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2 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
500 Employees
178K-235K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
500 Employees
178K-235K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
eCommerce • Fashion • Mobile • Sports
The Backend Engineer at Whatnot will work on different aspects of buying and selling on the platform, focusing on building scalable and maintainable backend systems. The role involves prototyping new ideas, shipping high-quality code quickly, and collaborating with other teams for extreme scale.
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5 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
Remote
7,500 Employees
115K-180K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
7,500 Employees
115K-180K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
Cloud • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
Backend Engineer role at CrowdStrike focused on developing third party ingest pipelines for Next-Gen SIEM, working on large-scale distributed systems, and building fault-tolerant cloud systems using Golang.
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8 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
Join Verkada as a Staff Backend Engineer in the Core Platform team. Build scalable distributed systems, work with key-value storage systems, lead and grow junior engineers, and contribute to projects in a microservices architecture. Requires a degree in Computer Science, 5+ years of experience, and proficiency in Python, Go, and distributed systems.
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10 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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10 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
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
1,700 Employees
130K-280K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
Backend Engineer role at Verkada's device security team, responsible for developing defensive security measures and maintaining security testing infrastructure. Requires 8+ years of backend microservices development experience, strong knowledge of scalable systems design, and working knowledge of various technologies like AWS and Docker.
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20 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
500 Employees
185K-245K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
500 Employees
185K-245K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
eCommerce • Fashion • Mobile • Sports
As a Backend Engineer at Whatnot, you will build the social aspects of the platform that foster lasting connections between sellers and buyers. You will design and build highly scalable systems in multiple languages like Python, Elixir, and JavaScript, focusing on real-time interactions and critical monetization flows. Must have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience, 5+ years of software engineering experience, and expertise in backend development.
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9 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
Hybrid
1,336 Employees
3-5 Years of Experience
1,336 Employees
3-5 Years of Experience
Fintech • Machine Learning • Mobile • Security • Software • Analytics • Data Privacy
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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8 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. Responsibilities include building scalable distributed systems, working with high concurrency key-value storage systems, spinning up new services, and helping lead and grow junior engineers.
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10 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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10 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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20 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
500 Employees
185K-245K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
500 Employees
185K-245K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
eCommerce • Fashion • Mobile • Sports
Responsible for building user experience for finding and engaging with relevant content on the platform. Design and build scalable taxonomy and content management systems. Prototype new ideas and build for extreme scale while coordinating with other teams.
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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
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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10 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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18 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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+46 More
14 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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12 Hours Ago
San Francisco, CA
Remote
7,500 Employees
135K-210K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
7,500 Employees
135K-210K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
Cloud • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
Seeking an experienced Back-End engineer to be part of the core Falcon For IT product group at CrowdStrike. Responsibilities include leading initiatives on the cloud-side of the Falcon For IT module, delivering cloud-based solutions, and working with cutting-edge technologies.
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11 Hours Ago
San Francisco, CA
Remote
Hybrid
12,000 Employees
168K-297K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
12,000 Employees
168K-297K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
Blockchain • eCommerce • Fintech • Payments • Software • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency
Design and develop net-new backend systems for Checking and Savings account products at Square Bank Accounts. Collaborate with a dynamic team to scale financial solutions for sellers, ensuring funds are available when needed most.
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+55 More
2 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
Remote
Hybrid
1,000 Employees
124K-321K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
1,000 Employees
124K-321K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Productivity • Software • Generative AI
Join Grammarly as a Back-End Software Engineer to work on core parts of the product, infrastructure, and features to help 30 million users write more clearly and effectively every day. Collaborate with internal teams, ensure high availability, mentor new hires, and contribute to an engineering culture focused on documentation, testing, and user experience.
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3 Hours Ago
San Francisco, CA
Remote
Hybrid
12,000 Employees
168K-297K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
12,000 Employees
168K-297K Annually
7+ Years of Experience
eCommerce • Fintech • Hardware • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Design and develop net-new backend systems for Square Bank Accounts checking and savings products. Collaborate with a dynamic team to ensure sellers have access to funds when needed and encourage smart financial practices.
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+55 More
2 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
165,000 Employees
5-7 Years of Experience
165,000 Employees
5-7 Years of Experience
Hardware • Retail • Software • Wearables
Design and implement significant parts of the compiler for future Apple GPUs, work on new GPU architectures, and collaborate with various teams to develop the GPU Hardware and Software stack for Apple Silicon GPUs.
9 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
Hybrid
3,505 Employees
130K-150K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
3,505 Employees
130K-150K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
Gaming • Information Technology • Mobile • Software • eSports
Develop server-side features on a gaming project, write clean and efficient code, provide leadership, support and mentor software engineers, and contribute to team building in a gaming studio environment.
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8 Days Ago
San Francisco, CA
1,700 Employees
130K-300K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
1,700 Employees
130K-300K Annually
3-5 Years of Experience
Cloud • Hardware • Security • Software
Build scalable distributed systems for environmental sensors. Work in a startup environment developing cloud-managed sensors. Lead and grow junior engineers, maintain a public API, and communicate with cross-functional teams.
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2 Hours Ago
San Francisco, CA
Remote
3,300 Employees
137K-198K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
3,300 Employees
137K-198K Annually
5-7 Years of Experience
Information Technology • Security • Cybersecurity
Cloudflare is looking for a backend engineer with a minimum of 5 years of experience to build and maintain code for customer APIs and internal service APIs. The role involves working with a tech stack including Go, JavaScript, PHP, Redis, Postgres, and Cloudflare products, developing new code, and maintaining existing code to meet product requirements.
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11 Hours Ago
San Francisco, CA
Remote
20,000 Employees
122K-188K Annually
1-3 Years of Experience
20,000 Employees
122K-188K Annually
1-3 Years of Experience
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • HR Tech • Information Technology • Software
Build high-quality, clean, scalable, and reusable code by enforcing best practices in software engineering architecture and processes. Engage in advanced scripting and web service development in JavaScript. Design and implement new products and features while enhancing existing product suite.
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