Software Engineer, Backend (All Levels)
Hybrid (San Francisco)$160k - $280kFull-timePosted 6mo ago
About the role
Backend Software Engineer role at Zip, focusing on building core products and architecture for a hybrid, San Francisco–based team. Responsibilities span API and frontend design, scalable services, and cross-functional collaboration to ship reliable, maintainable features across a wide product surface including no-code workflows, reporting dashboards, and integrations.
Responsibilities
- Design and build highly reliable and resilient products and features.
- Work closely with cross-functional product and customer-facing teams to understand requirements and ship thoughtful solutions.
- Write high-quality, extensible, and maintainable code.
- Design and build scalable frontend applications and components.
- Design and build APIs to drive existing and new features for a web-based application.
Qualifications
- We are hiring software engineers across all levels. Most of our open roles are targeting individuals with at least 5 years experience if past work is highly relevant
- BS or higher, in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g. physics or math)
- Experience with web application and API development in production environments. At Zip, our stack includes Python, Javascript, React, and GraphQL.
- Experience with industry-standard build, test, and deploy tools. At Zip, our stack includes Kubernetes, Spinnaker, Jenkins, Kibana, Prometheus, and Grafana.
- Ability and interest to quickly learn new frameworks, architecture patterns, and programming languages as needed
- Experience working at a small company with diverse responsibilities is a bonus, but not required.
- Experience working with API connections with external systems like Jira, ServiceNow, Slack, etc is a bonus, but not required.
- Exposure to AI-driven automation or interest in working with AI/ML teams to build intelligent workflows.
Skills
Required:Backend software engineeringFrontend developmentAPI design
Benefits
- Start-up equity
- 100% health, vision & dental coverage options
- Catered breakfast, lunch, & dinner
- Flexible PTO
- ClassPass membership
- Monthly commuter benefit
- Team building events & happy hours
- Home office stipend
- Phone/internet reimbursement
- Paid parental leave
- Fertility stipend
- 401k plan
- Unlimited AI token usage
Last updated Jul 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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