Backend Jobs in United States
There are 5,633 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
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | year | $166,500 | $192,050 | $215,050 | 1,399 |
| USD | hour | $62 | $69 | $76 | 28 |
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 859 · 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 3,104
- Lead 432
- Staff 393
- Principal 104
- Middle 49
- C-level 43
Who is hiring
- 501-1000 employees 925
- 1000+ employees 914
- 51-200 employees 585
- 11-50 employees 285
- 201-500 employees 46
- 1-10 employees 14
Senior Backend Engineer – AI Platform & Bank Modernization
Build and maintain the backend platform that powers an AI-driven legal data intelligence suite, focusing on scalable, distributed systems for generative AI workloads in a multi-cloud environment.
Senior Backend Engineer: Real-Time AI Platform
Senior Backend Engineer at an AI company in San Francisco building low-latency services and APIs to handle real-time data streams, using Python and cloud technologies.
Senior Backend Engineer – GPU Inference & Real-time Systems
Senior Backend Engineer at a design technology company in San Francisco, building scalable systems with GPU workloads, TypeScript/Node, and distributed architectures.
Founding AI-First Backend Engineer (Kubernetes & Integrations)
Builds and integrates backend APIs for an AI-first software company, focusing on workflow integrations like GitHub or Jira to enhance AI-driven development processes.
Senior Java Backend Engineer — Cloud-Native & Technical Leadership
Leads backend development for a large-scale digital platform using Java 17, mentors teams, and ensures high-performance solutions with AWS and RESTful APIs.
Backend Engineer — AI-Driven Hardware & LLMs
Builds backend systems for an AI hardware startup, integrating LLMs into next-gen devices while writing production code from day one.
Senior Backend Engineer: Distributed Systems for AI Inference
Senior backend engineer building distributed systems to run AI inference at scale, optimizing latency, throughput, and reliability for a physical-world AI platform.
Senior Backend Engineer for AI Agentic Systems
Senior Backend Engineer in Los Angeles building scalable systems for Nightshift, a conversational agent integrated with a data platform to support investigative workflows using Python/TypeScript and PostgreSQL.
Senior Backend Engineer, Core - Python/Django, Equity
Senior Backend Engineer builds and optimizes document workflow systems using Python and Django, focusing on performance and automated testing.
Senior Java Backend Engineer - Real-Time Streaming & Kafka
Designs and builds Java-based microservices and real-time data pipelines using Kafka for streaming and transformation in a backend role.
Senior Java Backend Engineer - Cloud, Data Migrations, APIs
Senior Java backend engineer designs, builds, and migrates enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, and cloud platforms.