Backend Jobs in United States
There are 5,668 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 736 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 870 · 15%
- Hybrid 747 · 13%
- Onsite 370 · 7%
Visa sponsorship offered in 39% of the 1,589 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 3,103
- 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
Founding Backend Engineer - Real-Time Voice AI Platform
Builds and scales the backend infrastructure for a real-time voice AI platform, focusing on audio processing, telephony integration, and developer APIs.
Senior Java Backend Engineer — Hands-on, Spring & CI/CD
Senior Java backend engineer builds and maintains enterprise-grade microservices and RESTful APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and CI/CD pipelines in a hybrid on-site role.
Senior Backend Engineer - AI-Powered Finance Platform
Designs and builds scalable Python backend services for an AI-driven finance platform, focusing on distributed systems and secure integrations.
Senior Backend Engineer - AI-Powered Health Platform
Senior Backend Engineer building an AI-driven healthcare platform in Python, optimizing distributed systems for scalability and performance.
Senior Software Engineer, Backend Engineering | Los Angeles, California, United States
Senior backend engineer at Oscar Health builds scalable systems to simplify healthcare interactions for members and providers using Python, Go, and cloud-native tooling.
Senior C# Backend Engineer - AI-Driven, AWS Cloud
Senior C# backend engineer building AI-enhanced financial applications on AWS and SQL Server for a fintech company.
Senior Backend Engineer AI-Powered Scalable APIs
Senior backend engineer building scalable APIs and AI-assisted features for document management and enterprise content systems using C#, Go, or Java.
Senior Lead Backend Engineer - Real-Time Fraud & Cloud
Builds and maintains high-throughput, real-time fraud detection systems and streaming pipelines on AWS using Java, Python, Go, Scala, and Node, while mentoring peers and shaping architecture.
Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, Scalable Systems
Senior Backend Engineer designs and builds scalable, secure backend services using Node.js/TypeScript, Docker, and microservices for a fully remote role.
Sr. Backend Engineer – Python/Java & Kafka C2C contract
Senior backend engineer building scalable microservices in Python/Java with Kafka, focusing on event-driven systems, automation, and observability in a Bellevue, WA office role.
Sr Lead Software Engineer- Backend Engineering - Java/Kotlin
Senior Lead Software Engineer building customer-facing fintech products in Java/Kotlin, designing scalable, secure, and reliable backend systems for JPMorgan Chase's Accelerator team.
Senior Backend Engineer — AI-Driven Microservices
Senior backend engineer designs and builds scalable microservices in Java and Python for mission-critical applications, integrating AI features while mentoring junior engineers.
Senior Backend Engineer – AI-Driven Deal Intelligence
Senior Backend Engineer builds and scales AI-driven deal intelligence systems using Go and React/TypeScript in a hybrid New York office.