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
NakedMD
last month

LVN Back-end Medical Office Staff

Open 29d North AmericaPart-timeStaff
United States

Coordinate medical aesthetics operations: prep procedure trays, manage inventory, maintain treatment rooms, and ensure smooth studio flow for providers and patients.

70 000 – 80 000 $
One Federal Solution
last month

Library Support Backend Developer

Open 29d North America
United States

Develops and maintains backend systems for the National Agricultural Library, focusing on Python/Django APIs, database modernization, and AI-driven extraction of structured data from scientific publications while ensuring compliance with accessibility standards.

Accessibility Agile AI API Containerization +16 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Verneek
last month

Software Engineer (Golang Backend)

Open 17d 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

Do you want to be part of the core team building truly AI-native helpful experiences across the consumer space? Do you want to be at the cutting edge of what is next in the AI space but apply it to something of true…

Agile AI API Api Design AWS +9 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Quest Diagnostics
last month

Java Backend Engineer - RESTful APIs & Scalable Services

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

Develops and maintains Java-based backend services and RESTful APIs for a diagnostics company, focusing on scalable and object-oriented solutions.

API Java
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Iterable
last month

Senior Backend Engineer — Scalable Cross-Channel Platform

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 builds and scales a customer engagement platform using Scala and Elasticsearch, collaborating with teams and mentoring others in Chicago.

Elasticsearch Scala
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
WPS—A health solutions company
last month

Senior Java Backend Engineer - Remote (Healthcare)

Open 33d HybridNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Java backend engineer building and maintaining secure, compliant healthcare provider services using Java and Camel integrations, with hybrid onsite/remote work.

Java
Quest Diagnostics
last month

Java Backend Engineer - RESTful APIs & Scalable Services

Open 33d 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

Designs and builds Java-based backend services and RESTful APIs for a healthcare diagnostics company, focusing on scalable and reliable systems.

API Java
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Helm Health
last month

Staff Back-End Engineer: Search APIs

Open 33d RemoteNorth AmericaStaff
United States

Lead the architecture and development of Helm Health's public gRPC APIs and SDKs for provider search, ranking, and dynamic copay lookups, using Go, Python, and TypeScript on GCP.

AI API Api Design BigQuery ChatGPT +19 skills
150 000 – 225 000 $
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Goldman Sachs
last month

Senior Backend Engineer, Compliance

Open 24d North AmericaSenior
United States

Compliance, Senior Backend Engineer (Java & ETL Specialist), Vice President, Dallas Location: Dallas, TX, United States Key Responsibilities 1. Backend & Microservices Development Design, develop, and implement…

API Api Design Api Security AWS Azure +33 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
WPS Health Solutions
last month

Senior Java Backend Engineer - Remote, Secure Healthcare

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Java backend engineer building secure, compliant healthcare services and integrations for a Medicare provider portal using Java, Apache Camel, and CI/CD.

CI/CD Java
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Weights & Biases
last month

Senior Backend Engineer, Core API & Distributed Systems

Open 33d 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 to design, build, and scale core APIs and distributed systems for a platform serving machine learning workflows.
Rippling Backed by Y Combinator
last month

Senior Backend Engineer, Global FinTech Platform

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Design and build core backend services and APIs for a global fintech platform using Python or Go, focusing on distributed systems and performance.

API Data Modeling Distributed Systems Python
159 000 – 278 250 $
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
J.P. Morgan
last month

Lead Software Engineer Java (Front End /Back End)

Open 23d North AmericaLead
United States

Lead a team building and enhancing secure, scalable Java-based systems for J.P. Morgan’s Risk Technology, covering both front-end and back-end development.
Fieldwire
last month

Mid-Level Backend Engineer

Open 42d RemoteNorth AmericaMiddle
United States

Mid-Level Backend Engineer at Fieldwire builds and maintains scalable backend services for a construction management platform, using modern web technologies and cloud infrastructure.

API AWS Containerization Docker Rails +2 skills
145 000 – 170 000 $
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
MphasiS Corporation USA
last month

Senior Java Backend Engineer

Open 17d North AmericaSenior
United States

Job Description: Senior Java Backend Engineer Location : Menlo Park, California, USA Interview Mode: 2 round with Mphasis & 2 round with client In-person mandatory Role Overview We are seeking a highly skilled Senior…

Java
Next Gen Software Solutions LLC
last month

Java Backend Developer | Berkeley Heights, NJ (onsite) | F2F interview required | contract W2 only

Open 24d HybridNorth AmericaContract 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 maintain Java/Spring Boot microservices and Kubernetes infrastructure for global commerce and payments systems using Redis/Memcache.

Java Kubernetes Microservices Redis Spring
Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Kira
last month

Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Infrastructure Focus)

Open 80d HybridNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer at an edtech startup building AI-powered learning tools; designs scalable services, improves infrastructure, and occasionally contributes full-stack.

AI API AWS CI/CD Cloud +12 skills
180 000 – 250 000 $
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Kargo
last month

Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

Open 53d HybridNorth AmericaStaff
United States

Staff Software Engineer at Kargo designs and maintains scalable backend systems in Go, Kubernetes, and AWS to power ad experiences across premium platforms, while leading cross-team technical initiatives.

Agentic AI AI API AWS Data Modeling +6 skills
180 000 – 230 000 $
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
centari
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Open 33d On-siteNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer building Centari’s AI-powered deal intelligence platform for law and finance, using Go, React/TypeScript, and LLM technologies to transform complex documents into strategic insights.

AI LLM Machine Learning React SaaS +2 skills
 Sign in to see how this job matches your profile
Red Arch Solutions, Inc.
last month

Backend Software Engineer — Hybrid (AWS, Java/C++, Python)

Open 33d HybridNorth America
United States

Develops, tests, and maintains backend software systems using Java, C++, and Python in a hybrid role at a company in Annapolis Junction, MD.

Agile C++ Git Java PostgreSQL +1 skills
144 000 – 147 000 $
 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