Backend Jobs in United States

There are 5,666 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 778 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are api, cloud and ai.

Salary

CurrencyPeriod25thMedian75thPostings
USDyear$166,500$192,050$215,0121,404
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 22%

How the work is done

  • Remote 860 · 15%
  • Hybrid 745 · 13%
  • Onsite 359 · 6%

Visa sponsorship offered in 39% of the 1,600 postings that state a position on it.

Seniority

  • Senior 3,121
  • Lead 436
  • Staff 394
  • Principal 104
  • Middle 51
  • C-level 43

Who is hiring

  • 501-1000 employees 926
  • 1000+ employees 919
  • 51-200 employees 587
  • 11-50 employees 285
  • 201-500 employees 46
  • 1-10 employees 15
5,666 jobs
Zoftify — Travel Software Development
last month

Backend Developer (Node)

Open 33d RemoteAPAC, Europe, North America, UK
+1

Builds and maintains high-performance backend services in Node.js for travel-industry clients, using TypeScript, REST APIs, and PostgreSQL.

Agile Android API AWS Azure +13 skills
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Archer Backed by Y Combinator
last month

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Open 53d North AmericaStaff
United States

Design and scale backend systems and real-time data pipelines for an aerospace company’s AI tracking platform, handling high-frequency telemetry with Java, Python, or Rust.

AI API AWS Azure CI/CD +21 skills
190 000 – 237 000 $
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Archer Backed by Y Combinator
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Open 61d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer at an aerospace startup in San Jose building real-time telemetry pipelines and AI tracking systems using Java, Python, or Rust, with Kafka/Pulsar and PostgreSQL.

AI API AWS Azure CI/CD +21 skills
160 000 – 198 000 $
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Archer Backed by Y Combinator
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Open 38d HybridNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a mission to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. We are designing,…

Agentic AI AI API Backbone.js CI/CD +22 skills
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LVT
last month

Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Open 33d HybridNorth AmericaFull-timeStaff
United States

Designs, scales, and mentors backend systems for AI-driven site intelligence platforms using Node.js/TypeScript, Kubernetes, and modern cloud services in a hybrid Seattle office.

Agentic AI Agile AI API Api Design +13 skills
213 000 – 256 000 $
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LVT
last month

Senior Software Engineer II - Backend

Open 33d North AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Builds and maintains scalable backend microservices and APIs in Node.js/TypeScript that power an AI-driven site intelligence platform, optimizing performance and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Agentic AI Agile AI API CI/CD +14 skills
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amigo
last month

Staff Software Engineer - Backend/Infra [NYC or SF]

Open 34d On-siteNorth AmericaFull-timeStaff
United States

Builds and operates high-throughput backend services powering AI agents that handle millions of patient-provider conversations in healthcare, focusing on reliability, concurrency, and clean design.

AI Distributed Systems Machine Learning Observability
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IMR Soft LLC
last month

Solution Architect- Backend lead

Open 23d 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 backend architecture for a fintech risk and fraud system, designing scalable microservices in Java/Spring Boot on AWS with Kafka, PostgreSQL, Docker, and Kubernetes.

API AWS CI/CD Cloud Docker +8 skills
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Kanini
last month

Backend Developer

Open 22d North America
United States

Backend Developer role at Kanini; builds and maintains server-side systems and APIs.
whoop
last month

Software Engineer II (Backend, Health Records)

Open 33d On-siteNorth 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

Build backend systems to securely ingest and process health records, creating pipelines that transform raw data into actionable insights for WHOOP’s health platform.

AI API Api Design AWS Cloud +5 skills
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Match Group
last month

Software Engineer II, Backend

Open 26d HybridNorth AmericaFull-time
United States

Build and scale distributed backend services for Tinder’s high-traffic dating platform using Java, Go, or C++. Own resilient systems on Kubernetes/ECS and collaborate on feature development.

Agile AI AWS Azure Cassandra +16 skills
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NATIONMIND LLC
last month

Backend Python developer

Open 16d HybridNorth AmericaContract
United States

About NationMind LLC: NationMind LLC is a technology consulting firm focused on software development and QA testing services. We help clients build reliable, scalable applications with a strong emphasis on automation,…

Agentic AI Agile Ansible API Automation +21 skills
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Photon
last month

Midlevel Java Backend Developer at Boston, MA (Fulltime Role)

Open 22d North AmericaFull-time
United States

Build and maintain Java-based microservices and serverless functions for scalable, high-availability systems, handling feature development from design to cloud deployment.

API Cloud Java Microservices Serverless +1 skills
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The Evolvers Group
last month

Data Warehouse ETL Backend Tester

Open 23d North America
United States

Test and validate ETL pipelines and data warehouse systems, focusing on Snowflake databases and automated data validation with QuerySurge.

Data Warehousing ETL Snowflake
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WJ Company
last month

Java Backend Developer

Open 24d North America
United States

Java Back-end Developer Location: Plano, TX, us Company Description For More Open Positions Visit us at: http://recruiting.woongjininc.com/ Our Mission WOONGJIN, Inc. is a rapidly growing team who provides a range of…

Agile API Authentication CI/CD Design Patterns +19 skills
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Qualcomm
last month

Principal Backend Engineer - Core Infrastructure

Open 24d 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

Principal Backend Engineer - Core Infrastructure Location: Santa Clara, California, United States of America Department: Software Engineering Work Location: onsite Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Job Area:…

AI Analytics API Api Design AWS +25 skills
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Atlassian
last month

Principal Backend Software Engineer

Open 24d HybridNorth AmericaPrincipal
United States

What you'll do Regularly unblock challenges faced in the software development cycle, from technical design to launch Create solutions that are used by other teams and products - Determine plans-of-attack on large…

Atlassian AWS Azure CI/CD Cloud +8 skills
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B/Core
last month

Backend Software Engineer with Security Clearance

Open 21d North America
United States

Backend Software Engineer Gaithersburg, MD Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI poly required At Bcore, our strength comes from how we deliver impact to the mission. Whether it’s…

Cloud DevSecOps TypeScript
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Rackner
last month

Backend Software Engineer — Secure Mission Systems

Open 40d RemoteNorth AmericaContract
United States

Build secure backend services and APIs for a Department of Defense mission using Python/C#, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes in a regulated environment.

AI API CI/CD Cloud C# +16 skills
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Apple
last month

Sr Python Backend Engineer, AIML

Open 34d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer building scalable Python services and data pipelines to power Apple's AI/ML models and GenAI workflows for billions of users.

Agentic AI Agile AI Airflow API +25 skills
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