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
Torch Dental
last month

Senior Backend Engineer: AI-Powered Agentic Workflows

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer builds and maintains HIPAA-compliant, LLM-powered workflows for a healthcare supply startup in New York.

Cloud Hipaa LLM
190 000 – 230 000 $
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Q-CTRL Pty. Ltd.
last month

Senior Quantum Backend Engineer – Scale-Up Platforms

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 scalable Python backend systems for a quantum technology company, bridging research with production software.

Python
Ivo
last month

Senior Backend Engineer, AI-Driven Legal Tech

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer building AI-driven legal automation tools in San Francisco, focusing on contract analysis and legal process optimization using scalable backend systems.

225 000 – 405 000 $
Crusoe Energy Systems
last month

Senior Backend Engineer, AI-First Cloud Platform

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

Design and scale the backend systems powering Crusoe’s AI-first cloud platform, focusing on authentication, billing, and resource orchestration for Fortune 500 customers using Go, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

AI Authentication Automation CI/CD Cloud +12 skills
175 000 – 210 000 $
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Thomson Reuters
last month

Lead Backend Engineer (Python/React) — AI Product Builder

Open 33d North AmericaLead
United States

Lead a team building backend services for generative AI products using Python, while collaborating on frontend needs with React.

AI Generative AI Python
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Ll Oefentherapie
last month

Senior Backend Engineer: AI-Driven Platform & Security

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer builds secure, AI-assisted services for a healthcare-tech platform, focusing on developer productivity and system security.
Evolving Solution Services
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - AI-Native Cloud (AWS)

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and builds a serverless-first, cloud-native API platform on AWS, with a focus on AI-native engineering practices and modern Java.

Agile AI API AWS Cloud +3 skills
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FurtherAI
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - AI-Driven Insurance Platform

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer at FurtherAI builds and scales the core AI-driven insurance platform using Python, focusing on high performance and reliability.

Python
harvey.ai
last month

Senior Backend Engineer, AI-Driven SaaS Platform

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Builds and scales backend services for an AI-driven SaaS platform serving the legal sector, using Python and TypeScript with React for frontend integration.

AI Python React TypeScript
193 400 – 290 000 $
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Qishicpc
last month

Senior Backend Engineer AI-Driven Delivery Platform

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer builds and scales high-performance systems for a global catalog platform, applying Generative AI and distributed architecture in Golang or Java.

AI Generative AI Go Java
120 000 – 180 000 $
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Sportsman's Warehouse
last month

Senior Backend Engineer: AI-Driven, Scalable 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 engineer building scalable, secure Java/Spring systems for a retail company, mentoring junior developers and aligning integrations with business goals.

API CI/CD Java REST Secure Coding +1 skills
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Genies, Inc.
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - AI-Powered Avatar Platform

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 and scales services for an AI-powered avatar platform using Go and Python, working from the San Mateo office.

API Go Python
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Collectors
last month

Senior Backend Engineer — AI-Driven Cloud Platforms

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and scales backend services for a secure platform managing collectible assets, using AWS and Java.

AWS Java Vault
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Empower Pharmacy
last month

Senior Backend Engineer: AI‑Driven, Scalable 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

Designs and builds scalable backend systems for pharmacy operations with AI-driven optimizations, while mentoring junior engineers in a regulated environment.
Medium
last month

CAD Integrations Backend Engineer for AI-Driven Design

Open 33d North America
United States

Builds backend services that connect AI-driven design workflows to CAD platforms, processing engineering data in cloud-native integrations.

AI Automation CAD Cloud Cloud Native
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Namely
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - AI Logistics (Unlimited PTO)

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 in Austin builds and owns core logistics systems using Python, Go, or Java, with SQL/Redis and distributed systems.

Distributed Systems ETL Java JavaScript Python +3 skills
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Foundationllm
last month

Senior CAD Backend Engineer for AI Design Platform

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer building cloud-native integrations between CAD systems (Siemens NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, PTC) and AI-driven design workflows using Python and Protocol Buffers.

AI API CAD CATIA Cloud +5 skills
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TwelveLabs Backed by Techstars
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - AI Tools & Agent Platform

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 TwelveLabs building APIs and platform infrastructure to expose multimodal AI video-understanding capabilities to developers and AI agents.

Agentic AI AI API Authentication
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慨正橡扯
last month

Lead Backend Engineer - Java, Spring Boot, Cloud & AI

Open 33d North AmericaLead
United States

Lead a team building and enhancing banking software using Java, Spring Boot, and cloud technologies, with a focus on operational stability and new tech exploration.

Agile Java
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NICE
last month

Java Backend Engineer - AI-Driven Development (Hybrid)

Open 33d HybridNorth America
United States

Designs and builds scalable Java backend services while integrating AI-driven development tools to enhance engineering workflows and productivity.

Agentic AI AI Java
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