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
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | year | $166,500 | $192,050 | $215,050 | 1,397 |
| USD | hour | $62 | $70 | $78 | 27 |
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
Senior Java Engineer - Remote Healthcare Backend
Senior Java Engineer building and maintaining backend services for a Medicare Provider Portal, integrating Apache Camel, ensuring healthcare compliance and CI/CD.
Senior Java Engineer: Remote Secure Backend
Senior Java Engineer builds and maintains secure backend services for a Medicare provider portal using Java, REST APIs, and Apache Camel, ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations.
Reliability Engineer — Backend & Enablement
Builds and maintains backend services, APIs, and integrations to improve system reliability and observability for a retail enterprise platform.
Senior Software Engineer - Backend
Build and maintain backend services and APIs that power an AI voice agent for restaurants, integrating with POS, reservation, and payment systems while ensuring reliability and scalability.
Senior Software Engineer – Backend
Senior backend engineer at a venture-backed fintech company rebuilding core money-movement infrastructure for embedded payments, ACH, and ledger services using Go, Postgres, and Temporal.
Senior Backend Platform & API Engineer
Senior backend engineer at GM designing, building, and operating scalable APIs and platform services that power critical product features with a focus on security, reliability, and observability.
Senior AWS Java Backend Developer with Node.JS
Build and maintain secure, scalable backend services using Java, Node.js, and AWS for a technology company in Reston, VA.
Lead Software Engineer, Backend Systems
Lead a backend engineering team to design, build, and scale distributed systems that process high-volume healthcare data into structured, actionable insights for real-time operational workflows.
Java Backend Developer with Python and AWS
Build and maintain Python-based microservices and serverless AWS applications, integrating services like Lambda, S3, and Aurora DB while ensuring security and scalability.
Senior Software Engineer - Backend
Builds and scales backend infrastructure and services for Databricks' data and AI platform, focusing on distributed systems, cloud technologies, and security.
Java Backend Developer
Builds and maintains Java-based backend services using Spring Boot and microservices, with Oracle databases and CI/CD pipelines in a Linux environment.
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Senior backend engineer builds and operates serverless Java APIs on AWS for connected-vehicle data analytics, using AI coding agents to accelerate development and ensure reliability.
Senior Backend Architect - Cloud, Scalable Systems
Designs and improves backend systems for healthcare tech using .NET and cloud platforms, mentors engineers, and leads scalable architecture projects.
Backend Developer Node.js — Zdalnie, Elastyczne Godziny
Backend developer builds and maintains server-side applications using Node.js and databases like MongoDB and PostgreSQL in a flexible, remote-friendly team.