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114 backend engineering roles in San Francisco are open right now across 75 companies. OpenAI and Brex are hiring most. 5 were posted in the last 30 days.

Every posting here is mid-level or above, and 56% are senior or lead.

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OpenAI (7)·Brex (5)·Databricks (3)·DOSS (3)·Gamma (3) · 70 more
Levels
  • Senior64
  • Mid50
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Stated pay
114 of 114 · $158,000–$300,000 (112 in USD)
Market range
$208,350–$254,000 · median $228,750 (San Francisco, Senior, n=70) · All ranges
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5 in the last 30 days
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Oct 24, 2026

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this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $158,000–$300,000scale $90,000–$420,000

Software Engineer - Backend Happyrobot Inc. · San Francisco $180,000–$250,000 4d ago Senior Software Engineer - Backend Happyrobot Inc. · San Francisco $220,000–$250,000 4d ago Member of Technical Staff, Backend LlamaIndex · San Francisco $180,000–$250,000 8d ago

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Backend Software Engineer, Cooperative AI (Evals) OpenAI · San Francisco $266,000–$445,000 2w ago Senior Software Engineer — Backend (Files Team) Databricks · San Francisco $166,000–$225,000 3w ago Backend Software Engineer (Senior/Staff) Cardless · San Francisco $160,000–$295,000 4w ago Backend Software Engineer, Airports Lyft · San Francisco $128,000–$160,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering) Brex · San Francisco $192,000–$240,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering) Brex · New York $192,000–$240,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering) Brex · Seattle $192,000–$240,000 5w ago Software Engineer II, Backend Brex · New York $152,000–$190,000 5w ago Software Engineer II, Backend Brex · San Francisco $152,000–$190,000 5w ago Software Engineer - Backend Cogent Security · San Francisco $100,000–$300,000 5w ago Backend Software Engineer, ChatGPT ImageGen OpenAI · San Francisco $185,000–$305,000 6w ago Senior Backend Engineer Mintlify · San Francisco $190,000–$265,000 6w ago Backend Engineer, IoT Architecture & Migration Fellow · San Francisco $200,000–$230,000 7w ago Backend Engineer, IoT Platform Fellow · San Francisco $200,000–$230,000 7w ago Senior Backend Software Engineer - Core Backend, Cloud Customer Experience Crusoe · San Francisco $170,000–$205,000 7w ago Software Engineer, Distributed Systems Mixpanel · San Francisco $157,500–$213,000 7w ago Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform Patreon · San Francisco $257,500–$386,000 8w ago Senior Backend Software Engineer Regard · New York $175,000–$230,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer (Backend) CHAOS Industries · San Francisco $140,000–$240,000 2mo ago Backend Engineer Scribe · San Francisco $140,000–$165,000 2mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Backend Motive · San Francisco $200,000–$235,000 2mo ago Backend Engineer Mintlify · San Francisco $130,000–$200,000 2mo ago Backend Software Engineer (YC experience) Pragmatike · San Francisco $200,000–$400,000 2mo ago Product Engineer, Backend David AI · San Francisco $165,000–$225,000 2mo ago Backend Software Engineer - Codex for Finance OpenAI · San Francisco $347,000–$385,000 2mo ago Senior Backend Software Engineer, Solve Voice Zendesk · Austin $145,000–$217,000 2mo ago Staff Software Engineer - Backend Motive · San Francisco $140,000–$193,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Infrastructure Focus) Kira · San Francisco $180,000–$250,000 2mo ago Backend Software Engineer Outset · San Francisco $160,000–$300,000 2mo ago Member of Technical Staff, Backend Mercor · San Francisco $250,000–$500,000 3mo ago Backend Engineer Town.com, Inc. · New York $250,000–$300,000 3mo ago Senior Backend Software Engineer CHAOS Industries · San Francisco $140,000–$240,000 3mo ago Software Engineer, Distributed Systems - Trust & Safety Gamma · San Francisco $180,000–$310,000 3mo ago Software Engineer, Backend Mercor · San Francisco $200,000–$500,000 3mo ago Staff Backend Engineer, Identity Threat Protection Okta · San Francisco $194,000–$267,000 3mo ago Senior Backend Engineer Mochi Health · San Francisco $230,000–$280,000 3mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Monitoring Service (Distributed Systems) Crusoe · San Francisco $215,000–$260,000 3mo ago Backend Engineer - Mission Operations Services Loft Orbital Solutions · Golden $140,000–$190,000 3mo ago Staff Backend Engineer ATOMS Careers page · San Francisco $224,000–$284,000 4mo ago Staff Backend Engineer Atoms · San Francisco $224,000–$284,000 4mo ago Senior Backend Software Engineer Alpaca Health · New York $200,000–$250,000 4mo ago Backend Engineer Fable Security · San Francisco $160,000–$250,000 4mo ago Senior Software Engineer, Engine & Distributed Systems StackAI · San Francisco $202,000–$230,000 4mo ago Software Engineer, Backend (Mid/Senior) Imprint · New York $140,000–$200,000 4mo ago Senior Backend Engineer, Agentic AI Airwallex · San Francisco $150,000–$245,000 4mo ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend Tubi · San Francisco $186,400–$266,300 4mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Backend Sigma Computing · San Francisco $170,000–$240,000 4mo ago Staff Software Engineer - Backend Sigma Computing · San Francisco $240,000–$270,000 4mo ago Backend-Leaning Product Engineer Clera · San Francisco Up to $275,000 4mo ago Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Backend Platform) Perplexity · San Francisco $220,000–$405,000 4mo ago Software Engineer, Backend Gamma · San Francisco $180,000–$310,000 5mo ago Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Distributed Systems Hedra · San Francisco $175,000–$275,000 5mo ago Software Engineer, Distributed Systems - Infra Gamma · San Francisco $180,000–$310,000 5mo ago Distributed Systems Engineer Arcade · San Francisco From $230,000 5mo ago Software Engineer, Backend, Growth Ramp · New York $200,000–$310,000 5mo ago Backend Software Engineer, Applied Foundations OpenAI · San Francisco $266,000–$445,000 5mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Backend Harvey · San Francisco $231,000–$340,000 5mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Backend Imprint · New York $200,000–$240,000 5mo ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend Harvey · San Francisco $193,400–$290,000 5mo ago Software Engineer, Backend (All Levels) Zip · San Francisco $160,000–$280,000 6mo ago Backend QA Engineer Air Apps · San Francisco $80,000–$160,000 6mo ago Software Engineer, Backend Ivo Inc. · San Francisco $158,000–$235,000 6mo ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend Ivo Inc. · San Francisco $249,000–$405,000 6mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Backend Ivo Inc. · San Francisco $287,000–$485,000 6mo ago Software Engineer - Backend Koah · San Francisco $180,000–$250,000 7mo ago Staff Software Engineer (Backend) Tubi · San Francisco $227,200–$324,500 7mo ago Software Engineer, Backend (Staff+) Lightfield · San Francisco $180,000–$300,000 7mo ago Senior Full Stack Engineer (Back-End) Sauna · San Francisco $180,000–$240,000 7mo ago Software Engineer - GPU Networking & Distributed Systems Baseten · San Francisco $165,000–$330,000 8mo ago Backend Engineer, Data Centers Meter · San Francisco $170,000–$220,000 8mo ago Staff Backend Engineer, Agentic AI Airwallex · San Francisco $182,000–$310,000 8mo ago Senior Backend Engineer (Infrastructure) Sphere, Inc. · San Francisco $220,000–$280,000 8mo ago Member of Technical Staff, Backend Profound · New York $140,000–$230,000 8mo ago Senior Software Engineer (Backend) Triumph · San Francisco $200,000–$400,000 8mo ago Backend Software Engineer, GTM Innovation OpenAI · San Francisco $347,000–$445,000 8mo ago Senior Backend Software Engineer Semgrep · San Francisco $163,000–$246,500 8mo ago Staff Backend Software Engineer Semgrep · San Francisco $230,000–$288,000 8mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Backend (DocV) Socure · Incline Village $180,000–$200,000 8mo ago Staff Backend Engineer Scribe · San Francisco $230,000–$350,000 9mo ago Backend Engineer, Consumer Devices OpenAI · San Francisco $293,000–$325,000 9mo ago Senior Backend Engineer Socure · New York $180,000–$210,000 9mo ago Member of Technical Staff - Product (Backend) Modal · San Francisco $150,000–$300,000 9mo ago Member of Technical Staff Backend Fuku · San Francisco $150,000–$280,000 10mo ago Staff+ Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems) Anthropic · San Francisco $320,000–$485,000 12mo ago Senior Backend Engineer, Security Waymo · Mountain View $213,000–$263,000 12mo ago Backend Engineer Air Apps · San Francisco $80,000–$160,000 1y ago Backend Software Engineer, Gov OpenAI · Washington $207,000–$385,000 1y ago Backend Engineer (Infra) Conversion · San Francisco $175,000–$225,000 1y ago Member of Technical Staff, Back-end & API Parallel Web Systems · San Francisco $150,000–$300,000 1y ago Software Engineer, Backend Serval · San Francisco $200,000–$325,000 1y ago Backend Engineer DOSS · San Francisco $180,000–$210,000 1y ago Backend Engineer, Models Meter · San Francisco $160,000–$230,000 1y ago Senior Backend Engineer Neon Health · San Francisco $147,000–$225,000 1y ago Staff Backend Engineer DOSS · San Francisco $230,000–$260,000 1y ago Software Engineer, Backend Exa · San Francisco $180,000–$350,000 1y ago New Grad Software Engineer (Backend Rust) N1 · New York $120,000–$260,000 1y ago Software Engineer - Distributed Systems Figma · San Francisco $153,000–$376,000 1y ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend Comfy · San Francisco $180,000–$240,000 1y ago Staff Software Engineer, Backend Finch · San Francisco $220,000–$240,000 2y ago Backend Engineer Speak · San Francisco $150,000–$280,000 2y ago Software Engineer (Backend Rust) N1 · New York $120,000–$260,000 2y ago Senior Software Engineer (Backend Rust) N1 · New York $120,000–$260,000 2y ago Senior Backend Engineer DOSS · San Francisco $210,000–$230,000 2y ago Backend Engineer - Infrastructure HeyGen · Los Angeles $180,000–$240,000 2y ago Backend Engineer HeyGen · San Francisco $170,000–$220,000 2y ago Backend Engineer Wealthfront · Palo Alto $150,000–$189,000 3y ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend Finch · San Francisco $200,000–$220,000 3y ago Staff Software Engineer - Backend Databricks · San Francisco $192,000–$260,000 3y ago Senior Software Engineer - Backend Databricks · San Francisco $166,000–$225,000 5y ago Senior Software Engineer - Backend nextdoor · San Francisco $165,000–$250,000 6y ago python developer Dellfor Technologies · San Francisco $60,000 9y ago
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