Backend Jobs in United States

There are 5,621 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 781 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 23%

How the work is done

  • Remote 860 · 15%
  • Hybrid 736 · 13%
  • Onsite 361 · 6%

Visa sponsorship offered in 39% of the 1,593 postings that state a position on it.

Seniority

  • Senior 3,093
  • Lead 433
  • Staff 396
  • Principal 105
  • Middle 47
  • C-level 41

Who is hiring

  • 501-1000 employees 920
  • 1000+ employees 914
  • 51-200 employees 584
  • 11-50 employees 284
  • 201-500 employees 45
  • 1-10 employees 14
5,621 jobs
Mindlance
last month

Senior Java Backend Engineer — Scalable Systems

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Build and maintain scalable Java-based backend systems for a national recruiting company, focusing on multi-threaded server-side development with Oracle and NoSQL databases.

J2EE Java NoSQL Oracle
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Thrive
last month

Low-Latency Backend Engineer for Trading Systems

Open 33d RemoteNorth America
United States

Develops and optimizes low-latency backend systems for trading infrastructure using Java, C#, and C++.

C++ C# Java
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Innovid
last month

Senior Backend Engineer, Ad Delivery 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

Designs and builds high-performance backend systems for an ad-tech platform, primarily using Java.

Java
Brex Backed by Y Combinator
last month

Senior Backend Engineer — Scalable Fintech Platform

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.

Senior Backend Engineer at Brex in Vancouver builds and scales financial software products, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance customer-facing applications.

192 000 – 240 000 CAD
Office Ally
last month

Senior Backend Engineer – Scalable Healthcare Platforms

Open 33d HybridNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and maintains scalable backend systems and APIs for a healthcare and insurance platform using Java and RESTful services.

API Distributed Systems Java REST
120 000 – 150 000 $
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Flexcompute
last month

Senior Backend Engineer: HPC & Cloud 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 services for a high-performance computing simulation platform using Java, Python, and AWS.

AWS Java Python
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LiveRamp
last month

Senior Backend Engineer — Scalable Activation Pipelines

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 LiveRamp building and scaling data activation pipelines for identity resolution, with a focus on distributed systems and high-reliability workflows.

Data Pipelines DevOps
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Taara
last month

Senior Backend Engineer – Cloud, Infra & Telemetry

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer designs and scales cloud infrastructure for optical terminals, focusing on Go services, telemetry pipelines, and secure cloud-edge communication.

Cloud Data Pipelines Infrastructure as Code Observability
150 000 – 200 000 $
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General Atomics
last month

Cleared Backend Engineer for Mission-Critical Systems

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

Builds backend services in Java, Scala, and Python to integrate multi-source data for global situational awareness systems, ensuring high performance and maintainability.

Aurora Java Python Scala
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Tapestry
last month

Senior Backend Engineer, DevEx Platform (Hybrid)

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 a developer productivity platform to automate secure, scalable code deployments for AI and Power Systems engineers using cloud-native patterns.

AI Cloud Cloud Native Infrastructure as Code
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Vector Backed by Y Combinator
last month

Senior Backend Engineer – Distributed Systems (Java)

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Designs, builds, and scales backend services for a freight technology platform using Java, working closely with product and frontend teams.

Distributed Systems Java
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Medium
last month

Senior Backend Engineer, FinTech SaaS (Hybrid)

Open 33d HybridEurope, North AmericaSenior

Senior backend engineer building cloud and on-premise SaaS platforms for convertible bonds, owning features end-to-end while collaborating with a small senior team in a hybrid role.
Jobtailor
last month

Lead Backend Engineer, FinTech APIs & Cloud

Open 33d North AmericaLead
United States

Designs, builds, and scales backend services and RESTful APIs using Node.js and TypeScript, optimizing PostgreSQL and MongoDB data models, and deploying on AWS with Docker.

API AWS CI/CD DevOps Docker +9 skills
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Truveta
last month

Senior Backend Engineer, Cloud-Native 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

Senior Backend Engineer at Truveta designing, building, and operating cloud-native backend services for healthcare intelligence, using Python, async patterns, Docker, Kubernetes, and AI/LLM workflows.

AI API Api Design Cloud Cloud Native +4 skills
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Application Security EngineerBrex
last month

Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable Systems, Hybrid

Open 33d HybridNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Build and scale backend systems for a fintech platform used by thousands of companies, designing services and influencing architecture in a hybrid New York office.
Bristol-Myers Squibb
last month

Manager, Field Platform – Backend Engineering

Open 33d HybridNorth AmericaPart-time
United States

Manages backend engineering teams to design, build, and deploy data integration and API solutions for a biopharmaceutical company, using cloud tools, databases, and AI techniques.

Accessibility Agile API AWS Aws Glue +14 skills
155 167 – 161 580 $
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Spire
last month

Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable, Secure Cloud

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer building and securing cloud infrastructure for satellite and ground systems using AWS, containers, CI/CD, and observability tools.

AWS CI/CD Cybersecurity Observability
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RELX
last month

Senior Backend Engineer, Reliability & Incident Response

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer focused on reliability and incident response for an enterprise insurance platform, debugging issues, monitoring systems, and building tools to reduce downtime.
Tech Mirrors
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - Kafka, Python & Java

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer designs and builds scalable microservices and REST APIs using Python, Java, and Kafka in Bellevue, WA.

AI API Bash CI/CD Docker +10 skills
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Icon Ventures
last month

Graduate Backend Engineer: Cloud Data SaaS

Open 33d North America
United States

Graduate backend engineer building and maintaining cloud-native SaaS data services in a startup environment, mentored by senior engineers.

Cloud Cloud Native SaaS
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