Backend Engineer jobs in San Francisco
51 active openings for people who build APIs, services, and the systems behind modern products. See the newest roles, the companies hiring most, and the market evidence behind this search.
- Available now
- 51 roles Active listings in Jobfinder
- Hiring market
- 27 companies Not one employer or one job board
- Freshness
- 71 day median Inventory refreshes throughout the day
- Published pay
- $159K–$199K 6 listings disclose pay
The newest backend engineer openings.
Ordered by discovery time, with the strongest current market context kept close.
Software Engineer II, BackendBrex·San Francisco, California, United States
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering)Brex·San Francisco, California, United States
Backend Engineer, Intelligent CommerceStripe·Seattle, San Francisco, New York
- Product Engineer (Backend) - Resiquant AIPear VC·San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff, Backend - NomadicMLPear VC·San Francisco
- Backend Engineer - KnownPear VC·San Francisco
- Software Engineer, Backend | Product Engineering - SF Onlytrm-labs·San Francisco, CA
- Senior Backend Engineer - Fynn (AI Credit Coach)Kikoff·San Francisco
- Senior Backend Engineer - Grant Underwriting and PaymentKikoff·San Francisco
- Senior Backend Software Engineer - Core Backend, Cloud Customer ExperienceCrusoe·San Francisco, CA - US
- Staff Software Engineer (Backend) - Everand CoreScribdInc·San Francisco
- Staff Software Engineer (Backend) - Fable CoreScribdInc·San Francisco
- Staff Software Engineer, BackendMotive·Hybrid - San Francisco, California
- Staff Software Engineer - BackendMotive·Hybrid - San Francisco, California; Hybrid - Seattle
- Staff Backend Engineer, OfferwallUnity Technologies·San Francisco, CA, US
Backend Software Engineer - Codex for FinanceOpenAI·San Francisco
- Senior Software Engineer - Backendcoderabbit·San Francisco
- Senior Software Engineer (Backend)filevine·San Francisco
- Senior Backend Engineer, Productorionsleep·San Francisco
- Software Engineer, Backendmercor·San Francisco
- Member of Technical Staff, Backendmercor·San Francisco
- Backend Engineertown·San Francisco
- Software Engineer - Backend (Varying Levels)windfalldata·San Francisco or Denver
- Senior Backend Engineer - ProductMercury·San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States
- Software Engineer, Backendplaid·San Francisco HQ
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How many backend engineer jobs in san francisco are open right now?+
There are 51 live openings in this collection as of September 19, 2026. Inventory is refreshed throughout the day, and the page remains available when the count changes.
Which companies are hiring for backend engineer roles?+
The most active employers in the current inventory include OpenAI, Clera, Databricks, harvey, Pear VC.
How fresh are these job listings?+
The median listing in this collection was discovered 71 days ago. Jobfinder refreshes inventory throughout the day and removes closed roles from the active results.
What do backend engineer jobs pay?+
Across the 6 listings that disclose compensation, the observed median range is $159K–$199K USD per year. This is published listing evidence, not an estimate.