# Senior Staff Backend Engineer Jobs in San Francisco, CA

200 senior staff backend engineer jobs in San Francisco, CA. Top employers: OpenAI, Astranis, Anthropic, and 5 more. Salaries from $30K–$500K.

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**Senior Engineering Manager, Backend Platform** at Harvey AI
San Francisco | FULL_TIME | USD 272K–355K/yr
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**Senior Software Engineer - Backend** at HappyRobot
San Francisco | FULL_TIME | USD 220K–250K/yr
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**Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform** at Harvey AI
San Francisco | FULL_TIME | USD 231K–325K/yr
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**Member of Technical Staff, Envoy Response** at Envoy
San Francisco, CA | FULL_TIME | USD 205K–225K/yr
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**Staff Software Engineer, IAM Control Plane** at Stripe
San Francisco | FULL_TIME
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**Staff Software Engineer, Finance Engineering** at Anthropic
San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | FULL_TIME | USD 320K–405K/yr
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**Software Engineer - Backend** at HappyRobot
San Francisco | FULL_TIME | USD 180K–250K/yr
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**Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise Trust & Governance)** at Perplexity
San Francisco | FULL_TIME | USD 220K–405K/yr
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**Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise Agent Evals & Efficiency)** at Perplexity
San Francisco | FULL_TIME | USD 220K–405K/yr
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**Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack — Codex** at OpenAI
San Francisco | FULL_TIME | USD 459K–536K/yr
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**Senior Staff Software Engineer - Agent Marketplace** at Kong
San Francisco, California, United States | FULL_TIME | USD 250K–270K/yr
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**Senior Software Engineer** at Orthogonal
San Francisco, CA | FULL_TIME
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**Member of Technical Staff, Intern** at Abridge
SF Office | INTERN | USD 40–40/hr
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**Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure** at Hercules
San Francisco | FULL_TIME | USD 100K–300K/yr
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**Engineering Manager, Finance Engineering** at Anthropic
San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | FULL_TIME | USD 320K–405K/yr
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