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Cardless

Software Engineer

CardlessSan Francisco, CA

Backend engineer designing, building, and scaling systems for a co-branded credit card platform across applications, accounts, transactions, fraud, risk, and rewards. Requires 5+ years experience with distributed systems, modern backend languages, and end-to-end project ownership.

165k – 260k
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Hex

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

HexNew York, NY

Staff backend engineer on Hex's Compute team, owning high-performance execution architecture for notebooks and large-scale data warehouse queries. Requires 10+ years experience in systems design, parallel execution, caching, performance optimization, and data systems.

221k – 349k
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Wowza Media Systems

Junior Java Engineer

Wowza Media SystemsUnited States

Senior Java engineer building and optimizing live/on-demand video transcoding, packaging, and delivery pipelines in Wowza Streaming Engine. Requires 8+ years Java experience with deep concurrency/JVM knowledge plus 5+ years in video streaming codecs and protocols.

Salary not listed
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Wowza Media Systems

Senior Java Engineer

Wowza Media SystemsUnited States

Senior Java Engineer building and optimizing live/on-demand video transcoding, packaging, and delivery pipelines in Wowza Streaming Engine. Requires 8+ years Java experience with deep JVM and concurrency expertise plus 5+ years in video streaming workflows and codecs.

175k – 200k
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Reddit

Staff Software Engineer, DevPlatform

RedditUnited States

Staff Backend Engineer building a highly available, low-latency developer platform at Reddit scale. Lead infrastructure and Storage-as-a-Service development, mentor engineers, and contribute across the full development lifecycle in a fully remote environment. Requires 7+ years backend/infra experience.

217k – 303k
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Otter

Software Engineer, Virality and Activation

OtterMountain View, CA

Software Engineer building backend systems for user activation, onboarding, sharing, and growth features at Otter.ai. Requires 2-4 years backend experience with Python/Django, databases, and AWS; involves instrumentation, A/B testing, and cross-functional collaboration.

136k – 185k
Hybrid2+ YOEBackend Engineering
Otter

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Infrastructure)

OtterMountain View, CA

Lead architecture and development of scalable backend infrastructure and web services that power AI-driven products at Otter.ai. Requires 10+ years experience with Python/Django, distributed databases, and ML-supporting systems on AWS.

210k – 275k
Hybrid10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Otter

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Infrastructure)

OtterMountain View, CA

Senior backend engineer building scalable web services and infrastructure to support AI-driven products at Otter.ai. Requires 5+ years experience with Python/Django, distributed databases (MySQL, Kafka, Cassandra, Redis), and AWS, plus strong ML infrastructure knowledge.

185k – 230k
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Otter

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Product)

OtterSeattle, WA

Staff backend engineer designing foundational systems and architecture for AI-native product experiences, including generation pipelines, data models, and evaluation frameworks. Requires 10+ years scaling complex distributed systems, cross-team leadership, and strong product intuition.

210k – 275k
Hybrid10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Otter

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Product)

OtterMountain View, CA

Staff backend engineer designing and scaling foundational systems for AI-native product experiences at Otter.ai, including generation pipelines, data models, and evaluation frameworks. Requires 10+ years building complex distributed systems, cross-team leadership, and strong product intuition.

210k – 275k
Hybrid10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Otter

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product)

OtterSeattle, WA

Senior backend engineer owning end-to-end AI product features at Otter.ai. Design and implement systems orchestrating LLMs, retrieval, and structured data; drive from concept to production with focus on quality, latency, cost; mentor team in fast-paced environment. Requires 5+ years scaling product systems, Python experience, and AI/LLM familiarity.

185k – 230k
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Otter

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product)

OtterMountain View, CA

Senior backend engineer owning end-to-end AI product features at Otter.ai. Design and implement systems orchestrating LLMs, retrieval, and structured data; drive from concept to production with focus on quality, latency, cost; mentor team in fast-paced environment. Requires 5+ years scaling product systems, Python/web stack, AI/LLM experience.

185k – 230k
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Crusoe

Staff Software Engineer, Billing Platform

CrusoeSan Francisco, CA

Staff Software Engineer owning end-to-end design and operation of Crusoe Cloud's scalable billing platform, including metering, pricing, invoicing, and payments. Requires 5+ years backend experience building high-reliability financial or distributed systems, with strong focus on accuracy, observability, and cross-functional collaboration with Finance and Product.

210k – 255k
On-site7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Offchain Labs

Senior Software Engineer, Developer Platform

Offchain LabsUnited States

Build and operate the secure, non-custodial KMS backend for ZeroDev embedded wallets on the Developer Platform team. Own Go services for key recovery, TEEs, authentication, and signing integration in a security-critical, high-review environment.

Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Vercel

Software Engineer, CDN Content

VercelSan Francisco, CA

Software Engineer building and optimizing Vercel's global CDN content services for ISR, PPR, and image optimization. Focus on performance, multi-tier caching, safe production rollouts, observability, and on-call in a polyglot stack (Go, Lua, TypeScript). Requires 2+ years backend production experience and HTTP/web fundamentals.

172k – 258k
Hybrid2+ YOEBackend Engineering
Cribl

Sr. Software Engineer

CriblUnited States

Senior Software Engineer building a scalable customer-facing metric store for high-volume time-series telemetry data at Cribl. Requires strong distributed systems and backend experience (Node.js/TypeScript preferred) to design ingestion, storage, query engines, and observability infrastructure.

165k – 200k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Attentive

Senior Software Engineer, Streaming

AttentiveNew York, NY +1

Senior Software Engineer on the Streaming team responsible for architecting and evolving high-throughput, low-latency event streaming platforms that power real-time messaging and personalization at scale. Requires 5+ years building distributed streaming systems with deep expertise in Kafka/Flink and Java/Spring Boot.

150k – 210k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Beacon AI

Software Engineer, Backend

Beacon AISan Carlos, CA

Build and maintain backend services, APIs, and data pipelines for Beacon AI's flight safety platform. Requires 2+ years backend experience with Python or JS/TS, API and database familiarity, and production environment exposure. Hybrid role in San Carlos, CA.

135k – 190k
Hybrid2+ YOEBackend Engineering
Beacon AI

Lead Backend Software Engineer

Beacon AISan Carlos, CA

Lead the design, build, and scaling of backend services, APIs, and data pipelines for a mission-critical AI flight safety platform. Requires 5+ years backend experience with Python/Node.js, strong ownership, and production distributed systems expertise.

185k – 260k
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Vestmark

Associate Java Software Engineer

VestmarkWakefield, MA

Early-career Java Software Engineer building backend services and APIs for a wealth management SaaS platform. Requires strong CS fundamentals, 0-2 years experience, and rapid learning of Java/Spring Boot; AI-assisted development experience is a plus.

80k – 95k
HybridEntry levelBackend Engineering
Spotify

Senior Backend Engineer

SpotifyNew York, NY

Senior Backend Engineer building and operating high-scale Java (and Scala) services for Spotify's real-time ad auction, ranking, scoring, and filtering that process millions of decisions per second. Requires 4+ years backend experience, low-latency distributed systems expertise, and strong system design, algorithms, and data-driven iteration skills.

Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Deepgram

Software Engineer - Deepgram for Restaurants

DeepgramSan Francisco, CA +1

Senior or Staff Software Engineer building scalable backend systems and AI pipelines for voice-powered restaurant ordering agents, drive-thru ASR, and real-time analytics at Deepgram. Requires 4+ years backend infrastructure experience and strong AI/ML collaboration.

197k – 307k
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Supabase

Control Plane Engineer

SupabaseUnited States

Design, implement, and maintain internal and public-facing APIs for Supabase products including management APIs and OAuth. Requires 5+ years backend API development with strong TypeScript/Node.js and Nest.js experience, plus PostgreSQL knowledge.

Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Cloudflare

Distributed Systems Engineer

CloudflareUnited States

Software engineer building and scaling customer-facing APIs, near real-time alerting systems, and data analytics tools on Cloudflare's data platform. Requires 3+ years in distributed systems, strong Go/SQL skills, observability expertise (Prometheus/Grafana), and CS fundamentals.

Salary not listed
Hybrid3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Reddit

Senior Backend Engineer, IAM

RedditUnited States

Senior Backend Engineer building scalable IAM systems for authentication, authorization, and identity at Reddit. Requires 5+ years backend experience with 2+ years in security-sensitive domains, strong knowledge of identity protocols, and mentoring skills.

191k – 267k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Cantina

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

CantinaLos Angeles, CA +1

Staff Backend Engineer building and scaling AI-powered systems for user acquisition, onboarding, engagement, and retention on a fast-growing social AI platform. Requires 5-10 years experience with Golang, Node.js, AWS cloud services, microservices, and growth-focused projects.

200k – 240k
On-site7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Grafana Labs

Staff Backend Engineer

Grafana LabsUnited States

Staff Backend Engineer leading architecture, reliability, and delivery of Adaptive Telemetry systems (metrics, logs, traces, profiles) for Grafana Cloud databases. Requires proven large-scale distributed systems experience, strong systems design, cloud-native expertise, and comfort with AI tools.

175k – 210k
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
xAI

Software Engineer

xAIPalo Alto, CA +1

Develop core networking software including routing, traffic engineering, and real-time switch software for xAI's Colossus GPU cluster. Requires strong C/C++ experience and knowledge of high-performance networking and distributed systems.

180k – 440k
On-site2+ YOEBackend Engineering
MongoDB

Software Engineer 3, Voyage Control Plane

MongoDBPalo Alto, CA +1

Build the management and orchestration control plane for Voyage's AI embedding and reranking models in MongoDB Atlas. Develop APIs, Terraform providers, governance, billing, observability, and migration from legacy platform. Requires 2+ years building distributed backend systems at scale.

106k – 209k
Hybrid2+ YOEBackend Engineering
Counsel Health

Senior Software Engineer

Counsel HealthNew York, NY +1

Senior Backend Engineer on the Platform & Integrations team, owning external APIs, health data models, retrieval infrastructure, and enterprise integrations for an AI-native medical group. Requires 5+ years building production backend systems, external APIs, data modeling (esp. time-series), distributed systems, and RAG/search at scale.

185k – 225k
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Tailscale

Billing Engineer

TailscaleUnited States

Build and maintain core billing infrastructure at Tailscale, including integrations with Stripe/Metronome, metering and pricing logic for usage-based billing, and ownership of the full product lifecycle for financial systems. Requires backend engineering experience focused on payments or billing, strong Go skills, and knowledge of distributed systems.

143k – 179k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Navan

Senior Backend Platform Developer, Contact Center Systems

NavanAustin, TX

Senior backend developer building Node.js serverless services, APIs, observability pipelines, and AI-enabled workflows on AWS to modernize Navan's contact center systems, including legacy telephony migrations. Requires 5+ years backend engineering experience with strong architecture and integration skills.

Salary not listed
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Navan

Senior Backend Platform Developer, Contact Center Systems

NavanPalo Alto, CA or San Francisco, CA +1

Senior backend developer building Node.js serverless services, APIs, observability pipelines, and AI-enabled workflows on AWS to modernize Navan's contact center systems, including legacy migrations. Requires 5+ years backend engineering experience with strong architecture and integration skills.

119k – 264k
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Tatari

Senior Backend Engineer

TatariNew York, NY +1

Senior Backend Engineer on the Reporting & Measurement team at Tatari, building and scaling TV advertising analytics and measurement platform. Requires 6+ years Python experience, strong data engineering skills, and production LLM deployment background.

170k – 200k
Hybrid6+ YOEBackend Engineering
Tatari

Senior Backend Engineer

TatariSan Francisco, CA +2

Senior Backend Engineer on the Reporting & Measurement team at Tatari, building and scaling TV advertising analytics and measurement platform. Requires 6+ years Python experience, strong distributed systems and modern data stack background, plus production LLM deployment experience.

170k – 200k
Hybrid6+ YOEBackend Engineering
Idme

Principal Software Development Engineer Person & Trust Platform

IdmeMountain View, CA

Principal engineer owning data model strategy, API contracts, and architecture for ID.me's foundational Person, Trust, and Inspection Catalog systems that determine identity and confidence scoring. Requires 10+ years experience with deep expertise in graph data modeling and source-of-truth APIs.

243k – 307k
On-site10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Sentry

Senior Software Engineer, Billing Platform

SentrySan Francisco, CA

Senior Software Engineer building and scaling Sentry's billing and usage tracking platform. Design flexible pricing systems, ensure financial-grade accuracy for hundreds of billions of daily events, and solve complex distributed data consistency challenges.

190k – 240k
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Censys

Staff Backend Engineer, Exposure Management

CensysAnn Arbor, MI

Tech lead for Exposure Management team migrating legacy Attack Surface Management product to next-gen platform. Build scalable real-time streaming services on massive datasets using Golang; own end-to-end backend services, drive architecture, mentor team, and integrate AI/LLMs. Requires 10+ years software engineering and 5+ years Golang.

172k – 233k
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Censys

Senior Backend Engineer, SOC & Threat Hunting

CensysAnn Arbor, MI

Senior backend engineer building resilient APIs and scalable microservices for Censys' Adversary Investigation module to deliver threat intelligence tools for SOC analysts and threat hunters. Requires 5+ years building distributed apps, 2+ years with Go microservices, and cloud experience.

151k – 206k
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Censys

Software Engineer

CensysAnn Arbor, MI

Software engineer building backend services, resilient APIs, and scalable microservices for Censys' Adversary Investigation and threat hunting tools in the SaaS platform. Requires 2-4 years experience, preferably with Go and cloud infrastructure.

125k – 177k
Remote2+ YOEBackend Engineering
Censys

Software Engineer , Core Services

CensysAnn Arbor, MI

Build and extend core platform services for authentication, authorization, RBAC, identity, and account management at Censys. Requires 2-4 years experience with strong Go skills and experience shipping backend services in cloud environments.

125k – 177k
Remote2+ YOEBackend Engineering
Mercury

Senior Backend Engineer

MercurySan Francisco, CA +2

Senior backend engineer building lovable fintech and banking products at Mercury. Requires 3-7 years backend experience, Haskell/SQL proficiency, product ownership, architectural decision-making, and enthusiasm for AI tools.

167k – 208k
Remote3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Pinecone

Senior Software Engineer, Knowledge Engine

PineconeUnited States

Build scalable search and retrieval infrastructure for Pinecone's vector database and knowledge engine, focusing on semantic/hybrid search, indexing pipelines, RAG patterns, and LLM-powered agentic systems. Requires 6+ years building large-scale, low-latency backend systems with strong distributed systems and AI retrieval expertise.

190k – 270k
Remote6+ YOEBackend Engineering
Snowflake

Staff Software Engineer

SnowflakeMenlo Park, CA +1

Staff Software Engineer building and scaling Snowflake's cloud-agnostic FDB distributed transactional key-value store that powers all Snowflake products. Design autoscaling infrastructure, next-gen transaction/caching/storage systems, and multi-tenant capabilities for AWS, Azure, and GCP.

236k – 339k
On-site8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Weave

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

WeaveLehi, UT

Staff Backend Engineer building and leading scalable Golang microservices, distributed systems, and payment infrastructure for a healthcare platform serving 40K+ practices. Requires 10+ years experience driving large-scale projects, mentoring, and migrations in cloud-native environments (GCP preferred).

Salary not listed
Hybrid10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Upstart

Senior Software Engineer

UpstartUnited States

Senior Software Engineer building scalable, event-driven platforms for Upstart's Lending Platform to automate accounting, capital risk, and financial operations using high-volume data processing and AI tools. Requires 4+ years experience with distributed systems in AWS.

153k – 231k
Remote4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Stripe

Backend Engineer, Developer SDKs

StripeUnited States

Backend Engineer building and maintaining Stripe's official SDKs and code generation framework across multiple languages with a focus on Golang and developer experience. Requires 6+ years engineering experience including 3+ years with Golang, passion for API design, and interest in multiple languages.

Salary not listed
Remote6+ YOEBackend Engineering
Mercor

Software Engineer, Marketplace

MercorSan Francisco, CA

Software Engineer building core backend systems for a high-volume AI talent marketplace, including matching, allocation, search, and real-time decisioning infrastructure. Requires strong production backend experience with high-throughput APIs and distributed systems.

130k – 500k
On-siteBackend Engineering
FloQast

Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform

FloQastSan Jose, CA

Senior Software Engineer building and scaling FloQast's foundational backend platform, including distributed core services, event streaming with Kafka, workflow orchestration with Temporal, auth frameworks, and high-throughput MongoDB data platforms. Requires 7+ years backend/distributed systems experience in B2B SaaS startups.

Salary not listed
Hybrid7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Cloudflare

Senior Systems Engineer, Cloudflare Data Platform

CloudflareUnited States

Senior engineer building Cloudflare's globally distributed storage, database, and data platform products. Own code end-to-end across the stack, architect consistency models, optimize performance, and design APIs using Rust, TypeScript, Go and other languages. Requires 6+ years distributed systems experience.

Salary not listed
On-site6+ YOEBackend Engineering