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# backend and full stack engineers

- **Company:** Merge LLC
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $190,000.0 - $235,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Artificial Intelligence, Software as a Service, Databases, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Software Engineering, TypeScript, ReactJS, Large Language Models
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/senior-software-engineer-509977282

## About the Role

* 5-7+ years of full-time software engineering experience (looking for senior+ experience)
 * An ability to perform in a fast paced environment dealing with ambiguous technical challenges
 * Startup or SaaS experience preferred
 * Experience with Python and Go
 * Extensive knowledge of SQL databases (Postgres preferred)
 * Full stack candidates should additionally have experience working with React and Typescript

## Description

We are hiring backend and full stack engineers onto our two San Francisco based engineering teams. Our Foundations team is responsible for building Merge's infrastructure to help achieve new degrees of scale, performance, and reliability. Our Automation team is harnessing Applied AI and large language models (LLMs) to build net-new, externally facing products and to drive internal efficiency through automation, intelligent tooling, and AI-native user experiences. We are hiring for mid - to staff - level positions, with candidate evaluation based on a combination of relevant experience and performance in the interview process.

What you will do:

 * Participate in roadmapping and architecture discussions
 * Produce high-quality, production-ready, readable, maintainable code
 * Lead large projects from initial inception to production
 * Unblock and support your team of peers including engineers, designers, product managers, and business operators


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