Last updated 2026-06-20
221 Backend Engineering jobs in San Francisco ()
Browse 221 Backend Engineering jobs across San Francisco, including Senior Backend Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer, Backend, Backend Engineer, and Software Engineer roles. Listings are updated hourly and include salary data where available.
Backend Engineering jobs in San Francisco
Professionals specializing in developing and maintaining the server-side logic and infrastructure of software applications.
Browse Backend Engineering jobs in San Francisco from companies including OpenAI, Simera, Crusoe, Anthropic, Verkada, Lila Sciences, and Google.
- Common titles include Senior Backend Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer, Backend, Backend Engineer, and Software Engineer.
- Roles span entry, mid, senior, and intern levels.
- Recent postings include software engineer, backend engineer, member of, backend software, and platform engineer roles.
- Most listed roles are in San Francisco (201), with openings also in San Mateo (18), Walnut Creek (1), and Foster City (1).
- Reported pay for Backend Engineering jobs near San Francisco ranges around $158,400-$300,000 annually (P25-P75 across 141 postings that disclosed pay).
- Hourly Backend Engineering roles near San Francisco pay a median rate of $250/hr based on 5 postings.
- Explore Backend Engineering salaries in California in Salary Explorer.
Backend Engineering jobs in San Francisco
Professionals specializing in developing and maintaining the server-side logic and infrastructure of software applications.
Browse Backend Engineering jobs in San Francisco from companies including OpenAI, Simera, Crusoe, Anthropic, Verkada, Lila Sciences, and Google.
- Common titles include Senior Backend Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer, Backend, Backend Engineer, and Software Engineer.
- Roles span entry, mid, senior, and intern levels.
- Recent postings include software engineer, backend engineer, member of, backend software, and platform engineer roles.
- Most listed roles are in San Francisco (201), with openings also in San Mateo (18), Walnut Creek (1), and Foster City (1).
- Reported pay for Backend Engineering jobs near San Francisco ranges around $158,400-$300,000 annually (P25-P75 across 141 postings that disclosed pay).
- Hourly Backend Engineering roles near San Francisco pay a median rate of $250/hr based on 5 postings.
- Explore Backend Engineering salaries in California in Salary Explorer.
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San Francisco
entry
Responsibilities Work on large-scale architectural and reliability initiatives under authorization in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Experience designing or implementing Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems on cloud platforms.
San Francisco
mid
Full Time
We're hiring a Platform Engineer, APIs & Observability to own both: the public API the ecosystem builds on, and the…
What we're looking for 4+ years building backend services and public APIs in production.
San Mateo
senior
$243.3k/yr
We are forming a new Kubernetes networking team for a high performance computer that we are building for machine learning…
You will: Bootstrap the Kubernetes networking domain within Roblox Contribute to the technical strategy and the execution to build large…
Software Engineer, Backend
Jun 18
San Francisco
mid
Full Time
$140k-200k/yr
Your Profile 5+ years of experience building production backend systems (fintech experience a plus) You've built services that handle real…
Work across a wide cross-functional surface : product, design, infrastructure, compliance, solutions engineering, and brand partners.
Senior Backend Engineer
Jun 17
San Francisco
senior
Senior Backend Engineer Primary: Bay Area (San Francisco / Peninsula) | Secondary: NYC The Opportunity We're doing an AI-first engineering…
What You'll Do Design and implement scalable, secure, maintainable backend services and APIs.
Back End Developer BR 9
Jun 17
San Francisco
mid
Full Time
Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain back-end services, APIs, and databases Build scalable systems that handle high volumes of re…
You will be responsible for ensuring high performance, scalability, and security of back-end services while integrating with front-end and…
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Back End Developer BR 6Jun 17
San Francisco
mid
Full Time
Experience contributing to developer-facing open source through docs, tutorials, examples, cookbooks, demos, or community support.
Strong engineering judgment, product taste, and ability to turn raw technical material into useful developer education.
San Francisco
senior
Full Time
About the role: Anyscale is looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join the Infrastructure team.
Handle container image management and dependency resolution for distributed workloads Participate in code reviews, design and architecture…
San Francisco
senior
Your Background: Experience in Elixir or strong background in other backend or functional programming languages Familiarity with gRPC/Proto…
In this role, you will: Design and implement high-performance backend services in Elixir Architect and evolve microservices and distributed…
Senior Backend Engineer
Jun 15
San Francisco
senior
Full Time
What We're Looking For 6+ years of relevant industry experience building and operating high-throughput backend systems and services.
Advocate for a high bar on backend and engineering quality: reliable, efficient, well-documented, testable, and maintainable.
San Francisco
senior
Full Time
$200k-240k/yr
A track record of building and shipping in fast, ambiguous environments—ideally at an early-stage vertical AI, AI-agent, FDE-style (Palanti…
Hands-on experience with the modern agent stack: prompt engineering at production scale, evaluation frameworks (e.g., Langfuse, Braintrust,…
San Francisco
mid
Full Time
$220k-405k/yr
Strong system design skills, with a track record of building efficient, reliable, and scalable architectures, ideally including API integra…
Qualifications Experience designing and building backend systems that run in production (typically 4+ years for mid-level, more for senior…
San Francisco
mid
Full Time
$148.5k-223.9k/yr
This role requires a strong backend developer who will play a pivotal role in maintaining our core execution engines, handling…
Required Skills: 5 + years of industry experience In software engineering, with a proven track record as a core backend…
Software Engineering Intern
Jun 13
San Francisco
intern
What You'll Do Ship product features end to end on our live customer platform alongside senior engineers Build and test…
The Role We're looking for Software Engineering Interns to join our San Francisco team and build real features on our…
San Francisco
senior
Role Overview We are looking for a Software Engineer or Senior Software Engineer (Backend) to join our core engineering team…
Work at the core of a revenue-critical system — our bidding engine is not a side project; it is the…
San Francisco
mid
$405k/yr
We're looking for a Staff Engineer to be a technical lead for Inference Runtime: the team that owns the shared,…
You'll pair with the team's Engineering Manager, who owns hiring and people development, while you own the technical roadmap and…
San Francisco
senior
Full Time
$121.5k-145.5k/yr
Software Engineer (AI & Backend) Company: WEXWEXUS This is a remote position; however, the candidate must reside within 30 miles…
How you’ll make an impact: Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and high-performance object oriented code in our backend service…
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Staff, Software EngineerJun 5
AI Platform Engineer
Jun 12
San Mateo
mid
Full Time
$170k-205k/yr
Experience with ML/AI platforms, agents, or orchestration frameworks. #.
Role Summary: Notable builds AI-driven automation for healthcare.
San Francisco
mid
$194k/yr
We are looking for a Backend Software Engineer to join our fast-growing team with a focus on scalability, reliability, and…
The Staff Software Engineer Opportunity We're looking for a Staff Backend Software Engineer who wants to work on hard problems:…
San Francisco
senior
$190k-250k/yr
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to act as the technical anchor for a small, focused team working…
Qualities that will help you thrive in this role are: 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong…
Lead Backend Engineer
Jun 11
San Francisco
senior
$172.5k/yr
Lead backend development and support of services across backend (Java/Spring Cloud) and integration platforms (Mulesoft and others) Utilize…
To be successful in this role, you'll need: Experience: 10+ years as a Backend Engineer Backend Engineering: Strong proficiency in…
San Francisco
mid
$162k-260k/yr
We are looking for a Software Engineer to partner with our Mapping team to deliver stable, fast, scalable solutions for…
In this role you will: Design, develop, and maintain the scalable backend infrastructure and data processing pipeline for storing and…
San Francisco
mid
Full Time
$251k-310k/yr
Experience developing backend systems for video/image rendering, WebRTC, or developer tools.
Experience leading technical designs and mentoring engineers on complex, multi-quarter projects.
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Software Engineer, Pin InfraMay 13
San Francisco
mid
Full Time
Weak fit: backend engineer who’s only built systems where users don’t wait in real time (overnight jobs, reports, dashboards).
Tech stack you’ll work in: Languages: TypeScript on Node.js (primary).
San Mateo
mid
Full Time
$200k/yr
About the Role From a technical perspective, the embedded software stack runs on an x86-based platform, necessitating work on: UEFI,…
What You Bring BS/MS in Computer Science (or similar degree) 5+ years of experience of software development for Linux in…
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