Backend Jobs in United States
There are 5,675 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 776 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 41%
- ai 38%
- python 35%
- aws 33%
- java 32%
- distributed-systems 24%
- kubernetes 22%
How the work is done
- Remote 858 · 15%
- Hybrid 746 · 13%
- Onsite 359 · 6%
Visa sponsorship offered in 39% of the 1,600 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 3,126
- Lead 438
- Staff 394
- Principal 104
- Middle 51
- C-level 43
Who is hiring
- 501-1000 employees 926
- 1000+ employees 920
- 51-200 employees 587
- 11-50 employees 285
- 201-500 employees 46
- 1-10 employees 15
Lead Front & Back-End Developer
Lead a team of 6 developers while writing production code for full-stack applications using Angular, .NET Core, and Node.js, with a focus on live broadcast systems and real-time data streams.
Backend Engineer, AI Systems
Build and deploy AI-powered chat assistants using RAG, MCP, and agentic architectures, optimizing performance and integrating with microservices on GCP.
Backend Engineer (Infra) (Full-time On-Site)
Job Title: Backend Engineer (Infra) Location: Brooklyn, NY Full-time On-Site Description Client is an AI talent matchmaking company based in NYC. The big idea is building an agent ecosystem for talent, where every…
Senior Backend Engineer
Senior Backend Engineer at Hinge in NYC designs, builds, and maintains cloud services and microservices in Go and Python, using Kubernetes and GCP/AWS, to power the dating app's RESTful APIs and distributed systems.
Senior Backend Engineering Manager, Recommendations
Lead a team of 6-8 engineers to build and maintain Hinge's recommendation engine, balancing personalization, fairness, and low-latency performance for millions of users.
Senior/ Principal Software Development Engineer | Cortex Detection team (Backend)
Our Mission At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology…
Lead Software Engineer, Back End (AWS, Java, Python, Typescript, CI/CD)
Lead Software Engineer, Back End (AWS, Java, Python, Typescript, CI/CD) Do you love building and pioneering in the technology space? Do you enjoy solving complex business problems in a fast-paced, collaborative,…
Lead Software Engineer, Back End (Java/ Python/ Go Backend, REST/ GraphQL APIs, WAF, HTTP Protocol, AWS)
Lead Software Engineer, Back End (Java/ Python/ Go Backend, REST/ GraphQL APIs, WAF, HTTP Protocol, AWS) Do you love building and pioneering at the intersection of security and cloud infrastructure? Do you enjoy…
Backend Engineer
Build and own backend services for a fintech startup using Node.js and databases, supporting AI-driven financial wellness tools.
Tech Lead Manager, Google Analytics Gold Processing Backend
Leads a team of engineers to design and build Google’s next-generation backend infrastructure for processing trillions of analytics events daily, using C++ and distributed systems at massive scale.
Staff Software Engineer Backend
You will build platform and backend systems across recording, integrations, and AI agents. You will own key features from architectural decisions through implementation, deployment, and support. You will design…
Senior Software Engineer Backend
You will build platform and backend systems across recording, integrations, and AI agents. You will own key features from architecture through implementation, deployment, and support; design scalable services for…
SAP Application Developer (BW 4HANA Backend)
At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the…
Senior Backend Engineer
Builds and scales HIPAA-compliant healthcare APIs in Python (FastAPI) on AWS to support an AI doctor platform handling millions of patient consultations.
Software Engineer II, Patient Platform (Backend)
Builds and maintains scalable back-end services for a health and wellness platform, using cloud technologies like AWS and Kubernetes, while collaborating on patient and provider experiences.