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
careersbridges
last month

Backend Java Engineer: Microservices & REST APIs

Open 33d North America
United States

Designs and builds scalable backend services using Java, Spring, REST APIs, and SQL, collaborating in Agile teams to maintain enterprise applications.

Agile API Cloud Containerization Java +3 skills
80 000 – 120 000 $
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Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
last month

Linux Backend Firmware Engineer (C/C++)

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 Linux-based firmware for electric power solutions, working with C/C++ and collaborating on high-level requirements.

Docker Firmware Git Linux
97 700 – 144 400 $
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Wolfspeed
last month

Senior Backend Product Engineer – Power Devices

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 Wolfspeed in Durham builds and maintains software for power device manufacturing, collaborating with suppliers and project teams using engineering best practices.
Digital Forms
last month

Senior Python Backend Engineer - Remote, Flexible Hours

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Python backend engineer building and scaling systems using Python and AWS for a remote-friendly company based in New York.

Agile AWS Cloud Python
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Ionq
last month

Backend Systems Engineer - Distributed & Telemetry

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

Designs and maintains high-throughput backend systems for a quantum computing company, focusing on distributed ingestion pipelines, time-series storage, and APIs using Go or Rust.

API Distributed Systems Rust Time Series
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2K
last month

Senior Backend & API Engineer - Scale & Cloud

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer building scalable cloud APIs and services for an unannounced gaming project using REST/GraphQL, security, and performance best practices.

API Cloud GraphQL
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ByteDance
last month

Senior Backend & Infra Engineer, Data Platforms

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior engineer building and scaling backend infrastructure and data platforms for production systems, including cloud IDEs, code management, and CI/CD tooling at a large tech company.

CI/CD Cloud
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ARIVE
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - Remote/Hybrid, Equity & Bonus

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer at ARIVE designs, scales, and owns core loan-origination services using Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AWS, and Docker.

AWS Cloud Docker MongoDB Node.js +2 skills
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Commerce Inc
last month

Senior Backend Engineer (Go) - Remote

Open 33d RemoteNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer builds and scales Go-based services for a data-intensive SaaS platform, focusing on distributed systems, DevOps, and CI/CD while mentoring junior engineers.

CI/CD DevOps Distributed Systems SaaS
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Bright Vision Technologies
last month

Senior Go Backend Engineer — Remote, Cloud-Native

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 high-performance Go backend services and cloud-native applications using Kubernetes, gRPC/REST APIs, and CI/CD pipelines.

API CI/CD Cloud Cloud Native Distributed Systems +4 skills
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Cognizant
last month

Senior Java Engineer - Hybrid Backend Architect

Open 33d HybridNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and builds scalable Java-based enterprise applications using Spring, mentors engineers, and ensures robust performance for global outcomes in a hybrid work model.

Java Secure Coding Spring
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Map My Customers
last month

Lead Backend Integrations Engineer

Open 33d North AmericaLead
United States

Lead backend engineer building and maintaining integrations with enterprise CRMs like Salesforce and HubSpot to sync sales data for a growing field-sales platform.

API CRM HubSpot Microsoft Dynamics OAuth +4 skills
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Speechify
last month

Backend Engineer – API & Platform (Remote)

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

Designs and builds scalable backend APIs for payments, subscriptions, and authentication using TypeScript/Node.js in a distributed cloud environment.

Analytics API Authentication Cloud Docker +3 skills
110 000 – 150 000 $
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WPS—A health solutions company
last month

Senior Java Backend Engineer — Remote, Secure & Scalable

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Java backend engineer building and maintaining secure, scalable services for a Medicare provider portal using Java, Apache Camel, and REST APIs, while collaborating with teams and mentoring developers.

CI/CD Java
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Worldpay
last month

Backend .NET Engineer II - Hybrid (Denver/Cincy)

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 enhances payment-processing software using .NET in a hybrid role, collaborating with teams to deliver fintech solutions in a cloud environment.

Agile Cloud .NET Fintech
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Palantir Technologies
last month

Senior Backend Infra Engineer for High-Scale Systems

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 infrastructure engineer building scalable data-processing systems in Java and Python for Palantir’s platform in New York.

Java Python
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JPMorgan Chase
last month

Lead Backend Java Engineer - Cloud & Microservices

Open 33d North AmericaLead
United States

Lead a team building and scaling Java-based microservices for consumer banking systems using Spring Boot and cloud infrastructure.

Agile Cloud Java Microservices Spring
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Eurekaempresarial
last month

Tech Lead Java: Backend Architect (Hybrid, Lima)

Open 33d North AmericaLead
United States

Leads a Java backend team in Lima, designing and delivering scalable systems using Spring Boot and Angular while mentoring engineers.

Angular Java Spring
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Compunnel, Inc.
last month

Senior Backend Java Engineer — Kafka & Microservices Lead

Open 33d North AmericaLead
United States

Leads backend Java development in Dallas, TX, building microservices with Spring Boot, Kafka, and REST APIs while guiding engineering teams.

API Java Kafka REST Spring
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Compunnel, Inc.
last month

Senior Java Lead Engineer: Cloud Backend Architect

Open 33d North AmericaLead
United States

Leads Java backend development in AWS, designing scalable cloud services with Spring Boot and REST APIs while mentoring engineers.

API AWS Cloud Java REST +1 skills
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