Backend Engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area
There are 55 open Backend Engineer roles in San Francisco Bay Area on Linora right now, pulled daily from company career pages across Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, and Workday. Typical pay runs $175k to $242k.
Updated 2026-09-10. Figures come from live job postings and refresh daily.
19 of these Backend Engineer roles in San Francisco Bay Area were posted in the last 30 days.
Pay on these live postings runs about $175k to $242k, across 37 roles that list a range.
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- Staff Backend Engineer, Identity Threat ProtectionOkta · San Francisco, CaliforniaSecure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral…$194,000 – $267,0002 days ago
- Senior Backend Engineer, Enterprise Billing PlatformLangchain · San Francisco, CAAbout Us At LangChain, our mission is to make intelligent agents ubiquitous. We build the foundation for agent engineering in the real world, helping…$175,000 – $240,0002 days ago
- Senior Backend Engineer, Managed ServicesLightning AI · New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United StatesWho We Are Lightning AI is the company behind PyTorch Lightning. Founded in 2019, we build an end-to-end platform for developing, training, and…$180,000 – $250,0007 days ago
- Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)Invisible Technologies · London - Hybrid; New York - Hybrid; San Francisco Bay Area - HybridAbout Invisible Invisible Technologies makes AI work. Our end-to-end AI platform structures messy data, automates digital workflows, deploys agentic…$250,000 – $300,0008 days ago
- Backend EngineerFellow · San Francisco, CAAbout Fellow We believe that the act of making should be meaningful and fulfilling, done with intention and precision. Fellow makes beautifully…$200,000 – $230,0008 days ago
- Senior Backend Engineer - Palo AltoPlaud · San Francisco, CAAbout Plaud Inc. Plaud is building the real-world AI interface for professionals to amplify intelligence, elevate productivity and performance, loved…$159,000 – $219,00013 days ago
- Staff Backend Engineer - Data Platform- San FranciscoHaus · San Francisco, CAAbout Haus Haus is the causal marketing platform top businesses trust to optimize billions in ad spend worldwide. With support from PhD economists…17 days ago
- Backend Engineer, Core ProductScribe · San FranciscoAbout Scribe Scribe 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…21 days ago
- Senior Backend Engineer - Grant Underwriting and PaymentKikoff · San FranciscoKikoff: The Fintech Powering Financial Security at Scale Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve…$244,000 – $292,00022 days ago
- Senior Backend Engineer - Fynn (AI Credit Coach)Kikoff · San FranciscoKikoff: The Fintech Powering Financial Security at Scale Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve…$244,000 – $292,00022 days ago
- Senior Backend Engineer, Ambient AICommure · Mountain View, CAAt Commure, we're building the AI Operating System for healthcare, the foundation that defines how care is delivered, documented, and financed. Our…22 days ago
- 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 - JacksonvilleEmployee Applicant Privacy Notice Who we are: Shape a brighter financial future with us. Together with our members, we’re changing the way people…23 days ago
- Senior Staff Backend Engineer - Cloud InfrastructureCoupang · Mountain View, USA++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Company Introduction We exist to wow our customers…$174,000 – $299,00024 days ago
- Senior Backend Engineer, Cloud PlatformPostman · San Francisco, California, United StatesWho Are We? Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 45 million+ developers and 500,000 organizations, including 98% of the…$210,000 – $240,00024 days ago
- Senior Backend EngineerSlope · San FranciscoAbout Slope Slope builds AI-native credit infrastructure for B2B commerce. We help growing businesses access capital and help credit teams make…27 days ago
- Senior Backend EngineerMintlify · San FranciscoWhy Mintlify? We're on a mission to empower builders. Massive reach: Our docs platform serves 100 million+ developers every year and powers…28 days ago
- Backend EngineerMintlify · San FranciscoWhy Mintlify? We're on a mission to empower builders. Massive reach: Our docs platform serves 100 million+ developers every year and powers…28 days ago
- Senior Backend EngineerPicnic Delivery · Mountain View, CAWho we are Picnic is reinventing meals at work. We partner with top local restaurants and deliver lunches to companies from 20 to more than 10,000…$176,000 – $242,00028 days ago
- Senior Backend Engineer II - eCommercePrenuvo · San Francisco Bay Area, California, United StatesAbout Us At Prenuvo , we are on a mission to flip the paradigm from reactive “sick-care” to proactive health care. Our award-winning whole body scan…$175,000 – $190,00029 days ago
- Senior Staff Backend Engineer (Pricing)Coupang · Mountain View, USA++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Company Introduction We exist to wow our customers…$174,000 – $299,0001 month ago
- Senior/Staff/Principal Backend Engineer, Platform & Data IngestionVerana Health · San Francisco, California, United States, New York, United StatesVerana Health, a digital health company that delivers quality drug lifecycle and medical practice insights from an exclusive real-world data network…$150,000 – $236,0001 month ago
- Backend Engineer, Drone - DoorDash LabsDoorDash USA · San Francisco, CAAbout the Team DoorDash Labs is an independent team within DoorDash. We explore robotics and automation to transform last-mile logistics in the long…$130,600 – $192,0001 month ago
- Senior Backend Engineer (Community)Papa · San FranciscoPapa is a new kind of care built on human connection. Across the country consumers, health plans, and employers look to Papa to provide vital social…$160,000 – $210,0001 month ago
- Backend EngineerOtter · Mountain View, CAWho We Are In the past, to be a successful restaurateur, you simply had to have a passion for food and a passion for people - but to succeed as a…$137,000 – $173,7501 month ago
- Senior Staff Backend Engineer, SecurityCoupang · Mountain View, USAWe exist to wow our customers. We know we’re doing the right thing when we hear our customers say, “How did I ever live without Coupang?” Born out of…1 month ago
- Senior Backend Engineer (Full-Stack Capable)Orkes · In Office - Santa Clara, CA*Position is IN OFFICE at our Santa Clara, CA (San Francisco Bay Area) office About Us Orkes is the operating system for AI agents and workflows…$180,000 – $240,0001 month ago
- Backend EngineerLightning AI · London, England, United Kingdom; New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United StatesWho We Are Lightning AI is the company behind PyTorch Lightning. Founded in 2019, we build an end-to-end platform for developing, training, and…$180,000 – $250,0001 month ago
- Staff Backend Engineer, Internal ProductsTwelve Labs · San FranciscoWho We Are: Video is 90% of the world's data. Most of it is invisible to machines. TwelveLabs builds the intelligence layer to change that. Our…1 month ago
- Staff Backend Engineer (Application Infra)Coupang · Mountain View, USA; Seattle, USAWe exist to wow our customers. We know we’re doing the right thing when we hear our customers say, “How did we ever live without Coupang?” Born out…$164,000 – $282,0001 month ago
- Senior Staff Backend EngineerCoupang · Mountain View, USA; Seattle, USAWe exist to wow our customers. We know we’re doing the right thing when we hear our customers say, “How did we ever live without Coupang?” Born out…$174,000 – $299,0001 month ago
- Staff Backend Engineer (Application Infra)Coupang Internal · Mountain View, USA; Seattle, USAPlease complete the attached Internal Transfer Request Form and submit. Please make sure to apply with your Coupang e-mail address . We exist to wow…$164,000 – $282,0001 month ago
- Senior Staff Backend EngineerCoupang Internal · Mountain View, USA; Seattle, USAPlease complete the attached Internal Transfer Request Form and submit. Please make sure to apply with your Coupang e-mail address . We exist to wow…$174,000 – $299,0001 month ago
- Staff Backend EngineerArlo · Milpitas, CAAbout Arlo: At Arlo, we're passionate about creating innovative and reliable solutions that help people protect what matters most to them. Our team…1 month ago
- Senior Backend EngineerMatternet · Mountain View, CaliforniaMatternet is building the future of delivery with autonomous drone networks that move critical goods faster, cleaner, and at lower cost. We work with…$190,000 – $240,0001 month ago
- Backend Engineer, AI SystemsGFiber · Sunnyvale, California, United StatesAt GFiber, we believe that great internet has the power to drive innovation, strengthen communities, enable the impossible, and do all the everyday…$176,800 – $194,5001 month ago
- Lead Backend EngineerAttain · Redwood City, CAAbout Attain Built for consumers and companies, alike. In a world driven by data, we believe consumers and businesses can coexist. Our founders had a…1 month ago
- Senior Backend Engineer, Inference PlatformTogether AI · San FranciscoAbout the Role Together AI is building the Inference Platform that brings the most advanced generative AI models to the world. Our platform powers…$160,000 – $250,0002 months ago
- Senior Backend EngineerTatari · San Francisco, California, United StatesTatari is on a mission to revolutionize TV advertising. Founded in 2016 to help transform the antiquated world of TV advertising through the…$170,000 – $200,0002 months ago
- Senior Backend EngineerMochi Health · San Francisco, CAHealthcare is broken at the first step: patients can't find the right care, understand what it costs, or access the medications they need. Mochi…$230,000 – $280,0002 months ago
- Backend EngineerFluidstack · San Francisco, CAAbout Fluidstack We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the…$175,000 – $300,0002 months ago
- Backend EngineerFable · San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)About Fable AI-driven threats and human error are today’s biggest enterprise security risks. Cybercriminals don’t hack systems—they exploit people…$135,000 – $250,0002 months ago
- Senior Backend Engineer, ML Inference SystemsUnity Technologies · Mountain View, CA, USAThe opportunity Every day, we connect billions of players with the games and experiences they love. Our Vector Gamer AI team sits at the heart of…$135,800 – $237,0502 months ago
- Staff Backend Engineer, ML Inference SystemsUnity Technologies · Mountain View, CA, USAThe opportunity Every day, we connect billions of players with the games and experiences they love. Our Vector Gamer AI team sits at the heart of…$192,600 – $305,6002 months ago
- Senior Backend Engineer, Agentic AIAirwallex · US - San FranciscoAbout Airwallex Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary…2 months ago
- Backend EngineerPump.co · San Francisco, CAAbout Pump.co Gartner predicts that cloud spend will be over $2T/yr by 2030, making it the fastest-growing expense for tech companies. Managing it…$120,000 – $200,0002 months ago
- Senior Backend EngineerJudgmentlabs · San FranciscoSenior Backend Engineer San Francisco · On Site · Full Time Judgment Labs is building the infrastructure for continual learning in long-horizon AI…2 months ago
- Senior Backend EngineerStraia · San FranciscoAbout Straia At Straia , we’re building the AI-native intelligence layer for colleges and universities. Today, colleges run on dozens of disconnected…$200,000 – $225,0003 months ago
- Senior Backend Engineer - Anywhere CloudCloudera · US-California-San JoseBusiness Area: Engineering Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level Job Description: At Cloudera, we empower people to transform complex data into clear and…$152,000 – $190,0003 months ago
- Senior Backend EngineerHackerRank Careers · Hybrid in Santa Clara, CAHackerRank helps companies like NVIDIA, Amazon, and Microsoft hire and upskill the next generation of developers based on skills, not pedigree. Our…$150,000 – $172,0003 months ago
- Backend EngineerSamaya AI · Mountain View, California, United StatesRole As a Backend Engineer at Samaya, you will design and lead the development of critical system components that support and enable our AI product…$180,000 – $275,0003 months ago
- Backend Engineer, Core PlatformLapel · San FranciscoAt Lapel, we believe the most hospitable companies win. We're building the data, infrastructure, and tools that help customer-facing teams understand…3 months ago
- Backend Engineer, PrimitivesLapel · San FranciscoAt Lapel, we believe the most hospitable companies win. We're building the data, infrastructure, and tools that help customer-facing teams understand…3 months ago
- Backend Engineer, AgentsLapel · San FranciscoAt Lapel, we believe the most hospitable companies win. We're building the data, infrastructure, and tools that help customer-facing teams understand…3 months ago
- Backend EngineerBespokelabs · Mountain ViewAbout Bespoke Labs Bespoke Labs is an applied AI research lab pioneering data and RL environment curation for training and evaluating agents…3 months ago
- Senior Backend EngineerHedra · San FranciscoSummary: As a Senior Backend Engineer , you will design, build, and deploy the backend services that power our creative brainstorming and creation…3 months ago
Backend Engineer pay by level in San Francisco Bay Area
| Level | Roles | 25th | Median | 75th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | 9 | $161k | $193k | $215k |
| Senior | 18 | $185k | $209k | $215k |
| Staff | 8 | $231k | $237k | $237k |
Base salary only (excludes equity and bonus), from recent Backend Engineer postings in San Francisco Bay Area that disclose pay. Levels are read from job titles; levels with too few postings are omitted.
Common questions
How many Backend Engineer jobs are open in San Francisco Bay Area?
There are 55 open Backend Engineer roles in San Francisco Bay Area on Linora right now, pulled daily from company career pages across Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, and Workday.
How much does a Backend Engineer earn?
The median Backend Engineer salary is $171k to $235k per year, based on 143 live postings that list a range.
How often are Backend Engineer jobs updated?
Daily. Linora reads roles straight from company career pages and drops listings that close, so the Backend Engineer jobs shown are current rather than reposted or expired.
Companies hiring Backend Engineers now
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