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Remote or Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
160K-210K Annually
Senior level
160K-210K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Digital Media • Enterprise Web • Marketing Tech • Software
The Senior Backend Engineer at ClickUp will integrate customer feedback into API tooling, design distributed systems, and uphold API governance while supporting AI initiatives.
Top Skills: GoKafkaTypescript
19 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
150K-250K Annually
Senior level
150K-250K Annually
Senior level
Consumer Web • Fintech • Software • Financial Services
Join Kovo as a Senior Backend Engineer to own backend systems, build APIs, and design scalable architectures using Node and AWS, emphasizing performance and reliability.
Top Skills: AWSNextjsNode.jsReactTypescript
Reposted 19 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
155K-205K Annually
Senior level
155K-205K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity
The Senior Backend Engineer develops core product features in ETL and GraphQL, designs APIs, builds ETL pipelines, and collaborates with frontend teams.
Top Skills: AWSAzureC++DockerGCPGoGraphQLJavaKubernetesNeo4JPostgresPythonScalaSQLTypescript
Reposted 19 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
165K-250K Annually
Senior level
165K-250K Annually
Senior level
Information Technology • Other • Social Media
The Senior Software Engineer will develop backend systems, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams while contributing to product features and roadmaps.
Top Skills: AWSDjangoGoGraphQLJvmKafkaKotlinPostgresPythonRedisSQL
Reposted 19 Days AgoSaved
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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195K-280K Annually
Senior level
195K-280K Annually
Senior level
Insurance • Software
The Senior Back End Engineer will develop and enhance critical services, manage APIs, optimize application architecture, and mentor junior engineers.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGoGraphQLGrpcKafkaKubernetesMongodbPostgresPythonSnowflakeTypescript
Reposted 19 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
145K-170K Annually
Senior level
145K-170K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Software • Financial Services
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will build APIs and integrations, develop fault-tolerant systems, mentor engineers, and ensure code quality.
Top Skills: GitHerokuJavaScriptNestjsPostgresRabbitMQRedisTypeormTypescript
Reposted 19 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
160K-190K Annually
Senior level
160K-190K Annually
Senior level
Software
Design, build, and scale backend systems for a publishing platform. Lead development, ensure system health, and promote engineering standards.
Top Skills: CircleCIDatadogFirebaseGCPReactSentrySQLTypescript
Reposted 19 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
200K-250K Annually
Mid level
200K-250K Annually
Mid level
Software • Cryptocurrency
As a Backend Engineer, you'll shape the backend systems of a financial platform, focusing on high-volume, high-availability solutions. Responsibilities include optimizing CI/CD pipelines, maintaining code quality, and ensuring system observability.
Top Skills: AWSFlinkKafkaKubernetesPulumiRustSparkTerraformTypescript
Reposted 19 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
150K-240K Annually
Senior level
150K-240K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Machine Learning
The Senior Backend Data Engineer will extend data ingestion and processing pipelines, build APIs and backend services, and provide technical leadership.
Top Skills: Api GatewayAWSCognitoDynamoDBGoLambdaMachine LearningPythonRust
Reposted 19 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
180K-240K Annually
Senior level
180K-240K Annually
Senior level
Mobile • Social Media
The Senior Backend Engineer will lead product components, enhance application performance using various databases, ensure user-centric development, and oversee all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle while promoting continuous learning and collaboration.
Top Skills: ElasticsearchGoJavaScriptMongoDBNode.jsPostgres SqlTypescript
Reposted 5 Days AgoSaved
In-Office or Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Entry level
Entry level
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology
Develop and maintain front-end and back-end components of AI-driven products, collaborating with teams to enhance user experience and build proof of concept products.
Top Skills: PythonReactTypescript
20 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
110K-221K Annually
Senior level
110K-221K Annually
Senior level
Blockchain • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency • Web3
The Senior Software Engineer will architect and build backend systems, APIs, and developer tools, enhancing team efficiency and reliability, while supporting the Growth Engineering team's mission.
Top Skills: DockerGitlab Ci/CdGoKubernetesMysql/MariadbPythonRedisRubyRustTerraformTypescript
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20 Days AgoSaved
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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Senior level
Senior level
Greentech • Software • Energy
The Backend Software Development Engineer III will design and implement backend solutions, focus on scalable APIs, data ingestion, and support cross-functional collaboration while ensuring code quality through testing and reviews.
Top Skills: AWSAzureCi/CdDockerGCPGoogle Cloud SpannerJavaScriptMongoDBNestjsTypescript
Reposted 18 Days AgoSaved
In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
166K-225K Annually
Senior level
166K-225K Annually
Senior level
Big Data • Machine Learning • Software • Analytics • Big Data Analytics
Design, develop, and maintain full-stack applications while providing mentorship, collaborating with teams, and optimizing performance.
Top Skills: AngularAWSAzureCSSDockerGCPGoHTMLJavaJavaScriptKubernetesPythonReactScalaSQLVuejs
Reposted 20 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
135K-160K Annually
Senior level
135K-160K Annually
Senior level
Food • Healthtech • Telehealth
Design, build, and operate backend services and data infrastructure powering member-facing and clinical workflows. Implement and maintain APIs, optimize performance and scalability, debug production issues, and collaborate with product and frontend teams to deliver reliable, secure backend solutions.
Top Skills: Amazon RedshiftAws LambdaDockerDynamoDBEc2GitJavaScriptKubernetesMySQLNode.jsPostgresRdsRestful ApisRetoolSqsTypescript
Reposted 20 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
185K-217K Annually
Senior level
185K-217K Annually
Senior level
Mobile • Financial Services
The Senior Backend Engineer will lead AI-focused projects, optimize data pipelines, mentor juniors, and enhance customer support through innovative technologies.
Top Skills: AWSBedrockDatabricksKubernetesMatplotlibNumpyPandasPythonPyTorchSagemakerScikit-Learn
Reposted 20 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
200K-217K Annually
Senior level
200K-217K Annually
Senior level
Mobile • Financial Services
The Senior Backend Engineer will design scalable backend systems, solve complex technical challenges, mentor junior engineers, and ensure the technical integrity of financial wellness tools.
Top Skills: AWSPostgresRuby On RailsTypescript
Reposted 20 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
165K-179K Annually
Senior level
165K-179K Annually
Senior level
Edtech
The Lead Engineer will design and manage scalable web applications and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement high-quality software for BigFuture. Responsibilities include architecture definition, mentoring, and leading Agile ceremonies while exploring technologies like AI.
Top Skills: AWSDynamoDBMySQLNode.jsPostgresReactRedshiftTypescript
Reposted 17 Days AgoSaved
In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
180K-220K Annually
Senior level
180K-220K Annually
Senior level
Software
Glue is seeking a senior software engineer for front-end development, focusing on modern UI/UX technologies and building a strong engineering team.
Top Skills: CSSGraphQLJavaScriptReactTypescript
Reposted 21 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
138K-244K Annually
Senior level
138K-244K Annually
Senior level
Healthtech
The Senior Software Engineer will design and develop backend systems and APIs, mentor other engineers, and resolve complex integration challenges in healthcare technology.
Top Skills: DockerGoJavaKubernetesMongoDBMySQLPostgresPythonRuby
Reposted 21 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
150K-185K Annually
Senior level
150K-185K Annually
Senior level
Aerospace • Manufacturing
The Senior Backend Software Engineer will develop and optimize critical systems for the aerospace industry, managing project priorities and overseeing various software projects.
Top Skills: C/C++Cloud InfrastructureContainer OrchestrationDistributed Data SystemsGoJavaRust
Reposted 21 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
150K-185K Annually
Senior level
150K-185K Annually
Senior level
Aerospace • Manufacturing
Seeking an experienced Software Engineer for the Spacetime team to develop systems for satellite communication, requiring expertise in algorithms and large-scale distributed systems.
Top Skills: C++Cloud InfrastructureContainer OrchestrationDistributed SystemsGoJavaRust
Reposted 21 Days AgoSaved
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Easy Apply
215K-245K Annually
Senior level
215K-245K Annually
Senior level
Productivity • Software
Lead design, implementation, and maintenance of scalable backend systems and services. Improve performance, reliability, and deployments; operate production systems (incident response rotation); conduct code reviews; mentor engineers; collaborate with product, sales, and customers.
Top Skills: Cloud ComputingDistributed SystemsMicroservicesMongoDBMySQLPostgres
Reposted 21 Days AgoSaved
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
Automotive
As a Senior Software Engineer (Backend), you will design and implement scalable applications, collaborate with agile teams, and mentor junior members while ensuring high code quality and performance.
Top Skills: AWSJavaJavaScriptMySQLReactSpring
Reposted 21 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Information Technology • Internet of Things
The Senior Back-End Software Engineer will design and write back-end code, mentor developers, and innovate the re-architecture of Tenna's product line, focusing on IoT solutions and microservices.
Top Skills: Amazon Web ServicesC#DockerEc2ElasticsearchHTML/CSSJavaJavaScriptKinesisNode.jsNoSQLPythonRabbitMQS3SQLVpc
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