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Founding Backend Engineer Jobs in Berkeley, CA (NOW HIRING)

Backend Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$120K - $200K/yr

Our founding team includes experienced entrepreneurs with prior exits, and our culture is fast ... bonus) As a Backend Engineer , you'll contribute directly to the core of our product and ...

Our founding team includes experienced entrepreneurs with prior exits, and our culture is fast ... bonus) As a Backend Engineer , you'll contribute directly to the core of our product and ...

Backend Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$140K - $165K/yr

We're growing fast, since our founding in 2019, we've grown to 7 million users across 600,000 ... About the Role We're looking for a Backend Software Engineer to join our Core Engineering team ...

Senior Backend Engineer Remote, US About Nametag Nametag helps companies verify the real person ... Nametag is a founding member of the Open Imperative and is committed to pay equity in technology.

Backend Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Hybrid

$120K - $250K/yr

... person engineering team) · Industry: Healthcare The Role Own and scale the backend and AI ... Prior founding or early-startup experience, including founding-team membership * A track record of ...

Our founding team includes deep expertise in data, infrastructure, security and LLMs with technical ... About this role: We're seeking an experienced Backend Engineer to lead the charge in building the ...

Senior Backend Engineer - AI Healthcare The Opportunity Our client is building an AI-powered health ... Founders, founding engineers, and engineers who have built systems during Seed through Series B ...

We're growing fast, since our founding in 2019, we've grown to 7 million users across 600,000 ... About the Role We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Docs Engineering Team ...

Founding Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$152K/yr

Responsibilities : • Architect and build scalable APIs, backend services, and web application ... a founder, founding engineer, or a 0-1 pre-seed startup is a big plus • Comfortable with ...

What you'll do * We're looking for an experienced Backend Software Engineer to join as a founding team member of Delphina. * As one of our key early hires, you will partner closely with our early ...

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As of Sep 3, 2026, the average yearly pay for founding backend engineer in Berkeley, CA is $180,803.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $151,800.00 and $210,600.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Infographic showing various Founding Backend Engineer job openings in Berkeley, CA as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 86% Full Time, 11% Part Time, and 3% Contract. Highlights an 86% Physical, 5% Hybrid, and 9% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $180,803 per year, or $86.9 per hour.

Senior Backend Engineer

Thomas Talent Network

San Francisco, CA • On-site

$210K - $285K/yr

Full-time

Posted 15 days ago


Job description

Confidential client — a Seed-stage company building AI agents that work alongside logistics teams to automate operational tasks in customs brokerage and global trade. 

The platform cuts customs clearance times to under 5 minutes and has delivered 30,000+ hours back to brokerage teams, with strong month-over-month revenue growth and customers processing meaningful operational volume daily. Backed by top venture investors; deeply technical founding team. 

Full-Time, In-person, San Francisco, CA. Experience: 3-6 years. Salary: $210,000-$285,000/yr. Visa sponsorship: H-1B, O-1, OPT.

The Role: As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will own the core data infrastructure powering the AI-driven logistics platform. This is a high-ownership, zero-to-one role; you'll design and scale the systems that ingest, process, and serve real-time logistics data across AI pipelines, queues, databases, and search layers. You'll set technical direction for the backend, operate with significant autonomy, and have an outsized impact on product reliability and performance from day one.

What You'll Do:

- Architect and scale distributed backend systems, design queue pipelines, communication hubs, and observability layers; build for failure with retry strategies, circuit breakers, and graceful degradation

- Own database design and reliability, schema design, indexing, query optimization, and data pipelines that keep systems in sync at scale

- Build an AI search infrastructure for real-time logistics lookup and AI-driven features

- Define service boundaries and set engineering standards for the backend

- Collaborate directly with founders on roadmap and technical direction

- Help hire and mentor future backend engineers as the team scales

Requirements (Must-Have):

- 3 to 6 years of professional software engineering experience (strictly within this band)

- Bachelor's degree from a reputable university

Company stage: Seed. Work type: In-person (San Francisco, CA).