Backend Jobs in United States
There are 5,624 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 772 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 | 1,397 |
| 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 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 394
- 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
Software Engineer, Backend
Build distributed systems to process and store high-frequency time-series data for a collaborative data platform used in mission-critical systems.
Staff Software Engineer (Backend)
Staff backend engineer building core security platforms, APIs, and data pipelines that integrate with existing tools to detect and remediate misconfigurations.
Senior Data Pipeline Engineer (Backend)
Designs and maintains high-volume Java-based data pipelines using Apache Beam, Airflow, Spark, and Kafka to process and validate data at scale in the cloud.
Senior Physical Design Architect – FPGA Backend
Senior Physical Design Architect at Altera to implement FPGA/SoC backend flows from RTL to GDSII, optimizing performance, power, and area while improving PD automation.
Senior Java Backend Engineer – Healthcare Platform (Remote)
Senior Java backend engineer building and maintaining healthcare platform services in Java/J2EE with SQL/NoSQL, XML, SOAP, and CI/CD.
Senior Backend Architect for Fintech & Web3 AI Platforms
Designs and optimizes high-performance back-end systems for a fintech and web3 AI platform, using Node, SQL, and scalable architecture.
Principal Backend Architect, Machine Identity & Control
Designs and leads backend services for secure machine identity management using Java and cloud platforms like AWS, ensuring scalability and reliability.
Senior Backend Architect – Scalable Cloud APIs & Mentorship
Designs and builds scalable Java/Python backend services and APIs for an education platform, focusing on reliability and cloud-native modernization while mentoring engineers.