Backend Developer Salary in United States

Backend Developer jobs in United States hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $237,290/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Cohu

cohu.com
Cohu offers the broadest portfolio of test and inspection equipment and services for back-end semiconductor manufacturing, including a one-stop-shop for semiconductor test and handling equipment, thermal subsystems, test contacting, vision inspection and MEMS test solutions.
cohu.com • San Diego • Saint Paul • Austin • Test & Measurement • Manufacturing • Semiconductor Manufacturing • Est. 1947
San Diego • Saint Paul • Austin • Test & Measurement • Manufacturing • Semiconductor Manufacturing • Est. 1947
Open 95 daysVerified live · 6 hours ago 4 months ago

Senior Software Engineer

$113k – $170k per year • Equity • Senior • 10+ years expIn office (San Diego, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C#
C++
Python
C++
Qt
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Jenkins
Management
Jira
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Open 155 daysVerified live · 6 hours ago 6 months ago

Sr. Vision Software Engineer

$125k – $140k per year • Equity • Senior • In office (San Diego, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C#
C++
Python
C#
.NET
C++
TensorFlow C++
AI/ML
Computer Vision
OpenCV
TensorFlow
DevOps
Git
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Convex

convex.com
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Convex is a sales intelligence software company designed specifically for commercial service businesses. The company provides a data-driven platform that combines property-level records, decision-maker contacts, and actionable insights to help sales teams identify and acquire new clients. By streamlining prospecting and territory management, it enables revenue teams across industries like facility services and building maintenance to accelerate their growth.
convex.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Professional Services • Commerce • Software
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Professional Services • Commerce • Software
Open 95 days 4 months ago

Software Engineer, AI

$148k – $303k per year (Estimated)In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
TypeScript
AI/ML
AI Agents
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Open 95 days 4 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Infra/Systems

$172k – $310k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Rust
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Open 256 days 9 months ago

Software Engineer, Product

$144k – $293k per year (Estimated)In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
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Reducto

reducto.com
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reducto.com • San Francisco • New York • Document Management • Data & Analytics • Artificial Intelligence
San Francisco • New York • Document Management • Data & Analytics • Artificial Intelligence
Open 95 daysTop 25% pay 4 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist

$200k – $300k per year • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
AI/ML
AI Agents
OCR
DevOps
Kubernetes
IAM
Helm
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Open 246 daysTop 25% pay 9 months ago

Lead Software Engineer, Platform

$200k – $325k per year • Lead • 5+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Python
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
LLM
AI Agents
OpenAI Codex
DevOps
Kubernetes
Terraform
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Open 279 daysTop 25% pay 10 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer

$200k – $300k per year • Middle • 3+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Middle
Python
AI/ML
Streamlit
AI Agents
LLM Evaluation
OCR
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Ditto

dittowords.com
Ditto is your team's content system to generate, integrate, and ship the best product copy, everywhere. Structured context behind every word — so that it’s accurate, consistent, and on-brand by default.
dittowords.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Design & Creative • Software • Content Creation
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Design & Creative • Software • Content Creation
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 4 months ago

Software Engineer, Public Sector Application

$156k – $227k per year • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Atlanta, United States) • Full-Time • Junior
Java
Kotlin
Go
Python
Rust
Databases
SQLite
Mobile
Android SDK
Offline-First
Realm
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 4 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Cloud

$185k – $305k per year • Senior • 6+ years expIn office (Atlanta, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Rust
Mobile
Offline-First
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Kubernetes
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 6 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Rust

$185k – $227k per year • Senior • 3+ years expIn office (Atlanta, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
C#
JavaScript
Kotlin
Rust
Swift
Mobile
Offline-First
DevOps
Datadog
OpenTelemetry
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Babelstreet

babelstreet.com
Uncover hidden risks with Babel Street's agentic risk intelligence platform. Resolve identities, secure supply chains, and act with mission-grade clarity.
babelstreet.com • HQ: Reston, United States • Law Enforcement • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2009
HQ: Reston, United States • Law Enforcement • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2009
Open 95 daysVerified live · 5 hours ago 4 months ago

Sr. Software Engineer - Analytics

$135k – $243k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years expIn office (Somerville, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior • Polish
Java
Databases
ElasticSearch
AI/ML
NLP
DevOps
Kubernetes
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Open 103 daysVerified live · 5 hours ago 4 months ago

Software Engineer III

$107k – $194k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 5+ years expReston • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
JavaScript
Python
SQL
Python
Scrapy
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Frontend
Babel
DevOps
Akamai
Cloudflare
QA
Playwright
Selenium
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Rox

rox.com
Rox builds artificial intelligence agent swarms that work alongside enterprise sales representatives on research and account planning. Founded in 2024 in San Francisco by former Databricks and Google engineers, it organises agents around accounts rather than around inboxes. The product sits on top of existing customer relationship management systems.
rox.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Human Resources • Autonomous Driving • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Human Resources • Autonomous Driving • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024
Open 95 days 4 months ago

Founding Applied Research Engineer

$143k – $293k per year (Estimated)In office (San Francisco, United States) • Relocation • PhD • Full-Time
Cursor
Hallucination
Knowledge Graph
OpenAI
Post-training
RAG
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Open 339 days 12 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

$115k – $228k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 1+ year expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Relocation • Full-Time • Junior
SQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
DevOps
AWS
New Relic
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CallRail

callrail.com
CallRail provides call tracking and conversation analytics for marketing teams. It assigns trackable numbers to campaigns and transcribes calls to score lead quality. Agencies and small businesses use it to attribute phone conversions to specific channels.
callrail.com • HQ: Atlanta, United States • Est. 2011
HQ: Atlanta, United States • Est. 2011
Open 95 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 4 months ago

Senior Software Engineer

$31k – $88k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (Atlanta, United States) • Senior
Ruby
JavaScript
TypeScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
RSpec
Sidekiq
Databases
Redis
AI/ML
Claude
AI Agents
Frontend
Angular
DevOps
AWS
Amazon EKS
Kubernetes
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Dispel

dispel.io
Dispel is the world's leading provider of Moving Target Defense networks; designed, built, and maintained in the United States. Founded in 2015, the cybersecurity company has offices in Austin, New York, Virginia, and Tokyo. The company's mission ...
dispel.io • IoT Security • Cybersecurity • Network Security • Est. 2015
IoT Security • Cybersecurity • Network Security • Est. 2015
Open 96 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 4 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer

$150k – $169k per year • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Python
TypeScript
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Copilot
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GitHub
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Vectoratomic

vectoratomic.com
Vector Atomic products will transform industries from transportation to telecom. By harnessing the extreme stability of atoms, our clocks and sensors deliver performance for tomorrow.
vectoratomic.com • HQ: Pleasanton, United States • Quantum Science & Computing • Hardware • Sensors • 51-200 employees • Est. 2018
HQ: Pleasanton, United States • Quantum Science & Computing • Hardware • Sensors • 51-200 employees • Est. 2018
Open 96 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 4 months ago

Senior Rust Software Engineer

$142k – $186k per year • Equity • Senior • 6+ years expIn office (Pleasanton, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Rust
C++
Python
Quantum
IonQ
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Open 140 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 5 months ago

Staff Engineer - Mechanical

$142k – $177k per year • Staff+ • 8+ years expIn office (Pleasanton, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
SolidWorks
Quantum
IonQ
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Open 144 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 5 months ago

Manufacturing Engineer

$110k – $135k per year • Middle • 3+ years expIn office (Pleasanton, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
MATLAB
Python
Quantum
IonQ
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Macroscope

macroscope.com
Merge PRs faster and fix bugs before they reach production. Macroscope provides AI-powered code review, automated PR descriptions, and real-time status updates for modern development teams.
macroscope.com • San Francisco • Artificial Intelligence
San Francisco • Artificial Intelligence
Open 96 daysTop 25% pay 4 months ago

Full Stack Engineer

$190k – $300k per year • Middle • 4+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Middle
Go
JavaScript
TypeScript
Python
Rust
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
GCP
Terraform
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Kodex Technologies

kodextech.com
Kodex Technologies is an international IT services, custom software development, and digital transformation agency headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan. Founded as a performance-oriented digital software firm, the enterprise operates on a B2B project-based development, fixed-price contract, hourly IT consulting, and dedicated team/staff augmentation commercial model.
kodextech.com • HQ: Lahore, Pakistan • Design & Creative • Sales & Marketing • Software
HQ: Lahore, Pakistan • Design & Creative • Sales & Marketing • Software
Open 96 daysTop 25% pay 4 months ago

Software Engineer — Integrations

$150k – $180k per year • Middle • 4+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Middle
Go
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Node JS
Prisma
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
Material UI
DevOps
AWS
Management
Slack
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2K Games

2k.com
2K (2K Games, Inc.) is a major American video game publisher, developer, and interactive entertainment corporation headquartered in Novato, California. Founded in 2005 by Christoph Hartmann and Christophe Ramboz following Take-Two Interactive’s acquisition of Visual Concepts, 2K operates as a wholly-owned publishing label under parent company Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO).
2k.com • HQ: Novato, United States • Gaming • Information Technology • Data & Analytics • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2005
HQ: Novato, United States • Gaming • Information Technology • Data & Analytics • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2005
Open 96 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 4 months ago

Senior Engineer, Server – NBA 2K

$131k – $174k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
SQL
Databases
MS SQL
MySQL
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Gecko Robotics

geckorobotics.com
We are an organization that believes in the safety and wellbeing of everyone; dangerous jobs don't have to exist. We believe in the value of each life so much that we built a company dedicated to safety through robotics. Each year, tens of billio...
geckorobotics.com • HQ: Pittsburgh, United States • Industrial IoT (IIoT) • Robotics • Industrial Robotics
HQ: Pittsburgh, United States • Industrial IoT (IIoT) • Robotics • Industrial Robotics
Open 96 daysTop 25% pay 4 months ago

Software Engineer | Data Platform

$200k – $250k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (New York, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
SQL
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
AI/ML
AI Agents
Time Series Forecasting
Knowledge Graph
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
DevOps
GCP
Terraform
Vector
AWS
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Open 214 daysTop 25% pay 8 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer

$140k – $245k per year • Middle • 3+ years expIn office (New York, Washington, Houston, Boston, Pittsburgh, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
C++
JavaScript
Python
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
GCP
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Carrot Fertility

carrotfertility.com
Carrot Fertility is the leading global fertility healthcare company for employers and health plans. Get a quick demo and briefing about how modern companies are using Carrot to drive down healthcare costs, attract and retain top talent, and build cultures of inclusion. We're standing by to help you achieve your HR and People team goals.
carrotfertility.com • Des Moines • Digital Health • Health Care • Women’s Health
Des Moines • Digital Health • Health Care • Women’s Health
Open 96 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 4 months ago

Senior Software Engineer

$140k – $160k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Internship • Senior
C#
SQL
TypeScript
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
AI Agents
DevOps
AWS
Azure
Management
Slack
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Fieldguide

fieldguide.io
Fieldguide is an AI-powered automation platform designed specifically for risk, compliance, and audit advisory firms. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides cloud software that streamlines engagement workflows for cybersecurity and compliance frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIST. By automating data collection, testing, and report drafting, Fieldguide enables accounting and risk advisory professionals to deliver higher-quality audit services in less time.
fieldguide.io • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Financial Services • Audit • Est. 2020
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Financial Services • Audit • Est. 2020
Open 97 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 4 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Audit (Full Stack)

$210k – $250k per year • Staff+ • San Francisco • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
JavaScript
Node JS
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
AI Agents
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
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Open 97 daysTop 25% pay 4 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Audit (Full Stack)

$190k – $215k per year • Senior • San Francisco • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
Node JS
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
AI Agents
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
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Open 103 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 4 months ago

Senior or Staff Software Engineer, Advisory

$160k – $250k per year • Staff+ • San Francisco • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
JavaScript
Node JS
Python
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP
SOC 2
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Lower

lower.com
Lower A modern homeownership platform Lower is built to help everyone achieve financial freedom. We do that by combining a seamless online experience and human expertise.
lower.com • Phoenix • Columbus • Austin • FinTech • Financial Services • Lending
Phoenix • Columbus • Austin • FinTech • Financial Services • Lending
Open 98 daysVerified live · 7 hours ago 4 months ago

Staff Software Engineer

$156k – $292k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 8+ years expIn office (Columbus, Austin, United States) • Visa sponsorship • PhD • Full-Time • Staff
JavaScript
Node JS
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Cursor
OpenAI Codex
Copilot
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
GitHub
Cybersecurity
Threat Modeling
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Inworld AI

inworld.ai
Inworld AI is a company founded in 2021 that builds a runtime for artificial intelligence characters and agents in games and interactive media. Its engine handles dialogue, memory, emotion and safety so studios can drop believable non-player characters into a title without building model infrastructure. The company works with game developers and consumer platforms and has partnered with Microsoft and Nvidia.
inworld.ai • HQ: Mountain View, United States • Speech & Audio AI • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2021
HQ: Mountain View, United States • Speech & Audio AI • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2021
Open 101 dayTop 25% pay 4 months ago

Founding AI Solutions Engineer- USA

$170k – $250k per year • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Mountain View, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
AI/ML
LLM
Quantization
Text-to-Speech
DevOps
WebRTC
WebSockets
Management
n8n
Zapier
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Open 490 daysTop 25% pay 1 year ago

Staff / Principal Software Engineer - USA

$280k – $350k per year • Lead • In office (Mountain View, United States) • Relocation • Full-Time • Principal
C++
Go
Python
Rust
Databases
ClickHouse
InfluxDB
Memcached
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
Flink
LLM
RAG
Text-to-Speech
DevOps
OpenTelemetry
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Code Metal

codemetal.com
Code Metal is an artificial intelligence company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and founded in 2024. The company builds tooling that translates and optimises software for edge and embedded hardware, automating the porting work needed when code must run on a different processor architecture. It targets defence, aerospace, and industrial customers maintaining large legacy codebases tied to specific chips.
codemetal.com • HQ: Boston, United States • Edge AI • Embedded Software • Software • Hardware • Embedded Systems • Artificial Intelligence • Code Intelligence • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024
HQ: Boston, United States • Edge AI • Embedded Software • Software • Hardware • Embedded Systems • Artificial Intelligence • Code Intelligence • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024
Open 101 dayVerified live · 1 day ago 4 months ago

Senior Software Engineer (Compiler & AI Tooling)

$135k – $243k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 7+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Boston, United States) • Relocation • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
C++
LLVM
PyTorch C++
AI/ML
LangChain
LLM
PyTorch
AI Agents
Function Calling
Hugging Face
Structured Outputs
DevOps
CI/CD
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Open 101 dayVerified live · 1 day ago 4 months ago

Python Engineer (Modeling & Simulation)

$121k – $246k per year (Estimated)Remote/Hybrid (Boston, United States) • Relocation • Full-Time
Python
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
CI/CD
Docker
gRPC
AWS
Azure
GCP
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Open 101 dayVerified live · 1 day ago 4 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer

$119k – $243k per year (Estimated)Remote/Hybrid (Boston, United States) • Relocation • Full-Time
C++
MATLAB
Python
Rust
Verilog
VHDL
AI/ML
Computer Vision
CUDA Toolkit
CUDA
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Litmus

litmus.com
We're a tight-knit team that's passionate about helping the world send better email. While many of us work from offices in Boston, San Mateo or London, nearly 50% of our team works remotely from wherever they happen to be. No matter where you wa...
litmus.com • Toronto • Santa Clara • Pune • Email Services & Providers • Sales & Marketing • Email Marketing • Est. 2005
Toronto • Santa Clara • Pune • Email Services & Providers • Sales & Marketing • Email Marketing • Est. 2005
Open 101 dayVerified live · 2 hours ago 4 months ago

Senior Software Engineer - Industrial (Golang)

$142k – $256k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Santa Clara, United States, Toronto, Canada) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Go
C++
IoT
OPC UA
MQTT
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Ambient

ambient.ai
Ambient.ai is transforming physical security with computer vision intelligence, empowering security teams with automated threat detection and visual verification.
ambient.ai • New York • Redwood City • Boston • Los Angeles • Bengaluru • Data Science • Computer Vision • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2017
New York • Redwood City • Boston • Los Angeles • Bengaluru • Data Science • Computer Vision • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2017
Open 101 dayTop 25% pay 4 months ago

Software Engineer - Backend (Product)

$168k – $205k per year • Equity • Senior • 6+ years expIn office (Redwood City, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
SQL
JavaScript
TypeScript
Python
Django
FastAPI
Flask
AI/ML
AI Agents
Time Series Forecasting
Computer Vision
LLM
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
Vue.js
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
gRPC
WebSockets
Cybersecurity
SentinelOne
Management
ServiceNow
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Open 283 daysTop 25% pay 10 months ago

Sr. Software Engineer, Full-stack

$125k – $210k per year • Equity • Senior • 4+ years expIn office (Redwood City, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Django
Databases
ActiveMQ
Apache Kafka
MySQL
PostgreSQL
RabbitMQ
Redis
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
GCP
Cybersecurity
SentinelOne
Management
ServiceNow
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Backend Developer Salary in United States
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What salary do Backend Developer jobs in United States pay?
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