Backend Jobs in United States

There are 5,668 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 736 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 22%

How the work is done

  • Remote 870 · 15%
  • Hybrid 747 · 13%
  • Onsite 370 · 7%

Visa sponsorship offered in 39% of the 1,589 postings that state a position on it.

Seniority

  • Senior 3,103
  • Lead 437
  • Staff 405
  • Principal 106
  • Middle 49
  • C-level 42

Who is hiring

  • 501-1000 employees 917
  • 1000+ employees 914
  • 51-200 employees 584
  • 11-50 employees 283
  • 201-500 employees 45
  • 1-10 employees 14
5,668 jobs
EROS Technologies Inc.
last month

Senior C# Backend & Web API Engineer (Multithreaded)

Open 33d North AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Senior C# backend engineer in Austin building high-performance, multithreaded .NET services and Windows services with SQL Server.

C# .NET Multithreading SQL SQL Server
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LPL Financial
last month

Senior Software Engineer - Backend (Python & AWS)

Open 33d North AmericaContractSenior 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 Software Engineer builds and maintains Python-based REST APIs on AWS for a large wealth management firm, modernizing integrations and enforcing cloud-native standards.

API Api Design Api Security Authentication Automation +23 skills
106 100 – 176 900 $
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Thomson Reuters
last month

Senior AI Systems Engineer (Backend) – Hybrid

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and leads backend AI systems for accounting workflows using Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and LLM orchestration from OpenAI and Anthropic in a hybrid role.

AI Anthropic FastAPI LLM OpenAI +2 skills
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慨正橡扯
last month

Lead Software Engineer - Backend/Java/Cloud

Open 33d North AmericaLead
United States

Lead a team building secure, scalable banking systems using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and cloud infrastructure, with a focus on AI-driven solutions and financial services expertise.

Agile API AWS Cassandra Cloud +10 skills
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Tapestry
last month

Senior Backend Software Engineer, Developer Productivity Engineering, Tapestry

Open 33d HybridNorth 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

Senior backend engineer building internal platforms and automation to streamline AI and energy-grid software deployment, using Python, Go, GCP, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.

AI API Argo CD AWS Azure +19 skills
161 000 – 194 000 $
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Read AI, Inc.
last month

Senior Software Engineer - Backend (Media Capture)

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer building low-latency media capture and processing systems for live meetings, integrating with Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams using FFmpeg/GStreamer and cloud platforms.

AI AWS Azure Cloud CSS +5 skills
180 000 – 210 000 $
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TikTok
last month

Senior Backend Software Engineer, TikTok Privacy AI

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Build and maintain backend systems that enforce privacy controls for TikTok’s AI platforms, focusing on data governance, anonymization, and compliance in Seattle.

AI Data Governance Distributed Systems Machine Learning SDLC
202 160 – 368 220 $
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Anduril
last month

Air Defense DevInfra Engineer: Backend, CI/CD & Cloud

Open 33d North America
United States

Builds backend services and developer tooling for a defense-focused infrastructure platform, focusing on Terraform, AWS GovCloud, and CI/CD pipelines.

AWS CI/CD Terraform
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Madrona Venture Labs
last month

Senior Software Engineer - Backend (Media Capture)

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

Build and maintain low-latency audio/video capture and processing systems that power live transcription and notes for a meeting-AI platform, using streaming protocols and media libraries.

AI AWS Azure Cloud CSS +5 skills
180 000 – 210 000 $
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Highbrow LLC
last month

Lead Java Backend Architect – Microservices & Spring

Open 33d North AmericaLead
United States

Leads design and development of Java-based backend systems using Spring Boot, guiding a team to deliver scalable microservices in a solutions provider environment.

Java Solution Design Spring
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The University Of Chicago
last month

Senior Software Engineer - Backend Services

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and builds scalable backend services for a cloud-based data management platform used by researchers worldwide, focusing on automation and high-availability systems with Python and cloud technologies.

API Api Design Automation Azure Bash +34 skills
150 000 – 170 000 $
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LexisNexis Risk Solutions
last month

Principal Data & Backend Architect

Open 33d North AmericaPrincipal 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

Principal Data & Backend Architect designs and optimizes large-scale database systems and Java applications, providing technical leadership for high-performance data solutions.

Java
NTT Data Americas, Inc.
last month

Senior Java Backend Developer — Microservices Leader

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and builds scalable Java-based microservices using Spring Boot and RESTful APIs in a team setting.

API CI/CD Java REST Spring
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Tillster
last month

Senior Backend Architect – Payments Platform (Hybrid, SD)

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

Designs and builds a payment terminal platform that authorizes, captures, and processes transactions using Java and scalable backend architectures.

Java
150 000 – 185 000 $
Clear Corp Backed by Y Combinator
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Java)

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer building identity-focused platform services in Java on AWS, focusing on privacy, security, and scalable architecture.

AWS Cloud Containerization Data Modeling Docker +5 skills
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Coupang
last month

Senior Backend Architect—Distributed, High-Scale Systems (AWS)

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and builds scalable, distributed backend systems on AWS using Java, focusing on high-scale workflow infrastructure.

AWS Java
164 000 – 282 000 $
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Luxoft Poland
last month

Senior .NET Back-End Engineer for Financial Risk

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior .NET backend engineer building financial risk and portfolio management systems using C# and ASP.NET Core in an agile team.

Agile C# .NET
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Cacheflow
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Infrastructure)

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer building and scaling web services and infrastructure using Python, Django, MySQL, and distributed systems on AWS.

AI AWS Cassandra C++ Distributed Systems +9 skills
185 000 – 210 000 $
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Drive Capital
last month

Senior Backend Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer building scalable, distributed systems in Go to power autonomous platforms for military and commercial use, ensuring real-time reliability and fault tolerance.

API Api Design AWS Cloud Distributed Systems +4 skills
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Stealth Startup
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Backend [32495]

Open 33d North AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Build and scale the backend systems for an AI voice-agent platform that handles real-time audio, global telephony, and developer tooling, working closely with a founding team in a high-growth startup.

AI API Automation Cloud Customer Onboarding +2 skills
215 000 – 290 000 $
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