≈ $156k – $290k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Windsurf
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Model Context Protocol
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N1

n1.xyz
n1.xyz • HQ: New York, United States • Blockchain Infrastructure • Startup • Trust C • Hiring 10, 1 new
HQ: New York, United States • Blockchain Infrastructure • Startup • Trust C • Hiring 10, 1 new
N1 is a blockchain network designed to enable trustless computing and onchain finance at internet scale. It is backed by institutions including Founders Fund and Kraken Ventures, and hires Rust backend engineers and growth staff. The company is headquartered in New York, United States.
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New Grad Software Engineer (Backend Rust)

$120k – $260k per year • Junior • In office (New York, San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
Rust
Zig
C++
DevOps
VMWare
Web3
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Software Engineer (Backend Rust)

$120k – $260k per year • In office (New York, San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time
Rust
Zig
C++
DevOps
VMWare
Web3
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Senior Software Engineer (Backend Rust)

$120k – $260k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (New York, San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Rust
Zig
C++
DevOps
VMWare
Web3
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Folio

folio.co
folio.co • HQ: Durham, United States • Travel Technology • 51-200 employees • Est. 2025 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 5
HQ: Durham, United States • Travel Technology • 51-200 employees • Est. 2025 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 5
Procure-to-pay.. Supercharge your team—from rooms to restaurant. No training required. Folio is the easiest way to order, manage bills, and pay suppliers all in one place.
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Open 508 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 year ago Long shot · 5%

Software Engineer, Backend

≈ $135k – $233k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 8+ years exp • San Francisco • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Node JS
TypeScript
Ruby
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
ElasticSearch
PostgreSQL
DevOps
GitHub
Terraform
Docker
CI/CD
AWS
Management
Linear
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Open 508 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 year ago Long shot · 5%

Software Engineer, Product (Full Stack)

≈ $136k – $235k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 8+ years exp • San Francisco • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Node JS
TypeScript
Ruby
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Hotwire
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
GitHub
AWS
Management
Linear
Notion
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Dream

dreamhq.com
dreamhq.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Generative 3D • Multimodal AI • 1-10 employees • Trust B • Hiring 5
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Generative 3D • Multimodal AI • 1-10 employees • Trust B • Hiring 5
Dream is building the first spatial intelligence model that natively reasons about the built world — structured, relational, and physically grounded, not just rendered pixels.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 509 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 year ago Long shot · 10%

Full Stack Engineer

≈ $124k – $243k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Middle
Swift
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Databases
Supabase
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
NumPy
PyTorch
Frontend
Next.js
Three.JS
React.js
Mobile
ARKit
SwiftUI
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Open 509 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 year ago Long shot · 11%

Senior Full-Stack Engineer

≈ $154k – $286k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
TypeScript
Swift
JavaScript
Python
Databases
Supabase
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
NumPy
PyTorch
Frontend
React.js
Next.js
Three.JS
Mobile
SwiftUI
ARKit
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
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Comfy Org

comfy.org
comfy.org • HQ: San Francisco, United States • AI Development Tools • Generative Video • Generative Image • Est. 2024 • Startup • Hiring 4, 1 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States • AI Development Tools • Generative Video • Generative Image • Est. 2024 • Startup • Hiring 4, 1 new
Comfy Org is an artificial intelligence software company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2024. The company stewards ComfyUI, an open source node based interface for building generative image and video pipelines that gives users direct control over models, samplers, and conditioning steps. It employs the project's original author, maintains the node registry and desktop application, and is widely used by artists, studios, and researchers running diffusion models locally.
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Open 514 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 1 year ago Long shot · 6%

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

$180k – $240k per year • Senior • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Python
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
ComfyUI
OpenAI
DevOps
Kubernetes
Helm
GitHub
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Tavrn

tavrn.ai
tavrn.ai • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Legal AI • 51-200 employees • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 6
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Legal AI • 51-200 employees • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 6
Tavrn is a legal AI company that provides AI-powered demand letters, medical chronologies and medical record retrieval for plaintiff attorneys in personal injury, medical malpractice, workers compensation and disability practices. It hires AI product engineers, sales development staff and customer success managers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Open 528 daysTop 25% pay 1 year ago Long shot · 4%

AI Product Engineer

$200k – $300k per year • Junior • 2+ years exp • Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Junior
JavaScript
Python
AI/ML
Machine Learning
DevOps
GCP
Azure
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Arnie Sandoval

arnie.io
arnie.io • HQ: Boston, United States • Hiring 2
HQ: Boston, United States • Hiring 2
Design engineer crafting seamless experiences where aesthetics meet function. I help teams ship polished products that users genuinely enjoy.
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Open 536 daysVerified live · 9 min ago 1 year ago Long shot · 3%

Python Developer

≈ $89k – $184k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Boston, San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Junior
Node JS
Ruby
JavaScript
Python
Python
Django
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
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Open 778 daysVerified live · 9 min ago 2 years ago Long shot · 3%

Java Developer

≈ $89k – $184k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Boston, San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Junior
Node JS
Ruby
JavaScript
Python
Python
Django
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
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Stytch

stytch.com
stytch.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Fraud Detection • Identity Management • 51-200 employees • Est. 2020 • Trust B • Hiring 5
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Fraud Detection • Identity Management • 51-200 employees • Est. 2020 • Trust B • Hiring 5
Stytch is a software company providing authentication and fraud prevention infrastructure for developers. Its APIs cover passwordless login, single sign-on, device fingerprinting and bot detection, and it hires solutions engineers, product designers and backend engineers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
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Open 537 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 1 year ago Long shot · 5%

Experienced Software Engineer

$185k – $225k per year • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
Next.js
DevOps
gRPC
Kubernetes
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Open 537 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 1 year ago Long shot · 5%

Experienced Backend Engineer (Product)

$185k – $225k per year • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
Next.js
DevOps
gRPC
Kubernetes
AWS
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Delphina

delphina.ai
delphina.ai • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Custom Software Development • 11-50 employees • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 3
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Custom Software Development • 11-50 employees • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 3
Delphina is the Context Factory trusted by frontier data teams. Better, faster decisions for everyone, from a system of context your data team owns.
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Open 538 daysVerified live · 4 hours ago Visa sponsor 1 year ago Long shot · 6%

MTS, Backend Engineer

≈ $145k – $314k per year (Estimated) • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
Scala
Go
Java
Python
AI/ML
Pandas
Machine Learning
AI Agents
Flink
Spark
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Multiply

gomultiply.com
gomultiply.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Marketing & Sales AI • E-learning • 11-50 employees • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 5
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Marketing & Sales AI • E-learning • 11-50 employees • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 5
Win by learning faster. Multiply combines AI and world-class experts to launch paid media 10X faster and convert 10X more for B2B.
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Open 545 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 year ago Long shot · 6%

Early Engineer, Full-Stack (San Francisco)

≈ $132k – $259k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Middle
OpenAI Codex
Cursor
OpenAI
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Cluely

cluely.com
cluely.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Machine Learning • Custom Software Development • 51-200 employees • Est. 2025 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 3
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Machine Learning • Custom Software Development • 51-200 employees • Est. 2025 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 3
Cluely builds a real time desktop assistant that listens to meetings and screens. Its overlay suggests answers during live conversations. The company became widely discussed for its provocative marketing.
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Open 545 daysTop 25% pay Visa sponsor 1 year ago Long shot · 5%

Founding Engineer (Fullstack TypeScript)

$250k – $350k per year • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
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SafetyKit

safetykit.com
safetykit.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Cybersecurity AI • AI Agents • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 7
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Cybersecurity AI • AI Agents • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 7
Deploy AI agents to automate risk reviews, onboarding, and investigations. Trusted by leading marketplaces and fintech platforms.
Steven Guichard · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
David Graunke · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Jordan Angelos · Director
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Open 545 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 1 year ago Long shot · 5%

Backend Engineer (Product, Infra)

≈ $140k – $302k per year (Estimated) • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
TypeScript
Python
Databases
Amazon Aurora
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
AWS CDK
AWS Lambda
AWS Step Functions
AWS
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Open 566 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 1 year ago Long shot · 7%

Senior Backend Engineer (Staff)

≈ $186k – $346k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
TypeScript
Python
Databases
Amazon Aurora
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
AWS CDK
AWS Lambda
AWS Step Functions
AWS
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tiger.example

tiger.example
tiger.example • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Trust B • Hiring 4
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Trust B • Hiring 4
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Open 550 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 year ago Long shot · 5%

Backend Engineer

≈ $122k – $239k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Middle • English
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Onyx

onyx.app
onyx.app • HQ: San Francisco, United States • AI Agents • AI Search • Vector Search & RAG • Trust B • Hiring 4
HQ: San Francisco, United States • AI Agents • AI Search • Vector Search & RAG • Trust B • Hiring 4
Onyx is a software company that provides an open source generative artificial intelligence chat interface that connects to organizational documents, applications, and internal knowledge. Its platform is designed to let teams build and deploy AI assistants and natural language interfaces integrated with existing tools and data sources.
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Open 552 daysTop 25% pay 1 year ago Long shot · 3%

Fullstack Engineer

$150k – $400k per year • Junior • 1+ year exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Junior
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
NLP
Knowledge Graph
LLM
OpenAI
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
GitLab
GitHub
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
AWS
Management
Notion
Confluence
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Inngest

inngest.com
inngest.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Workflow & Process Automation (RPA, BPM) • Developer Tools • 51-200 employees • Est. 2021 • Startup • Hiring 1
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Workflow & Process Automation (RPA, BPM) • Developer Tools • 51-200 employees • Est. 2021 • Startup • Hiring 1
Inngest gives developers durable execution for background jobs, workflows and AI pipelines without running queue infrastructure. Functions are written in normal application code and the platform handles retries, concurrency limits and step state. It is used heavily by teams building long-running agent workflows.
Daniel Farrelly · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Antony Holdstock-Brown · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Dan Cahana · Director
Jamin Ball · Director
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Open 558 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago Visa sponsor 1 year ago Long shot · 8%

Distributed Systems Engineer - Platform

≈ $123k – $265k per year (Estimated) • San Francisco • Remote (United States, PST hours) • Full-Time
Go
Databases
ClickHouse
Redis
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
GitHub
gRPC
Rest API
GCP
Kubernetes
AWS
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
ISO 27001
HIPAA
Design
Figma
Management
Linear
Notion
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Mojorank

mojorank.com
mojorank.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Trust C • Hiring 16
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Trust C • Hiring 16
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C++ Tech Lead

≈ $162k – $323k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 8+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
C++
Java
Python
C++
CMake
DevOps
Git
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layerfi.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Accounting & Tax Software • Financial Software & Embedded Finance • 1-10 employees • Likely startup • Trust B • Hiring 6, 1 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Accounting & Tax Software • Financial Software & Embedded Finance • 1-10 employees • Likely startup • Trust B • Hiring 6, 1 new
Layer helps software companies launch accounting to their SMB customers. Increase engagement, drive revenue, and become the financial home for your SMBs.
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Open 573 daysVerified live · 24 min ago Visa sponsor 1 year ago Long shot · 1%

Backend Engineer

≈ $105k – $216k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Junior
Kotlin
Kotlin
Ktor
Exposed
Kotest
Databases
PostgreSQL
Mobile
JUnit
DevOps
Amazon ECS
API Gateway
GitHub Actions
CI/CD
QA
Sentry
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Open 877 daysVerified live · 24 min ago Visa sponsor 2 years ago Long shot · 1%

Fullstack Engineer

≈ $105k – $216k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Junior
Kotlin
Kotlin
Ktor
Exposed
Kotest
Databases
PostgreSQL
Mobile
JUnit
DevOps
Amazon ECS
API Gateway
GitHub Actions
CI/CD
QA
Sentry
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OMI

omi.me
omi.me • San Francisco • Shenzhen • Smartphones • Mobile Games • Trust B • Hiring 6
San Francisco • Shenzhen • Smartphones • Mobile Games • Trust B • Hiring 6
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Open 576 daysTop 25% pay 1 year ago Long shot · 3%

Founding Engineer

$300k per year • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
Python
JavaScript
Python
Flask
AI/ML
Embodied AI
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
React Native
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Transluce

transluce.org
transluce.org • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Nonprofits & Foundations • 11-50 employees • Est. 2024 • Trust C • Hiring 11
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Nonprofits & Foundations • 11-50 employees • Est. 2024 • Trust C • Hiring 11
Transluce is a non-profit research laboratory building open tools that make the behaviour of artificial intelligence systems observable and auditable. Its work includes automated interpretability agents that describe what neurons and features represent, and investigator systems that surface unexpected model behaviours at scale. The laboratory publishes its tooling openly so that external researchers and auditors can examine deployed models; its founders previously led research and engineering teams at frontier laboratories.
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Full-Stack Product Engineer

$250k – $500k per year • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
AI/ML
Human-in-the-Loop
LLM
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
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Nash

nash.ai
nash.ai • HQ: Dubai, United Arab Emirates • Delivery • Supply Chain & Logistics Software • AI Agents • Transportation & Logistics • Logistics • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 22, 1 new
HQ: Dubai, United Arab Emirates • Delivery • Supply Chain & Logistics Software • AI Agents • Transportation & Logistics • Logistics • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 22, 1 new
Autonomic logistics by Nash. Unify decisioning across fleets, carriers, and fulfillment networks. Set the objective; AI agents work until you hit it.
James Bodnar · Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Senior Backend Engineer

≈ $169k – $313k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
TypeScript
Python
Python
Asyncio
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Rest API
CI/CD
AWS
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Full Stack Engineer

≈ $165k – $308k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
Python
Flask
SQLAlchemy
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
GraphQL
DevOps
WebSockets
Rest API
GCP
Azure
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Backend Developer Salary in San Francisco
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