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Backend Engineer Jobs in California.

California is the largest state economy in the United States, home to Silicon Valley technology, Hollywood entertainment, aerospace, agriculture, and a vast healthcare and services sector. Its job market stretches from the Bay Area to Los Angeles and San Diego. Browse jobs in California from companies hiring across every field.

Back-end engineers build the APIs, databases and services that power applications behind the scenes. Explore back-end engineer jobs from companies hiring worldwide.

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Sleeper
Staff Software Engineer – Backend
Sleeper
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $225,000–$300,000
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Sift Stack, Inc.
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Agentic AI)
Sift Stack, Inc.
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Hybrid $180,000–$230,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Sift Stack, Inc.
Software Engineer, Backend (Agentic AI)
Sift Stack, Inc.
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Hybrid $160,000–$200,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Sift Stack, Inc.
Staff Backend Engineer
Sift Stack, Inc.
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Hybrid $200,000–$260,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Serval
Software Engineer, Backend
Serval
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $200,000–$325,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Sentra
Senior Backend Software Engineer
Sentra
⚡ Apply early San Francisco / Bay Area Hybrid $150,000–$300,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Semgrep
Staff Backend Software Engineer
Semgrep
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Office Hybrid $230,000–$288,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Semgrep
Senior Backend Software Engineer
Semgrep
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Office Hybrid $163,000–$246,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
SafetyKit
Backend Engineer (Product, Infra)
SafetyKit
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
SafetyKit
Senior Backend Engineer (Staff)
SafetyKit
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Retell AI
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Retell AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Bay Area Onsite $200,000–$300,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Reach Security
Staff Software Engineer (Backend)
Reach Security
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Bay Area Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Protegrity
Senior GenAI Backend Software Engineer (773)
Protegrity
⚡ Apply early Menlo Park Hybrid $209,100–$234,100
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Pragmatike
Senior Full Stack Engineer (Backend-Focused, SF, YC)
Pragmatike
⚡ Apply early San Francisco · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
PO
Staff Network Backend Engineer
Point One Navigation Inc
⚡ Apply early San Francisco HQ Hybrid $215,000–$265,800
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
OpenAI
Software Engineer, API Enterprise Controls
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $293,000–$385,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
OpenAI
Software Engineer, API Agents
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $293,000–$385,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
OpenAI
Software Engineer, API Multimodal
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $293,000–$385,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Perplexity
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, API Platform)
Perplexity
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $220,000–$405,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Perplexity
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Backend Platform)
Perplexity
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $220,000–$405,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
PV
Backend Engineer - Known
Pear VC
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
OpenAI
Software Engineer, API Multicloud
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $293,000–$385,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
PV
Product Engineer (Backend) - Resiquant AI
Pear VC
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
PV
Senior Backend Engineer - Endless Commerce
Pear VC
⚡ Apply early Los Angeles (Remote Accepted) · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
OpenAI
Software Engineer, API SDK
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early Seattle Hybrid $293,000–$385,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago

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