Top 10 SF Backend Roles This Week (Comp + Work Setup Included)

Happy New Year.

Starting January 2026, we’re publishing 10 curated roles per week so strong engineers can move fast without digging through noise.

These are San Francisco backend-focused roles (some are backend-heavy full stack or platform). Compensation ranges and work setup are included so you can self-select quickly.

Who this is for

• Backend, platform, infra, and backend-leaning full stack engineers

• SF Bay Area based, or open to SF on-site/hybrid when required

• Junior to mid-level (varies by role), with real “shipped work” to point to

  
  

How to express interest

Email us with:

• The role number(s) you want (example: “1, 6, 9”)

• Your resume (PDF preferred)

• Your LinkedIn

• Your current location

• Your work authorization (USC/GC/H1B/OPT/TN/etc.)

• Your preferred work setup (on-site / hybrid / remote)

This week’s 10 SF backend roles

1) Software Engineer (New Grad)

Comp: $130K–$160K | Work setup: On-site | Location: San Francisco | YOE: 0–1 | Key stack: Redis, PostgreSQL, AWSWhat the company does: B2B software that integrates and normalizes operational data across systems.What you’d be building: Backend APIs and services that move data reliably between tools. Expect database work, caching, integrations, and “production reality” debugging.

2) Founding Software Engineer

Comp: $150K–$240K | Work setup: On-site | Location: San Francisco | YOE: 0–3 | Key stack: TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, React What the company does: Early-stage product where data and speed matter, building a platform customers depend on daily. What you’d be building: Core product backend plus internal tooling. Even with a web stack, the real work is building reliable services, data flows, and scalable APIs.

3) Backend Engineer

Comp: $160K–$240K | Work setup: On-site | Location: San Francisco | YOE: 2–6 | Key stack: Python, Redis, Kafka What the company does: Workflow automation and systems software where correctness and throughput matter. What you’d be building: Event-driven backend systems, queues, and processing pipelines. Expect API design, caching, and performance tuning under load.

4) Backend Engineer (Database Focus)

Comp: $180K–$250K | Work setup: On-site | Location: San Francisco | YOE: 2–10 | Key stack: TypeScript, PostgreSQL What the company does: Data-heavy B2B product where the database is the product. What you’d be building: Data modeling, query performance, reliability, and APIs that sit directly on top of a complex schema. If you like turning chaos into clean data, this is that.

5) Product Engineer (Backend-leaning)

Comp: $140K–$250K | Work setup: On-site | Location: San Francisco | YOE: 1+ | Key stack: Next.js, TypeScript, Node, PostgreSQLWhat the company does: Product-focused startup shipping customer-facing features fast.What you’d be building: End-to-end features with backend ownership. Expect API development, data modeling, and shipping product improvements weekly, not quarterly.

6) Backend Engineer

Comp: $120K–$260K | Work setup: Hybrid | Location: San Francisco (plus another major city option) | YOE: 2–6 | Key stack: TypeScript, Node, Go, PostgreSQL What the company does: Modern B2B software with a real-time product feel. What you’d be building: Backend services where latency and reliability matter. Expect APIs, service-to-service integrations, and building the “plumbing” behind a polished product.

7) Founding Full Stack Engineer (Backend-heavy)

Comp: $150K–$250K | Work setup: On-site | Location: San Francisco | YOE: 3+ | Key stack: TypeScript, Python, React, FastAPI What the company does: Early-stage startup building a workflow product that touches a lot of data. What you’d be building: The first versions of core backend services and product features. Expect FastAPI endpoints, data workflows, and shipping features straight into production with high ownership.

8) Founding Engineer (Backend)

Comp: $170K–$250K | Work setup: On-site | Location: San Francisco | YOE: 1–5 | Key stack: Python What the company does: Small, execution-heavy team building a product where backend reliability is the differentiator. What you’d be building: Core backend systems from the ground up. Expect API design, data modeling, and making early architecture decisions that actually stick.

9) Software Engineer (Backend + Product)

Comp: $150K–$250K | Work setup: On-site or Remote | Location: San Francisco | YOE: 3–8 | Key stack: Python, TypeScript, React, FastAPI What the company does: Product company with a strong engineering culture, shipping a platform with real user volume. What you’d be building: Backend services plus customer-facing features. Expect scalable APIs, system hardening, and full ownership of features end-to-end.

10) Software Engineer, Platform

Comp: $168K–$213K | Work setup: Hybrid | Location: San Francisco | YOE: 3–8 | Key stack: TypeScript, Node, Python, PostgreSQL What the company does: Platform-first company where internal infrastructure drives product velocity. What you’d be building: Platform services, developer tooling, reliability, and foundations. Expect work like service architecture, CI/CD improvements, observability, and performance.

What teams are screening for right now

If you want to be submit-ready, make sure your resume and LinkedIn clearly show:

• Backend fundamentals: APIs, databases, caching, queues, reliability

• Shipping: what you built, what scale, what changed because of your work

• Stack alignment: at least one role-aligned backend language and a real DB

• Work setup reality: on-site/hybrid willingness when required

• Authorization clarity: don’t make them guess

Don’t see your match?

Send your:

• target title(s)

• comp range

• preferred work setup

• location

• stack

We’ll keep you on the shortlist for the next weekly drop.

Note: Compensation and role availability are provided by the hiring companies and can change. Roles may close quickly.