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2 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
As a Backend Engineer on the Alarms team at Verkada, you will be responsible for building user experiences for our alarms product category. You will work alongside a small team to develop scalable backend services, computer vision pipelines, and embedded systems. We are looking for someone with 3+ years of industry software engineering experience and expertise in Python or Go.
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2 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
1-3 Years of Experience
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
1-3 Years of Experience
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
The Backend Engineer - Events and Notifications will be responsible for building scalable systems, maintaining a public API, developing internal tools, and collaborating with engineering teams. They should have a degree in Computer Science or similar field, 2+ years of professional experience, expertise in Python or GoLang, experience with databases, and a history of shipping out significant products.
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2 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
Remote
340 Employees
217K-255K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
340 Employees
217K-255K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
Fintech • Healthtech • Software
Seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to join the Integrations Pillar of Engineering at Cedar, responsible for building data integrations between Cedar and its Customers. Key responsibilities include architecting data integrations framework, leading high-impact projects, mentoring engineers, and driving architectural changes. Preferred qualifications include deep knowledge of Django internals.
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2 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
Hybrid
111 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
111 Employees
7+ Years of Experience
Artificial Intelligence • Healthtech • Machine Learning
Experienced backend engineer needed to build and scale up core products in a conversational AI healthcare company. Opportunity to work with AI and NLP applied to healthcare at scale. Must have a strong background in technical design and a diverse tech stack. Should be a great communicator and have a passion for solving problems in the healthcare domain.
2 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
2,030 Employees
160K-225K Annually
1-3 Years of Experience
2,030 Employees
160K-225K Annually
1-3 Years of Experience
Financial Services
Product-minded backend engineer role at a leading challenger bank in the US, responsible for developing backend systems and services, testing and iterating product features, and contributing to hiring and vendor selection. Must have experience in strongly-typed languages and consumer technology products.
6 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
Hybrid
1,090 Employees
3-5 Years of Experience
1,090 Employees
3-5 Years of Experience
Fintech • Mobile • Software
Design, develop, test, refactor, and scale backend implementations of new and existing consumer product features. Work with the mobile team to design and build strong, resilient APIs. Collaborate with multi-functional teams to find creative solutions. Improve reliability and scalability of systems. Maintain high technical standards.
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2 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
We are looking for experienced back-end engineers to join the Verkada Core Platform team. You will be building scalable distributed systems, working with high concurrency key-value storage systems, and spinning up new services in a microservices architecture.
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2 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Alarms team at Verkada, you will be responsible for building compelling user experiences for one of Verkada’s major new product categories. You will work alongside a small team of frontend, backend, and firmware engineers to develop these experiences. This is a great opportunity to take ownership over software products that keep customers protected in times of critical need.
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2 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Virtual Guard team at Verkada, you will be responsible for building compelling user experiences for a major new product category. You will work alongside a small, dynamic team of frontend and backend engineers to develop these experiences. We are looking for someone with 4+ years of industry software engineering experience, mastery of a common server programming language (Python or Go), and mastery of scalable backend design. Knowledge of software architecture, API design, relational databases, distributed systems, and containerization technologies is also required. This is an opportunity to work on large-scale backend services, computer vision pipelines, and embedded systems to keep people safe and secure.
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9 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
Verkada is looking for a Backend Engineer - Device Security to build and maintain security testing infrastructure, backend systems, and more. Join a team focused on building the safest physical security products in the world.
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2 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team and work on our Access Control product line. You'll work alongside a dynamic team of firmware, backend, and frontend engineers to develop cloud-managed access control systems. We require 5+ years of industry software engineering experience and mastery of at least one common server programming language (Python, Go). Experience with scalable distributed system design, databases, and working in an agile development environment is also necessary. In addition, knowledge of software architecture, API design, and various technologies such as Docker, AWS, and k8s is recommended.
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10 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
Remote
40 Employees
185K-240K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
40 Employees
185K-240K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
Security • Software
Staff Backend Engineer at Lumos working on the Savings team to build a Spend Management Platform for businesses. Responsibilities include owning core architecture, designing data pipelines, implementing automation for data ingestion, regression testing, defining architecture, and mentoring engineers.
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2 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
Build scalable backend systems for indexing and recognizing images
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12 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
Remote
350 Employees
186K-260K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
350 Employees
186K-260K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
Healthtech • Kids + Family • Mobile • Music • Software
The Senior Backend Software Engineer at Calm is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the backend systems that power mobile and web applications. They collaborate with stakeholders, lead development of complex features, write high-quality code, ensure test coverage, and stay updated on backend technologies. The role also involves mentoring and training software engineers.
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Continuing Education Stipend
+31 More
14 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
Hybrid
2,500 Employees
316K-384K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
2,500 Employees
316K-384K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
Computer Vision • Gaming • Software • Virtual Reality • Web3
As a Senior/Principal Backend Software Engineer on the Personalization team, you will help build features that are used by millions of users daily. The team is responsible for providing our users with personalized and relevant recommendations. We want to empower people to find content they’ll love, to foster long-term engagement on Roblox, and to connect experiences with the people that are right for them. With daily active users growing at a new record rate, we are looking for experienced backend engineers who are passionate about designing and scaling the systems that power Roblox's content distribution funnel across different surfaces.
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401-K Matching
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+46 More
6 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
Hybrid
1,900 Employees
207K-298K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
1,900 Employees
207K-298K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Information Technology • Mobile • News + Entertainment • Social Media
Lead a team of engineers to re-architect the notifications system for scale and innovate new capabilities to reach users on Reddit. Directly impact millions of users worldwide and contribute to the future of Reddit.
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401-K
401-K Matching
Adoption Assistance
+46 More
2 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
1-3 Years of Experience
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
1-3 Years of Experience
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
Design, implement, maintain and improve Verkada’s video and audio streaming infrastructure. Ensure customers have the best streaming experience for both live and historical footage.
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2 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
Build scalable systems capable of handling high traffic from security cameras. Own and maintain a public API for pulling historical footage. Develop internal tools. Communicate with engineering teams.
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+45 More
11 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
165,000 Employees
3-5 Years of Experience
165,000 Employees
3-5 Years of Experience
Hardware • Retail • Software • Wearables
Develop performant backend services using Golang, C++, Java, and Python. Work on high-impact internal services delivering operational insights and alerts for Big Data datasets at Apple. Build high-scale microservices in the analytics and Knowledge Graph domain.
5 Hours Ago
San Francisco, CA
Remote
Hybrid
12,000 Employees
139K-245K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
12,000 Employees
139K-245K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
eCommerce • Fintech • Hardware • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Design, build, and maintain backend services for Square Appointments in the Health & Beauty team. Responsible for launching critical new features, advocating for developer productivity, and code quality. Collaborate with engineers and product managers to create delightful software experiences.
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401-K
401-K Matching
Adoption Assistance
+55 More
6 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
144K-180K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
144K-180K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
Transportation
Experienced backend software engineer needed to join the Telematics team at Lyft. Responsibilities include leading projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and maintaining Telematics systems. Must have 5+ years of industry experience and expertise in Python, AWS, Spark, and SQL.
7 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
Lead the development of large-scale, high-performance backend systems for cloud camera products. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and maintain software infrastructure. Mentor junior software engineers.
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+45 More
16 Hours Ago
San Francisco, CA
Hybrid
5,500 Employees
129K-228K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
5,500 Employees
129K-228K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software • Virtual Reality • App development
Snap Inc is looking for a Backend Engineer to design, implement, and operate critical and scalable services. The role involves collaborating with teams to deliver innovative products, test and debug work, and apply best practices in system operations.
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401-K Matching
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+55 More
2 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
Looking for experienced back-end engineers to join the Verkada Core Platform team. Responsible for building scalable distributed systems, working with key-value storage systems, and developing microservices architecture. Also, leading and mentoring junior engineers.
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7 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
Remote
60 Employees
130K-185K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
60 Employees
130K-185K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
Fintech
Design and build a new FinTech system from the ground up with best-in-class tools. Work on backend development, including designing and building APIs and Microservices. Write clean and reliable code. Collaborate with product and design teams.
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