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

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 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
5,622 jobs
Intuit Inc.
last month

Senior AI-Enabled Backend Engineer (Mountain View)

Open 31d North AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and builds scalable backend services for financial software, integrating AI features using Java and microservices.

AI Java Microservices
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Gridware Backed by Y Combinator
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - Real-Time Grid Platform (San Francisco)

Open 31d North AmericaSenior
United States

Builds and scales backend services for a real-time electrical grid platform using Python, ensuring reliability across complex workflows.

Python
Artisan Backed by Y Combinator
last month

Backend Engineer for AI-Powered Platform (San Francisco)

Open 31d North AmericaFull-time
United States

Builds scalable backend systems for an AI-powered platform, designing resilient architectures and collaborating with teams to deliver features.
Coupang
last month

Director, Global Backend Engineering & Ops Tech (Seattle)

Open 31d North America
United States

Oversee backend systems for a large e-commerce company, focusing on fulfillment operations and engineering management to boost efficiency.

E-commerce
Cogent Security
last month

Backend Engineer (Member of Technical Staff) (San Francisco)

Open 31d North America
United States

Build backend services and integrations for an AI-powered cybersecurity platform that autonomously detects and mitigates threats using generative AI agents.

Agentic AI AI API Api Design AWS +18 skills
100 000 – 300 000 $
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ZoomInfo
last month

Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable Node.js Microservices (Bethesda)

Open 31d North AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Designs and builds high-scale Node.js and TypeScript microservices in a cloud environment.

Cloud Microservices Node.js TypeScript
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Wealthfront
last month

Staff Backend Engineer (Palo Alto)

Open 31d North AmericaStaff
United States

Build and operate scalable backend services in Java for Wealthfront’s automated investing platform, ensuring reliability and performance with on-call rotations and automation.

Agile API Automation CI/CD Distributed Systems +13 skills
208 000 – 228 000 $
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David AI Backed by Y Combinator
last month

Senior Backend Engineer (San Francisco)

Open 31d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer at David AI builds scalable APIs and distributed systems to process terabytes of audio data into high-signal insights for AI labs and enterprises.

AI API AWS CI/CD Cloud +10 skills
140 000 – 220 000 $
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Verkada
last month

Fleet Data Backend Engineer (San Mateo)

Open 31d 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

Builds data pipelines and analytical tools to manage a fleet of over a million cameras, using Python and SQL.

Data Pipelines Python SQL
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Tiger
last month

Backend Engineer (San Francisco)

Open 31d North America
United States

Backend Engineer at Tiger to build and maintain real-time collaboration software for a global customer base, using core backend technologies.
Baselayer
last month

Senior Backend Engineer (San Francisco)

Open 31d North AmericaSenior
United States

Build and maintain scalable backend APIs and AI/ML integrations for a business identity platform, focusing on KYC/KYB, knowledge graphs, and LLM-powered risk solutions.

AI API Data Pipelines LLM Machine Learning +4 skills
147 000 – 192 000 $
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Tools for Humanity
last month

Staff Backend Engineer (San Francisco)

Open 31d North AmericaFull-timeStaff
United States

Builds core decentralized identity infrastructure for World ID, including biometric verification, zero-knowledge systems, and blockchain integrations to scale a privacy-preserving global network.

AI Blockchain Cloud Cryptography Distributed Systems +2 skills
225 500 – 265 000 $
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Commit
last month

Senior Backend Engineer (Python + Django) (San Francisco)

Open 31d RemoteNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer builds and scales Django APIs for a privacy-focused SaaS that removes personal data from brokers; works with Celery, RabbitMQ, and third-party integrations like Stripe.

AI API AWS Claude Code Django +8 skills
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Quest Diagnostics
last month

Java Backend Engineer - RESTful APIs & Scalable Services

Open 31d 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

Builds and maintains Java-based RESTful APIs and scalable services for a healthcare diagnostics company, focusing on system redesign and new features.

API Java
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Affirm
last month

Senior Backend Engineer — Remote, Scalable Systems

Open 31d RemoteNorth 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 and scale backend services in Python or Kotlin on AWS with MySQL and Kubernetes, owning technical plans and mentoring peers at a fintech company.

AWS Fintech Kotlin Kubernetes MySQL +1 skills
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Intelligentsia Capital
last month

Senior Scala Backend Engineer: Cloud Microservices & APIs

Open 31d HybridNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and builds scalable cloud microservices and APIs in Scala, Ruby, Node.js, and Python for a fintech platform, collaborating with product teams and ensuring robust software delivery.

API Cloud Cloud Native Node.js Python +2 skills
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BNY
last month

Senior Associate, Back-End Engineer

Open 21d North AmericaSenior
United States

Build and maintain back-end systems for a global financial services company using modern technologies and AI-driven tools.
Affirm
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - Remote-First, Scalable Systems

Open 31d RemoteNorth 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

Builds and maintains backend systems for checkout and merchant onboarding using Python or Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.

Analytics AWS Kotlin Kubernetes MySQL +1 skills
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Tata Consultancy Services
last month

Senior Cloud-Native AI Backend Architect

Open 31d North AmericaSenior Licensed UK sponsor — This employer appears on the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and related work routes. The licence belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United States

Designs and deploys Python-based cloud-native microservices and AI/LLM inference pipelines using FastAPI, Kubernetes, and Helm for scalable, observable backend systems.

AI API CI/CD Cloud Cloud Native +7 skills
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Dahl Consulting
last month

Senior Kotlin Engineer — Scalable AdTech Backend

Open 31d HybridNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Kotlin engineer designing and scaling backend services for ad-tech platforms using Kotlin, Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka in Minneapolis.

Distributed Systems J2EE Java Kafka Kotlin +1 skills
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