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
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

Develops and maintains scalable Java-based backend services and RESTful APIs for a health diagnostics company, focusing on system enhancements and test-driven development.

API Java TDD
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Thomson Reuters
last month

Lead AI-Driven Backend Engineer (Python/React)

Open 33d HybridNorth AmericaLead
United States

Lead a team building backend services and APIs in Python for AI-driven workflows at Thomson Reuters, with hybrid work in New York and occasional full-stack contributions.

AI API Api Design Python
118 400 – 219 800 $
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Socure
last month

Senior Backend Engineer, Identity Verification & ML

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 at Socure builds server-side components for identity verification systems, integrating machine learning models using Go or Java at scale.

Go Java Machine Learning
180 000 – 200 000 $
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Namely
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable Systems, Hybrid

Open 33d HybridNorth 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 maintains scalable, fault-tolerant systems in a hybrid role, collaborating with teams to deliver high-performance software solutions.

158 400 – 207 900 $
Calyptus
last month

Backend Engineer

Open 33d MENA, North America

Backend Engineer at Calyptus partners with ML teams to build scalable Python-based APIs and cloud systems for AI/ML integration, troubleshooting production issues and guiding clients in a consulting setting.

AI API AWS Azure Blockchain +13 skills
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Medium
last month

Senior Software Engineer (back-end)

Open 33d HybridEurope, North AmericaSenior

Senior back-end engineer building trading and risk systems for convertible bonds at a fast-growing FinTech firm, working on both cloud SaaS and on-premises platforms.

Angular AWS Azure Cloud C++ +14 skills
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Next Frontier Capital
last month

Lead Java Engineer - Secure Scalable Backend

Open 33d North AmericaLead
United States

Lead a team to design and build secure, scalable Java-based backend systems for financial services, ensuring compliance and high availability.
Vigil
last month

Senior Software Engineer | GTM Platform, Backend

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Build and own backend platforms that power Ramp's marketing site and self-serve tools, using Python/TypeScript to automate workflows and AI-augmented systems for marketers.

Agentic AI AI Airflow Analytics ETL +10 skills
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Visa
last month

Senior Software Engineer – Scalable Payments Backend

Open 33d HybridNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Software Engineer at Visa building and maintaining scalable, secure backend services for global payment platforms using Java and Spring Boot.

CI/CD DevOps Java Spring
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Agile Resources, Inc.
last month

Senior .NET Developer – Backend (Azure + Angular)

Open 33d HybridNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Designs and builds enterprise web applications using .NET Core for backend and Angular 12+ for frontend, deploying to Azure Cloud while collaborating with distributed teams.

Angular Azure Cloud .NET
120 000 – 120 000 $
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Saransh Inc
last month

Senior Software Engineer (Core Java - Backend) - Min 12+ yrs

Open 33d North AmericaContractSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer in Charlotte builds and maintains Java-based microservices using Spring Boot, REST APIs, and databases like Oracle and MS SQL Server.

API Automation CI/CD Cloud Design Patterns +13 skills
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Q-CTRL
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Back-end (Compiler)

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 building and optimizing Python services and a compiler stack (OpenQASM3/OpenPulse) that translates quantum programs into low-level controller instructions for quantum hardware.

AI Backbone.js Cloud C++ Design Patterns +9 skills
135 000 – 210 000 $
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Q-CTRL
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Back-end (Boulder Opal)

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 back-end engineer building scalable Python systems that bridge quantum research and production software at a leading quantum-control company.

AI Airflow API AWS Azure +24 skills
135 000 – 213 000 $
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Collectors
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Back-End (Vault)

Open 33d North AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Senior back-end engineer building and scaling AWS-based systems for Collectors' Vault platform, which manages secure storage, authentication, and transactions for collectibles like trading cards and coins.

AI API AWS Claude Code CLI +10 skills
140 971 – 228 870 $
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Eleks
last month

Senior .NET Developer – Azure Backend & EF

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior .NET developer builds and maintains backend services for an automated healthcare insurance portal using C#, .NET 8+, EF, SQL Server, and Azure Service Bus.

Azure C# .NET SQL SQL Server
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StudySmarter
last month

Senior Java JEE Developer - Onsite Backend with Impact

Open 33d North AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Senior Java JEE developer building and maintaining backend systems for large-scale projects with real-world impact, using Java EE 7, REST APIs, and JBoss.

API CI/CD Data Modeling Git Java +8 skills
43 200 – 72 000 €
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The Trade Desk, Inc.
last month

Senior Software Engineer - Back-end/Data Pipeline - VenturaOS

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

Builds and maintains high-scale data pipelines and backend services for a global ad-tech platform, using Spark, Kafka, and cloud tools to process streaming TV and ad data.

Accessibility AI API AWS Azure +24 skills
124 900 – 228 900 $
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The Trade Desk, Inc.
last month

Senior Backend Data Pipeline Engineer - Streaming/TVOS

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

Designs and builds scalable data pipelines for ad-tech streaming/TVOS platforms using distributed systems and cloud technologies.

Cloud Data Engineering Data Pipelines Data Warehousing Distributed Systems
124 900 – 228 900 $
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Coder Technologies Inc.
last month

Java Backend Sr - Miami

Open 33d North AmericaContractSenior
United States

Senior Java developer designs and builds event-driven microservices on AWS for a Miami-based contract role, using Spring Boot, distributed systems patterns, and AI integrations.

Agentic AI AI API Api Design AWS +34 skills
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Traveltechessentialist
last month

Senior Backend Platform Developer, Contact Center Systems

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer building serverless contact-center services in Node.js on AWS, integrating telephony systems and AI workflows with observability and migration tooling.

AI API Api Design Automation AWS +18 skills
118 800 – 264 000 $
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