Backend Developer Salary in San Jose

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Sierra Circuits, Inc.

protoexpress.com
protoexpress.com • Sunnyvale • San Jose • Manufacturing • Hardware • PCB Fabrication & Assembly • 201-500 employees • Est. 1986 • Trust C • Hiring 33
Sunnyvale • San Jose • Manufacturing • Hardware • PCB Fabrication & Assembly • 201-500 employees • Est. 1986 • Trust C • Hiring 33
Since 1986, Sierra Circuits has been an industry leader in PCB prototype manufacturing, optimization, and assembly.
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Backend Lead

$40k – $54k per year • Lead • 3+ years exp • In office (San Jose, United States) • High School Diploma • Full-Time • Staff • English: C1
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vishay.com • HQ: Malvern, United States • Analog & Power Semiconductors • Passive Components & Connectors • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1962 • NYSE: VSH • Trust B • Hiring 383, 25 new
HQ: Malvern, United States • Analog & Power Semiconductors • Passive Components & Connectors • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1962 • NYSE: VSH • Trust B • Hiring 383, 25 new
Vishay Intertechnology is a manufacturer of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, making diodes, MOSFETs, optoelectronics, resistors, capacitors, inductors and sensors. Founded in 1962 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it serves automotive, industrial, computing, telecommunications, military, aerospace and medical markets from plants in the Americas, Europe, Israel and Asia. It hires production operators and supervisors, process, quality and device engineers, including silicon carbide specialists, along with buyers and commodity leads.
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Open 117 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 3 months ago Long shot · 9%

Staff Product Engineer

≈ $159k – $296k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • In office (San Jose, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
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Microchip Technology

microchip.com
microchip.com • HQ: Chandler, United States • Analog & Power Semiconductors • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1987 • Trust B • Hiring 433, 42 new
HQ: Chandler, United States • Analog & Power Semiconductors • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1987 • Trust B • Hiring 433, 42 new
Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip Technology is a leading semiconductor company specializing in smart, connected, and secure embedded control solutions. The corporation designs and manufactures a comprehensive portfolio of microcontrollers, mixed-signal, analog, and Flash-IP integrated circuits. Serving tens of thousands of clients across industrial, automotive, consumer, computing, and aerospace markets worldwide, the enterprise enables efficient, low-risk product development.
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Open 125 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 4 months ago Long shot · 11%

Technical Staff Engineer - Applications

$91k – $232k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 12+ years exp • In office (San Jose, Addison, Allentown, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Verilog
VHDL
DevOps
Linux
Chips/EDA
Xilinx Vivado
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Teradyne

teradyne.com
teradyne.com • HQ: North Reading, United States • Collaborative Robots (Cobots) • Semiconductor Equipment • Test & Measurement Instruments • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1960 • NASDAQ: TER • Hiring 452, 37 new
HQ: North Reading, United States • Collaborative Robots (Cobots) • Semiconductor Equipment • Test & Measurement Instruments • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1960 • NASDAQ: TER • Hiring 452, 37 new
Teradyne is a manufacturer of automated test equipment for semiconductors and electronics. Its testers validate chips before they ship into consumer and automotive products, the company also owns collaborative robotics businesses, and it hires engineers, planners, sales managers and field specialists in the United States and Asia. The company is headquartered in North Reading, Massachusetts, United States.
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Open 130 daysTop 25% pay 4 months ago Long shot · 4%

Software Engineer (Teradyne, San Jose)

$143k – $228k per year • In office (San Jose, United States) • Relocation
C#
C++
Java
Chips/EDA
Advantest / Teradyne ATE
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ChipAgents

chipagents.ai
chipagents.ai • HQ: Santa Barbara, United States • AI Agents • EDA Software • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 9
HQ: Santa Barbara, United States • AI Agents • EDA Software • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 9
ChipAgents builds artificial intelligence agents for chip design and verification. Its systems write testbenches and debug register transfer level code. The company serves semiconductor engineering teams.
Wang Yang · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Daisy Cai · Director
Wen Hsieh · Director
John Bowers · Director
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Software Engineer

$150k – $350k per year • In office (San Jose, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time
Go
TypeScript
Java
AI/ML
Multi-Agent Systems
AI Agents
DevOps
GCP
Azure
AWS
CloudFormation
Pulumi
Terraform
Docker
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Nex

nex.inc
nex.inc • HQ: San Jose, United States • Computer Vision • Game Development • Console Games • Gaming Consoles • 11-50 employees • Est. 2017 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 53, 5 new
HQ: San Jose, United States • Computer Vision • Game Development • Console Games • Gaming Consoles • 11-50 employees • Est. 2017 • Startup • Trust A • Hiring 53, 5 new
Nex is a motion gaming company based in San Jose, California, that makes Nex Playground, a family game console that uses computer vision to turn body movement into play without controllers or wearables. Founded in 2017, it builds active games, licensed titles and fitness content for the console and its subscription service, and it runs development teams in Hong Kong, Taipei and Singapore. It hires game developers, DevOps and frontend engineers, QA managers, hardware prototype engineers, VFX artists, designers, community managers and summer interns.
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Software Engineer (Party Cell)

$100k – $130k per year • Middle • 3+ years exp • Hybrid (San Jose, United States) • PhD • Full-Time • Middle
C#
Game Dev
Unity
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InnoPhase IoT

innophaseiot.com
innophaseiot.com • HQ: San Jose, San Diego, United States • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • RF & Wireless Hardware • 201-500 employees • Est. 2022 • Likely startup • Trust D • Hiring 14
HQ: San Jose, San Diego, United States • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • RF & Wireless Hardware • 201-500 employees • Est. 2022 • Likely startup • Trust D • Hiring 14
InnoPhase IoT, Inc. is a semiconductor company specializing in ultra-low power wireless connectivity solutions for IoT devices.
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Staff/Sr. Staff Engineer, MCU Software

≈ $160k – $298k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 5+ years exp • In office (San Jose, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
RTOS
Wi-Fi
TCP/IP
IoT
Zigbee
MicroPython
MQTT
CoAP
Management
Scrum
Agile
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nxp.com • HQ: Eindhoven, Netherlands • Analog & Power Semiconductors • RF & Wireless Hardware • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 5000+ employees • Est. 2006 • NASDAQ: NXPI • Trust B • Hiring 691, 37 new
HQ: Eindhoven, Netherlands • Analog & Power Semiconductors • RF & Wireless Hardware • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 5000+ employees • Est. 2006 • NASDAQ: NXPI • Trust B • Hiring 691, 37 new
NXP Semiconductors is a Dutch chipmaker established in 2006 when Philips spun out its semiconductor division, and it concentrates on embedded processing rather than general purpose computing. Its largest market is automotive, where it supplies radar sensors, vehicle networking, battery management and the secure processors behind keyless entry and digital car keys, alongside industrial and internet of things microcontrollers, mobile secure elements and communications infrastructure silicon. Headquartered in Eindhoven and listed on Nasdaq, it is one of the leading suppliers of near field communication and automotive processing chips in the world.
Bill Betz · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Rafael Sotomayor · President and Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Kurt Sievers · Former President and Chief Executive Officer
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Open 162 daysVerified live · 1 day ago Visa sponsor 5 months ago Long shot · 11%

Software Architect

≈ $181k – $338k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • In office (Austin, San Jose, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Architect
Verilog
SystemVerilog
VHDL
Chips/EDA
UVM
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TENEX.AI

tenex.ai
tenex.ai • HQ: Sarasota, United States • Cybersecurity AI • Managed Security • Incident Response • 51-200 employees • Est. 2024 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 40, 3 new
HQ: Sarasota, United States • Cybersecurity AI • Managed Security • Incident Response • 51-200 employees • Est. 2024 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 40, 3 new
TENEX.AI is a cybersecurity company headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, providing an AI-native managed detection and response service and agentic security operations platform, in which software agents triage alerts under the oversight of human analysts. Its founding engineers built Google Chronicle, now Google SecOps, and the company has raised a $250 million Series B from Crosspoint Capital Partners, Shield Capital, DTCP and Andreessen Horowitz. Openings span AI, software and data engineers, data scientists, threat intelligence and senior cybersecurity analysts for its SOC, forward deployed engineers, sales engineers, enterprise sales and customer success staff.
Joanna Gornikowski · Executive Officer · decision-maker
James Rabinowitz · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
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Software Engineer II

≈ $142k – $279k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • Hybrid (San Jose, Sarasota, Kansas City, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Go
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
SFT
Prompt Engineering
RAG
Frontend
Vue.js
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
GCP
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
CI/CD
Cybersecurity
Google SecOps
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Software Engineer Intern

Intern • In office (San Jose, United States) • Relocation • Internship • Intern
Go
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
Frontend
Vue.js
Next.js
React.js
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Senior Software Engineer

$120k – $170k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Hybrid (San Jose, Sarasota, Kansas City, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Go
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
SFT
Prompt Engineering
RAG
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
GCP
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
CI/CD
Cybersecurity
Google SecOps
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Cover AI

coverai.ai
coverai.ai • HQ: San Jose, United States • Supply Chain & Logistics Software • Logistics • 51-200 employees • Likely startup • Trust B • Hiring 5
HQ: San Jose, United States • Supply Chain & Logistics Software • Logistics • 51-200 employees • Likely startup • Trust B • Hiring 5
We are a Team of Technologists and Logistics Veterans Our Story We've lived the pressure of load boards and endless rate calls. We've seen firsthand how fragmented systems and manual processes hold freight operations back.
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Open 200 daysTop 25% pay 6 months ago Long shot · 5%

Software Engineer

$150k – $350k per year • In office (Pasadena, San Jose, United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Nationals only
C++
Python
Python
PyQt
Tkinter
C++
Qt
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FlexAI

flex.ai
flex.ai • HQ: Paris, France • AI Compute & Inference • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 7
HQ: Paris, France • AI Compute & Inference • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 7
FlexAI is an artificial intelligence infrastructure company headquartered in Paris, France, and founded in 2023 by former Apple, Intel, and NVIDIA engineers. The company offers workload as a service, abstracting away the specific accelerator so training and inference jobs can run across mixed GPU and alternative silicon without rewriting code. It targets European AI teams that want compute portability and sovereignty rather than lock-in to a single cloud or chip vendor.
Brijesh Tripathi · Président de SAS · decision-maker
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Open 206 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 6 months ago Long shot · 4%

Software Engineer, New Grad

≈ $97k – $199k per year (Estimated) • Junior • In office (San Jose, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
JavaScript
Python
AI/ML
OpenAI Codex
Claude
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Persimmons

persimmons.ai
persimmons.ai • HQ: San Jose, United States • Custom Software Development • AI Agents • Likely startup • Trust B • Hiring 7
HQ: San Jose, United States • Custom Software Development • AI Agents • Likely startup • Trust B • Hiring 7
Meet the team behind Persimmons — the founders, leadership, and advisors building the next generation of AI inference architecture.
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Compiler Engineer (Mid and/or Backend)

≈ $134k – $288k per year (Estimated) • In office (San Jose, United States) • Full-Time
C++
Python
C++
LLVM
AI/ML
Triton
MLIR
PyTorch
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PM2CM

pm2cm.com
pm2cm.com • HQ: Pomona, United States • Construction • Trust D • Hiring 117
HQ: Pomona, United States • Construction • Trust D • Hiring 117
PM2CM is a professional services firm based in Pomona in Los Angeles County, California, that provides program, project and construction management, scheduling, cost control, estimating, document control and claims avoidance services during design and construction. Its name stands for Project Management to Construction Management, its core expertise is project controls including earned value, risk analysis and change management, and it is led by president Ashok Sen. It hires project and construction managers, cost engineers, project controls estimators, schedulers, contract administrators, project accountants and project management support staff, many on hybrid schedules.
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Senior Web Application Developer

≈ $132k – $246k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (San Jose, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
SQL
Python
Java
Python
Django
Java
Hibernate
Databases
Oracle
PostgreSQL
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Management
Scrum
Agile
Defense
EVMS
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BILL

bill.com
bill.com • HQ: San Jose, United States • Financial AI • Billing & Subscription Management • Payment Processing & Gateways • Accounting & Tax Software • Procurement & Spend Management • 201-500 employees • Est. 2006 • Trust A • Hiring 42, 5 new
HQ: San Jose, United States • Financial AI • Billing & Subscription Management • Payment Processing & Gateways • Accounting & Tax Software • Procurement & Spend Management • 201-500 employees • Est. 2006 • Trust A • Hiring 42, 5 new
BILL is a financial operations software company that automates accounts payable, accounts receivable, spend and expense management for small and mid-sized businesses. Its cloud platform, which includes AI agents for invoice processing and the Divvy-based spend and expense cards, connects to accounting systems and is also distributed through accounting firms and banks. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and runs a second large office in Draper, Utah. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California, United States.
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Software Engineer II - Payments Platform

$130k – $156k per year • Equity • Middle • 3+ years exp • San Jose • Remote (United States) • Middle
Java
SQL
Java
Spring Boot
DevOps
Rest API
CI/CD
AWS
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Tag-N-Trac

tagntrac.ai
tagntrac.ai • Hyderabad • San Jose • Supply Chain & Logistics Software • IoT Platforms & Solutions • 11-50 employees • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 3
Hyderabad • San Jose • Supply Chain & Logistics Software • IoT Platforms & Solutions • 11-50 employees • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 3
Transform your supply chain with Tag-N-Trac's AI-powered IoT platform. Real-time tracking from SKU to container with 25+ devices. Trusted by Fortune 500.
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Open 567 daysVerified live · 4 hours ago 1 year ago Long shot · 6%

Sr. Software Engineer (Platform Backend)

≈ $139k – $258k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 7+ years exp • In office (San Jose, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Go
Java
Python
Ruby
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
Google BigQuery
Amazon Redshift
AI/ML
Time Series
Vertex AI
AWS Bedrock
DevOps
AWS Lambda
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
AWS
Management
Agile
+8
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Backend Developer Salary in San Jose
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