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
Senior Backend Engineer - Remote Contract
Builds and maintains scalable backend services for a media company using Java, Spring, and cloud-native tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
Senior Backend Engineer, Global E-commerce Platform
Senior Backend Engineer at TikTok in San Jose building and scaling core e-commerce services for product browsing, returns, and refunds using Java.
Senior Backend Engineer, Real-Time Media & AI
Designs and maintains low-latency audio/video capture pipelines for real-time meeting features like transcripts and notes, working across media, backend, and integrations.
Senior Backend Engineer – Java, Spring Boot, AI‑Augmented
Senior backend engineer building and maintaining Java/Spring Boot services for healthcare and insurance workflows, with a focus on reliability, performance, and secure data exchange.
Java Backend Engineer — AI Agents on GCP
Builds and maintains Java-based backend services and AI agents on Google Cloud, integrating LLMs and cloud technologies for enterprise applications.
Senior / Staff Backend Engineer – Distributed Systems & Network Automation
Senior or Staff Backend Engineer building distributed control-plane services for a network automation platform powering AI clouds, using Node.js, Go, and databases like MariaDB/MySQL.
Senior Backend Engineer – AI & Distributed Systems
Designs and builds scalable backend services and data pipelines for a digital twin platform, using cloud infrastructure, containerization, and AI-driven orchestration.
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering)
Build and scale backend systems for Brex’s finance platform, focusing on corporate cards, banking, and spend management with Java, Kotlin, or Python.
Senior Backend Engineer, AI‑Augmented Marketing Tools
Builds and maintains AI-augmented marketing tools and self-serve infrastructure for finance teams using Next.js and Sanity, collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Lead Backend Engineer - Java or Python, Cloud Microservices
Lead a backend team building secure, cloud-native microservices in Java or Python for a New York-based company, overseeing development and lifecycle support.
Senior Backend Engineer — End-to-End Cloud APIs Ownership
Senior Backend Engineer designs and builds REST APIs and cloud infrastructure using C#, ASP.NET Core, and AWS for a technology company in Arlington, VA.
Senior Backend Engineer: Python & Node.js, Cloud & AI
Senior backend engineer designs and maintains scalable services in Python and Node.js, builds APIs and microservices, and works in Azure cloud environments.
Senior Backend Engineer - Real-Time Sports Data Systems
Designs and builds scalable backend systems to process real-time sports data for millions of users, using Java and distributed architectures.
Principal Backend Engineer, Cortex Xpanse Collections
Designs and builds distributed systems and high-throughput data pipelines to map the internet for the Cortex Xpanse ASM platform using Java or Go.