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Backend Jobs in United States

There are 4,085 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 1,171 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are api, cloud and ai.

Salary

CurrencyPeriod25thMedian75thPostings
USDyear$172,500$196,750$222,000763
USDhour$42$65$7521

From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.

Most requested skills

  • api 55%
  • cloud 47%
  • ai 46%
  • aws 39%
  • python 38%
  • java 34%
  • distributed-systems 29%
  • ci-cd 26%

How the work is done

  • Remote 740 · 18%
  • Hybrid 597 · 15%
  • Onsite 389 · 10%

Visa sponsorship offered in 42% of the 552 postings that state a position on it.

Seniority

  • Senior 1,859
  • Staff 371
  • Lead 297
  • Principal 76
  • Intern 48
  • Middle 43

Who is hiring

  • 1000+ employees 403
  • 501-1000 employees 194
  • 51-200 employees 118
  • 11-50 employees 106
  • 201-500 employees 32
  • 1-10 employees 9
4.1K jobs
The Computer Merchant, Ltd
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Backend Java Developer

North America
United States

Senior backend Java developer who codes, documents, unit-tests and maintains internally developed IT solutions, leads technical efforts and mentors other developers. Works across multiple OO languages (Java plus others), Git-based versioning, SOAP/REST web services, and SQL/NoSQL databases.

Java Unit Testing
60 – 66 $ / hr
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CYNET SYSTEMS
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Senior Java Backend Engineer

North AmericaSenior
United States

Cynet Systems, an IT staffing firm, is hiring a Senior Java Backend Engineer in West Chester, PA ($55–60/hr) to design and deploy scalable cloud-native backend systems using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices, while integrating Generative AI (LLMs, RAG, Knowledge Graphs) and mentoring junior engineers.

AI Cloud Cloud Native Java Microservices +1 skills
55 – 60 $ / hr
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KAYAK
8 views last week

Software Engineer, Ads (Backend)

Open 106d HybridNorth AmericaFull-time
United States

Senior Java backend engineer on KAYAK's Retention and CRM team, building scalable backend services for the Trips product, price alerts, and large-scale email/push notification pipelines. Core stack is Java, SQL/MySQL, and RESTful APIs; hybrid role based in Cambridge or Concord, MA.

Agile AI Event Driven Architecture Java Observability
140K – 160K $
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Robinhood
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Senior Software Engineer, Web3 Backend

North AmericaContractSenior
United States

Senior engineer architecting, building, and scaling backend services, infrastructure, and data systems for Robinhood's crypto/web3 offerings (Wallet, Tokenization, Robinhood Chain), bridging traditional brokerage rails with on-chain systems. Core tech: Go, Python, or Java, distributed systems, cloud-native event-driven architecture, EVM/blockchain.

AI Blockchain Cloud Cloud Native Cryptocurrency +11 skills
196K – 230K $
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quo
6 views last week

Staff Backend Engineer, AI Agent Platform

RemoteNorth AmericaStaff
United States

Staff engineer acting as the hands-on technical lead for Quo's AI Agent Platform, the shared backend powering its customer-facing AI agents (Sona and Quo Agent). You'll own the platform architecture, build multi-agent orchestration, memory and self-learning, and scale LLM execution on Node/TypeScript, Temporal, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes/AWS and Postgres.

Agentic AI AI Android API AWS +18 skills
186K – 242K $
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Robinhood
7 views last week

Software Engineer, Web3 Backend

North AmericaContract
United States

Backend engineer building and owning services, infrastructure, and data systems for Robinhood's crypto, web3, and wallet offerings (Robinhood Wallet, Tokenization, Robinhood Chain) — including DEX trade flows, smart contract integrations, chain indexers, and on-chain settlement of tokenized assets. Core technologies: Go/Python/Java backend services with cloud-native architecture and blockchain/EVM

AI Blockchain Cloud Cloud Native Cryptocurrency +8 skills
166K – 195K $
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Siteline
8 views last week

Senior Software Engineer - Backend/Infrastructure

Open 67d North AmericaSenior
United States

Build and scale the backend and infrastructure for a SaaS platform modernizing construction finance, using Node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, and Postgres.

AI API Data Modeling ERP Express.js +5 skills
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Truveta
9 views last week

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Open 23d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer at a health data platform building automated, scalable and secure ETL pipelines across multiple data sources. Work centers on cloud-native distributed systems and APIs using Java/Python/C#, AWS/GCP/Azure, with Kubernetes a plus; role is hybrid based in the Greater Seattle area.

API AWS Azure Cloud Cloud Native +9 skills
155K – 190K $
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Duolingo
17 views last week

Senior/Software Engineer II, Backend

Open 121d North AmericaSenior 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

Backend engineer on Duolingo's Ads team building and scaling ad serving, mediation, and demand systems using Java, Python, or Kotlin with cloud infrastructure and database technologies.

AI API Backbone.js Cloud Datadog +7 skills
183K – 247K $
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Mindbody
3 views last week

Software Engineer II - Backend

North America
United States

Mindbody (under Playlist) is hiring a mid-level backend engineer to build and maintain secure, scalable SaaS services powering its fitness and wellness business platform. Day-to-day involves backend development, code reviews, testing, and monitoring, primarily in a .NET/C# stack on AWS.

Agile Aurora AWS Azure Azure DevOps +36 skills
100K – 132K $
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novig
3 views last week

Senior Backend Engineer, Core Trading Systems

North AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer on Novig's MAG trading arm, building the core trading engine for sports prediction markets: venue connectivity, real-time market-data pipelines, order/position management, matching, and risk controls. Stack centers on Go/Rust/C++, low-latency event-driven systems, and PostgreSQL, with shared on-call around the live sports calendar.

API C++ Data Ingestion Event Driven Architecture Kafka +5 skills
200K – 260K $
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Fanatics Betting & Gaming
6 views last week

Senior Software Engineer - Backend/Kotlin (REMOTE)

North AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer on Fanatics Core, building the shared foundations (identity, payments, loyalty, wallet, data) that power the Fanatics App across sports betting, ecommerce, and collectibles. Day to day: design, build, and operate scalable Kotlin/Java Spring distributed systems with event-driven messaging, observability, and cloud-native infrastructure.

Agile Cloud Cloud Native Distributed Systems E-commerce +11 skills
121K – 200K $
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Fanatics Inc.
5 views last week

Senior Software Engineer - Backend/Kotlin (REMOTE)

North AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer on Fanatics Core, the team building the shared foundations (identity, payments, loyalty, wallet, data, platform) behind the Fanatics App, which spans ecommerce, collectibles, and betting. Day to day: designing, building, and operating scalable Kotlin/Java (Spring) distributed systems with event-driven messaging and cloud-native tooling.

Agile Cloud Cloud Native Distributed Systems E-commerce +11 skills
121K – 200K $
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Fanatics Inc.
4 views last week

Staff Engineer - Backend/Kotlin (REMOTE)

North AmericaFull-timeStaff
United States

Staff backend engineer on Fanatics Core, the team building the shared foundations (identity, payments, loyalty, wallet, data) powering the Fanatics App across ecommerce, collectibles, and sports betting. Day to day: lead end-to-end delivery of scalable distributed systems in Kotlin/Java with Spring, mentor engineers, run code reviews, and join the on-call rotation.

Agile Cloud Cloud Native Design Patterns Distributed Systems +13 skills
144K – 235K $
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Fanatics Betting & Gaming
3 views last week

Staff Engineer - Backend/Kotlin (REMOTE)

North AmericaFull-timeStaff
United States

Staff backend engineer on Fanatics Core — the shared platform (identity, payments, loyalty, wallet) behind Fanatics' sports betting, ecommerce, and collectibles apps. The role leads end-to-end architecture and delivery of scalable Kotlin/Spring distributed systems, mentors engineers, and participates in on-call incident resolution.

Agile Cloud Cloud Native Design Patterns Distributed Systems +13 skills
144K – 235K $
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quo
8 views last week

Staff Backend Engineer, Connect (API Platform)

RemoteNorth AmericaStaff
United States

Staff-level backend engineer who owns the architecture of Quo's Connect API platform — public API, OAuth, webhooks, MCP and integrations — mentors senior engineers, and drives cross-team adoption of the API. Stack is Node/TypeScript, Temporal, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes on AWS, Postgres, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis and Datadog.

Android API AWS CAD Clio +19 skills
186K – 242K $
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Mirage
1 views last week

Software Engineer, Backend

North AmericaFull-time
United States

Mirage is an AI video company focused on making creation dramatically easier. Our team tackles some of the hardest creative and technical challenges in generative media. We get to rethink how people collaborate with AI…

Agentic AI AI API Data Pipelines Distributed Systems +4 skills
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Chicory
3 views last week

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

HybridNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer at Chicory, a contextual advertising platform for CPG and grocery, leading architecture and delivery of its programmatic ad platform — OpenRTB ad serving, SSP/DSP integrations, and auction systems. Focus on high-throughput, latency-sensitive distributed systems, mentoring engineers, and driving technical strategy. Salary $160k–$180k.

API Api Design Automation Distributed Systems
160K – 180K $
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Science Applications International Corporation
2 views last week

Java Backend Developer Senior

HybridNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Description SAIC is currently seeking a motivated, career and customer oriented Java Backend Developer Senior to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career. Hybrid Schedule: 1 -2 days a week onsite in…

Atlassian Cloud Eclipse Java Jira
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Tekmetric
8 views last week

Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Open 116d North AmericaSenior
United States

Build and scale backend services in Java/Spring and MySQL for an auto-repair shop management SaaS, collaborating with product and design to deliver performant features.

Agile AWS Cloud Java JavaScript +4 skills
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