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5 Hours 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
As a Staff Software Engineer - Frontend at Kiddom, you will design and deliver full-stack product features with a focus on frontend architecture. Your role includes optimizing features, selecting appropriate tools, and developing production-grade software solutions that enhance user experience and impact the company's success.
Top Benefits:
Company Equity
Dental Insurance
Disability Insurance
+4 More
22 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
113 Employees
Senior level
113 Employees
Senior level
Marketing Tech
As a Senior Software Engineer (Backend), you will lead the development of complex solutions for our platform, set engineering standards, enhance testing and monitoring, influence technical strategy, and manage APIs while collaborating in a remote environment.
22 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
113 Employees
Senior level
113 Employees
Senior level
Marketing Tech
The Senior Software Engineer (Backend) will be responsible for leading solutions to complex problems, setting engineering standards, improving testing and monitoring, influencing technical strategy, managing APIs, and implementing features that require database design.
22 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
113 Employees
Senior level
113 Employees
Senior level
Marketing Tech
The Senior Software Engineer will lead solutions for complex problems, drive engineering best practices, improve testing and monitoring systems, influence technical and product strategy, and implement features that involve database design and optimization, all while mentoring team members.
22 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
113 Employees
Senior level
113 Employees
Senior level
Marketing Tech
As a Senior Software Engineer (Backend), you will lead solutions for challenging problems, improve testing and monitoring processes, influence technical and product strategies, and manage APIs. You will also focus on system design, database optimization, and ensuring development best practices within the remote engineering team.
22 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
113 Employees
Senior level
113 Employees
Senior level
Marketing Tech
The Senior Software Engineer (Backend) at AspireIQ will lead major projects, set engineering standards, improve system reliability, and influence technical and product strategies. Critical tasks include implementing features involving database design and optimizing architecture for scalability.
22 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
113 Employees
Senior level
113 Employees
Senior level
Marketing Tech
The Senior Software Engineer (Backend) will lead solutions for complex problems, drive engineering best practices, improve testing and monitoring, influence technical strategy, implement features requiring database optimization, and manage APIs to facilitate team collaboration.
22 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
113 Employees
Senior level
113 Employees
Senior level
Marketing Tech
As a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) at AspireIQ, you will lead solutions for complex problems, set engineering standards, improve testing and monitoring, influence technical and product strategies, implement features, and manage APIs for your team.

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22 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
113 Employees
Senior level
113 Employees
Senior level
Marketing Tech
As a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) at AspireIQ, you will lead solutions to complex problems, set engineering standards, improve product reliability, influence technical strategy, implement database features, and manage APIs. A focus on collaboration and mentoring is essential within a remote work environment.
22 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
113 Employees
Senior level
113 Employees
Senior level
Marketing Tech
As a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) at AspireIQ, you will lead the development of complex software solutions, establish engineering best practices, enhance product reliability through testing and monitoring, and influence technical and product strategies. You will also manage and document APIs and work on database design while mentoring your team.
22 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
113 Employees
Senior level
113 Employees
Senior level
Marketing Tech
The Senior Software Engineer (Backend) at AspireIQ will lead solutions for complex problems, set standards for development practices, and enhance product reliability through improved testing. Key responsibilities include influencing technical strategy and architecture, implementing features involving database design, and managing APIs to facilitate team collaboration.
5 Hours Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Hybrid
51 Employees
Senior level
51 Employees
Senior level
Edtech • Information Technology • Kids + Family
The Senior Full Stack Software Engineer will lead and mentor the development team in building web applications, working closely with design and product teams to establish feature roadmaps and ensure high coding standards. The role requires expertise in full-stack development, deep understanding of web technologies, and the ability to foresee and mitigate technical challenges.
Top Benefits:
Company Equity
Dental Insurance
Disability Insurance
+4 More
19 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
750 Employees
Senior level
750 Employees
Senior level
Fintech • HR Tech • Social Impact • Software • Financial Services
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Financial Engines team, you will build scalable transaction processing and automation engines, focusing on backend development to enhance the retirement services experience while ensuring high performance and reliability.
Top Benefits:
401-K
401-K Matching
Adoption Assistance
+52 More
24 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
13 Employees
110K-160K Annually
Senior level
13 Employees
110K-160K Annually
Senior level
Payments • Real Estate • Software
As a Backend Software Engineer at ManageCasa, you will develop new features, design and test APIs, and integrate services into the platform while addressing customer issues and improving system performance. Your work will contribute significantly to the scalability and resilience of the backend system.
24 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
95 Employees
200K-245K Annually
Senior level
95 Employees
200K-245K Annually
Senior level
Social Media
The Software Engineer, Backend will enhance the live app functionality to increase user engagement. Responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and implement performant backend systems while leading phases of development and ensuring high-quality code delivery.
Top Benefits:
401-K
Commuter Benefits
Company Equity
+34 More
24 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Hybrid
202K-237K Annually
Mid level
202K-237K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Machine Learning
The Software Engineer will develop user-facing features for the Anyscale AI platform, focusing on backend implementation of observability tools and core business logic. Responsibilities include engaging with users to gather requirements, designing features, maintaining them, and solving complex data presentation challenges.
Top Benefits:
401-K
Company Equity
Company Outings
+24 More
25 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
24 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
22 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
113 Employees
Senior level
113 Employees
Senior level
Marketing Tech
The Senior Software Engineer (Backend) role involves leading solutions for complex problems, setting engineering standards, improving testing and monitoring, influencing technical strategy, implementing features with database design, and managing APIs to enhance team collaboration.
22 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
113 Employees
Senior level
113 Employees
Senior level
Marketing Tech
The Senior Software Engineer (Backend) will lead complex projects, set engineering standards, improve testing and monitoring, contribute to technical strategy and architecture, and manage APIs for easier collaboration. This role emphasizes building web applications, especially using NodeJS and relational databases, while also fostering teamwork and mentoring.
22 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
113 Employees
Senior level
113 Employees
Senior level
Marketing Tech
As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll lead the development of innovative solutions for community programs, collaborating with product managers and designers to enhance user experience. You'll build user-facing features using React and implement backend APIs in NodeJS or Python, while taking ownership of major projects.
24 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
26 Employees
Junior
26 Employees
Junior
Fintech
As a Software Engineer at Databento, you will design, develop, and maintain scalable APIs and backend services primarily in Python using FastAPI. You will collaborate with product designers and other engineers, manage database schema changes, and implement CI/CD best practices.
24 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
26 Employees
Junior
26 Employees
Junior
Fintech
The Senior Software Engineer will design and develop scalable APIs and backend services primarily using Python and FastAPI. Responsibilities include managing database changes, collaborating with systems for deployment best practices, and ensuring application performance. Involvement in frontend work may also be required.
24 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
50 Employees
Senior level
50 Employees
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Marketing Tech • Software
As a Backend Engineer at Writer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining backend systems and APIs using Scala. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize and scale backend services, integrate AI models, conduct code reviews, and ensure data integrity and security.
Top Benefits:
401-K Matching
Commuter Benefits
Company Equity
+10 More
24 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
237 Employees
Senior level
237 Employees
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Software
The Staff Software Engineer will design, implement, and improve backend systems and REST APIs, ensuring scalable and secure code. Responsibilities include debugging production issues, participating in on-call rotations, and improving engineering standards. They should also have strong interpersonal skills and experience with distributed systems.
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