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$215,0501,393
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
Data Society
last month

Senior Backend Engineer & Tech Lead – Azure Microservices (Remote)

Open 33d RemoteNorth AmericaLead
United States

Leads backend microservices architecture and API design for a data platform, mentors offshore engineers, and ensures secure CI/CD while collaborating with onshore teams.

API Api Design CI/CD Microservices
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Loman, Inc.
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - AI Voice Platform (Remote)

Open 33d HybridNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer at Loman, Inc. builds and maintains scalable backend services and RESTful APIs for an AI voice platform, ensuring reliability and performance.

AI API REST SQL
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Brightcrew Ltd
last month

Senior AI Infra & Backend Architect (Remote)

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Architects and owns backend systems and AI-driven automation tools using TypeScript, Node.js, and optionally Python/Go/Rust for decision-making workflows.

AI Automation Node.js Python Rust +1 skills
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Coinbase Backed by Y Combinator
last month

Senior Backend Engineer, AI Automation Platform (Remote)

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 Coinbase building AI-driven automation for customer support and compliance using Python and Go, integrating LLM-powered systems to reduce costs and resolution times.

AI Automation LLM Python
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Metropolis Technologies
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Open 33d North 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 scalable, event-driven services for a computer-vision-powered mobility platform that enables checkout-free parking and real-world transactions.

Agile AI Automation AWS BDD +21 skills
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Sequence
last month

Senior Product Engineer (Backend) - NYC

Open 33d North AmericaContractSenior
United States

Builds and scales the backend of an AI-powered revenue platform for finance teams, handling billing, approval workflows, and collections with Kotlin, Postgres, and Google Cloud.

Agentic AI AI API Authentication BigQuery +16 skills
210 000 – 230 000 $
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QXO
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer building scalable eCommerce services and UIs for a fast-growing building-products distributor, using cloud-native stacks and modern web tech.

AI AWS CI/CD Cloud Distributed Systems +10 skills
138 000 – 235 000 $
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CarMax
last month

Sr Software Engineer - Backend

Open 33d HybridNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer at CarMax building scalable Java/.NET/Python services and APIs, owning features end-to-end while collaborating with AI/ML teams in hybrid roles based in Richmond VA or Plano TX.

AI API AWS Azure CI/CD +9 skills
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PartnerTap
last month

Senior Software Engineer – Backend

Open 33d North AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer at a high-growth SaaS startup building automation tools for sales and channel teams, using Java/C# and PostgreSQL.

Analytics API Concur C# Data Warehousing +9 skills
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Cacheflow
last month

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Builds and maintains Databricks' backend infrastructure and serverless platform, focusing on distributed systems, cloud technologies, and security for big data and AI workloads.

AI AWS Azure Cloud C++ +17 skills
157 700 – 213 800 $
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Namely
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

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 at Oscar, a health insurance company, building scalable systems to simplify healthcare interactions for members and providers using Python, Go, and cloud-native tooling.

AI Authentication BigQuery Go Grafana +3 skills
158 400 – 207 900 $
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S&P Global, Inc.
last month

Senior Backend Software Engineer

Open 33d North AmericaSenior Licensed UK sponsor — This employer appears on the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and related work routes. The licence belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.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 Kensho (S&P Global) builds and maintains AI-powered APIs and systems for financial generative AI applications, using Python, FastAPI, and cloud infrastructure.

Agentic AI AI API AWS Claude Code +20 skills
150 000 – 225 000 $
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Medium
last month

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Open 33d HybridNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Build and maintain the backend of a warehouse management system (Shelf) that tracks inventory and powers fulfillment, using modern languages and AWS in a hybrid Lehi, Utah role.

AWS Java Node.js PostgreSQL Python +3 skills
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Roman Health Pharmacy LLC
last month

Senior Backend Software Engineer

Open 33d North AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer building cloud infrastructure and data pipelines to support AI-driven industrial robotics, integrating with customer systems and managing compute clusters.

AI Ansible API Api Design Automation +22 skills
155 000 – 190 000 $
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Mecka
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer at Mecka AI building petabyte-scale data infrastructure for robotics and embodied AI, focusing on video/sensor data pipelines, distributed GPU compute, and high-throughput cloud networking.

AI API Cloud Data Quality Networking +1 skills
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Aerovy
last month

Lead Software Engineer (Backend)

Open 33d North AmericaLead
United States

Lead backend engineer building and scaling a cloud-native platform for real-time applications in energy, IoT, telematics, and AI, using AWS and distributed systems.

AI Analytics API AWS CDK +13 skills
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2048 The Walt Disney Company Nordic AB
last month

Remote Nordic Senior Backend Engineer — Scalable APIs

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and maintains scalable backend services and APIs for Disney’s Nordic systems, focusing on high-performance server development and cross-functional collaboration.
Mev, Llc.
last month

Senior Backend Engineer — Agentic AI Workflows (Remote)

Open 33d HybridNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Full-Stack Engineer in Phoenix builds AI-driven backend services using Node.js and PostgreSQL, integrating agentic AI workflows while collaborating with teams.

AI Node.js PostgreSQL
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Capital Technology Group
last month

Senior Backend Architect - Federal Cloud, Remote

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and modernizes secure, scalable federal cloud systems as a backend architect, working with US-citizen teams to meet Public Trust clearance requirements.

120 000 – 170 000 $
Foundever
last month

Remote Senior Node.js & AWS Backend Engineer

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer builds and scales a cloud collaboration platform using Node.js and AWS services, focusing on performance and reliability.

AWS Cloud Node.js
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