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 Cloud Backend Engineer (AWS, Microservices)
Build and maintain cloud-native microservices on AWS using Java, Python, Go, or Scala to support Capital One’s digital banking platform and ensure resilient operations.
Senior Backend Engineer: Offsite Search Optimisation
Builds and optimizes a custom search engine for ecommerce platforms using AI/ML (transformers, LLMs) to improve revenue, conversion, and profit metrics at scale (1B+ daily queries).
Lead Software Quality Engineering, Backend
Lead backend test automation and validation for a cloud-based cardiology data platform, ensuring clinical safety and regulatory compliance while mentoring a small team of engineers.
Backend Engineer, AI (Agent Systems)
Build and run backend systems that orchestrate AI models into fast, reliable APIs for a proactive smart assistant, handling inference pipelines and production reliability.
Senior Software Engineer - AI Orchestration & Backend
Designs scalable data pipelines and MCP servers for an AI-native data marketplace, building agentic systems and product experiences across backend and frontend layers.
Senior AI Backend Engineer – Scale Autonomous Agents
Build backend services for AI agents, including orchestration, reasoning pipelines, tool invocation, and memory systems using Java/Python.
Senior Backend Engineer - AI-Powered Logistics (Hybrid)
Builds and scales Java-based microservices that power AI-driven logistics decision intelligence for service providers.
Senior Backend Engineer — AI-Powered Insurance Analytics
Designs scalable backend systems for AI-driven insurance analytics, collaborating with data science teams to build reliable, high-performance workflows using modern software stacks.
Senior Backend Engineer - Scale Core Systems
Architect and scale distributed backend systems for a real-estate platform, using Go or Java to power AI-driven automation and ensure reliability.
Senior Backend Engineer - API & Microservices for Cloud
Designs, builds, and maintains backend microservices and REST APIs for cloud-scale distributed systems using Go/C++/C# and PostgreSQL/MongoDB.
Lead Software Engineer - Backend Engineer - Java and AI
Lead a backend team building secure, low-latency Java/Spring Boot services on AWS with Kafka, integrating AI-assisted tools to accelerate development while enforcing security and quality standards.
Staff Backend Software Engineer
Staff engineer building and scaling backend services for media hosting, monetization, and analytics using Python, Celery, PostgreSQL, Redis, and cloud tools on AWS/GCP.
Senior Lead Software Engineer, Back End (Java, Scala, AWS)
Lead backend engineering teams to build cloud-based financial systems using Java, Scala, and AWS, ensuring regulatory compliance and empowering millions of customers.
Senior Lead Software Engineer, Back End (Golang, Java, AWS)
Lead backend engineering teams building cloud-based financial systems using Java, Go, and AWS to meet regulatory and customer needs.