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13 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
Junior
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
Junior
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
The Senior Backend Engineer will design, implement, and enhance Verkada's video and audio streaming infrastructure. They will ensure optimal streaming experiences for users, architect real-time data connections, and develop a scalable video transcoding service while maintaining service-oriented architectures and producing clean, maintainable code.
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401-K
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+45 More
13 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
Senior level
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
The Senior Backend Engineer will build scalable systems and maintain a public API for customers to access historical footage. They will develop internal tools and ensure effective communication with engineering teams to enhance product quality.
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401-K
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+45 More
13 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
Mid level
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
Mid level
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will build scalable backend systems to support indexing and recognizing objects in millions of images. Your role will focus on creating and training models that provide customers with real-time alerts and insights while working within an agile team environment.
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401-K
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+45 More
12 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
355 Employees
145K-286K Annually
Senior level
355 Employees
145K-286K Annually
Senior level
Blockchain • Fintech • Payments • Software • Financial Services
As a Member of Technical Staff in Blockchain Integrations, you will develop and integrate new cryptoassets into Anchorage Digital's platform, ensuring scalable and reliable interactions with various blockchains while mentoring team members and influencing product development.
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401-K
Commuter Benefits
Company Equity
+40 More
15 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
26 Employees
Junior
26 Employees
Junior
Fintech
The Backend Engineer will design and maintain scalable APIs and backend services, manage database changes, implement best practices for deployment, and improve application performance. This role may also involve collaboration with frontend engineers to enhance web application features.
21 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
3,000 Employees
135K-215K Annually
Mid level
3,000 Employees
135K-215K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Information Technology • Payments • Productivity • Software • Travel • Automation
As a Back-End Engineer at Navan, you will design and implement APIs and core services to create a reliable application supporting global customer transactions. Collaborate with teams to deliver impactful features while ensuring quality and performance. Participate in adopting new technologies and provide support to fellow engineers.
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401-K
Commuter Benefits
Company Equity
+53 More
2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
3,000 Employees
139K-242K Annually
Senior level
3,000 Employees
139K-242K Annually
Senior level
Hardware • Information Technology • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Generative AI
Lead the design and implementation of scalable front-end applications for customer onboarding and inventory management at Meraki. Responsible for improving user experience and ensuring high performance while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Mentor junior engineers and contribute to code production.
Top Benefits:
401-K
401-K Matching
Adoption Assistance
+88 More
2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
770 Employees
Expert/Leader
770 Employees
Expert/Leader
Cloud • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software • Automation
The Staff Software Engineer will design, code, and ship front-end interfaces, APIs, and backend applications, focusing on incident lifecycle management. Responsibilities include mentoring, participating in on-call rotations, and engaging in code reviews while ensuring the stability of integrated solutions. The role emphasizes collaboration with product managers and utilizing best practices in software engineering.
Top Benefits:
401-K
401-K Matching
Adoption Assistance
+48 More

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4 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
205 Employees
200K-250K Annually
Expert/Leader
205 Employees
200K-250K Annually
Expert/Leader
Beauty • Consumer Web • eCommerce • Healthtech • Telehealth
As a Principal Engineer, you will design, build, and support a scalable backend platform for Hims & Hers, focusing on fulfillment operations. You will collaborate across teams, lead architecture and design strategies, and mentor other engineers while improving system performance and security.
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401-K
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+23 More
5 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
9,500 Employees
171K-274K Annually
Expert/Leader
9,500 Employees
171K-274K Annually
Expert/Leader
Cloud • Information Technology • Productivity • Security • Software
As a Principal Backend Software Engineer at Atlassian, you will unblock development challenges, create solutions for cross-team projects, solve complex architecture issues, lead code reviews, and mentor junior engineers while setting coding standards. You'll leverage expertise in prominent programming languages and work closely with various engineering teams on significant initiatives.
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401-K
401-K Matching
Adoption Assistance
+58 More
6 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
2,344 Employees
Senior level
2,344 Employees
Senior level
Fintech • HR Tech
As a Staff Software Engineer at Gusto, you'll architect, build, and test features across the product suite, mentor engineers, and enhance customer experiences through scalable solutions in Ruby on Rails and Javascript/React, working collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
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401-K
Adoption Assistance
Commuter Benefits
+29 More
7 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
1,700 Employees
120K-280K Annually
Internship
1,700 Employees
120K-280K Annually
Internship
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
The Backend Software Engineer will build scalable distributed systems for Verkada's cloud-based security platform, focusing on high concurrency storage systems, relational databases, and microservice architectures. Responsibilities include designing clean APIs and working cross-functionally to implement new features using Python and/or Go.
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401-K
Commuter Benefits
Company Equity
+45 More
2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
1,900 Employees
191K-267K Annually
Senior level
1,900 Employees
191K-267K Annually
Senior level
Information Technology • Mobile • News + Entertainment • Social Media
As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Reddit Pro team, you will work cross-functionally to design and develop high-impact products, contribute to the complete development cycle, and mentor junior engineers. You’ll need to balance speed and quality while developing scalable systems and maintainable APIs.
Top Benefits:
401-K
401-K Matching
Adoption Assistance
+46 More
8 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Hybrid
5,500 Employees
189K-333K Annually
Expert/Leader
5,500 Employees
189K-333K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software • Virtual Reality • App development
As a Staff Software Engineer, Backend, you will design, implement, and operate scalable services crucial to Snap's functionality. Your role involves collaborating with teams to determine product requirements, applying best practices for operational excellence, and independently executing medium-sized features. You will also address debugging and incident management.
Top Benefits:
401-K
401-K Matching
Adoption Assistance
+55 More
2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
50 Employees
180K-210K Annually
Senior level
50 Employees
180K-210K Annually
Senior level
Software
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Sprig, you will enhance the reliability and performance of our backend architecture, manage data integrity and security, and lead collaborative projects to optimize features for customer insights. Your contributions will significantly impact our innovative product research solutions.
Top Benefits:
401-K
Commuter Benefits
Company Equity
+35 More
13 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
1,200 Employees
142K-178K Annually
Senior level
1,200 Employees
142K-178K Annually
Senior level
Digital Media • eCommerce • Gaming • Mobile
As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Payments Team, you'll architect and optimize Crunchyroll's payments platform, collaborating with various teams to solve complex challenges and enhance user experience. Your role involves building robust backend services and ensuring service reliability while processing millions of payments securely.
Top Benefits:
401-K
401-K Matching
Adoption Assistance
+58 More
7 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
694 Employees
237K-325K Annually
Senior level
694 Employees
237K-325K Annually
Senior level
eCommerce • Fintech • Machine Learning • Retail
As a Senior Staff Back-end Engineer at Faire, you will develop next-generation search functionality, optimize search infrastructure for speed and accuracy, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to leverage machine learning for enhancing search performance in a two-sided marketplace.
Top Benefits:
401-K
Child Care Benefits
Commuter Benefits
+45 More
14 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Hybrid
110 Employees
200K-260K Annually
Senior level
110 Employees
200K-260K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Financial Services
Experienced backend software engineer needed for a fast-growing fintech startup. Responsibilities include core product contributions, rapid-prototyping, and production-release concerns. Must have 4+ years of industry experience and strong problem-solving skills. Company mission is to create fair and effective financial pathways for Americans to reach their financial goals.
Top Benefits:
401-K
401-K Matching
Commuter Benefits
+34 More
19 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
3,505 Employees
Expert/Leader
3,505 Employees
Expert/Leader
Gaming • Information Technology • Mobile • Software • eSports
The Expert Backend Engineer will develop server-side features for a new free-to-play game, contributing to a cross-platform title while providing mentorship to team members and demonstrating strong engineering practices.
Top Benefits:
401-K
401-K Matching
Child Care Benefits
+38 More
19 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
31 Employees
150K-210K Annually
Senior level
31 Employees
150K-210K Annually
Senior level
Automotive
The Senior Backend Engineer at Car IQ will design, develop and maintain scalable backend services using Go, manage cloud security practices, work with blockchain and Web3 technologies, and conduct performance optimizations. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams, code reviews, troubleshooting, and integrating frontend components with backend services.
19 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
3,505 Employees
Senior level
3,505 Employees
Senior level
Gaming • Information Technology • Mobile • Software • eSports
The Senior Backend Engineer will focus on server-side development, writing backend code, and ensuring high-performance applications for gaming experiences. Responsibilities include working with distributed systems, optimizing databases, and potentially dealing with security and virtual currency transactions.
Top Benefits:
401-K
401-K Matching
Child Care Benefits
+38 More
5 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
69 Employees
142K-178K Annually
Senior level
69 Employees
142K-178K Annually
Senior level
News + Entertainment
As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Payments Team at Crunchyroll, you will architect, build, and optimize the payments platform, addressing complex challenges and enhancing user experience. You will collaborate with design, product, quality, and data teams to ensure robust and reliable backend services, impacting the revenue collection process for the Crunchyroll fanbase.
6 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Hybrid
202K-237K Annually
Entry level
202K-237K Annually
Entry level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Machine Learning
Join the Anyscale team as a Backend Software Engineer responsible for building user-facing features for the AI platform and enhancing observability tools for developers. You'll interact with users, understand requirements, and implement solutions to improve data management and application monitoring for AI applications.
Top Benefits:
401-K
Company Equity
Company Outings
+24 More
8 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
40 Employees
Senior level
40 Employees
Senior level
Security • Software
The Senior Fullstack Engineer will build and own core product features, focusing on frontend, communication layer, and backend technologies. Responsibilities include solving technical problems, driving project development, designing scalable systems, mentoring engineers, and growing the engineering team.
Top Benefits:
401-K
Company Equity
Company Outings
+17 More
9 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Hybrid
51 Employees
100K-225K Annually
Senior level
51 Employees
100K-225K Annually
Senior level
Edtech • Information Technology • Kids + Family
The Staff Software Engineer at Kiddom will design and deliver full-stack product features focusing on frontend architecture, collaborate with senior engineers, evaluate technologies, and implement scalable software solutions, enhancing user experience and data management.
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Dental Insurance
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