Senior Backend Engineer
Quick facts
- Pay
- $250,000–$300,000 per year + competitive equity
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- San Mateo, CA
- Background
- Bachelor's degree
- Skills
- Python, TypeScript
- Industry
- Information Technology — 612 open jobs
- Visa in listing
- H-1B
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
Premier Global Links LLC is seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join a fast-growing technology team building next-generation AI-powered business intelligence solutions. This role requires strong backend engineering experience, expertise in scalable data systems, and the ability to work closely with engineering, product, leadership, and customers in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and scale large-scale data pipelines for latency-sensitive analytical workloads.
- Design and develop secure, cost-efficient, and highly scalable backend systems.
- Work across the product and codebase in a hands-on engineering environment.
- Develop and maintain backend applications using Python and TypeScript.
- Collaborate with engineering teams, product leaders, company founders, and customers.
- Contribute to product strategy, technical architecture, and engineering roadmap decisions.
- Help establish engineering practices, technology standards, and scalable technical infrastructure.
- Solve complex backend and data engineering challenges as the platform continues to grow.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
- 4+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
- Experience in product, platform, or infrastructure engineering.
- Experience building or working with large-scale data pipelines.
- Strong proficiency in Python and TypeScript.
- Strong software engineering, system design, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working in a strong engineering-focused technology environment.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- U.S. work authorization.
- Ability to work in the Bay Area or relocate to the San Mateo area.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working at a fast-growing startup or technology company.
- Experience with scalable cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.
- Experience building data-intensive, analytical, or AI-powered products.
- Experience collaborating directly with product teams, technical leadership, and customers.
- Strong academic background in a relevant technical discipline.
Work Schedule
Hybrid: Minimum 4 days in the office in San Mateo, CA, with the remaining workday remote.
The role is designed for a highly collaborative engineering environment where team members work closely with product and technical leadership.
Compensation
$250,000–$300,000 per year + competitive equity.
Visa sponsorship may be considered on a case-by-case basis, including TN visas and eligible H-1B transfers.
Premier Global Links LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.
Visa sponsorship record
No public sponsorship records foundWe didn't find H-1B, H-1B1, E-3 or green card (PERM) filings under the name Premier Global Links in the Department of Labor and USCIS data. That doesn't mean the job can't be sponsored — the company may file under a different legal name, be new to sponsorship, or sponsor a visa that isn't in these datasets (for example H-2B or J-1).
Tip: ask the recruiter early, in writing, which visa they sponsor and whether they cover the legal and filing fees.
Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
- Mentioned in the listing
H-1B
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This kind of role may fit the USMCA profession “Computer Systems Analyst (or Engineer, for engineering-degree holders)” — it depends on the actual duties. No lottery, no cap; you need the matching degree or license.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
- STEM OPT extension (F-1 students)
Requires an E-Verify employer. We didn't find this company in the E-Verify list — ask HR.
Salary vs prevailing wage
Level IV (fully competent)Software Developers · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Annual prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor (OFLC).
| Level | Prevailing wage | H-1B lottery odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | $137,093 | ~15% |
| Level II | $165,131 | ~31% |
| Level III | $193,149 | ~46% |
| Level IV | $221,187 | ~61% |
This job pays $250,000–$300,000 a year — that's Level IV (fully competent). In the wage-weighted H-1B lottery a Level IV registration gets 4 entries; estimated selection chance about 61% — better than average.
* Odds are DHS projections for the FY2027 wage-weighted lottery (actual results vary by year and employer). Since the FY2027 cap season the H-1B lottery is weighted by wage level: Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4. The level is set by the offered wage against the prevailing wage for the occupation and worksite. Separately, a $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US was announced in 2025; as of September 2026 a federal court ruling keeps it unenforceable while appeals continue — check the current status.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.