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Zapier

Staff Engineer, Backend - Revenue

ZapierSan Francisco, CA

Staff backend engineer owns technical vision and architecture for revenue infrastructure handling billing, payments, subscriptions, and entitlements at scale. Requires deep domain expertise in monetization systems, API/platform design, performance optimization, and cross-team leadership.

211k – 316k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Lithic

Software Engineer, Treasury

LithicUnited States

Builds and maintains backend services for treasury operations, including ledger, ACH/wire infrastructure, and reconciliation systems. Uses Python and AWS stack to ensure high reliability in funds flow between Lithic and financial institutions.

160k – 200k/yr
RemoteBackend Engineering
Launchdarkly

Staff Engineer – Experimentation Team

LaunchdarklyUnited States

Builds statistical engines and warehouse-native analysis pipelines for A/B testing and adaptive experimentation (contextual bandits). Requires 10+ years experience, deep applied statistics/ML, backend expertise in Go/Python, and warehouse integration across Snowflake, Databricks, etc.

183k – 295k/yr
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Launchdarkly

SDK Software Engineer, AI

LaunchdarklySan Francisco, CA +12

Builds and maintains feature-rich open-source AI SDKs in Python and TypeScript for GenAI feature control, monitoring, and optimization. Requires 5+ years experience with these languages, AI SDK familiarity, strong testing skills, and open-source contributions.

146k – 235k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
ClickUp

Staff Backend Engineer, Hierarchy

ClickUpUnited States

Builds and scales core backend services for ClickUp's filesystem and productivity platform, optimizing databases and distributed systems. Requires 8+ years experience with Node.js, NestJS, Postgres, and microservices architecture.

200k – 250k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Sequence

Senior Product Engineer (Backend) - NYC

SequenceNew York, NY

Builds reliable backend systems for AI-powered revenue workflows, approval routing, collections agents, and scalable billing infrastructure. Owns end-to-end from ideation to production, focusing on distributed systems and customer needs in a fast-scaling fintech platform.

210k – 230k/yr
HybridBackend Engineering
Sequence

Senior Software Engineer - NYC

SequenceNew York, NY

Builds revenue-critical backend systems processing high-velocity customer usage events for billing, designs scalable event streaming pipelines and data architectures using Kotlin on Google Cloud. Requires strong experience in event-driven systems, scalable backends, and infrastructure ownership.

210k – 230k/yr
HybridBackend Engineering
BuildOps

Senior Backend Engineer

BuildOpsSan Francisco, CA +2

Builds and maintains scalable backend services and APIs using Node.js/TypeScript, GraphQL/REST for web/mobile experiences. Owns full development lifecycle, optimizes performance, mentors engineers; requires 5+ years backend experience and AI tool proficiency.

168k – 210k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Checkr

Senior Staff Software Engineer

CheckrSan Francisco, CA

Leads organization-wide technical architecture initiatives, including international expansion and enterprise systems, with hands-on coding in high-risk areas. Requires 15+ years engineering experience, 5+ in leadership, expertise in Ruby/Go/Python, microservices, and data pipelines.

257k – 302k/yr
Hybrid15+ YOEBackend Engineering
Attentive

Principal Salesforce Engineer

AttentiveNew York, NY +1

Owns architecture, scalability, and evolution of Revenue Technology platform centered on Salesforce. Defines multi-quarter strategy (60%) and implements solutions (40%) using Apex, LWC, Flows, and integrations in high-growth environment. Requires 7-10+ years Salesforce expertise.

170k – 225k/yr
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Square

Software Engineer, Finance Applications

SquareSan Francisco, CA

Designs and builds backend services, workflow engines, and integrations for financial infrastructure, emphasizing AI-driven development and compliance. Requires 6+ years in distributed systems, APIs, and agentic AI tools for complex financial operations.

143k – 258k/yr
On-site6+ YOEBackend Engineering
Hightouch

Software Engineer, Control Plane

HightouchUnited States

Builds backend tools for enterprise control plane including access control, change management, and data warehouse optimization. Requires expertise in distributed systems, asynchronous workflows, and product-minded engineering for scalable, reliable architectures.

180k – 260k/yr
RemoteBackend Engineering
Hightouch

Software Engineer, Streaming Systems

HightouchUnited States

Builds and scales high-throughput streaming infrastructure to ingest and process billions of customer behavioral events in real-time at sub-second latency. Owns end-to-end projects, solves customer scaling issues, and influences roadmap in a remote-first startup.

180k – 320k/yr
RemoteBackend Engineering
Hightouch

Principal Engineer, Streaming Systems

HightouchUnited States

Leads development of high-throughput streaming systems handling millions of messages per second with sub-second latency for real-time behavioral data processing and AI personalization. Requires expertise in distributed systems architecture, scaling infrastructure, and leading complex projects.

180k – 320k/yr
RemoteBackend Engineering
Hightouch

Software Engineer, Customer Studio Backend

HightouchUnited States

Builds backend systems for Customer Studio, optimizing data warehouse performance, real-time audience syncing, analytics, and AI-enhanced workflows for marketing teams. Requires strong distributed systems expertise and product-minded thinking.

180k – 320k/yr
RemoteBackend Engineering
Cribl

Software Engineer, Core Platform

CriblUnited States

Build backend systems and APIs for ingesting, processing, and routing large-scale telemetry data in real-time. Requires strong CS fundamentals, Node.js/TypeScript experience, and knowledge of distributed systems; fully remote with on-call responsibilities.

140k – 170k/yr
RemoteBackend Engineering
Actively AI

Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Search & Retrieval)

Actively AINew York, NY

Builds and scales search/retrieval infrastructure powering AI agents, including indexing, querying, ranking, and entity extraction from diverse data sources like transcripts and signals. Requires 5+ years in production retrieval systems with hybrid search and evaluation expertise.

160k – 220k/yr
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Actively AI

Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Search & Retrieval)

Actively AISan Francisco, CA

Builds and scales search, retrieval, and ranking infrastructure powering AI agents to process diverse customer data like transcripts and signals. Requires 5+ years in production retrieval systems, hybrid search expertise, and evaluation rigor for agent precision.

160k – 220k/yr
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Chime

Software Engineer, Credit Risk Platform

ChimeSan Francisco, CA

Builds backend services and tools for credit risk management across products like Loans and SpotMe. Requires 3+ years experience with Ruby on Rails, databases, distributed systems, and cross-team collaboration.

133k – 184k/yr
Hybrid3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Latent

Software Engineer

LatentSan Francisco, CA +1

Builds backend systems for healthcare AI platform, focusing on data pipelines, distributed systems, EHR integrations, and AI model operationalization. Requires strong TypeScript backend experience and distributed systems expertise.

200k – 285k/yr
On-siteBackend Engineering
Forge

Software Engineer II of Marketplace Middleware Engineering

ForgeNew York, NY

Builds and maintains scalable marketplace middleware using C#/.NET, event-driven systems like Kafka, and CQRS patterns. Collaborates with stakeholders on fintech solutions requiring 4+ years experience and bachelor's degree.

169k – 200k/yr
Hybrid4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Forge

Software Engineer II of Marketplace Middleware Engineering

ForgeDenver, CO

Builds and maintains scalable marketplace middleware using C#/.NET, event-driven systems with Kafka/RabbitMQ, and CQRS patterns. Collaborates with stakeholders, ensures high code quality via automated tests, and supports system operations in fintech. Requires 4+ years experience and bachelor's degree.

152k – 180k/yr
Hybrid4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Forge

Software Engineer II of Marketplace Middleware Engineering

ForgeSan Francisco, CA

Builds and maintains scalable marketplace middleware using C#/.NET, event-driven systems like Kafka, and CQRS patterns. Collaborates with stakeholders on fintech solutions requiring 4+ years experience and bachelor's degree.

169k – 200k/yr
Hybrid4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Forge

Senior Software Engineer II of Trading

ForgeDenver, CO

Builds and maintains high-performance trading platform architecture for private market marketplace. Requires 5+ years in compiled languages like TypeScript/C#/Java, real-time systems (Kafka/WebSockets), SQL databases, CI/CD, and cloud platforms.

157k – 190k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Trexquant

C++ Trading & Simulator Engineer (USA)

TrexquantStamford, CT +1

Develops high-performance C++ systems for trading simulations, backtesting, data pipelines, and low-latency execution. Collaborates with quants and traders; requires 2+ years C++ experience with strong algorithms and concurrency knowledge.

175k – 200k/yr
On-site2+ YOEBackend Engineering
Trexquant

Lead Trading Systems Engineer (USA)

TrexquantStamford, CT +1

Leads design and evolution of core trading, research, and simulation infrastructure, building scalable low-latency systems in Linux with C++/Python. Requires 6+ years experience in high-performance trading systems and collaboration with quant researchers.

175k – 200k/yr
On-site6+ YOEBackend Engineering
Trexquant

High-Frequency Trading System Engineer (USA)

TrexquantStamford, CT +1

Designs and develops ultra-low-latency high-frequency trading infrastructure in C++ and Linux. Optimizes performance across hardware/software layers and collaborates with quants for trading systems impact.

175k – 200k/yr
On-siteBackend Engineering
Thinking Machines Lab

Software Engineer, Platform, Tinker

Thinking Machines LabSan Francisco, CA +1

Builds platform systems for AI fine-tuning API including billing, metering, authorization (RBAC/OAuth), organizations/teams, data exports, and audit logging. Requires backend proficiency in Python/Rust and experience in billing, access control, or multi-tenant systems; bachelor's or equivalent.

350k – 475k/yr
On-siteEntry levelBackend Engineering
Snowflake

Staff Softare Engineer, Cortex AI Infrastructure

SnowflakeMenlo Park, CA

Builds scalable backend infrastructure for Snowflake's Cortex AI products, including agentic runtimes, RAG systems, evals engines, and productionized AI workflows. Requires 5+ years in distributed systems and proficiency in Go/Java/Python.

236k – 339k/yr
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Chime

Software Engineer, Instant Loans

ChimeSan Francisco, CA

Builds and scales backend services and APIs for instant loans products, powering member-facing mobile app features in fintech. Requires 3+ years experience with Ruby on Rails, full-stack comfort, and product mindset.

133k – 184k/yr
Hybrid3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Square

Software Engineer, Cash App - Lending Products

SquareNew York, NY +1

Builds scalable systems and APIs for Cash App's lending products, partnering with risk, compliance, and product teams to deliver credit access at scale. Requires 5+ years in complex systems, AI-first mindset, and expertise in backend technologies like Java/Kotlin and AWS.

153k – 270k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Weave

Staff Software Engineer, Payments

WeaveLehi, UT

Leads complex backend projects for payments platform, architects scalable Go microservices, drives multi-team initiatives, and mentors engineers. Requires 10+ years experience in distributed systems, cloud (GCP), and databases.

Salary not listed
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Creditgenie

Senior Backend Engineer, Trust Platform

CreditgenieNew York, NY +4

Builds and scales secure backend systems for fraud detection, authentication, decisioning, and customer data in a fintech platform. Requires 5+ years experience with distributed systems and cross-functional collaboration.

150k – 250k/yr
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Grafana Labs

Staff Backend Engineer - Databases Tempo | US | Remote

Grafana LabsUnited States

Leads technical direction for Tempo distributed tracing backend, owning architecture of ingestion, storage, query, and metrics generation. Drives operational excellence at scale, API design for AI/agents, and mentors engineers on complex initiatives.

Salary not listed
RemoteBackend Engineering
WHOOP

Software Engineer II (Backend, Hardware Accelerate)

WHOOPBoston, MA

Builds backend tools and APIs integrating with hardware equipment like oscilloscopes for real-time insights and workflow automation. Requires Python proficiency, data pipeline experience, and interest in hardware processes.

Salary not listed
On-siteBackend Engineering
Shield AI

Staff Engineer, Modeling & Simulation (R4869)

Shield AISan Diego, CA

Develops high-performance C++ models and infrastructure for aircraft simulation pipelines, enabling faster-than-real-time testing and validation for autonomous systems. Requires 7+ years in simulation software with expertise in dynamics, aerodynamics, and modern C++.

150k – 220k/yr
On-site7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Harvey

Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform

HarveySan Francisco, CA +1

Builds AI platform infrastructure including model integration, routing, context management, and evaluation tooling to power agentic products. Requires 5+ years backend experience with 1+ year AI/ML focus and track record of shared platforms.

231k – 340k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Pinterest

Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Ads Measurement

PinterestSeattle, WA +2

Leads architecture and strategy for Pinterest Ads conversion measurement, partnering across teams to enhance attribution, privacy-safe systems, AI-driven diagnostics, and ecosystem integrations. Requires 10+ years experience in ads measurement domains with strong distributed systems expertise.

245k – 429k/yr
Hybrid10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Rippling

Staff Software Engineer - Payments

RipplingSan Francisco, CA

Leads architecture and development of payroll payments engine, owning end-to-end delivery of scalable backend systems for global payment processing. Requires 8+ years experience with expertise in Python/Django, distributed systems, and technical leadership.

Salary not listed
Hybrid8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Flexport

Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Freight Systems

FlexportSan Francisco, CA

Staff Engineer leading development of AI agents for autonomous freight systems, handling pricing intelligence, booking compliance, and self-serve platforms using LLMs, agent patterns, and orchestration tools. Requires architecture leadership, production AI experience, and technical rigor in distributed systems.

197k – 246k/yr
On-siteBackend Engineering
Kapitus

Software Engineer II

KapitusUnited States

Develops AWS serverless microservices and event-based services to optimize operational workflows in an Agile team. Requires 4-8 years experience with Node.js, Python, AWS services including Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, and APIs.

96k – 154k/yr
Remote4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Virta Health

Senior Software Engineer - Care Delivery

Virta HealthDenver, CO +1

Builds scalable backend services in Python/Golang and React frontends for patient/clinician care delivery platforms in metabolic health. Requires 5+ years backend/full-stack experience, API expertise, microservices, and AI tool usage; collaborates cross-functionally on high-impact features.

167k – 216k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Applied Intuition

Software Engineer - Python

Applied IntuitionSunnyvale, CA

Develops scalable Python-based tooling and infrastructure for self-driving systems in mining and construction vehicles, including fleet management and multi-platform support. Requires bachelor's degree and 1+ years Python experience building backend systems or tools.

125k – 222k/yr
On-site1+ YOEBackend Engineering
Sesame

Backend Software Engineer

SesameSan Francisco, CA +2

Builds scalable backend systems for voice AI agents, owning data models, APIs, distributed services, ML-integrated architectures, and reliability. Requires strong distributed systems, database, and networking expertise with production-scale experience.

175k – 280k/yr
On-siteBackend Engineering
Chime

Software Engineer, MyPay

ChimeSan Francisco, CA

Builds and scales backend services for Chime's MyPay earned wage access product, handling real-time money movement, underwriting, and APIs for the mobile app. Requires 3+ years experience with APIs, databases, caching, and high-scale systems.

133k – 184k/yr
Hybrid3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Perpay

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

PerpayPhiladelphia, PA

Designs and evolves RESTful APIs, owns relational data modeling, improves backend reliability and observability. Requires 5+ years building scalable web apps, deep relational DB expertise, cloud ops experience, and leadership on complex projects.

160k – 200k/yr
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Perplexity

Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer Monetization)

PerplexitySan Francisco, CA +1

Builds and owns billing and monetization systems for AI products, including usage-based metering, subscriptions, and enterprise invoicing. Requires 4+ years backend experience with Python, Stripe, PostgreSQL, and cross-functional collaboration.

220k – 405k/yr
On-site4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Projecthealthyminds

Lead Software Engineer

ProjecthealthymindsNew York, NY

Leads development of backend and data infrastructure for a mental health services marketplace, designing LLM-driven workflows, data pipelines, schemas, and retrieval systems. Requires 10+ years backend experience, Python/TypeScript proficiency, and AI tooling familiarity.

225k – 250k/yr
On-site10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Honor

Staff Software Engineer

HonorUnited States

Builds and operates backend production systems powering care discovery for families and professionals, with frontend familiarity. Collaborates cross-functionally on DemandGen team, focusing on scalable APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, and AI productivity tools.

194k – 216k/yr
RemoteBackend Engineering
Plenful

Principal Software Engineer

PlenfulSan Francisco, CA

Architects and owns the data foundation including context graph and decision tracing for Plenful's AI-powered pharmacy automation platform. Requires 12+ years in data architecture, expertise in relational databases, distributed systems, and Python in regulated domains.

Salary not listed
Hybrid12+ YOEBackend Engineering