Backend Developer Jobs in San Francisco

40 open backend developer roles in San Francisco, refreshed daily. Build a tailored resume in minutes with Climbr's free AI resume builder.

Open Roles

40

Median Salary

$150,863/yr

Across 2 listed pay ranges

Top Hiring

Stripe · DoorDash USA · Motive

Engineering Lead, Cloud Engineer - Software, Backend Developer

Airwallex · San Francisco, California

Position: Engineering Lead, Growth About Airwallex Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 675,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and Ti...

Posted 11/1/2026

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Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Motive · Hybrid - San Francisco, California

Who we are: Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their...

Posted 10/30/2026

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Backend / API Engineer, Radar

Stripe · San Francisco, Seattle, New York

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their re...

Posted 10/29/2026

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Backend Engineer - Oort

Loft Orbital · San Francisco, CA

$140,000 - $190,000

Wanna join the adventure?   Loft Orbital is looking for a Backend Engineer to join our Oort team. Oort is our central web platform—a unified environment that consolidates all infrastructure data and tools, empowering Lof...

Posted 10/29/2026

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Backend Engineer, Data Ingestion

Scribe · San Francisco

About Scribe Scribe https://scribe.com/ is where exceptional people come to do the best work of their careers. More than 94% of the Fortune 500 use Scribe to own their specialized intelligence: the unique way their team...

Posted 10/27/2026

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Senior / Staff Software Engineer — Product (Backend-Focused)

Snorkel AI · San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

About Snorkel Snorkel AI is the frontier AI data lab, helping teams build the data and environments behind high-performing frontier and agentic AI. We combine technology with research-driven AI data development to create...

Posted 10/27/2026

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Staff Backend Engineer, Video Platform

Patreon · San Francisco

Patreon is a media and community platform where over 300,000 creators give their biggest fans access to exclusive work and experiences. We offer creators a variety of ways to engage with their fans and build a lasting bu...

Posted 10/26/2026

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Senior Software Backend Engineer, Market Pricing

Pave · San Francisco, CA

Who We Are At Pave, we're building the industry’s leading compensation platform, combining the world's largest real-time compensation dataset with deep expertise in AI and machine learning. Our platform is perfecting the...

Posted 10/22/2026

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Product Platform - Backend Engineer

BaseTen · San Francisco

ABOUT BASETEN Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma, and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastruc...

Posted 10/22/2026

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Software Engineer, Backend Developer, DevOps

Autodesk, Inc · San Francisco, California

$98,000 - $175,450

Position: Software Engineer , US + 1 more Hybrid## Software Engineer AMER - United States - California - San Francisco - One Market Apply Now Find out how well you match with this jobJob : 26WD100611 • * Job Requisition...

Posted 10/22/2026

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Senior Engineering Manager, Backend Platform

Harvey · San Francisco

WHY HARVEY At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge wor...

Posted 10/21/2026

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Engineering Principal Software Developer, Backend Platform San Francisco $175K

MaintainX · San Francisco, California

Principal Software Developer, Backend Platform MaintainX is a leading mobile-first work execution platform for industrial and frontline teams. More than 13,000 customers, including Duracell, McDonald's, Shell, DHL and Vo...

Posted 10/21/2026

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Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform

Harvey · San Francisco

WHY HARVEY At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge wor...

Posted 10/20/2026

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Staff Software Engineer - Backend w/Kafka

Motive · Hybrid - San Francisco, California; Hybrid - Seattle

Who we are: Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their...

Posted 10/16/2026

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Founding Backend Engineer

Clera · San Francisco

ABOUT THE ROLE Own the backend systems behind an AI assistant that communicates through text, email, and phone. As a hands-on founding engineer, you will design, build, and operate reliable infrastructure for message de...

Posted 10/14/2026

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Senior Backend Engineer - Growth

Kikoff · San Francisco

Kikoff: The Fintech Powering Financial Security at Scale Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve financial security. With record revenue growth in 2025 and a unicorn va...

Posted 10/14/2026

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Staff Software Engineering, Backend (All Teams)

DoorDash USA · San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WA

About the Team DoorDash is building the world’s most reliable on-demand logistics platform. As we continue to expand our Engineering organization globally, we’re looking for Staff Backend Engineers to build and evolve th...

Posted 10/13/2026

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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (All Teams)

DoorDash USA · San Francisco, CA; New York City, NY; Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WA

About the Team DoorDash is building the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for delivery! We're looking for experienced engineers to join our fast-growing engineering team to help us develop a 24x7, global ...

Posted 10/13/2026

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Software Engineer, Backend (All Teams)

DoorDash USA · San Francisco, CA; New York City, NY; Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WA

About the Team DoorDash is building the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for delivery! We're looking for experienced engineers to join our fast-growing engineering team to help us develop a 24x7, global ...

Posted 10/13/2026

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Senior Backend Software Engineer

Atlassian · San Francisco, California

Overview Working at Atlassian Atlassians can choose where they work – whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, an...

Posted 10/10/2026

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Software Engineer, Machine Learning-Backend

Fal ai · San Francisco

fal is the generative media ecosystem powering the next generation of AI products. We build the infrastructure, tools, and model access that teams need to move from idea to production, and do it at scale without compromi...

Posted 10/9/2026

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Software Engineer: Backend

Thatch · Remote (US); San Francisco, California, United States

About the role Thatch is rewiring how health benefits work. We build software that gives employees real control over how they use their benefits. We’re looking for a Backend Software Engineer to design and build the core...

Posted 10/8/2026

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Backend Engineer, Developer & End-user Experience Platform

Stripe · Toronto Canada, San Francisco, Remote in US, Remote in Canada

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their re...

Posted 10/7/2026

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Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Chaos Industries · San Francisco, California, United States

  The Role You'll join a small, highly collaborative team in San Francisco building the software behind some of the world's most advanced radar systems. Working alongside software, hardware, and systems engineers, a...

Posted 10/6/2026

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Backend Software Engineer, Cooperative AI (Evals)

OpenAI · San Francisco

About the Team The Support Automation team at OpenAI scales the organization by applying cutting-edge AI models to real-world challenges, automating and enhancing work across the organization. From customer operations t...

Posted 10/5/2026

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Senior Software Engineer — Backend (Files Team)

Databricks · San Francisco, California

P-78 At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems — from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We ...

Posted 10/2/2026

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Senior Backend Engineer

Nourish · San Francisco, CA / Remote

About us Health is the most important thing in life, and the American healthcare system is completely broken - poor outcomes, high cost, bad patient experience. We're building a new system from the ground up. Our mission...

Posted 10/2/2026

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Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering)

Brex · San Francisco, California, United States

Why join us Brex is the intelligent finance platform that enables companies to spend smarter and move faster in more than 200 markets. By combining global corporate cards and banking with intuitive spend management, bill...

Posted 10/1/2026

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Software Engineer, Backend - DoorDash Air

DoorDash USA · San Francisco, CA

About the Team DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash. We explore robotics and automation to transform last-mile logistics in the long term. If you have a passion for applying cutting-edge technology to sol...

Posted 9/29/2026

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Backend Engineer, Intelligent Commerce

Stripe · Seattle, San Francisco, New York

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies — from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups — use Stripe to accept payments,&nbsp...

Posted 9/25/2026

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Backend Engineer, Core Technology

Stripe · US-Remote, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco

Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their re...

Posted 9/25/2026

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Software Engineer, Backend (Partner 16, Partner 18)

A16z · San Francisco, California, United States

Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (aka a16z) is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic ...

Posted 9/25/2026

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Backend Software Engineer (Senior/Staff)

Cardless · San Francisco

ABOUT CARDLESS Cardless is building the infrastructure for the world's best companies to design, build, and launch financial products. Companies like Coinbase and Bilt use Cardless to create credit cards that feel entir...

Posted 9/24/2026

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Senior Backend Engineer, Inference Platform

Together AI · San Francisco

About the Role Together AI is building the Inference Platform that brings the most advanced generative AI models to the world. Our platform powers multi-tenant serverless workloads and dedicated endpoints, enabling devel...

Posted 9/23/2026

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Software Engineer Backend Intern (Summer 2027)

Astranis · San Francisco, CA

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— lar...

Posted 9/22/2026

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Software Engineer Intern - Backend Focused - Summer 2027

Rippling · San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA, New York, NY

About the role At Rippling, Engineering is at the heart of our business and culture.  We believe in our early talent’s potential, experience and aspirations. Our mission is to open the realm of possibilities and opportun...

Posted 9/21/2026

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Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Databricks · San Francisco, California

P-78 At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems — from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We ...

Posted 9/21/2026

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Senior Backend Engineer, Agent Infrastructure

Airbyte · San Francisco

Airbyte is the data and action layer for AI agents. We give agents fast, accurate, authenticated access to business data across hundreds of sources, so they can discover the entities that matter, reason over real-time co...

Posted 9/18/2026

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Backend Software Engineer, Airports

Lyft · San Francisco, CA

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.  The Airports team is part of a mission-critic...

Posted 9/18/2026

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Senior Software Engineer, Backend Platform

Handshake · San Francisco, CA

ABOUT HANDSHAKE Handshake was founded on a simple belief that everyone deserves a path to a great career, regardless of where they went to school or who they know. Today, we power 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ empl...

Posted 9/18/2026

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