Nextdoor

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

San Francisco, California, USA · Senior · full-time

Sponsorship not specified$165k-$250kDetected 42 days ago

PythonKotlinDjangoBackend DevelopmentSQLPostgreSQLRedisAWSGraphQLKafkaData ScienceCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

#TeamNextdoor Nextdoor (NYSE: NXDR) is the essential neighborhood network.
Neighbors, public agencies, and businesses use Nextdoor to connect around local information that matters in more than 350,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries.
Download the app and join the neighborhood at nextdoor.com.

Nextdoor builds innovative technology to foster local community, share important news, and create neighborhood connections at scale.
As a team, we will make each other better and build great software.
We aren't looking for prompt engineers; we're looking for people who use tools like Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, and Glean to challenge their own thinking and take full ownership of AI-assisted outputs.
The Impact You'll Make We believe in empowering our teams to own all aspects of bringing Nextdoor to life.
You'll also get the chance to collaborate with product managers and designers to drive Nextdoor forward.
As your career at Nextdoor develops, you'll also get the chance to grow your role towards what you're most passionate about.

The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $165,000 to $250,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role.

We also expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role.
With quarterly vesting, your first vest date would be within the first 3 months of your start date.

We are a small, high performing team of engineers that wear multiple hats and prioritize impact for our customers.
At Nextdoor, we operate in an AI-first environment and expect every team member to actively use AI tools as part of their workflow.

This listing is sourced directly from Nextdoor's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.