Backend Jobs in United States
There are 5,636 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 773 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 | 1,400 |
| 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 860 · 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 394
- 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: Java, Spring Boot & Microservices
Designs and builds scalable backend systems in Java/Spring Boot and microservices on AWS, optimizing performance and troubleshooting issues while collaborating with teams.
Senior Backend Engineer — Financial Systems & Automation
Builds and maintains backend systems that automate fund administration for a venture capital platform, using Ruby on Rails and financial workflows.
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, CloudKitchens - Mountain View, CA
Designs and maintains scalable backend systems and APIs for CloudKitchens' kitchen infrastructure platform, using Java, Go, and cloud services like AWS or Google Cloud.
Senior Backend Engineer, Healthcare EHR & Cloud Platform
Designs and builds secure, scalable cloud-based healthcare software using Java and AWS, collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Founding Backend Engineer for Cloud-Native Security
Designs and builds secure, cloud-native backend APIs for enterprise security software, using AWS, Docker, and Rust in a startup setting.
Staff Backend Engineer – Decentralized Identity Platform
Designs and scales backend systems for a decentralized identity protocol, mentors engineers, and solves distributed systems challenges.
Senior, Staff Backend Engineer - Distributed System
Builds and optimizes cloud infrastructure that schedules and allocates GPU clusters for AI workloads, designing APIs and scheduling algorithms to maximize utilization and control costs.
Senior Java Backend Engineer — Cloud & Microservices
Designs and builds scalable backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka, mentors junior developers, and deploys cloud-native microservices with CI/CD.
Senior Backend Engineering Leader – Cloud & Microservices
Lead a backend engineering team at Capital One, building and scaling cloud-native microservices using Java and Python to solve complex financial services problems.
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer - Distributed System
Builds and optimizes cloud infrastructure to orchestrate GPU clusters for AI workloads, designing APIs, scheduling algorithms, and resource management systems for high-cost compute environments.
Senior Backend Engineer, Enforcement Systems at Scale
Senior backend engineer builds and maintains Discord’s automated safety enforcement systems using Python and distributed architectures to protect users at scale.
