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Coinbase

Staff Software Engineer, Payments

CoinbaseUnited States

Staff Software Engineer on the Payments team building and scaling the infrastructure, workflows, and APIs that power global fiat on- and off-ramps. Owns multi-year technical strategy, distributed systems architecture, and cross-team reliability initiatives.

218k – 257k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Clickhouse

Senior Backend Engineer - ClickStack

ClickhouseUnited States

Senior Backend Engineer building petabyte-scale observability platform services and APIs in TypeScript/Node.js. Requires 5+ years backend experience, strong distributed systems skills, and a passion for developer tooling and open source.

130k – 230k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Sigma

Software Engineer - Compiler

SigmaSan Francisco, CA +1

Build and optimize compiler infrastructure that translates spreadsheet operations into efficient SQL queries for cloud data warehouses. Requires 5+ years experience with strong CS fundamentals in compilers and algorithms.

170k – 235k/yr
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Sigma

Staff Software Engineer - Backend

SigmaNew York, NY

Build backend distributed services and APIs using Rust, Go, GraphQL, and Kubernetes to power interactive data exploration on cloud warehouses. Requires 10+ years experience building high-quality software.

240k – 270k/yr
On-site10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Sigma

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

SigmaNew York, NY

Build backend distributed services and APIs for a cloud data analytics platform using Rust, Go, GraphQL, and Kubernetes. Requires 2+ years experience building web applications and strong CS fundamentals.

170k – 240k/yr
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Sigma

Staff Software Engineer - Backend

SigmaSan Francisco, CA

Build backend distributed services and APIs for a cloud data analytics platform using Rust, Go, GraphQL, and Kubernetes. Requires 5+ years experience building and deploying web applications.

240k – 270k/yr
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Sigma

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

SigmaSan Francisco, CA

Build backend distributed services and APIs for a cloud data analytics platform using Rust, Go, GraphQL, and Kubernetes. Requires 5+ years experience building and deploying web applications.

170k – 240k/yr
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Plaid

Staff Software Engineer

PlaidNew York, NY

Staff Software Engineer building autonomous AI systems for financial data extraction and integration repair. Hands-on role defining architecture, observability, and safety for production LLM-powered platforms.

208k – 307k/yr
Hybrid7+ YOEBackend Engineering
ezCater

Staff Software Engineer, Search Platform

ezCaterBoston, MA

Staff-level technical owner of the Search Platform (Vespa engine, indexing pipeline, availability) at a food-tech marketplace. Sets architecture, drives relevance/ranking, and leads migration from legacy monolith. Requires 8+ years experience and deep search-engine expertise.

184k – 232k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Stellar

Senior Software Engineer, Wallets

StellarNew York, NY

Senior engineer building scalable backend services and APIs for Stellar wallet products and developer tooling. Requires 5+ years experience, strong CS fundamentals, and production web services experience.

185k – 275k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Stellar

Senior Software Engineer, Wallets

StellarSan Francisco, CA

Senior engineer on the Wallets team building scalable backend services, APIs, and open-source libraries powering user-facing Stellar blockchain applications. Requires 5+ years experience, strong CS fundamentals, and production web services experience.

185k – 275k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Quindar

Backend Engineer

QuindarArvada, CO +4

Develop backend satellite operations software using Python and AWS. Build APIs, integrate AI platforms, manage containerized infrastructure, and contribute to DevSecOps and architecture in a hybrid Agile environment.

120k – 180k/yr
Hybrid3+ YOEBackend Engineering
SnapLogic

Senior Software Engineer, Platform

SnapLogicSan Mateo, CA

Senior backend engineer building and operating SnapLogic's control plane services, data layer, and infrastructure. Requires 5+ years experience with distributed systems, databases, and production ownership.

160k – 180k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Postman

Staff Software Engineer

PostmanNew York, NY +1

Staff Software Engineer building APIs, scaling AI infrastructure, and designing developer experiences. Drive technical direction, mentor engineers, and collaborate across the stack in TypeScript and Next.js.

250k – 310k/yr
On-site8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Polymarket

Senior Backend Engineer, Markets Engineering

PolymarketNew York, NY

Backend engineer building automation pipelines, data integrations, and market lifecycle infrastructure for a prediction market platform. Requires 4-7+ years experience with Python or Go, distributed systems, and event-driven architecture.

Salary not listed
On-site4+ YOEBackend Engineering
Lyft

Staff Software Engineer, Rider

LyftNew York, NY

Staff Software Engineer on the Rider team leading architecture, technical roadmaps, and cross-team alignment for Lyft's rideshare platform. Requires 8+ years experience building large-scale distributed systems.

176k – 220k/yr
Hybrid8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Coinbase

Staff Software Engineer

CoinbaseUnited States

Staff Software Engineer building and evolving Control Center, Coinbase's secure internal operations platform, into an AI-agent-ready system with MCP, agentic guardrails, and distributed backend services.

218k – 257k/yr
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
ClickUp

Senior Backend Engineer, Platform

ClickUpUnited States

Senior backend engineer building and scaling API tooling, shared services, and distributed systems that power ClickUp's AI platform capabilities.

160k – 210k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
ClickUp

Staff Backend Engineer, Search

ClickUpUnited States

Staff-level search engineer responsible for designing, scaling, and optimizing ClickUp's search infrastructure using OpenSearch/ElasticSearch, including real-time indexing, vector search, and relevance tuning.

250k – 300k/yr
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
ClickUp

Senior Backend Engineer, Search

ClickUpUnited States

Senior Search Engineer responsible for designing, optimizing, and scaling search infrastructure using OpenSearch/ElasticSearch, improving relevance and speed, and building vector search capabilities.

200k – 250k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
MongoDB

Senior Software Engineer, Public Backup

MongoDBNew York, NY

Senior engineer building and scaling MongoDB's backup infrastructure including Go agents, Java server systems, and JavaScript UI for petabyte-scale distributed database recovery.

126k – 248k/yr
On-site5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Offchain Labs

Senior Backend Engineer, Rust

Offchain LabsUnited States

Build and optimize Nitro, Arbitrum's core node software for Ethereum scaling. Focus on transaction execution, state management, networking, and performance in Rust.

Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
OpenAI

Software Engineer, Cloud Agents

OpenAISan Francisco, CA

Build and scale orchestration, sandboxing, and storage systems for long-running cloud agents powering Codex, ChatGPT, and the OpenAI API. Requires 9+ years experience leading large-scale backend or infrastructure projects.

293k – 385k/yr
Hybrid9+ YOEBackend Engineering
Stripe

Staff Engineer, Billing

StripeSeattle, WA +1

Staff Engineer leading technical architecture and extensibility platform for Stripe Billing. Owns complex system design, cross-team initiatives, and scaling early product adoption to general availability.

Salary not listed
On-site12+ YOEBackend Engineering
Onos Health

Senior Software Engineer

Onos HealthSan Francisco, CA

Senior Backend Engineer to architect AI/ML workflows processing healthcare data, lead platform integrations, and own end-to-end feature development. Requires 5+ years experience and prior tech lead experience.

180k – 240k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Weave

Senior Backend Engineer - Performance

WeaveLehi, UT

Founding Senior Backend Engineer to build Weave's performance engineering practice, focusing on scaling the Truelark platform and creating self-service testing frameworks for Go microservices on Kubernetes.

Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
GlossGenius

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

GlossGeniusNew York, NY

Staff Backend Engineer leading architecture and technical direction for AI-powered products. Owns system design, mentors engineers, and builds proof-of-concepts in Kotlin on AWS/Kubernetes.

241k – 284k/yr
Hybrid7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Oneleet

Software Engineer, Integrations

OneleetBeaverton, OR

Build and maintain backend integrations connecting a security platform to cloud providers and third-party tools. Focus on reliable data pipelines, API integrations, and authentication flows.

110k – 180k/yr
Remote3+ YOEBackend Engineering
David AI

Software Engineer, Platform

David AISan Francisco, CA

Build and maintain scalable backend services and distributed systems for audio data pipelines at a Series B audio AI startup. Requires 3+ years backend experience with strong distributed systems and cloud infrastructure skills.

160k – 200k/yr
On-site3+ YOEBackend Engineering
NexHealth

Software Engineer

NexHealthSeattle, WA

Early-career backend engineer building healthcare infrastructure, writing production code for EHR integrations and data pipelines with senior mentorship.

129k – 190k/yr
On-siteEntry levelBackend Engineering
OfferUp

Staff Software Development Engineer

OfferUpBellevue, WA +1

Staff-level engineer defining technical roadmap and building/operating high-throughput Java microservices for OfferUp's business verticals. Owns features end-to-end, mentors engineers, drives experimentation, and champions AI tooling adoption.

210k – 240k/yr
Hybrid8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Paradigm

Senior Software Engineer

ParadigmSan Francisco, CA

Senior engineer building distributed LLM agent infrastructure. Requires 7+ years experience designing and deploying production distributed services.

300k – 400k/yr
On-site7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Tines

Staff Software Engineer

TinesUnited States

Lead technical direction and scale backend job processing systems and code execution engines for an intelligent workflow platform. Requires 10+ years experience with Linux systems, container runtimes, and low-level primitives in Rust or Go.

230k – 250k/yr
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Sprig

Software Engineer, AI Team

SprigSan Francisco, CA

Build and maintain backend systems and AI inference pipelines that process large-scale user feedback into actionable product insights. Requires 2+ years of production software experience and willingness to work primarily in TypeScript.

150k – 230k/yr
Hybrid2+ YOEBackend Engineering
LeafLink

Senior Backend Engineer II, Marketplace

LeafLinkUnited States

Senior backend engineer building and scaling commerce and traceability platform services using Python, Django, PostgreSQL, and AWS. Requires 5+ years of production backend experience and strong distributed systems skills.

185k – 200k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Formal

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

FormalSan Francisco, CA

Design and build a high-performance, real-time data security platform handling large data volumes. Requires 6+ years building scalable backend systems with strong Golang and systems-level experience.

Salary not listed
On-site6+ YOEBackend Engineering
ZoomInfo

Senior Software Engineer - API & MCP Platform

ZoomInfoBethesda, MD +1

Senior Software Engineer building and scaling ZoomInfo's API infrastructure with Java and NestJS. Focus on RESTful APIs, OAuth 2.0 security, MCP tools for AI integrations, and high-performance API gateways handling millions of calls.

140k – 200k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
ZoomInfo

Senior Software Engineer - Platform Integrations

ZoomInfoBethesda, MD

Senior backend engineer designing and building scalable workflow orchestration and event-driven systems using Java/Spring Boot, Node.js/NestJS, Temporal, and Kafka.

140k – 200k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Headway

Staff Backend Software Engineer

HeadwayUnited States

Staff Backend Engineer on the Revenue Engine team setting technical direction for payment and clearinghouse platforms. Hands-on leader designing fault-tolerant integrations with Stripe, Plaid, and payer systems while mentoring engineers.

224k – 280k/yr
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Fora

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Applied AI

ForaNew York, NY

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer building and scaling AI-driven products including MCP tools, agent orchestration, evaluations, and observability for non-deterministic LLM systems on a Django backend.

155k – 225k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Nango

Backend Engineer

NangoUnited States

Nango is seeking Senior & Staff Backend Engineers to design and scale backend systems, APIs, and services for their open-source platform. This role involves collaborating with customers, optimizing performance, and shaping the product roadmap.

120k – 200k/yr
Remote10+ YOEBackend Engineering
Fortanix

Staff Software Engineer - Rust and Distributed Systems

FortanixSanta Clara, CA

Design, build, and own core distributed microservices powering a confidential computing platform. Requires 8+ years experience, strong Rust/backend/distributed systems skills, and hands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud platforms.

Salary not listed
Hybrid8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Stellar Cyber

Senior Software Engineer

Stellar CyberUnited States

Senior Staff Software Engineer building scalable backend systems and data processing components for a cybersecurity Open XDR platform, collaborating with ML researchers and product teams.

150k – 200k/yr
Remote3+ YOEBackend Engineering
Writer

Software Engineer, Connectors & MCP

WriterSan Francisco, CA +2

As a Software Engineer, you will design and deliver secure, scalable AI integration platforms, connecting enterprise systems and powering mission-critical automation. You will contribute to the AI integration client ecosystem and own backend service design for high-throughput, low-latency APIs.

155k – 304k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Reddit

Staff Software Engineer, Onboarding

RedditUnited States

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Onboarding team, you will define and accelerate the backend architecture for new user experiences, focusing on signal collection, personalization pipelines, and experimentation infrastructure. You will foster a growth engineering mindset and scale impact through collaborative engineering.

217k – 303k/yr
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering
Upstart

Senior Software Engineer, Pricing

UpstartUnited States

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Core Pricing team, you will design and implement highly scalable, low-latency services that convert ML underwriting outputs into accurate risk and profitability measures, playing a critical role in evolving Upstart’s loan pricing systems.

153k – 231k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Confluent

Senior Software Engineer

ConfluentUnited States

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will advance the Tableflow project by developing and maintaining multi-tenant, highly available compute infrastructure and core components for table materialization and background maintenance at scale. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate storage features and infrastructure.

182k – 246k/yr
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Astra

Senior Backend Engineer

AstraUnited States

Astra is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to architect and build complex financial systems for payment processing, fraud detection, and compliance. This role involves leading technical decisions, mentoring junior engineers, and optimizing system performance within a distributed microservices architecture.

Salary not listed
Remote5+ YOEBackend Engineering
Astra

Staff Backend Engineer

AstraUnited States

Astra is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to architect and build complex financial systems for payment processing, fraud detection, and compliance. This role requires deep systems thinking, technical leadership, and experience with distributed microservices.

Salary not listed
Remote8+ YOEBackend Engineering
Rippling

Staff Software Engineer - Events Platform

RipplingNew York, NY +2

Lead mission-critical projects and deliver data ingestion capabilities for Rippling's Events Platform. This role involves building highly scalable distributed data ingestion systems and a data lake architecture, processing over a billion events daily, and influencing company-wide architecture and technology selections.

189k – 331k/yr
Hybrid8+ YOEBackend Engineering