Backend Developer Salary in South San Francisco

Backend Developer jobs in South San Francisco hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $196,504/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Westmag

westmag.com
westmag.com · HQ: South San Francisco, United States · Motors, Drives & Motion Control · Drones & UAVs · 51-200 employees · Startup · Hiring 10, 4 new
HQ: South San Francisco, United States · Motors, Drives & Motion Control · Drones & UAVs · 51-200 employees · Startup · Hiring 10, 4 new
Westmag designs and manufactures BLDC motors and actuators, built in America for the next generation of autonomous machines.
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Software Engineer - Intern (Jan 2027)

Intern · In office (South San Francisco, United States) · Internship · Intern
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
SQL
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Amazon ECS
VPN
GitHub Actions
DNS
IAM
Terraform
Git
Docker
Linux
CI/CD
AWS
IoT
MQTT
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Stripe

stripe.com
stripe.com · HQ: South San Francisco, United States · Payment Processing & Gateways · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2010 · Trust B · Hiring 698, 51 new
HQ: South San Francisco, United States · Payment Processing & Gateways · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2010 · Trust B · Hiring 698, 51 new
Stripe is a financial infrastructure company founded in 2010 by the Irish brothers Patrick and John Collison, dual-headquartered in South San Francisco and Dublin. Its APIs let businesses accept payments, run marketplaces, issue cards, manage subscriptions and handle tax and compliance without building banking integrations themselves, and it processes well over a trillion dollars of volume a year for customers ranging from startups to the largest technology companies. Beyond payments the company has expanded into treasury and issuing, revenue and finance automation, stablecoin infrastructure through its Bridge acquisition, and fraud prevention powered by its own machine learning models.
John Collison · Co-Founder & President · decision-maker
Patrick Collison · Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Robert McIntosh · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Carmel Galvin · Executive Officer · decision-maker
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Software Engineer, Fraud System Interventions

$221k – $286k per year · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (South San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Senior
Ruby
Java
SQL
Python
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Software Engineer

$157k – $235k per year · Junior · 2+ years exp · In office (South San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Junior
Ruby
Go
DevOps
Amazon EC2
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
AWS
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Software Engineer, Resource Automation

$157k – $235k per year · Junior · 2+ years exp · In office (South San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Junior
Go
DevOps
gRPC
Rest API
Docker
Linux
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
AWS
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Zipline

zipline.com
zipline.com · HQ: South San Francisco, United States · Robotics · Transportation & Logistics · Logistics · Delivery · Drones & UAVs · 51-200 employees · Startup · Hiring 338, 10 new
HQ: South San Francisco, United States · Robotics · Transportation & Logistics · Logistics · Delivery · Drones & UAVs · 51-200 employees · Startup · Hiring 338, 10 new
Headquartered in South San Francisco, California, Zipline is an automated logistics company that designs, manufactures, and operates an autonomous electric drone delivery system. The enterprise specializes in the rapid, on-demand transport of vital medical supplies, life-saving blood products, pharmaceuticals, and retail goods using specialized fixed-wing and tethered aircraft. Serving healthcare networks, businesses, and government institutions across North America, Africa, and Asia, it significantly accelerates supply chain logistics while reducing carbon emissions in last-mile delivery.
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Staff Software Engineer - Routing Engine

$220k – $260k per year · Equity · Staff+ · In office (Ann Arbor, South San Francisco, United States) · Staff
Rust
Go
Databases
Apache Kafka
AI/ML
Agentic Workflows
AI Agents
DevOps
Docker
Kubernetes
AWS
Robotics
Path Planning
Motion Planning
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Staff Software Engineer – Integrations Platform

$180k – $270k per year · Equity · Staff+ · 7+ years exp · In office (South San Francisco, United States) · Staff
Go
Python
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Senior Software Engineer, ASW Launch Ops

$150k – $230k per year · Equity · Senior · 5+ years exp · South San Francisco · Remote (United States) · Senior
Go
Python
JavaScript
Databases
Apache Kafka
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
gRPC
Honeycomb
SLI/SLO/SLA
Grafana
CI/CD
AWS
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Noetik

noetik.ai
noetik.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Machine Learning · Drug Discovery · 51-200 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Hiring 5
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Machine Learning · Drug Discovery · 51-200 employees · Est. 2021 · Startup · Hiring 5
Noetik builds self-supervised foundation models of tumour biology trained on spatial multi-omic data it generates in its own laboratory. Founded in 2021 in San Francisco, it uses the models to nominate immuno-oncology targets and predict patient response. The company combines wet lab data generation with large-scale machine learning.
Jacob Rinaldi · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Ronald Alfa · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Amy Schulman · Director
James Hardiman · Director
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Software Engineer, Lab Ops & Automation

≈ $146k – $315k per year (Estimated) · Equity · In office (San Francisco, South San Francisco, United States)
TypeScript
Python
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
DevOps
Vercel
AWS
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Neuralink

neuralink.com
neuralink.com · HQ: Fremont, United States · Medical & Healthcare Robotics · Neurotech & Neuromodulation · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2016 · Trust B · Hiring 75, 1 new
HQ: Fremont, United States · Medical & Healthcare Robotics · Neurotech & Neuromodulation · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2016 · Trust B · Hiring 75, 1 new
Neuralink is an American neurotechnology company founded in 2016 by Elon Musk and a team of scientists and engineers to build implantable brain-computer interfaces. Its N1 implant records neural activity through flexible electrode threads placed by a purpose-built surgical robot, allowing trial participants to control computers and devices directly with their thoughts. Headquartered in Fremont, California with a second campus in Austin, Texas, the company runs clinical studies aimed at restoring autonomy to people living with paralysis and is developing a vision prosthesis called Blindsight.
Max Hodak · Co-Founder · decision-maker
DJ Seo · Co-Founder & President · decision-maker
Elon Musk · Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Jared Birchall · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsor 1 month ago Hiring now · 89%

Software Engineer - Simulation

$151k – $281k per year · Equity · In office (Austin, South San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree
Rust
Python
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
Bazel
Robotics
Gazebo
Isaac Sim
MuJoCo
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsor 1 month ago Hiring now · 89%

Software Engineer - HIL

$151k – $281k per year · Equity · In office (Austin, South San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree
Rust
Python
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
Bazel
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsor 7 months ago Long shot · 20%

Software Engineer, Pathology and Digital Imaging

$135k – $216k per year · Equity · In office (Austin, South San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree
Ruby
TypeScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
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Andromeda Surgical

andromedasurgical.com
andromedasurgical.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Biomedical Engineering · Surgical Instruments & Devices · 51-200 employees · Startup · Hiring 5
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Biomedical Engineering · Surgical Instruments & Devices · 51-200 employees · Startup · Hiring 5
A smarter surgical platform. We're building the intelligence layer for surgery, starting with endourology.
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Senior Software engineer

$150k – $250k per year · Equity 0.1–0.5% · Senior · 3+ years exp · In office (South San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Senior
C++
Python
AI/ML
Machine Learning
DevOps
Linux
Robotics
ROS
ROS2
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AeroVect

aerovect.com
aerovect.com · HQ: South San Francisco, United States · Air Transport · Autonomous Driving · 201-500 employees · Est. 2020 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 40, 2 new
HQ: South San Francisco, United States · Air Transport · Autonomous Driving · 201-500 employees · Est. 2020 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 40, 2 new
AeroVect is an autonomous driving technology company founded in 2020 that develops the AeroVect Driver, a self-driving software and sensor kit that automates airport ground support equipment such as baggage tractors and cargo haulers. Its systems are deployed with airlines and ground handlers at passenger and cargo hubs, and it hires motion planning and localization engineers, operations safety leads and autonomous vehicle test drivers in Atlanta, Toronto and New York. The company is headquartered in South San Francisco, California, United States.
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Staff Software Engineer, Localization

≈ $180k – $306k per year (Estimated) · Staff+ · New York · London · Paris · Toronto · Atlanta · Remote (United States, France, United Kingdom, Canada, Poland) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Staff
C++
DevOps
Linux
Robotics
ROS
GTSAM
ROS2
Cartographer
SLAM
Sensor Fusion
LIO-SAM
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Senior Software Safety Engineer

$160k – $180k per year · Senior · 5+ years exp · South San Francisco · Stockholm · London · Berlin · New York · Remote (United States, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Canada) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Senior
C++
Python
DevOps
RTOS
Linux
Robotics
ROS
ROS2
Motion Planning
SpaceTech
DO-178C
DO-254
FMEA
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Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Cloud)

≈ $176k – $299k per year (Estimated) · Staff+ · 7+ years exp · New York · Paris · Berlin · London · Amsterdam · Remote (United States, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Canada) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Staff
Python
Databases
Apache Kafka
DevOps
gRPC
CircleCI
CloudFormation
Prometheus
GitHub Actions
Grafana
Jenkins
Terraform
Git
Docker
Kubernetes
CI/CD
AWS
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insitro

insitro.com
insitro.com · HQ: South San Francisco, United States · Bioinformatics · Drug Discovery · Drug Discovery AI · 51-200 employees · Est. 2018 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 14
HQ: South San Francisco, United States · Bioinformatics · Drug Discovery · Drug Discovery AI · 51-200 employees · Est. 2018 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 14
insitro applies machine learning to human genetic and cellular data for drug discovery. Its laboratory generates large datasets specifically designed to train predictive models. The company targets diseases where patient subgroups are poorly understood.
Mary Rozenman · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Duane Valz · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Daphne Koller · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Vijay Pande · Director
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Top 25% payVerified live · 3 hours ago Visa sponsor 1 month ago Hiring now · 74%

Full Stack Software Engineer, Lab Platform (LIMS)

$111k – $140k per year · Equity · Junior · 2+ years exp · Hybrid (South San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Junior
Go
TypeScript
Python
Python
SQLAlchemy
FastAPI
Django
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Agentic Workflows
Machine Learning
AI Agents
Multimodal AI
LLM
DevOps
GCP
AWS
Docker
Life Sciences
Benchling
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Senior/ Staff Software Engineer, Imaging

$191k – $233k per year · Equity · Staff+ · 6+ years exp · Hybrid (South San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Staff
Python
Python
Dask
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
Ray
PyTorch
Machine Learning
DevOps
Platform Engineering
Kubernetes
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lilly.com · HQ: Indianapolis, United States · Oncology Therapeutics · Cardiometabolic Therapeutics · Prescription Drugs · 5000+ employees · Est. 1876 · Trust B · Hiring 500, 100 new
HQ: Indianapolis, United States · Oncology Therapeutics · Cardiometabolic Therapeutics · Prescription Drugs · 5000+ employees · Est. 1876 · Trust B · Hiring 500, 100 new
Eli Lilly and Company, known as Lilly, is an American pharmaceutical company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, that discovers, develops and manufactures medicines for diabetes, obesity, cancer, immunology and neuroscience. Founded in 1876 by pharmacist Eli Lilly, it employs more than 50,000 people, sells its products in about 125 countries and runs manufacturing and research sites in places such as Limerick, Cork, Alcobendas, Concord and Kobe. Its openings span pharmaceutical sales territory managers, formulation operators, software engineers and AI architects, finance and marketing staff, and a large programme of interns and apprentices.
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Staff Software Engineer, TuneLab

$180k – $275k per year · Staff+ · 8+ years exp · In office (South San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Staff
Federated Learning
Cursor
Claude Code
LLM
Machine Learning
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Xaira Therapeutics

xaira.com
xaira.com · HQ: South San Francisco, United States · Drug Discovery · Drug Discovery AI · 51-200 employees · Est. 2023 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 29, 1 new
HQ: South San Francisco, United States · Drug Discovery · Drug Discovery AI · 51-200 employees · Est. 2023 · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 29, 1 new
Xaira Therapeutics uses generative models for protein design and drug discovery. It launched with one of the largest initial funding rounds in the sector. The company combines machine learning research with wet laboratory biology.
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Lab Software Engineer

$185k – $226k per year · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (South San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Senior
C#
SQL
Python
DevOps
AWS
Life Sciences
LIMS
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago Visa sponsor 4 months ago Long shot · 22%

Senior Software Engineer, X-Scientist

$205k – $275k per year · Senior · In office (South San Francisco, United States) · Senior
Python
AI/ML
Function Calling
Model Context Protocol
LLM
AI Agents
PubMed
Life Sciences
Single-Cell Sequencing
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Gritt

gritt.ai
gritt.ai · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Construction · Solar Energy · Robotics AI · Construction Robotics · 51-200 employees · Est. 2022 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 18, 1 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Construction · Solar Energy · Robotics AI · Construction Robotics · 51-200 employees · Est. 2022 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 18, 1 new
Gritt is an AI and robotics technology company headquartered in San Francisco and founded in 2022. The company develops an intelligent system that retrofits standard construction machinery with AI-powered robotic arms to automate labor-intensive tasks such as solar panel installation, rebar tying, and material transport. It operates primarily in the renewable energy and large-scale infrastructure sectors, partnering with major engineering and construction firms to accelerate project timelines and address labor shortages.
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Senior Full Stack Engineer

≈ $146k – $271k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 6+ years exp · In office (South San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Senior
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Rust
Go
AI/ML
Anomaly Detection
Human-in-the-Loop
LLM
AI Agents
Physical AI
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
GCP
Azure
AWS
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Field Software Engineer

≈ $103k – $211k per year (Estimated) · Junior · 2+ years exp · Hybrid (South San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Junior
C++
Python
Robotics
ROS2
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Color

color.com
color.com · HQ: South San Francisco, United States · Genomics & Genetic Testing · Care Coordination & Population Health · Telemedicine & Virtual Care · 51-200 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 12
HQ: South San Francisco, United States · Genomics & Genetic Testing · Care Coordination & Population Health · Telemedicine & Virtual Care · 51-200 employees · Startup · Trust B · Hiring 12
Color offers integrated virtual cancer care with early detection, personalized guidance, and ongoing support that improves outcomes and reduces costs.
Michael Herring · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Othman Laraki · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Hemant Taneja · Director
Susan Wagner · Director
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Software Engineer, New Grad 2026

$125k – $140k per year · Junior · In office (South San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Junior
SQL
Python
Python
Django
AI/ML
Copilot
LLM
DevOps
Rest API
AWS
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Natera

natera.com
natera.com · HQ: Austin, United States · Diagnostic Tests & IVD · Precision Medicine · Genomics & Genetic Testing · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2004 · NASDAQ: NTRA · Trust B · Hiring 162, 22 new
HQ: Austin, United States · Diagnostic Tests & IVD · Precision Medicine · Genomics & Genetic Testing · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2004 · NASDAQ: NTRA · Trust B · Hiring 162, 22 new
Natera is an American diagnostics company founded in 2004 that built its business on cell-free DNA testing, analysing fragments of DNA circulating in blood to answer questions that previously required an invasive procedure. Its products span prenatal screening, carrier testing, organ transplant rejection monitoring and oncology, where its Signatera test detects residual cancer DNA after treatment and can indicate recurrence months before imaging would. Headquartered in Austin and listed on Nasdaq, its economics depend heavily on payer reimbursement decisions, which have historically been the difference between a test being widely used or barely used at all.
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Principal Software Engineer

$220k – $275k per year · Equity · Lead · 10+ years exp · In office (South San Francisco, United States) · Full-Time · Principal
Java
Python
Python
Django
AI/ML
Dagster
Cursor
Model Context Protocol
Claude Code
Claude
DevOps
HPC
Terraform
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
AWS
Helm
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Life Sciences
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Veracyte

veracyte.com
veracyte.com · HQ: South San Francisco, United States · Genomics & Genetic Testing · Precision Medicine · Diagnostic Tests & IVD · 501-1000 employees · Est. 2008 · NASDAQ: VCYT · Trust B · Hiring 18
HQ: South San Francisco, United States · Genomics & Genetic Testing · Precision Medicine · Diagnostic Tests & IVD · 501-1000 employees · Est. 2008 · NASDAQ: VCYT · Trust B · Hiring 18
Veracyte is an American genomic diagnostics company that develops molecular tests to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Founded in 2006, it offers tests for thyroid, lung, prostate and other cancers and employs medical science liaisons, histology technicians and operations engineers. The company is headquartered in South San Francisco, California, United States.
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Senior Systems Engineer, IVD Software

$183k – $225k per year · Equity · Senior · 6+ years exp · Hybrid (South San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Senior
SQL
Bash
PowerShell
Python
DevOps
Amazon ECS
Windows
Docker
Linux
Kubernetes
Windows Server
Ubuntu
Configuration Management
Amazon EKS
Amazon EC2
Hyper-V
VMWare
IAM
CI/CD
AWS
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VantageScore

vantagescore.com
vantagescore.com · HQ: San Francisco, United States · Credit Bureaus & Rating Agencies · 201-500 employees · Trust B · Hiring 9
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Credit Bureaus & Rating Agencies · 201-500 employees · Trust B · Hiring 9
VantageScore is a credit scoring company that develops credit scoring models and related analytics. Its vacancies include software engineers, data scientists, site reliability engineers, an API product manager, a scrum master and AI engineers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
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Software Engineer

$145k – $155k per year · Middle · 3+ years exp · Hybrid (San Francisco, South San Francisco, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Middle
Python
Python
Flask
FastAPI
Django
Databases
DynamoDB
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
API Gateway
Amazon S3
Terraform
Rest API
Git
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Analytics
ETL/ELT
Management
Scrum
Agile
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Backend Developer Salary in South San Francisco
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