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
Senior Backend Architect - Java/Spring & FinTech
Lead backend architecture for trading platforms using Java/Spring, modernizing systems and ensuring low-latency, high-availability services in a fast-paced fintech environment.
Senior Backend Architect & Microservices Lead
Leads backend architecture and microservices design for a HR tech platform, modernizing systems and mentoring engineers while ensuring robust, scalable delivery.
Senior Backend Engineer - Integrations & APIs
Owns the integrations layer for PVH’s ecommerce platforms, building high-throughput APIs and data pipelines with robust error handling and state management.
Senior Backend Engineer — Ledger & Payments Platform
Build and maintain scalable ledger and payments services handling both crypto and fiat transactions, ensuring data integrity and regulatory compliance.
Senior Forward-Deployed Backend Engineer (Python, AWS)
Jobtailor in the United States is seeking a backend engineer to work directly with customers, understand their engineering challenges, and shape impactful software solutions. You will build rapid prototypes, gather…
Senior Backend Engineer – Data Pipelines & Integrations
Builds and maintains backend systems that integrate third-party SaaS tools and design data pipelines into a data lake for internal teams.
Senior Backend Engineer - Core Data & Cloud
Build and maintain scalable cloud APIs and data services using Snowflake and AWS, optimizing data workflows for growing user datasets.
Security-Cleared API/Backend Engineer (Java, Python)
Vantor is seeking an API/Java/Python Developer to join our Services team, working directly with U.S. Government customers to sustain and modernize a Program of Record for all-source FMI. You will design RESTful APIs…
Senior Backend Engineer for AI Healthcare Platforms
Build and maintain scalable backend services for AI-driven healthcare workflows on GCP, collaborating with ML and product teams to improve reliability and developer experience.
Scala Backend Software Engineer
Builds high-performance Scala microservices for a fintech platform, using Akka and ZIO, while collaborating with product teams to deliver client-facing financial tools.
Blockchain / Backend Engineer
Senior engineer building a private, permissioned distributed ledger for alternative investments using DAML/Canton and Python FastAPI, mentoring peers and guiding API design on AWS.
Backend Software Engineer
Builds and maintains cloud-native backend services in Scala and Python for a fintech platform, collaborating with product teams to deliver scalable financial-infrastructure solutions.
Backend Software Engineer
Build cloud-native backend services in Python, Scala, and Node.js using FastAPI, ZIO, and other frameworks; write tests and collaborate in code reviews.
Backend Engineer Scala
Builds high-performance cloud-native Scala microservices for a fintech platform, using Akka and ZIO, while collaborating with product teams on APIs and testing.
Backend Engineer, Blockchain
Senior Backend Engineer building a private, permissioned blockchain for alternative investments using DAML/Canton, Python, FastAPI, and AWS.
Staff Backend Engineer
Architect and build a global crypto-payments network, leading backend systems, APIs, and cloud-native infrastructure to enable secure, scalable financial transactions.
Senior Backend Engineer (Remote)
Builds real-time threat intelligence systems using AI/agentic workflows to ingest, process, and alert security teams; owns end-to-end platform development for a fast-growing startup serving Fortune 50 retailers and autonomous-vehicle firms.
Senior Backend Engineer
Senior Backend Engineer Department: Engineering Location: San Francisco Employment Type: FullTime About the Role A fast-growing, Y Combinator–backed AI startup in the supply chain space is looking for a Senior Backend…
Staff Software Engineer - Back End
A Staff Software Engineer builds and optimizes backend microservices in Node.js/TypeScript for a manufacturing-focused data center infrastructure platform, focusing on scalability, event-driven architectures, and cloud deployments (primarily AWS).