Backend Jobs in United States

There are 5,623 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

CurrencyPeriod25thMedian75thPostings
USDyear$166,500$192,050$215,0501,397
USDhour$62$69$7628

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 858 · 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 3,099
  • Lead 432
  • Staff 393
  • Principal 104
  • Middle 47
  • C-level 42

Who is hiring

  • 501-1000 employees 925
  • 1000+ employees 914
  • 51-200 employees 584
  • 11-50 employees 285
  • 201-500 employees 46
  • 1-10 employees 14
5,623 jobs
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4 weeks ago

Lead Backend Engineer - Autonomous Defense AI (C++)

Open 29d North AmericaLead
United States

Architect and implement backend C++ systems for autonomous defense AI, powering real-world multi-domain operations with high-stakes infrastructure.

C++
Truecaller
4 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer: Scale Real-Time, Reliable Systems

Open 29d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer at Truecaller to design and maintain scalable, high-availability systems supporting millions of users globally.
Coinbase Backed by Y Combinator
4 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer, Payment Rails — Scale Global Transactions

Open 29d North AmericaSenior H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United States

Design and build low-latency backend services for deposits, withdrawals, and transfers across payment rails, enabling secure global transactions for millions of users.
Icapitalnetwork
4 weeks ago

Senior Blockchain Backend Engineer — Private Ledger & APIs

Open 29d North AmericaSenior H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United States

Senior engineer building a private blockchain ledger and APIs for alternative investments using Python and distributed systems.

API Blockchain Python
120 000 – 145 000 $
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Startups
4 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable Observability & Evals

Open 29d North AmericaSenior
United States

Build backend systems for LangChain's observability and evals platform, designing APIs and ensuring high-throughput reliability.

API Api Design LangChain Observability
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Coinbase Backed by Y Combinator
4 weeks ago

Growth-Focused Backend Engineer — Scale & Infra

Open 29d North America H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United States

Build scalable backend systems and real-time updates for crypto products to drive user growth, engagement, and retention using Golang, Ruby, Docker, Rails, and databases.

Docker DynamoDB Go MongoDB PostgreSQL +2 skills
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Tink
4 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer — Payments Platform

Open 29d HybridNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Builds and maintains distributed payment systems handling high transaction volumes for merchants, banks, and governments using scalable backend tech.

Agile Distributed Systems
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Coinbase Backed by Y Combinator
4 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer — Payments Rails (Go)

Open 29d North AmericaSenior H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United States

Design and build low-latency backend services in Go that move money across payment rails, own services end-to-end, and scale systems while meeting regulatory requirements.
Coinbase Backed by Y Combinator
4 weeks ago

Growth-Focused Backend Engineer - Crypto Infra

Open 29d North America H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United States

Build scalable backend systems for Coinbase’s Growth team to expand crypto adoption, focusing on user acquisition and retention with secure, real-time infrastructure.

Cloud Cryptocurrency Machine Learning
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Rewardsnetwork
4 weeks ago

Hybrid Chicago: Senior Scala Backend Engineer

Open 29d HybridNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Builds and evolves back-end systems for client-facing apps using Scala, RESTful microservices, and relational databases.

Microservices REST Scala
130 000 – 170 000 $
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Coinbase Backed by Y Combinator
4 weeks ago

Growth Backend Engineer — Scale Crypto Apps

Open 29d North America H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United States

Build scalable backend systems for crypto products, focusing on user growth, onboarding, and real-time notifications to enhance the user journey.

Machine Learning
Coinbase Backed by Y Combinator
4 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer, Scalable Payment Rails

Open 29d North AmericaSenior H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United States

Design and build low-latency backend services for secure, fast money movement across Coinbase’s ecosystem and beyond.
Coreweave
4 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer — Core API & Infra

Open 29d North AmericaSenior
United States

Build and maintain core backend systems and a custom job scheduler for a cloud infrastructure platform using Go and Python.

API Python
165 000 – 242 000 $
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Coinbase Backed by Y Combinator
4 weeks ago

Growth Backend Engineer - Scalable Crypto Infrastructure

Open 29d North America H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United States

Build and scale backend services for Coinbase’s crypto infrastructure, running growth experiments and delivering scalable features with real-time updates.
Coinbase Backed by Y Combinator
4 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer, Payments Rails Platform

Open 29d North AmericaSenior H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United States

Design and build low-latency backend services that enable fast, secure money movement across multiple payment rails and partners in a real-time financial environment.
Coinbase Backed by Y Combinator
4 weeks ago

Growth Backend Engineer - Consumer Infra

Open 29d North America H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United States

Build backend systems for crypto products, focusing on scalable infrastructure and user growth experiments.

Cloud Machine Learning
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aermor
4 weeks ago

Sr Backend Engineer – Onsite (Secret Clearance)

Open 29d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer in Virginia Beach building and maintaining government software systems, conducting code reviews, and ensuring compliance and traceability.
iCapital
4 weeks ago

Backend Engineer Scala - Assistant Vice President

Open 29d North AmericaFull-timeC-level
United States

Builds high-performance cloud-native microservices in Scala using Akka and ZIO, writes tests with ScalaTest/ZIO Test, and collaborates with product teams to deliver fintech platform features.

API Cloud Cloud Native Java Node.js +5 skills
130 000 – 170 000 $
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Coinbase Backed by Y Combinator
4 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer, Payment Rails (Go)

Open 29d North AmericaSenior H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United States

Build low-latency backend services in Go to enable fast, secure fiat money movement across deposits, withdrawals, and transfers at Coinbase.
Kota, incorporated
4 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer – Embedded Fintech APIs

Open 29d North America, UKSenior

Design and own backend APIs and SDKs for embedded insurance and retirement benefits, ensuring scalable, secure systems and developer-first experiences.

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