Backend Jobs in United States
There are 5,610 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 | $165,504 | $192,050 | $215,000 | 1,413 |
| USD | hour | $62 | $69 | $76 | 28 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- api 43%
- cloud 41%
- ai 38%
- python 35%
- aws 32%
- java 32%
- distributed-systems 24%
- kubernetes 22%
How the work is done
- Remote 842 · 15%
- Hybrid 733 · 13%
- Onsite 359 · 6%
Visa sponsorship offered in 38% of the 1,576 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 3,115
- Lead 427
- Staff 394
- Principal 103
- Middle 54
- C-level 39
Who is hiring
- 501-1000 employees 922
- 1000+ employees 911
- 51-200 employees 590
- 11-50 employees 285
- 201-500 employees 46
- 1-10 employees 15
Sr. Backend Microservices Developer
Sr. Backend Microservices Developer - Kroger - Remote Note to Vendors San Jose, CA based candidates only Prescreen consists of video questions and coding challenge We prefer candidates who live in or near San Jose, as…
Staff Backend Engineer, ML Inference Systems
The opportunity Every day, we connect billions of players with the games and experiences they love. Our Vector Gamer AI team sits at the heart of that mission, governing ad ranking and bidding decisions across billions…
Back-End Engineer
HelloGov AI is a fast-growing gov-tech company transforming how people navigate government services through artificial intelligence. We simplify complex processes including passports, travel visas, vehicle…

Software Engineer, Systems ML - Compilers / Backend
Reality Labs (RL) focuses on delivering Meta's vision through Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Wearable AI Devices. The compute performance and power efficiency requirements of our AI devices…
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Join the Tilt team At Tilt, we see a side of people that traditional lenders miss. Our mobile-first products and machine learning-powered credit models look beyond credit scores, using over 250 real-time financial…
Senior Backend Engineer
Healthcare is broken at the first step: patients can't find the right care, understand what it costs, or access the medications they need. Mochi Health is fixing this. We're building an AI-driven marketplace…
Senior Backend Engineer
You will build and scale secure backend infrastructure, services, APIs, and tooling for onchain protocols and offchain infrastructure. You will work on token onboarding, investor flows, bridging, custody integrations,…
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (TypeScript / Node.js APIs)
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (TypeScript / Node.js APIs) Who We Are: Edlink takes on some of the toughest problems in educational technology. We help turn bad data into good data to make it fast and easy for…
Senior Backend Software Engineer (USA Remote)
As a member of the GRaF (Grading and Feedback) team, the purpose of this role is to build and maintain services related to grading and feedback functionality. The Senior Software Engineer - Backend Services will be…
Senior Backend Engineer (AI Agent)
Welcome to the Agentic Commerce Era At Commerce, our mission is to empower businesses to innovate, grow, and thrive with our open, AI-driven commerce ecosystem. As the parent company of BigCommerce, Feedonomics, and…