Backend Jobs in United States
There are 5,606 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 | $165,850 | $192,050 | $215,000 | 1,417 |
| 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 841 · 15%
- Hybrid 733 · 13%
- Onsite 358 · 6%
Visa sponsorship offered in 38% of the 1,578 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 3,112
- Lead 427
- Staff 392
- Principal 103
- Middle 54
- C-level 39
Who is hiring
- 501-1000 employees 921
- 1000+ employees 912
- 51-200 employees 590
- 11-50 employees 285
- 201-500 employees 46
- 1-10 employees 15
Backend Software Development Engineer - Mid/Senior/Lead/Principal
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Senior Software Engineer, Backend
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Backend Engineer
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Backend/Infra Engineer
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Back End Developer (HYBRID)
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Senior Engineer, Backend
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Senior Manager, Backend (Platform Interoperability)
At HEN Technologies, we’re building Physical AI for the real world—intelligent systems that sense, understand, and act in high-stakes physical environments. Our first application is transforming fire response:…
Principal Backend Software Engineer - HYBRID with Security Clearance
ACTIVE TS/SCI Clearance with Poly REQUIRED Position Overview: Red Arch Solutions is hiring a Principal Backend Software Engineer to join a priority program in Annapolis Junction, Maryland. We are seeking a Backend…
Senior Backend Engineer (Sports & Prediction Markets) – Golang
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Senior Software engineer, Backend
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Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Job Description: Voyant is seeking a hands-on Staff Engineer, Backend Engineering to play a key role in building and evolving our core server platform. This is a highly technical role for a player-coach who will…
Sr. Backend Dev – Java/Spring Boot, Angular, Cloud - TX
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Senior Software Developer - Oracle Health, Backend Focus
Role Summary Oracle Health Platform Engineering builds core platform capabilities that enable Oracle Health teams to deliver secure, scalable, highly available services. We operate with an AI-first engineering…
Principal Software Developer - Oracle Health, Backend Focus
Role Summary Oracle Health builds and operates shared platform services that power secure, reliable product delivery at scale. We are an AI-first engineering organization, using AI-assisted approaches to accelerate…

Member of Technical Staff, Core Backend
Voice AI that resolves, not transfers. Most phone systems trap callers in menus and scripts. Vapi is the platform for deploying voice agents that know your business and can listen, adapt, and resolve in minutes. The…
Senior Backend Engineer, Rust
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Backend Developer (Indexer)
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