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
Affirm
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable Distributed Remote

Open 32d 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

Senior backend engineer at Affirm designing, developing, and scaling core payment services using Python or Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes in a remote-first environment.

Analytics AWS Kotlin Kubernetes MySQL +1 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Affirm
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable Systems (Remote)

Open 32d 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

Senior Backend Engineer at Affirm building scalable systems for buy-now, pay-later services using Python/Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.

Analytics AWS Kotlin Kubernetes MySQL +1 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Affirm
last month

Remote Senior Backend Engineer - Mesh Traffic

Open 32d 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

Senior backend engineer in Boise leading a team to build and maintain cloud-native payment infrastructure using Python or Kotlin.

Cloud Cloud Native Kotlin Python
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
iCapital
last month

Backend Engineer: Scalable APIs & Microservices (Remote Fridays)

Open 32d North America
United States

Backend Engineer at iCapital in New York designs and builds high-performance APIs and microservices using Scala, Ruby, Node.js, and Python, collaborating with Product Management to deliver reliable software.

API Node.js Python Ruby Scala
130 000 – 170 000 $
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Affirm
last month

Remote Senior Backend Engineer, Scalable Payments & APIs

Open 32d 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

Designs and builds scalable backend systems for Affirm's buy-now-pay-later payments platform using Python or Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.

AWS Kotlin Kubernetes MySQL Python
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Jobtailor
last month

Senior Backend Engineer — Agentic AI & Real-Time Systems

Open 32d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer at Jobtailor building scalable APIs and real-time AI systems that process time-series telemetry to deliver actionable insights for agentic workflows.

Agentic AI AI API Cloud Time Series
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
iCapital
last month

Backend Engineer Scala - Assistant Vice President New York, New York, United States

Open 32d North AmericaFull-timeC-level
United States

Builds and maintains high-performance backend services in Scala and other languages for a fintech platform, collaborating with product teams and contributing to testing and code reviews.

API Java Node.js NoSQL Python +3 skills
130 000 – 170 000 $
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Affirm
last month

Senior Backend Engineer — Remote, Scalable APIs

Open 32d 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

Senior backend engineer at Affirm designs and builds scalable distributed services in Python or Kotlin, leading teams to deliver quarterly goals while collaborating with product and design.

Analytics Distributed Systems Kotlin Python
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Affirm
last month

Senior Backend Engineer — Remote, Scalable Systems Lead

Open 32d RemoteNorth AmericaLead 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, build, and lead scalable systems in Python or Kotlin on AWS with MySQL and Kubernetes, while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product and design teams.

Analytics AWS Kotlin Kubernetes MySQL +1 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Affirm
last month

Senior Backend Engineer — Remote, Scale-Driven Impact

Open 32d 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

Senior Backend Engineer at Affirm in Detroit builds and scales reliable payment systems, leading technical plans and guiding teams through ambiguity.
Decisive Point
last month

Senior Backend Engineer, Physical AI & Defense Autonomy

Open 32d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer building high-performance C++ systems for defense autonomy products, collaborating with researchers and customers to deliver edge-capable software.

C++
Jobtailor
last month

Senior Node.js Backend Engineer | AWS Lambda & Connect

Open 32d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Node.js engineer in New York builds and maintains serverless apps on AWS Lambda, integrates IVR flows with Amazon Connect/Lex, and designs secure APIs for enterprise contact-center solutions.

API AWS CI/CD Cloud Cloud Security +5 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc.
last month

Senior Java Backend Engineer - Settlements Platform

Open 32d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Java backend engineer modernizing a global derivatives settlements platform using Java/Spring, ensuring scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure for 24/7 operations.

Java Spring
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Gartner
last month

Senior Backend Engineering Lead – Personalization Platform

Open 32d HybridNorth AmericaLead 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

Leads a backend team building and maintaining digital engagement platforms using Java EE/Spring, focusing on architecture and system improvements.

Java Spring
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Capital One National Association
last month

Lead Backend Engineer (Cloud, Microservices)

Open 32d North AmericaLead
United States

Lead backend engineer building and scaling cloud-native microservices using Java, Python, Go, and AWS for Capital One’s financial products.

AWS Cloud Docker Java Kubernetes +4 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Socket.dev Backed by a16z
last month

Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable APIs & Cloud

Open 32d North AmericaSenior
United States

Designs, builds, and maintains scalable backend services and APIs for core business systems in a cloud environment, collaborating with product and architecture teams.
Affirm
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable APIs for Payments

Open 32d 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 building scalable APIs for Affirm's buy-now-pay-later payment platform, focusing on enterprise integrations and payment flows.
Otter.ai
last month

Growth Backend Engineer: Activation & Analytics

Open 32d 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 backend systems for user activation and growth at a voice-transcription SaaS company, using Python/Django, AWS, MySQL, and Redis.

AI AWS Django MySQL Python +1 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Capital One National Association
last month

Lead Software Engineer, Back End (Golang, Python, AWS)

Open 32d North AmericaInternshipLead
United States

Lead a team of engineers to build and maintain cloud-based microservices and distributed systems in Go, Python, and AWS, supporting financial products and regulatory compliance.

Agile AI AWS Azure Cloud +11 skills
197 300 – 225 100 $
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Coupang Internal
last month

Sr. Staff Backend Software Engineer

Open 77d North AmericaStaff
United States

Designs and maintains large-scale backend systems for Coupang's e-commerce fulfillment, focusing on workflow platforms, scalability, and high availability with Java, Spring, and AWS.

Agile AWS Cassandra E-commerce Java +4 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile

Tailor your CV for this role?

We couldn't check your fit for this role — add a CV to your profile to see it next time.

A new version of freehire is available