Backend Jobs in United States
There are 5,620 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 779 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 859 · 15%
- Hybrid 736 · 13%
- Onsite 362 · 6%
Visa sponsorship offered in 39% of the 1,593 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 3,092
- Lead 433
- Staff 396
- Principal 105
- Middle 47
- C-level 41
Who is hiring
- 501-1000 employees 920
- 1000+ employees 914
- 51-200 employees 584
- 11-50 employees 284
- 201-500 employees 45
- 1-10 employees 14
Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Build backend systems that integrate AI agents with contact-center platforms, enabling real-time voice/chat conversations, seamless AI-to-human handoffs, and enterprise-grade integrations.
Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Design and build a new agent-based order workflow for a large ecommerce platform, focusing on distributed systems, AI-driven orchestration, and high-scale order management.
Senior Backend Developer
Build and scale secure, event-driven payment microservices in Go on GCP, using Temporal for workflows and AI-assisted tools to modernize and maintain high-availability systems.
Sr Backend Engineer - AI
Build AI-powered observability tools: an AI teammate (Noz), MCP server for LLM agents, and LLM/GenAI observability using Go and async Python.
Senior Backend Engineer, AI & Bioinformatics
Senior backend engineer building distributed AI systems that reason over genomic data using LLMs, bioinformatics, and scalable backend tech to improve human health insights.
CMS Sanity Backend Engineer
Principal Backend Engineer to architect and migrate a commerce platform’s CMS to Sanity.io, designing scalable content schemas and GCP-based microservices for omnichannel delivery.
Senior AI Backend Engineer
Design and build scalable AI-powered backend systems using Python, Django/FastAPI, and LLM APIs, with real-time features and vector embeddings for context-aware responses.
Staff AI Backend Engineer
Build and scale the backend for an AI-first decision-intelligence platform, integrating forecasting, agent workflows, and semantic data layers using Python, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL.
Backend Engineer
Build and maintain AI-first backend services in TypeScript/Node.js, integrating third-party APIs and using AI tools to streamline development workflows.
Back-End Python Engineer
Builds secure, scalable Python microservices and REST APIs on AWS, integrating Pindrop, Amazon Connect, and AI tools while automating infrastructure with Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
Senior Java Engineer, TS/SCI Polygraph (Backend)
Designs and deploys high-throughput Java back-end services for mission-critical tools, optimizing data ingress and scaling Kubernetes-based systems.
Senior Java Backend Architect - Cloud, REST & Security
Senior Java backend architect designing cloud-based REST services with a focus on performance and security for a government-linked aviation group.
Senior Backend Architect for Scalable AI-Ready Systems
Senior Backend Engineer modernizes high-traffic media services, leading architecture upgrades and building AI-safe production infrastructure in Java.
Senior Software Engineer - Backend
Senior backend engineer building scalable APIs, event-driven services, and cloud infrastructure for a large U.S. homebuilder’s digital systems using JavaScript/Java/Python and AWS/Azure.
Senior Backend Engineer - Cloud-Native, Remote
Senior Backend Engineer designs and builds cloud-native, scalable backend services in Go for enterprise-grade platforms, leading architecture decisions and collaborating across teams.
Lead Backend Engineer - Java, Spring Boot, Cloud & AI
Lead a backend team building secure, scalable financial platforms using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and cloud infrastructure, with AI-enabled tooling.
Senior Backend Engineer — AI-Driven Real Estate Platform
Builds and maintains Python-based backend services for an AI-powered real-estate platform, writing tests and reviewing code in a remote-first team.