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Distributed Systems Jobs in San Francisco

108 open positions · Updated 1 day ago

Average salary (USD/year): 238.5k–355.4k/yr
108 roles Staff 37, Senior 33, Lead 14, Mid 14, C-level 2, Director 2, Principal 2, Intern 1, Junior 1 1–15 yrs experience *HQ - San Francisco, CA +40 more Full-time, Internship newest 1 day ago

108 Distributed Systems roles across 48 companies, most in AI/ML; 5% fully remote; typical advertised salary $200k

Work arrangement: 5 fully remote · 46 hybrid · 14 on-site · 43 not stated

Advertised salaries: p25 $176k · median $200k · p75 $290k (from 71 disclosed annual salaries, USD)

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Inferact

Join Inferact as a co-op student to work on cutting-edge AI inference systems in a hands-on engineering role.

Inferact San Francisco, California, United States Published 1 day ago
Flexible on stack
Anthropic

Join Anthropic as a Staff Software Engineer to build scalable ML infrastructure for AI safety systems.

Anthropic San Francisco, CA $320k–$485k/yr Published 2 days ago
Flexible on stack
Anthropic

Design and operate backend systems for Claude's safety systems, ensuring low latency and high reliability.

Anthropic San Francisco, CA $320k–$485k/yr Published 2 days ago
Stripe

Lead multiple teams in Service Infrastructure at Stripe to enhance architecture and support critical services.

Stripe Seattle, San Francisco Published 2 days ago
Heavy meetings
Perplexity AI

Join Perplexity AI's Infrastructure team to tackle cross-cutting problems in backend systems and enhance user experience.

Perplexity AI San Francisco Published 1 week ago
Flexible on stack
MongoDB

Lead the technical direction for MongoDB's Search Systems, shaping the future of search capabilities in a hybrid work environment.

MongoDB San Francisco $151k–$297k/yr Published 1 week ago
Flexible on stack
Fieldguide

Lead the design and evolution of Fieldguide's core platform services in a remote-first environment.

Fieldguide San Francisco, CA or Remote (USA) Published 3 months ago
Flexible on stack
MaintainX

Lead the AI Builder Tools team to enhance software development productivity through autonomous coding agents at MaintainX.

MaintainX San Francisco Published 4 months ago
Flexible on stack Heavy meetings
Frontera Health

Own the backend architecture of a clinician-facing platform at Frontera Health, impacting pediatric healthcare with cutting-edge technology.

Frontera Health Denver, Colorado; San Francisco, California $190k–$220k/yr Published 2 months ago
Flexible on stack
Goodfire

Join Goodfire as a Machine Learning Engineer to build interpretable AI systems with a world-class team.

Goodfire San Francisco, CA & New York, NY $200k–$400k/yr Published 9 months ago
Goodfire

Join Goodfire as the Head of Engineering to lead the development of AI interpretability tools with a world-class team.

Goodfire San Francisco, CA $300k–$450k/yr Published 8 months ago
Flexible on stack
Horizon3.ai

Lead the platform product strategy for NodeZero, ensuring scalability and reliability in a fast-paced cybersecurity environment.

Horizon3.ai San Francisco, California $194k–$265k/yr Published 2 months ago
Perplexity AI

Join Perplexity AI as a technical program manager to drive the core inference platform and coordinate across teams and model providers.

Perplexity AI San Francisco Published 1 week ago
Perplexity AI

Build and improve the technical foundations for Answer Quality at Perplexity AI, collaborating with data scientists and engineers.

Perplexity AI San Francisco Published 5 months ago
Flexible on stack
Twelve Labs

Drive technical direction for training infrastructure and operations within Pegasus at a growing AI company focused on video understanding.

Twelve Labs Seoul, South Korea Published 1 week ago
Twelve Labs

Lead the engineering organization for deploying and integrating TwelveLabs technology into customer environments as a Director of Engineering.

Twelve Labs Remote US Published 3 weeks ago
SingleStore

Join SingleStore as a Software Engineer to design and implement core AI/ML platform capabilities in a dynamic, engineering-focused team.

SingleStore India Published 7 months ago
Flexible on stack 70% coding
Reflection AI

Join Reflection AI as a Web Crawl Engineer to build and operate large-scale web crawling systems for frontier AI models.

Reflection AI San Francisco, CA Published 2 months ago
Reflection AI

Lead the Shared Services team at Reflection AI, focusing on building and scaling distributed systems while mentoring engineers.

Reflection AI San Francisco, CA Published 1 month ago
Flexible on stack
Chai Discovery

Join Chai Discovery as a Software Engineer to optimize AI models for drug discovery in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

Chai Discovery San Francisco office Published 9 months ago
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