# Backend Engineer Ai Jobs in San Francisco, CA 261 backend engineer ai jobs in San Francisco, CA. Top employers: OpenAI, Astranis, Anthropic, and 5 more. Salaries from $30K–$500K. 261 open roles · page 1 of 18 **Backend Engineer** at Pump.co San Francisco, California, United States / Remote (US) | FULL_TIME [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/pumpco/backend-engineer-117759) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/backend-engineer-117759) **Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack — Codex** at OpenAI San Francisco | FULL_TIME | USD 459K–536K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/openai/principal-software-engineer-full-stack-codex-74842880-e750-4664-9e2e-83b4c96c5a03) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/principal-software-engineer-full-stack-codex-74842880-e750-4664-9e2e-83b4c96c5a03) **Senior Software Engineer - Backend** at HappyRobot San Francisco | FULL_TIME | USD 220K–250K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/happyrobot/senior-software-engineer-backend-224e1cd5-4299-483d-a6d6-70e34130ad94) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/senior-software-engineer-backend-224e1cd5-4299-483d-a6d6-70e34130ad94) **Software Engineer - Backend** at HappyRobot San Francisco | FULL_TIME | USD 180K–250K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/happyrobot/software-engineer-backend-019a38ba-756c-4c5c-8742-756f101b38c4) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/software-engineer-backend-019a38ba-756c-4c5c-8742-756f101b38c4) **Senior Engineering Manager, Backend Platform** at Harvey AI San Francisco | FULL_TIME | USD 272K–355K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/harvey-ai/senior-engineering-manager-bc2cf43d-c37d-4496-b64e-277ba79ad415) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/senior-engineering-manager-bc2cf43d-c37d-4496-b64e-277ba79ad415) **Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform** at Harvey AI San Francisco | FULL_TIME | USD 231K–325K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/harvey-ai/senior-software-engineer-backend-platform-66a13783-3073-4474-8dad-90f4146885ef) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/senior-software-engineer-backend-platform-66a13783-3073-4474-8dad-90f4146885ef) **Founding Engineer** at Conviction San Francisco, CA, US | FULL_TIME | USD 90K–210K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/conviction/founding-engineer-100109) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/founding-engineer-100109) **Founding Engineer, Agent and Data Systems** at Tenor San Francisco, CA, US | FULL_TIME | USD 150K–200K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/tenor/founding-engineer-agent-and-data-systems-117593) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/founding-engineer-agent-and-data-systems-117593) **Back-End Engineer - Fleet Management** at Atoms San Francisco, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 176K–220K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/atoms/back-end-engineer-fleet-management-8899479002) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/back-end-engineer-fleet-management-8899479002) **Full-Stack Engineer - Fleet Management** at Atoms San Francisco, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 176K–220K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/atoms/full-stack-engineer-fleet-management-8899477002) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/full-stack-engineer-fleet-management-8899477002) **Principal Software Engineer, Productivity** at OpenAI San Francisco | FULL_TIME | USD 459K–536K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/openai/principal-software-engineer-productivity-dd9c7c04-7181-4c65-9c6a-0e04313e3707) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/principal-software-engineer-productivity-dd9c7c04-7181-4c65-9c6a-0e04313e3707) **Staff Software Engineer, IAM Control Plane** at Stripe San Francisco | FULL_TIME [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/stripe/staff-software-engineer-iam-control-plane-8163540) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/staff-software-engineer-iam-control-plane-8163540) **Founding Engineer** at Paragon San Francisco, CA, US | FULL_TIME | USD 50K–200K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/frontier-jobs/deployparagon/founding-engineer-94139) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/founding-engineer-94139) **Engineering Manager, Finance Engineering** at Anthropic San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | FULL_TIME | USD 320K–405K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/anthropic/engineering-manager-finance-engineering-5457708008) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/engineering-manager-finance-engineering-5457708008) **Staff Software Engineer, Finance Engineering** at Anthropic San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | FULL_TIME | USD 320K–405K/yr [Apply](https://zerogtalent.com/ai-jobs/anthropic/staff-software-engineer-finance-engineering-5457716008) | [JD](https://zerogtalent.com/api/agent/job/staff-software-engineer-finance-engineering-5457716008) [Next page](https://zerogtalent.com/backend-engineer-ai-jobs-in-san-francisco-ca.md?page=2) --- *Source: [Zero G Talent](https://zerogtalent.com), the job board for space, defense, AI, robotics and frontier-tech companies.*