Backend Jobs in United States

There are 5,623 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 771 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$69$7628

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 858 · 15%
  • Hybrid 741 · 13%
  • Onsite 362 · 6%

Visa sponsorship offered in 39% of the 1,596 postings that state a position on it.

Seniority

  • Senior 3,099
  • Lead 432
  • Staff 393
  • Principal 104
  • Middle 47
  • C-level 42

Who is hiring

  • 501-1000 employees 925
  • 1000+ employees 914
  • 51-200 employees 584
  • 11-50 employees 285
  • 201-500 employees 46
  • 1-10 employees 14
5,623 jobs
VulnCheck
last month

Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable Data Pipelines (Remote)

Open 33d RemoteNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer at VulnCheck building and scaling data pipelines for a vulnerability intelligence platform using remote-friendly tech stacks.
The Judge Group
last month

Lead C++ Backend Architect – Scalable Distributed Systems

Open 33d North AmericaLead 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

Lead a team to design and build high-performance, distributed C++ backend systems handling millions of daily transactions, focusing on scalability and reliability.

C++ Distributed Systems Linux
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Ally
last month

Senior Software Engineer - Backend & AI-Driven Cloud

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer at Ally Financial in Lansing, MI, building secure, scalable enterprise apps and leading AI-assisted development in a collaborative environment.
Palo Alto Networks
last month

Principal Software Engineer (Backend DLP)

Open 33d North AmericaInternshipPrincipal
United States

Designs and builds cloud-native backend services for a Data Loss Prevention product using Java, Spring Boot, and cloud platforms like GCP/AWS, scaling systems to process terabytes of data.

Agile AI Analytics Automation AWS +16 skills
147 000 – 237 500 $
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Lumenalta
last month

Remote Senior Backend Engineer - AWS, Kubernetes, IaC

Open 33d RemoteNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and builds scalable backend systems using AWS, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code, with a focus on cloud automation and collaboration.

Automation AWS Cloud Kubernetes
55 000 – 100 000 $
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Jobot
last month

Senior Python Backend Engineer — Fully Remote, Equity, AI

Open 33d RemoteNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and builds AI-powered backend systems using Python and data modeling, working remotely for a well-funded startup with equity compensation.

AI Data Modeling Python SaaS
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Shipt
last month

Senior Backend Engineer - Payments & Geo-spatial (Remote)

Open 33d HybridNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer at Shipt building and maintaining shopper payments systems with geo-spatial features using Golang, Python, and microservices.

API Go Microservices Python REST
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Interaction24,LLC
last month

Senior Backend Architect: Scalable APIs & Real-Time Data

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and builds scalable microservices and APIs in Java, Scala, or Python, focusing on real-time data systems for a Seattle-based tech firm.

API Cloud Java Microservices Python +1 skills
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Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
last month

Senior Principal Backend Architect, Cortex Platform

Open 33d North AmericaPrincipal
United States

Designs and leads backend systems for cybersecurity products using Python and Go, focusing on scalable cloud-native architectures and mentoring engineers.

Cloud Cloud Native Cybersecurity Palo Alto Networks Python
170 000 – 277 000 $
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Yeah! Global
last month

Remote Backend Engineer - DeFi & Smart Contract

Open 33d North AmericaContract
United States

Develops backend services and smart contracts for decentralized finance applications using blockchain technologies and AWS.

Agile AWS Blockchain DeFi Smart Contracts
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BlackLine
last month

Principal Java Backend Architect — Cloud & Leadership

Open 33d North AmericaPrincipal
United States

Principal Java backend architect designs and leads cloud-based financial software services, focusing on scalable architecture and high-quality delivery using Java and related technologies.

Agile Cloud C++ C# Java
251 000 – 314 000 $
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Veeva Systems
last month

Senior/Principal Software Engineer - Backend

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

Build and lead backend services for a new life-sciences SaaS product, using Python, SQL, and cloud-native tools in a fast-paced agile team.

Agile Cloud EKS Kubernetes OpenSearch +5 skills
110 000 – 270 000 $
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Integrated Resources Inc.
last month

Senior .NET Backend Developer – Onsite in Chicago

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

Build and maintain .NET backend services and ASP.NET web applications in Chicago, using C# and .NET technologies.

C# .NET
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Casap
last month

Senior Backend Architect - Go/Java, Scale Microservices

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and builds scalable microservices in Go or Java to modernize banking infrastructure at a fast-growing fintech startup.

Java
Databricks Inc.
last month

Staff Software Engineer - Backend Mountain View, California

Open 33d North AmericaContractStaff
United States

Builds and operates scalable backend services for a data and AI platform, using Scala/Java, cloud APIs, and distributed systems like Spark and Kafka.

AI Analytics API AWS Azure +24 skills
192 000 – 260 000 $
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NewsNowGh
last month

Senior Backend Architect – Healthcare Platform (H-1B)

Open 33d North AmericaSenior
United States

Designs and leads backend systems for a healthcare tech platform using Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and microservices, with a focus on scalability and reliability.

AWS Docker Java Microservices Spring
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VKare Corp
last month

Java Backend Developer - Spring Boot & REST APIs

Open 33d North America
United States

Builds and maintains scalable Java backend services using Spring Boot and REST APIs for a California-based tech solutions provider.

API Java REST Spring
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Chime
last month

Senior Backend Architect – Lead Low-Latency APIs

Open 33d North AmericaLead 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

Leads the design and development of low-latency APIs for a fintech company’s Trust and Safety platforms, using Ruby on Rails and mentoring engineers.

API Rails Ruby
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Mindbody
last month

Senior Software Engineer — Backend Systems & Deployment

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 maintains large-scale SaaS systems for real-world experiences using .NET and Python, collaborating across teams and mentoring others.

.NET Python SaaS
151 000 – 201 000 $
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1WorldSync
last month

Senior Software Engineer (Backend/AWS Cloud)

Open 33d HybridNorth AmericaInternshipSenior 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 Java/Kotlin services on AWS, owning features for product content management and mentoring junior engineers in a hybrid Chicago role.

AI API AWS Azure CI/CD +26 skills
120 000 – 130 000 $
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