Backend Jobs in United States
There are 5,622 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 781 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 860 · 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 3,093
- 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
Senior Software Engineer, Backend & Data Platforms
Sr Software Engineer, Backend & Data Platforms (Mobius Team) Location: USA - Atlanta, GA Department: CX - R&D Engineering At NiCE, we don’t limit our challenges. We challenge our limits. Always. We’re…
Founding Senior Software Engineer (Backend) (San Francisco)
Build and scale the backend systems that power Retell AI’s human-like voice agents, handling real-time audio, telephony integrations, and developer tooling for millions of calls.
Senior Software Engineer - Backend & Architecture Leader (Mountain View)
Senior backend engineer leading architecture decisions and building scalable software in a collaborative Agile team.
Senior Backend Engineer - AI-Powered Healthcare Platform (Remote) (San Francisco)
Senior Backend Engineer builds AI-powered healthcare services using FastAPI and MongoDB, improving patient care through Generative AI workflows and mentoring junior developers.
Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, AI-Driven APIs (Seattle)
Senior Backend Engineer building scalable APIs and infrastructure in Golang/Python, leading AWS/Terraform architecture for an AI-driven startup.
Staff Backend Software Engineer (Mountain View)
Build and scale Intuit’s AI-native backend systems in Java, microservices, and cloud, integrating LLMs and AutoML to improve financial tools for small businesses and consumers.
Senior Backend Architect for AI Security & Governance
Architects distributed backend systems for AI security and governance, building scalable microservices and admin tools while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Principal Backend Software Engineer - HYBRID (, MD, United States)
Principal Backend Engineer builds and tests secure software components in Java/C++/Python using AWS, Postgres, and Agile workflows for a Maryland-based government program.
Senior Backend Engineer — Real-Time Audio Data Pipelines (San Francisco)
Design and maintain scalable backend services for real-time audio data pipelines using APIs and distributed systems under heavy data loads.
Senior Backend Engineer - AI-Driven Identity Platform (San Francisco)
Builds and optimizes secure backend APIs and systems for an AI-driven identity platform, integrating machine learning to enhance security and performance.
Principal Backend Engineer - TS/SCI Poly, Hybrid, AWS (, MD, United States)
Principal backend engineer building secure systems in Java/C++/Python on AWS for a government contractor requiring TS/SCI clearance.
Senior Backend Engineer: Distributed Systems for AI Inference (Palo Alto)
Build and scale distributed systems that power low-latency AI inference for a physical-world LLM platform, optimizing GPU clusters and cloud infrastructure.
Senior Backend Engineer - GPU Inference & Real-time Systems (San Francisco)
Architect and optimize backend systems for GPU inference and real-time workloads using TypeScript/Node, ensuring scalability and performance in a design-tech AI product.