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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
175K-300K Annually
Mid level
175K-300K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Software
As a Founding Backend Engineer at Trove, you will innovate GenAI applications, develop algorithms for knowledge graphs, and collaborate with AI labs and financial firms.
Top Skills: AIAlgorithmsGenaiKnowledge GraphsStructured DataUnstructured Data
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Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Software • Automation
Join Clarify as a Backend Engineer to build foundational systems for our AI-native CRM, including data pipelines, API infrastructure, and monitoring tools, while collaborating closely with founders on critical infrastructure decisions.
Top Skills: Next.JsNode.jsPostgresReactTypescript
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Mid level
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Software • Cybersecurity
As a Backend Engineer, you will lead discussions, architect infrastructure, optimize performance, and establish best practices for backend systems.
Top Skills: AWSCi/CdGoGrafanaKubernetesPrometheusSQLTerraform
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Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Mid level
Mid level
Healthtech • Software
Develop, scale, and maintain backend services for an AI-driven clinical documentation platform, ensuring reliability and compliance in healthcare environments.
Top Skills: AWSCi/CdEhr SystemsMicroservicesNoSQLPythonRestful Apis
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Mid level
Mid level
Blockchain • Fintech • Software • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency
As a Founding Backend Engineer, you'll build frameworks for information exchange, blockchain verification, and customer processing using AI, while fostering early company culture.
Top Skills: AIAngularAPIsBlockchainGqlNext.JsReactRestVue
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Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Junior
Junior
Artificial Intelligence • Healthtech • Machine Learning
As a Backend Engineer, you will develop and maintain backend services, design scalable APIs, collaborate across teams, and enhance your skills in AI and healthcare applications.
Top Skills: AWSC++GCPGoJavaNoSQLPythonSQL
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Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
260K-340K Annually
Senior level
260K-340K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Software • Generative AI
The Founding Backend Engineer will lead the technical execution of Plaud's "Plaud for Teams" product, focusing on architecture, systems, and privacy-minded collaboration using AI technologies, while building and mentoring an engineering team.
Top Skills: AWSAzureFastapiGCPGoPostgresPython
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Remote or Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
5-5 Annually
Senior level
5-5 Annually
Senior level
Healthtech • Biotech
The Backend Engineer will develop scalable systems for health data management, ensuring compliance with regulations and enhancing data security. Responsibilities include building APIs, managing data integrity, and collaborating across teams.
Top Skills: AWSAzureDjangoFastapiFlaskGCPGitGitHypothesisJIRAKafkaKubernetesLocustMySQLPostgresPytestPython
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Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
160K-300K Annually
Mid level
160K-300K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Hardware • Software
Design, build, and scale core backend systems; manage services and APIs for engineering data streams, ensuring performance and compliance.
Top Skills: AWSAzureDockerGCPKubernetesPythonRestful Apis
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
275K-325K Annually
Senior level
275K-325K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Professional Services • Software
Lead engineering best practices and develop scalable AI-driven applications and data pipelines while mentoring other engineers. Analyze complex problems and deliver impactful AI products.
Top Skills: AWSGenerative Ai FrameworksJavaKubernetesMicroservicesPostgresSpring Boot
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
231K-318K Annually
Senior level
231K-318K Annually
Senior level
eCommerce • Fintech • Machine Learning • Retail
The Staff Backend Engineer will architect retail-facing search systems, integrate AI capabilities, solve scaling problems, collaborate cross-functionally, and mentor the team.
Top Skills: AWSBuildkiteDatadogDynamoDBElasticsearchFaissGuiceHibernateHTTPJava 16JerseyJSONKotlinKubernetesProtocol BuffersRedis
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
157K-235K Annually
Senior level
157K-235K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Cloud • Marketing Tech • Social Impact • Software
Lead the design of a petabyte-scale activation platform, architect big data pipelines, optimize costs, and mentor engineers while collaborating with teams to enhance data activation reliability and performance.
Top Skills: Ai-Enhanced ToolsSparkCadenceDataprocGkeKafkaKubernetesPub/SubSinglestoreSQLTemporal
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
150K-300K Annually
Mid level
150K-300K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • HR Tech • Information Technology • Professional Services
As a Founding Backend Engineer, you will architect and scale backend systems for document intelligence workflows, build low-latency APIs, and establish best practices for CI/CD and monitoring in a collaborative startup environment.
Top Skills: AWSAzureDockerGCPHelmKubernetesPython
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
200K-280K Annually
Junior
200K-280K Annually
Junior
Artificial Intelligence • HR Tech • Information Technology • Professional Services
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll design scalable systems, lead complex projects, and collaborate on APIs for AI-driven voice automation.
Top Skills: Backend DevelopmentCloud InfrastructureDevOps
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In-Office or Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
70K-150K Annually
Senior level
70K-150K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Software • Industrial
As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will lead the design and scaling of backend systems for an AI platform, collaborating with researchers to ensure production readiness and operational excellence of AI models, while mentoring other engineers.
Top Skills: AWSAzureCloud InfrastructureDistributed SystemsGCPGpu Clusters
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In-Office or Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Software • Industrial
The Backend Engineer will design, implement, and maintain distributed systems to support AI model inference, optimize performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Top Skills: AWSAzureC++CudaGCPPythonPyTorchRust
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
223K-302K Annually
Mid level
223K-302K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Consumer Web • Productivity • Software • App development • Data Privacy
The Staff Backend Product Software Engineer will lead a team in delivering technical solutions, collaborating on product management, and mentor engineers while maintaining high standards in a reliable, scalable environment.
Top Skills: Cloud ArchitectureConcurrencyFrontend TechnologiesJavaMachine LearningMobile TechnologiesPythonSql Databases
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Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Healthtech • Machine Learning
As a Backend Engineer, you'll design and maintain scalable backend systems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor junior engineers in a healthcare AI startup.
Top Skills: AWSC++GCPGoJavaNoSQLPythonSQL
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In-Office or Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
116K-188K Annually
Junior
116K-188K Annually
Junior
Information Technology • Software
Build and maintain scalable backend services and APIs, optimize system performance, collaborate with stakeholders, and improve AI workflows.
Top Skills: AWSCockroachdbDatadogGoPython
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
157K-230K Annually
Senior level
157K-230K Annually
Senior level
Insurance • Legal Tech • Social Impact
The Senior Backend Engineer will enhance data integration infrastructure, manage internal systems, and collaborate with teams to execute engineering tasks for growth initiatives.
Top Skills: GCPGoKubernetesSalesforceTerraform
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
193K-309K Annually
Senior level
193K-309K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Fintech • Food • Information Technology • Software • Hospitality
The Staff Software Engineer will design and implement backend services for the payments platform, ensuring scalable and secure APIs, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize payment processing solutions.
Top Skills: Ai ToolsContainerization TechnologiesDynamoDBJavaKotlinMicroservices ArchitecturePostgres
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Remote or Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
165K-235K Annually
Mid level
165K-235K Annually
Mid level
Big Data • Cloud • Productivity • Software • Database • Analytics • Automation
The Backend Software Engineer will develop data ingestion pipelines, implement observability tools, and provide technical support while improving team collaboration.
Top Skills: Python
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Easy Apply
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Easy Apply
218K-257K Annually
Senior level
218K-257K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Blockchain • Fintech • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency • NFT • Web3
The Staff Software Engineer will define architecture for cross-service financial correctness, mentor engineers, and lead AI guardrails while collaborating with multiple teams.
Top Skills: DockerDynamoDBFlinkGoKafkaMongoDBPostgresRuby
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
125K-200K Annually
Entry level
125K-200K Annually
Entry level
Artificial Intelligence • Software
The Backend Engineer for AI will develop AI-powered features, solving complex problems, collaborating with teams, and delivering impactful products.
Top Skills: Ai FrameworksTypescript
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Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
150K-180K Annually
Mid level
150K-180K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Software • Generative AI
Design, develop, and maintain scalable APIs and secure backend services. Collaborate with teams to ensure system reliability and performance while identifying security risks.
Top Skills: Ai Coding ToolsBackend ServicesRestful Apis
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