Backend Jobs in United States

There are 5,672 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 740 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 871 · 15%
  • Hybrid 748 · 13%
  • Onsite 370 · 7%

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

Seniority

  • Senior 3,105
  • 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
5,672 jobs
Spherion Utah
last month

Senior Backend Architect — Oracle, Java & React

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and builds scalable backend systems using Oracle and Java, mentors junior developers, and occasionally works with React in Kaysville, Utah.

Java Oracle React
120 000 – 150 000 $
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Affirm
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Traffic)

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 Affirm builds and maintains the core networking and compute infrastructure for the company's microservices platform, using cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes, Istio, and Envoy.

Analytics AWS Cloud Cloud Native Distributed Systems +9 skills
169 000 – 219 000 $
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F-Prime Capital
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Design and build backend systems for healthcare scheduling software that integrates with EHRs, optimizes logistics, and scales to support large patient volumes using Python, Node.js, and AWS.

Analytics API Automation AWS BigQuery +18 skills
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Citi
last month

Senior Java Backend Developer - Microservices & API - Assistant Vice President

Open 33d North AmericaFull-timeC-level 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 Java-based microservices and APIs for Citi’s Securities-Based Lending platform, integrating systems and ensuring compliance with lending and security standards.

Accessibility Agile API Automation CI/CD +24 skills
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Cnected
last month

Senior Backend Software Engineer - C# / .NET

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Build and maintain the backend of a multi-tenant SaaS talent intelligence platform using C#/.NET, Azure SQL, and Clean Architecture with CQRS patterns.

API Azure Azure Functions C# Data Warehousing +17 skills
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Chakrabarti Management Consultancy, Inc
last month

Java Backend Developer - Senior

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 Java-based microservices for cloud applications, focusing on messaging, transactions, and integration testing for enterprise systems in Ashburn, VA.

API Atlassian AWS Cassandra CI/CD +29 skills
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The Rundown AI, Inc.
last month

Senior Backend Software Engineer - Infrastructure

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Builds and maintains the low-level infrastructure (databases, distributed systems, security) powering Palantir’s data platforms, enabling large-scale, secure, and performant data-driven applications for public and private institutions.

API Cassandra Cloud C++ Distributed Systems +13 skills
135 000 – 200 000 $
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AI Chopping Block
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Build and scale backend systems for an AI-powered legal services platform, integrating document processing, security, and agentic AI features using Python, Postgres, and React/TypeScript.

Agentic AI AI API CSS Generative AI +5 skills
193 400 – 290 000 $
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Stand Together
last month

Senior Backend Architect & Tech Lead (AWS)

Open 33d North AmericaLead
United States

Senior backend architect designs, scales, and maintains cloud-based systems for consumer-facing apps using Node.js and AWS, while leading the team and mentoring engineers.

JavaScript Node.js TypeScript
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Luxoft
last month

Senior Calypso Backend Architect (Java/Spring)

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer in New York designing and building Java/Spring services for complex financial integrations.

Java Spring
120 000 – 200 000 $
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CrowdStrike
last month

Sr. Engineer, Backend - Lightning (Hybrid)

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 CrowdStrike building cloud services that deliver real-time security data to endpoint agents using Go and Python, scaling systems to handle trillions of daily events.

AI AWS Azure Bash Cassandra +19 skills
140 000 – 215 000 $
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Doowii, Inc.
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer leading architecture, scalable services, and AI integrations for Doowii’s platform, using Python, SQL, and cloud infrastructure.

AI Airflow Analytics API Authentication +29 skills
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Afresh
last month

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer building and scaling GraphQL APIs and services for Afresh’s Fresh Operating System, which helps grocers reduce food waste through workflow automation.

Analytics API Api Design Data Engineering GraphQL +6 skills
162 000 – 180 000 $
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Optomi
last month

Senior Java Backend Architect – AWS, Kubernetes

Open 33d North AmericaContractSenior
United States

Designs and builds scalable, cloud-native Java 17 backend services for an automotive technology company, deploying on AWS with Kubernetes.

Cloud Cloud Native Java
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Coupang
last month

Senior Staff Backend Software Engineer

Open 33d North AmericaStaff
United States

Designs and builds large-scale backend systems for Coupang’s e-commerce fulfillment platform, focusing on workflow orchestration, scalability, and reliability using Java, Spring, and AWS.

Agile AWS Cassandra Java MySQL +3 skills
164 000 – 282 000 $
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AmaWaterways, LLC
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Open 33d North AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Designs, builds, and maintains backend services and APIs for AmaWaterways' booking and guest-experience systems using .NET/C# and Node.js, with a focus on scalability, security, and integration with CRM and reservation systems.

Agile AI API Azure Azure DevOps +32 skills
120 000 – 145 000 $
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RevSpring Inc
last month

Senior Software Engineer- Backend

Open 33d North AmericaContractSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer building healthcare engagement and payment services in AWS, focusing on robust APIs, search, and AI-powered tools to guide patient care decisions.

AI API Api Design Automation AWS +17 skills
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Cacheflow
last month

Senior Backend Infra Engineer — Own Scalable Web Services (AWS)

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Infrastructure Engineer at Cacheflow building and scaling web services on AWS using Python and Django for enterprise clients.

Django Python
185 000 – 210 000 $
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WeaveGrid
last month

Senior Software Engineer Backend

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 builds cloud-native software to integrate distributed energy resources like EV chargers and batteries with utility grids, using Python, microservices, and AWS.

AI API AWS CircleCI Cloud +10 skills
130 000 – 190 000 $
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Arcadian
last month

Senior Backend Software Engineer - AdTech

Open 33d North AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Build and maintain scalable ad-serving backends for streaming platforms, integrating with SSAI, ad servers, and privacy-compliant signals in a hybrid role.

AI Analytics API Api Design Automation +19 skills
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