Backend Jobs in United States

There are 5,599 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 775 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are api, cloud and ai.

Salary

CurrencyPeriod25thMedian75thPostings
USDyear$165,850$192,050$215,0001,417
USDhour$62$69$7628

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

Most requested skills

  • api 43%
  • cloud 41%
  • ai 38%
  • python 35%
  • aws 33%
  • java 32%
  • distributed-systems 24%
  • kubernetes 22%

How the work is done

  • Remote 839 · 15%
  • Hybrid 730 · 13%
  • Onsite 357 · 6%

Visa sponsorship offered in 38% of the 1,573 postings that state a position on it.

Seniority

  • Senior 3,108
  • Lead 429
  • Staff 392
  • Principal 99
  • Middle 54
  • C-level 38

Who is hiring

  • 501-1000 employees 918
  • 1000+ employees 908
  • 51-200 employees 590
  • 11-50 employees 285
  • 201-500 employees 46
  • 1-10 employees 15
5,599 jobs
Socure
5 months ago

Staff Backend Engineer

Open 79d RemoteNorth AmericaFull-timeStaff 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

Why Socure? Socure is building the identity trust infrastructure for the digital economy — verifying 100% of good identities in real time and stopping fraud before it starts. The mission is big, the problems are…

distributed-systems
rain
5 months ago

Backend Engineer, AI

Open 79d On-siteNorth America
United States

About the Company Rain is the global stablecoin payments platform for enterprises, neobanks, platforms, developers, and AI agents. Our technology allows partners to move, store, and use stablecoins instantly and…

agentic-ai ai api automation data-pipelines +5 skills
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Atomic Semi
5 months ago

Software Engineer, Backend

Open 79d North AmericaSenior
United States

About fab2 The fab2 team can build anything. We design all the hardware and software needed to make chips and we make the fabs, tools, and components ourselves. We're looking for exceptional, hands-on people who…

ai api distributed-systems embedded-systems grpc +5 skills
125 000 – 195 000 $
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Fab2
5 months ago

Software Engineer, Backend

Open 29d On-siteNorth AmericaSenior
United States

About fab2 The fab2 team can build anything. We design all the hardware and software needed to make chips and we make the fabs, tools, and components ourselves. We're looking for exceptional, hands-on people who…

ai api distributed-systems embedded-systems grpc +5 skills
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Maxana
5 months ago

Backend Engineer

Open 48d North America 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

Maxana is seeking an experienced Backend Engineer for a confidential client — a well-funded AI platform company used by ML teams globally. In this role you will own features end to end across APIs, CLI tooling, billing…

ai api aws azure ci-cd +9 skills
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Airbase
5 months ago

Backend Engineer

Open 74d North America 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

Job Overview Airbase builds the software platform for radio frequency spectrum licensing, coordination, and intelligence. Backed by a16z, we are a fast-moving, dual-use startup transforming wireless communication from…

ai api authentication cloud cloud-native +6 skills
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Twenty Backed by Y Combinator
5 months ago

Senior Backend Software Engineer

Open 77d On-siteNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

About the Company America is under sustained cyber attack. Our adversaries infiltrate our networks, steal our IP, and degrade the digital infrastructure that modern life runs on. They’ve learned—correctly—that those…

ai analytics api aws ci-cd +15 skills
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the-swift-group
5 months ago

Software Engineer - Backend

Open 70d North America
United States

The Swift Group is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science,…

agile api api-design api-documentation api-security +35 skills
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Stratumn
5 months ago

Senior Back-end Developer

Open 76d On-siteEurope, North AmericaSenior

You will participate in the full application lifecycle and help improve a production API. You will write well-structured, readable, performant and maintainable code and implement unit, end-to-end and integration tests.…

api blockchain cryptography docker graphql +5 skills
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Sleeper Backed by a16z
6 months ago

Staff Software Engineer – Backend

Open 81d HybridNorth AmericaStaff
United States

Location: Remote-friendly. Preference for SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, NYC, or Pacific Northwest. About Sleeper Sleeper is on a mission to connect people over sports through games and community. As one of the…

api aws cloud distributed-systems docker +12 skills
225 000 – 300 000 $
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Drift Protocol
6 months ago

Backend Engineer

Open 76d RemoteNorth America
United States

Own the developer experience around Drift’s Rust and Python SDKs, integrations, and backend tooling. Build reliable, well-documented, production-ready SDKs and tools that support developers, market makers, integrators,…

api blockchain ci-cd defi developer-experience +4 skills
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True Markets Inc.
6 months ago

Software Engineer - Trading Backend

Open 76d RemoteNorth America
United States

Build and maintain centralized trading infrastructure and server-side components, primarily using C++, to power real-time trading systems. Design and implement high-performance APIs, optimize system latency, work with…

ansible api aws ci-cd cloud +16 skills
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goteleport
6 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer

Open 79d RemoteNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

About Teleport Don't wait for the future of infrastructure. Be part of it. Teleport is the AI Infrastructure Identity Company. We're solving one of the hardest problems in security: giving every human, machine,…

ai aws distributed-systems eks github +8 skills
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uniswaplabs
6 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer, Platform

Open 79d HybridNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Uniswap Labs is a core contributor to the Uniswap Protocol, the world’s largest DEX, with over $4 trillion in volume across 17 chains. It builds products that help millions access the protocol, including the Uniswap…

api authentication automation aws blockchain +8 skills
180 000 – 226 000 $
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uniswaplabs
6 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer

Open 79d HybridNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Uniswap Labs is a core contributor to the Uniswap Protocol, the world’s largest DEX, with over $4 trillion in volume across 17 chains. It builds products that help millions access the protocol, including the Uniswap…

api aws cloud defi ethereum +4 skills
180 000 – 226 000 $
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uniswaplabs
6 months ago

Staff Backend Engineer

Open 79d HybridNorth AmericaFull-timeStaff
United States

Uniswap Labs is a core contributor to the Uniswap Protocol, the world’s largest DEX, with over $4 trillion in volume across 17 chains. It builds products that help millions access the protocol, including the Uniswap…

api aws cloud defi distributed-systems +5 skills
207 000 – 259 000 $
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Littlebird
6 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer

Open 61d RemoteNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Role Overview We're seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our fast-paced team to design, develop, and implement new infrastructure for Littlebird, our personalized AI teammate for Mac and Android (Windows…

ai android cloud data-ingestion distributed-systems +4 skills
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Robinhood Markets, Inc.
6 months ago

Software Engineer, Backend

Open 76d HybridNorth America 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

You will build and own backend services, infrastructure, and data systems that support core financial products. You will design, implement, test, and deploy scalable, maintainable services, develop product-facing…

kafka python
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Semtech
6 months ago

​​Backend Process Engineer​

Open 47d North America 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

Location: ​ Alhambra, CA ​ Position Summary: The Backend Process Engineer – InP Wafer Fab position is responsible for development, optimization, and manufacturing support of backend wafer fabrication processes for…

process-improvement
nace.ai
6 months ago

Software Engineer (Backend)

Open 70d On-siteNorth America
United States

Role Overview: As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you will be a pivotal force in developing, deploying, and maintaining the end-to-end infrastructure for our advanced AI systems. This includes designing robust backend…

agentic-ai ai angular api automation +18 skills
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