Backend Jobs in United States
There are 5,633 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 771 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are api, cloud and ai.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | year | $166,500 | $192,050 | $215,050 | 1,399 |
| USD | hour | $62 | $69 | $76 | 28 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- api 44%
- cloud 42%
- ai 38%
- python 35%
- aws 33%
- java 32%
- distributed-systems 24%
- kubernetes 23%
How the work is done
- Remote 859 · 15%
- Hybrid 741 · 13%
- Onsite 362 · 6%
Visa sponsorship offered in 39% of the 1,596 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 3,104
- Lead 432
- Staff 393
- Principal 104
- Middle 49
- C-level 43
Who is hiring
- 501-1000 employees 925
- 1000+ employees 914
- 51-200 employees 585
- 11-50 employees 285
- 201-500 employees 46
- 1-10 employees 14
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering)
Build and scale backend systems for Brex’s fintech platform, designing features that power corporate cards, banking, and spend management for thousands of companies.
Senior Backend Engineer, Large-Scale Search
Design and optimize large-scale backend systems powering Google Search, handling billions of daily queries with distributed computing and storage.
Senior Lead Backend Engineer, Cloud & Microservices
Lead backend teams building and scaling cloud-native microservices in Java, Python, Go, or Scala on AWS/Kubernetes to power Capital One’s customer products.
Senior Java Backend Engineer | Azure Microservices (Hybrid)
Designs and builds enterprise Java microservices on Azure using Spring Boot, focusing on secure, scalable systems and DevOps practices.
Senior Java Backend Engineer - Multi-Cloud (Azure/GCP)
Designs and migrates Java-based backend services from GCP to Azure, building scalable cloud-native solutions with REST APIs and CI/CD pipelines.
Senior Backend Engineer - IoT & Real-Time Data
Builds scalable backend systems for fleet visibility using IoT data, designing Kafka/Flink pipelines and cloud-native APIs (AWS/GCP/Azure) while mentoring peers and reducing technical debt.
Senior Backend Engineer - Node.js/TypeScript, Onsite UT
Builds and scales Node.js/TypeScript microservices and APIs, mentors engineers, and maintains CI/CD pipelines for a cloud-native backend stack.
Senior Python Backend Engineer — AWS & API/CI-CD
Veriipro is seeking a highly skilled Senior Python Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services. The role focuses on building RESTful APIs and cloud-native applications using AWS services like…
Go Backend Engineer — Real-Time Fintech Platform (Remote)
Builds and maintains the backend of a global insurance-assistance platform using Go, gRPC, PostgreSQL, and message brokers like Kafka.
Senior Angular & Backend API Engineer - Remote Healthcare
Builds a cloud-based healthcare EDI dashboard using Angular for the frontend and Java/Node.js for backend APIs, ensuring reliable data integration and delivery.
Senior Angular & Backend API Engineer (Remote)
Builds a cloud-based dashboard and RESTful APIs in Java/NodeJS to serve structured EDI healthcare data for Veterans Affairs using Angular.
Senior Backend Engineer - ML-Powered Discovery & Recs
Senior backend engineer building scalable systems for product discovery and recommendations using LLMs and agentic workflows at Home Depot.
