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
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | year | $166,500 | $192,050 | $215,025 | 1,403 |
| 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 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
Software Engineer, Backend, Level 4
Build and scale backend services powering Snapchat’s core features like user identity and friend graph, using distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
Senior Software Engineer (Java back-end)
*This role does not offer visa sponsorship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future sponsorship (including CPT, OPT, TN or H‑1B). ** This is a hybrid position with an onsite…
Senior Backend Engineer
Senior Backend Engineer builds and deploys AI-powered grant discovery and application tools for nonprofits using Python, FastAPI, and LLM agents, with a focus on production reliability and evaluation.
Staff Backend Engineer
Staff Backend Engineer Department: Engineering Location: San Francisco Employment Type: FullTime About the Company: Tools for Humanity (TFH) designs and builds technology behind World. World is building a real human…
Scala Backend Developer
Scala Backend Developer Location: Any Location / Remote Time Type: Full time Job Description Type of Requisition: Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: None Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None Public…
Backend Engineer, Credit Decisions
Backend Engineer, Credit Decisions Location: Chicago, IL Department: Global Operations Who we are About Stripe Stripe, LLC. is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the…
Senior Backend Ground Software Engineer
Sr. Back-end Ground Software Engineer - Lunar Permanence Location: Denver, CO, Greater Seattle Area Time Type: Full time Job Description Application close date: Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until…
Backend Ground Software Engineer
Back-end Ground Software Engineer III - Lunar Permanence Location: Denver, CO, Greater Seattle Area Time Type: Full time Job Description Application close date: Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until…
Member of Technical Staff, Backend
Build and scale the shared backend systems that power Mercor’s talent network, including core services, APIs, and infrastructure for a platform connecting tens of thousands of experts with AI labs.
Software Engineer (Backend) - MTS
Build and maintain high-throughput, cloud-native backend services in Java for Salesforce's data integration platform, handling petabytes of data for enterprise clients.
Backend Engineer, Trust & Safety
About Polymarket Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market platform. We enable individuals to express views on real-world events by trading on outcomes across politics, economics, sports, culture, and…
Senior Backend Software Developer
Designs, builds, and maintains secure, high-performance back-end systems and services, mentors junior developers, and drives architectural improvements using Azure cloud services and Agile/Scrum.
Senior Backend Engineer, Product Infrastructure
Senior backend engineer at Polymarket building core APIs and real-time infrastructure for a prediction market platform, using gRPC, event streaming, and cloud services.
Senior Backend Engineer, Payments
Senior backend engineer at Polymarket building and scaling payments infrastructure for deposits, withdrawals, and money movement on a prediction market platform using Go, gRPC, and databases.
Senior Backend Engineer, Trading & Connectivity
Senior backend engineer at Polymarket building and scaling high-throughput, low-latency systems for market data distribution, order routing, and event pipelines that power a global prediction market exchange.
Senior Backend Engineer, Trust & Safety
Build and maintain compliance and risk systems for a prediction market platform, integrating surveillance tools and ensuring regulatory adherence.