Backend Jobs in United States

There are 5,621 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$70$7827

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 361 · 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
5,621 jobs
Intelligentsia Capital
last month

Backend Software Engineer - Associate / Assistant Vice President

Open 31d North AmericaFull-timeC-level
United States

Builds and maintains cloud-native backend services in Scala using Akka and ZIO for a fintech platform, collaborating with product teams to deliver scalable financial solutions.

Cloud Cloud Native Java Node.js NoSQL +4 skills
95 000 – 140 000 $
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Sligo Software Solutions Inc.
last month

Senior Java Backend Developer with Retail Domain exp

Open 31d North 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

Senior Java backend developer building scalable, event-driven microservices for a global retail/eCommerce platform using Spring Boot, Kafka, AWS, and Kubernetes.

Agile API AWS CI/CD Cloud +28 skills
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Jobot
last month

Principal Engineer: AI Backend Architect + Stock Options

Open 31d North AmericaPrincipal
United States

Principal Engineer designs backend systems and sets architecture standards to improve global healthcare outcomes, mentors engineers, and explores AI-assisted tools.
Ryder System, Inc.
last month

Senior Backend Developer

Open 31d RemoteNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior 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 scalable microservices in AWS using Ruby on Rails/Typescript, REST APIs, and relational databases (MySQL/Postgres) while collaborating with frontend and DevOps teams.

Agile API AWS Azure Cloud +15 skills
110 000 – 130 000 $
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Affirm
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - Scale & Integrations (Remote)

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 systems for Affirm’s fintech platform using Python or Kotlin, focusing on checkout and merchant integrations while leading engineering teams.

Analytics Cloud Kotlin Python
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Affirm
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable Payments APIs (Remote)

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 for Affirm’s modern checkout and payment platform, designing APIs and distributed systems in a high-velocity engineering culture.
Jobgether
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - Golang, Cloud & Kubernetes Remote

Open 31d RemoteNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer builds and scales cloud-native services in Go and Kubernetes on AWS/GCP/Azure, focusing on distributed systems, reliability, and security.

AWS Azure Cloud Cloud Native Distributed Systems +3 skills
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Jobgether
last month

Remote Backend Engineer for AI Platform

Open 31d North America
United States

Designs and builds scalable backend systems for an AI platform, focusing on inference pipelines, orchestration layers, and APIs that power web, desktop, and mobile apps.
Affirm
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable, Reliable Systems (Remote)

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 systems for Affirm’s credit platform using Python or Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes to power payments, onboarding, and integrations.

Analytics AWS Kotlin Kubernetes MySQL +1 skills
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WPS—A health solutions company
last month

Senior Java Engineer: Medicare Backend (Remote)

Open 31d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Java Engineer building backend services for a Medicare Provider Portal using Apache Camel, ensuring secure, high-performance code compliant with healthcare standards and CI/CD practices.

CI/CD Java
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WPS—A health solutions company
last month

Senior Java Backend Architect (Remote) for Medicare Portal

Open 31d North AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and maintains Java backend services for a Medicare Provider Portal and Apache Camel integrations, ensuring secure, high-performance code and compliance with healthcare standards.

CI/CD Java
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Affirm
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, Scale-Driven APIs

Open 31d North 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

Senior Backend Engineer at Affirm to design and deliver scalable APIs and backend systems for a fintech platform, collaborating with product and design teams.
WPS—A health solutions company
last month

Senior Java Backend Engineer — Remote-Eligible

Open 31d North AmericaSenior
United States

Designs, builds, and maintains Java-based back-end services for a Medicare Provider Portal using Apache Camel, ensuring secure, high-performance code compliant with healthcare standards.

CI/CD Java
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Affirm
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - Remote & Scalable

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

Owns backend systems at Affirm, designing scalable Python/Kotlin services on AWS/Kubernetes while collaborating with product and design to deliver reliable financial infrastructure.

Analytics AWS Kotlin Kubernetes Python
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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

Builds and maintains scalable backend services and APIs for Affirm’s fintech platform, focusing on partnerships and checkout integrations.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
last month

Lead Java Backend Engineer — AI-Powered & Latency-Focused

Open 31d North AmericaLead
United States

Lead a Java backend team building low-latency, AI-assisted financial systems at JPMorgan Chase in Houston.

Agile AI Java
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Turnitin
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, Serverless AWS Lambda

Open 31d North 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

Designs and maintains scalable serverless backend services on AWS Lambda, builds RESTful APIs, and integrates with frontend apps for an edtech company.

API AWS DynamoDB Java Lambda +4 skills
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Capital One
last month

Lead Backend Engineer – Python & Spark (Cloud)

Open 31d North AmericaLead
United States

Lead a team building and scaling cloud-based backend microservices in Python, Java, and other languages to power Capital One’s financial products on AWS/GCP/Azure.

AWS Azure Cloud Distributed Systems Docker +8 skills
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Sligo Software Solutions Inc.
last month

Senior Java Backend Engineer - Global Retail & eCommerce

Open 31d North 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

Designs, builds, and maintains scalable Java backend services for a global retail/eCommerce platform using cloud-native architecture, microservices, and RESTful APIs.

Agile API Cloud Cloud Native Distributed Systems +4 skills
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Capital One
last month

Senior Lead Backend Engineer - Cloud, Data & Microservices

Open 31d North AmericaLead
United States

Lead backend engineering projects at Capital One, designing cloud-native microservices and data solutions on AWS to enhance customer-facing financial products.

AWS Cloud
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