Software Engineer, Backend

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Salary

$180K-$310K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

110% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Software Engineer, Backend San Francisco, California, United States About the role You'll build and scale the backend systems that power millions users creating content every day on Gamma. This role is about solving real distributed systems challenges at scale while maintaining the performance and reliability users expect from a modern AI-powered product. You'll work across the full stack, shipping features that directly impact how people create and share their ideas. While this role is backend focused, you'll work across the entire product with our frontend, product, and design teams. Our full TypeScript stack is built on modern technologies including React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, and cutting-edge AI models. Our team has a strong in-office culture and works in person 4-5 days per week in San Francisco. We love working together to stay creative and connected, with flexibility to work from home when focus matters most. What you'll do - Scale backend systems to hundreds of millions of users while maintaining high performance and availability - Build and optimize APIs that power real-time collaborative editing and AI content generation - Design and implement distributed systems that handle massive scale with reliability - Ship features across the full stack, working closely with frontend engineers to deliver polished experiences - Architect solutions for complex technical challenges in areas like data consistency, caching, and query optimization - Collaborate with product and design to turn ideas into production-ready features What you'll bring - 3+ years building production backend systems with strong fundamentals in distributed systems, databases,

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