33 Backend Engineer Jobs in San Francisco

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  Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform

  Harvey · Hybrid · San Francisco

  • Python
  • SQL
  • FastAPI
  • Flask

  $231K – $325K / yr

  Posted 10 days ago

• S

  Backend / API Engineer, Radar

  Stripe · San Francisco, Seattle, New York

  • Machine Learning

  Posted 11 days ago

• D

  Software Engineer, Backend (All Teams)

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

  • SQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Microservices

  Posted 17 days ago

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  Senior Software Engineer, Backend (All Teams)

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

  • SQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Microservices

  Posted 17 days ago

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  Staff Software Engineering, Backend (All Teams)

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

  • SQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Microservices

  Posted 17 days ago

• D

  Senior Software Engineer — Backend (Files Team)

  Databricks · San Francisco, California

  • Java
  • Rust
  • C++
  • Scala

  Posted 28 days ago

• L

  Backend Software Engineer, Airports

  Lyft · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA

  • Python

  $128K – $160K / yr

  Posted 42 days ago

• B

  Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering)

  Brex · Hybrid · San Francisco, California, United States

  • Python
  • Java
  • Kotlin
  • SQL

  $192K – $240K / yr

  Posted 44 days ago

• B

  Software Engineer II, Backend

  Brex · Hybrid · San Francisco, California, United States

  $152K – $190K / yr

  Posted 44 days ago

• O

  Backend Software Engineer, ChatGPT ImageGen

  OpenAI · Hybrid · San Francisco

  • iOS
  • Android

  $185K – $305K / yr

  Posted 49 days ago

• L

  Software Engineer Intern, Backend (Summer 2027 - SF)

  Lyft · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA

  $52 – $58 / hr

  Posted 49 days ago

• O

  Backend Software Engineer - Codex for Finance

  OpenAI · Hybrid · San Francisco

  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • Rust

  $347K – $385K / yr

  Posted 80 days ago

• S

  Staff Backend Engineer, Custody Core (Crypto Security)

  SoFi · CA - San Francisco; WA - Seattle; NY - New York City; TX - Frisco; UT - Cottonwood Heights; MT - Helena; FL - Jacksonville

  • AWS
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Kafka

  Posted 91 days ago

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  Senior Backend Engineer - Product

  Mercury · Remote · San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States

  • SQL

  Posted 122 days ago

• A

  Senior Backend Engineer, Agentic AI

  Airwallex · Hybrid · US - San Francisco

  • Python
  • SQL
  • FastAPI
  • Google Cloud

  $150K – $245K / yr

  Posted 135 days ago

• S

  Staff Software Engineer - Backend

  Sigma Computing · San Francisco, CA

  • Python
  • Rust
  • SQL
  • GraphQL

  $240K – $270K / yr

  Posted 143 days ago

• S

  Senior Software Engineer - Backend

  Sigma Computing · San Francisco, CA

  • Python
  • Rust
  • SQL
  • GraphQL

  $170K – $240K / yr

  Posted 143 days ago

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  Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Backend Platform)

  Perplexity · San Francisco

  • Python
  • Rust
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes

  $220K – $405K / yr

  Posted 149 days ago

• O

  Backend Software Engineer, Applied Foundations

  OpenAI · Hybrid · San Francisco

  • Python
  • Rust
  • C++

  $266K – $445K / yr

  Posted 176 days ago

• H

  Staff Software Engineer, Backend

  Harvey · Hybrid · San Francisco

  • LLMs and GenAI

  $231K – $340K / yr

  Posted 178 days ago

• H

  Senior Software Engineer, Backend

  Harvey · Hybrid · San Francisco

  • LLMs and GenAI

  $193K – $290K / yr

  Posted 182 days ago

• A

  Staff+ Software Engineer, Backend

  Anthropic · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

  • LLMs and GenAI

  Posted 205 days ago

• D

  Staff Backend Software Engineer- (Databricks AI)

  Databricks · San Francisco, California

  • Python
  • Scala
  • Azure
  • Databricks

  Posted 214 days ago

• B

  Senior Software Engineer, Back End

  Brex · Hybrid · San Francisco, California, United States

  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • Java

  $192K – $240K / yr

  Posted 220 days ago

• A

  Staff Backend Engineer, Agentic AI

  Airwallex · Hybrid · US - San Francisco

  • Python
  • SQL
  • FastAPI
  • Google Cloud

  $182K – $310K / yr

  Posted 254 days ago

• O

  Backend Software Engineer, GTM Innovation

  OpenAI · Hybrid · San Francisco

  $347K – $445K / yr

  Posted 269 days ago

• O

  Backend Engineer, Consumer Devices

  OpenAI · Hybrid · San Francisco

  • Python

  $293K – $325K / yr

  Posted 283 days ago

• S

  Backend Engineer, Developer & End-user Experience Platform

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

  • GraphQL
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker

  Posted 358 days ago

• D

  Software Engineer, Backend - DoorDash Air

  DoorDash · San Francisco, CA

  • Kotlin
  • C++
  • SQL
  • AWS

  Posted 634 days ago

• S

  Backend Engineer, Core Technology

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

  • Java
  • C++
  • Machine Learning
  • LLMs and GenAI

  Posted 868 days ago

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How many backend engineer roles in San Francisco are open right now?

33 open postings, read straight from company career pages. Closed postings drop off within hours.

What do backend engineer roles in San Francisco pay?

Across 18 postings that list a yearly USD salary, the midpoint is $246K. The middle half sits between $208K and $309K.

Who is hiring?

OpenAI (5), DoorDash (4), Databricks (4), Stripe (3), Brex (3).

How many are remote or senior?

9% are fully remote and 73% are senior, lead or principal level.

Which skills come up most?

SQL, Python, AWS, Microservices, Kubernetes, Redis.