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Backend Engineer Jobs in San Francisco.

San Francisco sits at the heart of the Bay Area and is one of the world's leading technology and startup hubs, alongside strong finance, biotech, and professional-services sectors. Browse jobs in San Francisco from companies hiring across every industry.

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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Profound
Software Engineer, Backend
Profound
⚡ Apply early New York, New York Onsite $140,000–$230,000
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Pragmatike
Senior Full Stack Engineer (Backend-Focused, SF, YC)
Pragmatike
⚡ Apply early San Francisco · location restricted
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PO
Staff Network Backend Engineer
Point One Navigation Inc
⚡ Apply early San Francisco HQ Hybrid $215,000–$265,800
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
OpenAI
Software Engineer, API Enterprise Controls
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $293,000–$385,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
OpenAI
Software Engineer, API Agents
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $293,000–$385,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
OpenAI
Software Engineer, API Multimodal
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $293,000–$385,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Perplexity
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, API Platform)
Perplexity
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $220,000–$405,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Perplexity
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Backend Platform)
Perplexity
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $220,000–$405,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
PV
Backend Engineer - Known
Pear VC
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
OpenAI
Software Engineer, API Multicloud
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $293,000–$385,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
PV
Product Engineer (Backend) - Resiquant AI
Pear VC
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
OpenAI
Software Engineer, API SDK
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early Seattle Hybrid $293,000–$385,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
OpenAI
Backend Software Engineer, Applied Foundations
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $185,000–$385,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Patreon
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform
Patreon
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $296,000–$444,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Paraform
Backend Engineer
Paraform
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $140,000–$290,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
OpenAI
Backend Software Engineer (Evals)
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $230,000–$385,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Outset
Backend Software Engineer
Outset
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $160,000–$300,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Orchestra Bio
Senior Backend Engineer
Orchestra Bio
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
OpenAI
Software Engineer, Backend (Cooperative AI)
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $230,000–$385,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Onos Health
Senior Software Engineer (Backend)
Onos Health
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $200,000–$240,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Onos Health
Lead Engineer (Backend)
Onos Health
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $200,000–$275,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Nash
Senior Backend Engineer
Nash
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
N1
New Grad Software Engineer (Backend Rust)
N1
⚡ Apply early New York City Onsite $120,000–$260,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
N1
Software Engineer (Backend Rust)
N1
⚡ Apply early New York City Onsite $120,000–$260,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
N1
Senior Software Engineer (Backend Rust)
N1
⚡ Apply early New York City Onsite $120,000–$260,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago

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