San Francisco, CA
Backend Engineer Jobs in San Francisco
The densest concentration of AI and infrastructure startups in the US, plus most large platform companies. Backend engineers build APIs, data models and services. Expect interview focus on schema design, concurrency, caching and API contracts.
- Open roles
- 4
- Remote-eligible
- 0
- Sponsorship signals
- 0
- Median salary
- —
Open backend engineer roles in San Francisco
- Principal Fullstack/Backend Software Engineer, User ConnectionsRoblox · San Mateo, CA, United StatesonsiteleadQuick applyPosted 13 hours ago
- Principal Software Engineer, Backend - SharingRoblox · San Mateo, CA, United StatesonsiteleadQuick applyPosted 13 hours ago
- Senior Software Engineer (Backend), Co-ExperienceRoblox · San Mateo, CA, United StatesonsiteseniorQuick applyPosted 13 hours ago
- Staff+ Software Engineer, BackendAnthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYhybridstaffQuick applyPosted 2 days ago
Hiring in San Francisco right now
San Francisco employers posted 4 backend engineer roles in the last five days. Few of these listings publish a salary range; national bands for this role run $115k–$190k.
Local hiring skews toward Java, Go, Python, PostgreSQL. If your resume doesn't name those tools in the same words the job description uses, an ATS keyword filter is the most likely reason you never hear back.
Skills to lead with
- Java
- Go
- Python
- PostgreSQL
- REST APIs
- Microservices
Companies hiring in San Francisco
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