True Talent Solutions Partners

Senior Backend Software Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$200,000 - $400,000 annually
Level
Senior
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Sponsors visas

Open. First seen 2 November 2026.

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About the role

About the Role

Join an engineering team at a consumer gaming company, building backend systems and features that support its core product. You will own projects end to end and help improve how the team ships as it grows.

What You'll Do

  • Build consumer-facing backend features that support key business goals.
  • Develop data-driven systems for challenges such as matchmaking and fraud prevention.
  • Improve engineering processes and delivery tools, including experimentation platforms and CI/CD.
  • Take ownership of projects and drive them through completion with limited direction.

What We're Looking For

  • Five to eight years of backend software engineering experience, ideally in a fast-growing startup or a high-performing engineering environment.
  • Proficiency in Go, or the ability and willingness to ramp up quickly; experience with Kubernetes and GCP is relevant.
  • Experience delivering consumer-facing backend features end to end with measurable business impact.
  • Strong ownership and ability to work effectively with limited direction.
  • Experience with data-driven systems such as matchmaking, fraud prevention, or recommendations is a plus.
  • Background in real-time features, payments, consumer gaming, CI/CD, or experimentation platforms is useful.
  • A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field is preferred.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $200,000 to $400,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.

What this role asks for

Particular to this role

CI/CD · GCP

Rare in True Talent Solutions Partners's other 124 open postings.

Standard for backend roles

Kubernetes

Common in backend postings at any company.

Compared with True Talent Solutions Partners's other open jobs.

The team: Client Roles

This role is one of 125 open in Client Roles. 125 were posted in the last 30 days, including 7 lead roles: the team is hiring the people who run it too.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Python (64 of 125), TypeScript (45 of 125), LLM (44 of 125), React (41 of 125), JavaScript (28 of 125), AWS (24 of 125), Machine Learning (24 of 125)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

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Salary context

30 other open postings titled Senior Backend Software Engineer state a salary: median USD 167,000 to USD 243,250 a year.

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