# Staff & principal backend developer jobs in San Francisco

> Browse staff & principal backend developer jobs in San Francisco at top tech companies, updated every 12 hours. Each role links to the original posting on the company's ATS, which Lazee autofills in a few clicks.

Canonical: https://lazee.dev/careers?role=backend&level=staff&city=san-francisco
Last updated: 2026-10-25

16 open jobs, page 1 of 1, newest first. Each job links to its posting on the company's own applicant tracking system, which the Lazee extension autofills.

## Jobs

- [Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/harvey/66a13783-3073-4474-8dad-90f4146885ef) at Harvey. San Francisco · Hybrid · Full-time · $231K – $325K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus · posted 2026-10-20. Apply on Ashby.
- [Distributed Systems Software Engineer - Public Cloud (Mid/Senior/Lead/Principal)](https://salesforce.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Career_Site/job/California---San-Francisco/Distributed-Systems-Software-Engineer---Public-Cloud--Senior-Lead-Principal-_JR249834) at Salesforce. California   San Francisco +2 more · posted 2026-10-16. Apply on Workday.
- [Backend Software Development Engineer - Mid/Senior/Lead/Principal](https://salesforce.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Career_Site/job/California---San-Francisco/Backend-Software-Development-Engineer---Senior-Lead-Principal_JR249832) at Salesforce. California   San Francisco +2 more · posted 2026-09-23. Apply on Workday.
- [Staff+ Software Engineer, Distributed Systems](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5424404008) at Anthropic. New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA · posted 2026-09-15. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Backend Engineer](https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/96945) at Athelas. Mountain View, CA / New York City, NY / Los Angeles, CA / San Francisco, CA · On-site · Full-time · posted 2026-06-27. Apply on Y Combinator.
- [Staff Backend Engineer](https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/96902) at Athelas. Mountain View, CA / New York City, NY / Los Angeles, CA / San Francisco, CA · On-site · Full-time · posted 2026-06-27. Apply on Y Combinator.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Backend](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/harvey/9b7ae8f4-773e-4f83-83fa-096d157ae00d) at Harvey. San Francisco · Hybrid · Full-time · $231K – $340K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus · posted 2026-05-05. Apply on Ashby.
- [Founding Engineer - Staff/Senior](https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/88994) at Flowtel. San Francisco, CA, US · On-site · Full-time · $180K - $250K + 0.70% - 3.00% equity · posted 2026-01-28. Apply on Y Combinator.
- [Staff Backend Engineer](https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/88394) at Giga. San Francisco, CA, US · On-site · Full-time · $180K - $500K · posted 2025-12-29. Apply on Y Combinator.
- [Staff+ Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/4970314008) at Anthropic. San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA · posted 2025-10-29. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Backend](https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/83848) at Finch. San Francisco, New York City / Remote (US) · Remote · Full-time · $220K - $240K · posted 2025-10-25. Apply on Y Combinator.
- [Senior/Staff Backend Engineer](https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/75158) at Complete. San Francisco Office · On-site · Full-time · $160K - $200K + 0.10% - 0.70% equity · posted 2025-10-25. Apply on Y Combinator.
- [Founding Agentic Backend Engineer (Senior / Staff)](https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/75909) at Variant. San Francisco, CA, US · On-site · Full-time · $180K - $235K + 0.10% - 1.25% equity · posted 2025-10-25. Apply on Y Combinator.
- [Staff Software Engineer](https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/65425) at Stream. San Francisco, CA, US · On-site · Full-time · $210K - $265K + 0.25% - 0.75% equity · posted 2024-10-25. Apply on Y Combinator.
- [Staff Software Engineer - Backend](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=databricks&token=5408888002) at Databricks. San Francisco, California · posted 2022-12-27. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Generalist](https://www.workatastartup.com/jobs/46696) at Dots 💸. San Francisco / New York, NY, US · On-site · Full-time · $200K - $280K + 0.40% - 0.80% equity · posted 2021-10-26. Apply on Y Combinator.

## Broader searches

- [Staff & principal jobs in San Francisco](https://lazee.dev/careers?level=staff&city=san-francisco) (536 jobs)
- [Backend developer jobs in San Francisco](https://lazee.dev/careers?role=backend&city=san-francisco) (152 jobs)
- [Staff & principal backend developer jobs](https://lazee.dev/careers?role=backend&level=staff) (107 jobs)

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- [Staff & principal backend developer jobs in New York](https://lazee.dev/careers?role=backend&level=staff&city=new-york) (14 jobs)
- [Staff & principal backend developer jobs in Bangalore](https://lazee.dev/careers?role=backend&level=staff&city=bangalore) (11 jobs)

## Browse by experience

- [Mid level backend developer jobs in San Francisco](https://lazee.dev/careers?role=backend&level=mid&city=san-francisco) (86 jobs)
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