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Sprig

Senior Software Engineer, AI Team

SprigSan Francisco, CA

Build and operate backend systems for AI-powered customer insights, including high-throughput data pipelines and inference orchestration. Requires 5+ years backend experience, TypeScript proficiency, and applied AI integration skills.

180k – 260k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Anara

Software Engineer, Backend

AnaraSan Francisco, CA

Builds scalable backend infrastructure for AI-powered research tools, focusing on RAG pipelines, LLMs, agent architectures, prompt engineering, and performance optimization. Requires hands-on experience scaling products and working in fast-paced startups.

150k – 200k/yr
On-siteEntry levelBackend Engineering
Together AI

Senior Backend Engineer, Inference Platform

Together AISan Francisco, CA

Build and optimize the core inference platform powering frontier AI models at global scale, focusing on low-latency routing, auto-scaling, and GPU resource management. Requires 5+ years in large-scale distributed systems and expert programming skills.

160k – 250k/yr
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Kalshi

Software Engineer, Product

KalshiNew York, NY

Builds backend services, APIs, and data-driven features like personalization engines for Kalshi's prediction market trading platform. Requires 4+ years experience, Bachelor's in CS, Golang/Java proficiency, and REST API/database expertise.

200k – 280k/yr
On-site4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Kalshi

Software Engineer, Trading Platform

KalshiNew York, NY

Builds high-performance trading platform including order matching, trade execution, clearing systems, and broker integrations. Requires 4+ years experience with concurrent systems, databases, and leading large projects in a fast-paced fintech environment.

200k – 280k/yr
On-site4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Solace

Senior Backend Engineer

SolaceUnited States

Senior Backend Engineer owns end-to-end product workflows, designs scalable APIs and systems using TypeScript/Node/NestJS, with 5+ years experience and startup mindset. Contributes to frontend as needed for full ownership.

150k – 200k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Unsiloed AI

Founding Software Engineer - Backend and Infrastructure

Unsiloed AISan Francisco, CA

Founding engineer owns backend systems and infrastructure for document intelligence and VLM workflows, from R&D to production scale. Requires strong Python backend skills, distributed systems, and cloud/K8s expertise with full ownership mindset.

150k – 300k/yr
On-siteBackend Engineering
OnePay

Backend Engineer, Crypto

OnePayUnited States

Builds and maintains backend services for crypto products, designs secure APIs and event-driven architectures for high-volume transactions, ensures scalability with platform teams. Requires 5+ years backend experience, L2 blockchains, Node.js or similar, cloud-native tech.

140k – 170k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Shield AI

Staff Software Engineer, C++ Software Integration (R4017)

Shield AIWashington, DC

Leads architecture, implementation, and integration of high-performance C++ and Python systems in distributed, real-time simulation environments. Requires 7+ years C++ expertise, Linux proficiency, CI/CD tools, and systems integration experience.

151k – 226k/yr
On-site7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Shield AI

Staff Software Engineer, C++ Software Integration (R4016)

Shield AIWashington, DC

Leads architecture, implementation, and integration of high-performance C++ and Python systems in distributed, real-time environments. Requires 7+ years experience, advanced C++ expertise, Linux proficiency, and active SECRET clearance.

151k – 226k/yr
On-site7+ YOEBackend Engineering
OpenAI

Backend Software Engineer (Evals)

OpenAISan Francisco, CA

Build evals infrastructure and backend services for OpenAI's support automation, focusing on reliable pipelines, monitoring, and AI model integration. Requires 4+ years backend experience with Python, FastAPI, Postgres, and ML/LLM evals.

230k – 385k/yr
On-site4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Tessera Labs

Software Engineer, Backend

Tessera LabsSan Jose, CA +2

Builds and maintains scalable backend systems, RESTful APIs, microservices, and integrations with AI models and enterprise platforms like Salesforce and SAP using Python and cloud technologies. Requires 3-5 years backend experience with focus on APIs and distributed systems.

200k – 250k/yr
Hybrid3+ YOEBackend Engineering
HappyRobot

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

HappyRobotSan Francisco, CA

Builds and operates scalable backend services for AI-native operating system, focusing on real-time infrastructure, system reliability, and production services. Requires 5+ years experience, strong Go skills, and system design expertise.

220k – 250k/yr
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
HappyRobot

Software Engineer - Backend

HappyRobotSan Francisco, CA

Backend-focused Software Engineer building and operating scalable services, real-time infrastructure for AI workflows using Go. Requires 2+ years experience in backend engineering and system design.

180k – 220k/yr
On-site2+ YOEBackend Engineering
Snowflake

Principal Software Engineer - PostgreSQL

SnowflakeMenlo Park, CA

Leads architecture and development of a cloud-native, fully managed Postgres service at Snowflake, pushing performance and scale boundaries while ensuring reliability and integration with Snowflake's data platform. Requires 10+ years in distributed systems and deep Postgres expertise.

264k – 380k/yr
On-site10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Broccoli AI

Staff Software Engineer

Broccoli AISan Francisco, CA

Staff engineer owns architecture for AI agents, real-time voice, integrations, and workflows at scale. Defines technical strategy, solves high-impact problems across the stack, and mentors the team. Requires 8+ years building complex systems.

200k – 350k/yr
On-site8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Harvey

Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform

HarveySan Francisco, CA +1

Build and maintain backend platform frameworks, libraries, and APIs to enable reliable, scalable services for GenAI applications. Requires 7+ years experience in Python backend development, distributed systems, and developer tools.

238k – 290k/yr
Hybrid7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Flaglerhealth

Senior Software Engineer Backend (NYC)

FlaglerhealthNew York, NY

Builds and maintains highly available backend services and real-time web applications for patient communications and fault-tolerant workflows in a healthcare SaaS environment. Requires expertise in TypeScript/Python, Node.js APIs, distributed systems, and workflow orchestration like Temporal.

Salary not listed
On-siteBackend Engineering
Onos Health

Lead Engineer (Backend)

Onos HealthSan Francisco, CA

Leads backend development of AI-driven healthcare platform, architecting ML workflows for claims processing and care optimization. Owns end-to-end features, establishes best practices, and guides technical strategy with 5+ years experience and team leadership.

200k – 250k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Rippling

Staff Software Engineer - Workflows Platform

RipplingNew York, NY +1

Staff Software Engineer builds scalable platforms for Workflow Studio, enabling no-code automation of business operations. Requires 7+ years experience with large-scale distributed systems and preferred expertise in Python, Golang, React, and AWS.

Salary not listed
Hybrid7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Auctor

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

AuctorNew York, NY

Leads backend engineering projects building AI-powered systems for enterprise document retrieval, collaborative workflows, multi-step planning agents, security, LLM evaluation, and data ingestion pipelines from tools like Confluence and Jira. Requires 4+ years backend experience on SaaS products, scalable systems architecture.

250k – 350k/yr
On-site4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Unusual

Founding Engineer - Miravoice

UnusualSan Francisco, CA

Founding Engineer builds voice AI platform for surveys, designing architecture, scaling infrastructure for millions of calls, and shipping customer-facing features. Requires strong backend, distributed systems, or AI/ML skills with product mindset.

Salary not listed
On-siteBackend Engineering
Sfcompute

Software Engineer - Cloud

SfcomputeSan Francisco, CA

Builds compute delivery platform integrating GPU offtake market with orchestration software for HPC hardware. Requires systems programming (C/C++/Rust), SQL data modeling, gRPC/REST APIs, and control patterns expertise.

150k – 250k/yr
On-siteBackend Engineering
OpenAI

Software Engineer, Monetization Infrastructure (SF/Seattle)

OpenAISan Francisco, CA +1

Builds core backend infrastructure for OpenAI's monetization and ads systems, architecting large-scale distributed systems focused on reliability, privacy, performance, and security. Requires 10+ years experience in mission-critical systems.

230k – 385k/yr
On-site10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Rippling

Staff Full Stack Software Engineer (Backend) - Time Platform

RipplingSeattle, WA +2

Staff Software Engineer building and owning scalable backend systems for Rippling's high-QPS Time Platform in Workforce Management. Leads architecture, development, operations, and mentors engineers with 8+ years backend experience in Python/Django.

Salary not listed
Hybrid8+ YOEBackend Engineering
DiligenceSquared

Founding Engineer - Backend

DiligenceSquaredNew York, NY

Founding backend engineer architects scalable AI-powered services, agent orchestration, and voice AI pipelines for automated market due diligence platform. Requires 3+ years Python backend, production APIs, LLMs, PostgreSQL, and async systems expertise.

160k – 200k/yr
On-site3+ YOEBackend Engineering
character.ai

Software Engineer, Backend

character.aiRedwood City, CA

Builds and maintains scalable backend systems and APIs, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance solutions aligned with business needs. Requires 5+ years experience with Python/Go, databases, cloud platforms, and containerization.

180k – 300k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
ENFOS

Senior Software Engineer - 2026

ENFOSDurham, NC

Builds and optimizes scalable backend systems, data pipelines, and AI integrations for enterprise SaaS platform managing environmental obligations. Requires 5+ years backend experience, Bachelor's in CS/Engineering, and expertise in Java/Python, cloud infra, and ML frameworks.

Salary not listed
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Jellyfish

Senior Backend Software Engineer

JellyfishUnited States

Builds and maintains scalable data pipelines, third-party integrations (Jira, GitHub), and workflow orchestration using Python and tools like Terraform and Airflow. Provides technical expertise in a high-agency engineering team, focusing on performance and modern ETL patterns.

165k – 235k/yr
RemoteBackend Engineering
Ema

Software Engineer, Backend

EmaCalifornia

Build scalable backend systems and APIs using Go and Python for enterprise AI applications. Requires 4+ years experience, strong algorithms knowledge, databases like PostgreSQL, and cloud/container tech.

Salary not listed
Hybrid4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Docker

Staff Backend Engineer, Hub (US East Coast)

DockerUnited States

Staff Backend Engineer owns end-to-end high-scale distributed systems for Docker Hub, focusing on registry platform, storage, and APIs. Requires 8+ years experience with Golang, Kubernetes, and large-scale architectures in a remote-first environment.

195k – 276k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Decagon

Staff Software Engineer, Agent Orchestration

DecagonSan Francisco, CA +1

Owns architecture and evolution of core agent execution engine, leads multi-quarter initiatives for scalable orchestration, reliability, and frameworks. Requires 8+ years experience, Python/TypeScript proficiency, distributed systems expertise, and technical leadership.

300k – 430k/yr
Hybrid8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Sequence

Product Engineer - NYC

SequenceNew York, NY

Builds revenue-critical backend systems including AI-powered approval workflows, intelligent collections agents, and scalable billing infrastructure. Ships reliable production code end-to-end, focusing on distributed systems, customer needs, and high-velocity event processing.

180k – 190k/yr
HybridBackend Engineering
Cantina

Media Software Engineer, Speech (All Levels)

CantinaSunnyvale, CA +1

Build and enhance real-time audio/video infrastructure using WebRTC for iOS, Android, and web in Cantina's social AI platform. Requires C/C++ experience, systems programming knowledge, and interest in media challenges; all levels from new grads welcome.

120k – 180k/yr
HybridEntry levelBackend Engineering
Quadric

AI Kernel Engineer

QuadricBurlingame, CA

Develops and optimizes AI/LLM kernels for efficient neural network inference on Quadric's GPNPU platform. Requires 5+ years in AI kernel development, C/C++ proficiency, and experience with compute frameworks like CUDA or DSP.

Salary not listed
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
AKASA

Sr. Software Engineer, Backend

AKASANew York, NY +1

Build and maintain backend services, APIs, and tools for AI-powered clinical documentation and medical coding SaaS products. Requires 5+ years experience with Python, ML pipelines, containerization, and healthcare data standards.

180k – 230k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Setpoint.io

Software Engineer (Backend)

Setpoint.ioAustin, TX +2

Builds and owns backend features using Python/Flask to support credit infrastructure platform. Collaborates cross-functionally with 3+ years backend experience in a fast-paced startup.

Salary not listed
Hybrid3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Figma

Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

FigmaSan Francisco, CA +1

Design, build, and operate scalable distributed systems powering Figma's real-time collaborative design platform. Requires 5+ years backend/infrastructure experience, distributed systems expertise, and cloud proficiency.

149k – 350k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Clubhouse

💻 Software Engineer, Backend (Senior)

ClubhouseUnited States

Senior Backend Engineer builds and ships experiments for monetization, personalization, and host experiences on Clubhouse, evolves backend systems with a platform mindset, and collaborates cross-functionally. Requires 4-5 years experience in Python/Java and databases like PostgreSQL/DynamoDB.

227k – 253k/yr
Remote4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Shield AI

Staff Software Engineer, C++ Software Integration (R4018)

Shield AIWashington, DC

Leads architecture, implementation, and integration of high-performance C++ and Python systems in distributed, real-time simulation environments. Requires 7+ years experience, advanced C++ expertise, Linux proficiency, and active SECRET clearance.

151k – 226k/yr
On-site7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Adaptive

Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

AdaptiveNew York, NY

Senior backend engineer owns execution of backend and infrastructure projects, ensures secure scalable systems, and drives technical decisions. Requires 5+ years experience in SaaS/fintech with expertise in service architectures, APIs, and data modeling.

200k – 250k/yr
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
AngelList

Senior Software Engineer, Intelligence

AngelListSan Francisco, CA

Builds and operates services for retrieval, semantic search, agent orchestration, model integrations, and data pipelines using proprietary private-market data. Requires 4+ years experience with Go, production search systems like OpenSearch, and LLMs.

Salary not listed
Hybrid4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Rippling

Senior Software Engineer, Backend Full Stack - HR Product

RipplingSan Francisco, CA +1

Build backend and full-stack features for Rippling's HR products including HRIS, time tracking, benefits, and talent management. Requires 5+ years Python/Django experience, React/TypeScript familiarity, and strong product intuition for complex, scalable systems.

Salary not listed
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Rippling

Senior Software Engineer, Backend Full Stack - Financial Product

RipplingSan Francisco, CA

Builds backend and full-stack features for Rippling's financial products including global payroll, spend management, and compliance systems. Requires 5+ years Python/Django experience, React familiarity, and strong product intuition for scalable systems.

Salary not listed
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Rippling

Software Engineer II, Backend Full Stack - HR Product

RipplingSan Francisco, CA +1

Build backend-focused full-stack features for HR products including HRIS, Time, Benefits, and Talent systems. Requires 2+ years experience with backend languages like Python/Go and frontend like React/TypeScript.

Salary not listed
Hybrid2+ YOEBackend Engineering
Rippling

Software Engineer II, Backend Full Stack - Financial Product

RipplingSan Francisco, CA

Build backend-heavy full-stack features for financial products like global payroll, spend management, and compliance platforms. Requires 2+ years experience with Python/Go backend and React/TypeScript frontend, owning full lifecycle delivery.

Salary not listed
Hybrid2+ YOEBackend Engineering
Rippling

Senior Software Engineer, Backend - IT Product

RipplingSan Francisco, CA +1

Own design and implementation of core backend services and APIs for IT product capabilities. Requires 5+ years experience with Python or Go, distributed systems expertise, and strong CS fundamentals.

159k – 278k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Rippling

Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Platform

RipplingSan Francisco, CA +2

Own design and implementation of core backend services and APIs for high-scale, reliable systems. Requires 5+ years building production backend services in Python or Go with distributed systems expertise.

159k – 278k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Rippling

Senior Software Engineer, Backend - HR Product

RipplingSan Francisco, CA +1

Designs and implements core backend services and APIs for HR product features like HRIS, time tracking, benefits, and talent management. Requires 5+ years in Python/Go, distributed systems, and relational databases expertise at scale.

Salary not listed
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Rippling

Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Financial Product

RipplingSan Francisco, CA +1

Designs and implements core backend services and APIs for Rippling's financial products, including global payroll, spend management, and compliance platforms. Requires 5+ years experience with Python/Go, distributed systems, and relational databases; hybrid in-office role.

Salary not listed
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering