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
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.
Member of Technical Staff, Custody (Backend Engineer)
At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto. Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in…
Senior Backend Engineer Markets Engineering
You will design, implement, and operate systems that create, manage, and resolve markets at scale. You will build automation pipelines, integrate external data sources, develop event-driven processing, and maintain…
Senior Software Engineer GTM Platform Backend
You will build and own self-serve platform tooling that enables marketers to launch campaigns, create landing pages, run experiments, and update content efficiently. You will shape AI-agent workflows with production…
Backend Engineer
Build and scale Chariot’s fintech backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure to support nonprofit payments, using Go, Node, Postgres, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Staff Backend Engineer at Gloss Genius designing and leading AI-powered backend systems in hybrid NYC office, integrating LLMs into production products.
Backend Engineer, Integrations Platform
Builds and maintains the backend services that power Pinwheel's financial integrations platform, including proxy management, browser automation, and identity flows, while ensuring reliability and performance for 1800+ integrations.
Backend Java Developer-W2 only-Hybrid -LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY
Job Description: · Lead the design and implementation of scalable microservices architecture to enhance system performance and reliability · Oversee the development and deployment of RESTful web services to facilitate…
Principal Software Engineer, Backend (Connectivity)
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Senior Software Engineer (Mobile Backend-for-Frontend)
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) to join Procore's Mobile BFF team. In this role, you'll help revolutionize a historically underserved industry by building scalable SaaS solutions.…
Staff Software Engineer (Mobile Backend-for-Frontend)
We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join the Mobile BFF team within Procore's Mobile division. In this role, you'll use your technical leadership and engineering skills to develop products that…
Senior Node.js Back-end Developer
Senior Node.js developer builds scalable back-end systems for a UK sports betting and casino platform, using Node.js, microservices, and cloud infrastructure.