Top Backend Engineer Jobs in San Francisco, CA

Lead development and testing of core banking systems and migrations. Shape technical architecture, translate product requirements into user stories, deliver highly available scalable services, support team growth and technical culture, drive integrations and data migrations, and collaborate with product and project leads.

Lead development, testing, and migration of core banking systems. Define technical architecture, translate product requirements into technical user stories, deliver scalable high-availability services, perform data migrations and system upgrades, integrate systems using SOA, and mentor/grow the engineering team while owning project delivery.

The Software Engineer will design and maintain backend services and infrastructure, mentor team members, and implement cloud provisioning services.

As a Backend Software Engineer at Coinbase, you will decompose a monolithic Rails app, maintain and scale backend systems, and collaborate with teams to meet customer needs.

Design and maintain wallet systems, collaborate with teams, conduct code reviews, and troubleshoot problems while ensuring high quality standards.

The Software Engineer will design and maintain wallet systems for the Staking Platform, ensuring integration and high code quality while collaborating with various teams.

Lead the Onchain Pod at Coinbase, architecting tools and processes for onchain development, while mentoring team members and collaborating with stakeholders.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll develop AI-driven tools, automate workflows, and enhance developer productivity by collaborating across teams.

The Senior Software Engineer will enhance system reliability and scalability by managing projects, developing service configurations, and ensuring smooth deployments at Coinbase.

The Senior Software Engineer will enhance backend developer productivity infrastructure, design scalable solutions, and provide support to internal engineering teams.

The Senior Software Engineer will design and implement infrastructure components, manage project priorities, mentor team members, and write quality code for data systems.

Develop infrastructure and tools for AI-driven workflows, collaborating with teams to enhance productivity and optimize performance while shipping production-ready code.

Lead technical strategy and architecture for the FinHub Tooling platform, build fault-tolerant, high-reliability systems for search, remediation, and observability, drive an AI-first approach to internal tooling, align cross-functional stakeholders into quarterly roadmaps, and raise engineering quality through design reviews and mentorship.

The Staff Software Engineer will lead the architecture and strategy of Payment Rails infrastructure, designing reliable distributed systems, overseeing technical direction, and collaborating cross-functionally to enhance payment processes at Coinbase.

Design and own the multi-year architecture and roadmap for Coinbase Payments. Build and scale fault-tolerant distributed systems processing high-volume transactions, improve reliability and SLOs, create shared frameworks and APIs, drive incident response and systemic improvements, and mentor engineers while partnering with Product, Risk, Compliance, and Operations to deliver secure, scalable payment infrastructure.

Design, build, and maintain high-performance frontend experiences for identity flows (login, signup, OAuth, MFA, multi-user/org). Migrate web views to React Native, collaborate with backend teams and designers, ensure low-latency reliable UIs, and write well-tested production-grade code.

Lead technical strategy and architecture for Overseer, a platform enforcing correctness across Coinbase fund flows. Own multi-quarter roadmaps, design invariant frameworks, real-time detection, partner APIs, and AI-powered guardrails. Drive cross-team delivery for P0 initiatives, set engineering standards, and mentor to raise org-wide technical quality and reliability.

The Staff Backend Software Engineer will design and evolve scalable backend systems for Dropbox's Commerce Platform, driving technical strategy and overseeing system reliability, simplification, and data integrity across complex workflows.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll design and develop backend systems, collaborate with Data Scientists, mentor engineers, and ensure technical excellence in delivering scalable solutions.

As a Software Engineer II, you'll design and launch backend systems, collaborate with product teams, support operations, and engage in team growth. You'll take ownership of your work and contribute to the team's community.

As a Software Engineer II, you will design, develop, and launch backend systems while collaborating with product management and supporting operational efforts. The role emphasizes code quality and community engagement through mentorship and feedback.

The Staff Software Engineer will lead technical strategy and manage backend systems, collaborating across teams, ensuring quality, and fostering talent development.

As a Senior Software Engineer for the Capital Risk team, you will lead the development of scalable backend systems, collaborate on product development, ensure system reliability, and foster a culture of quality within the team.

Responsible for setting the technical strategy and supporting operations for backend systems, collaborating across teams, and advocating for technical solutions. Lead talent development and promote a culture of quality through code review and collaboration.

You will lead backend system development, optimize processes, ensure product quality, and support team growth while delivering on project goals.