Backend Jobs in United States
There are 5,598 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 773 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 | $165,925 | $192,050 | $215,000 | 1,419 |
| 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 730 · 13%
- Onsite 357 · 6%
Visa sponsorship offered in 38% of the 1,573 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 3,105
- Lead 431
- Staff 391
- Principal 100
- Middle 53
- C-level 38
Who is hiring
- 501-1000 employees 918
- 1000+ employees 907
- 51-200 employees 590
- 11-50 employees 285
- 201-500 employees 46
- 1-10 employees 15
Senior Backend Engineer, AI Team
At Acorns, our mission is to look after the financial best interests of the up-and-coming, beginning with the empowering, proud step of micro-investing. How do we accomplish our mission? Our values. Lead With Heart -…
Member of Technical Staff, Backend
Join us and help shape the future of AI by defining the narrative around document understanding. About the Role LlamaIndex's backend application platform team is hiring for an experienced (4+ years) backend…
New Grad Software Engineer (Backend Rust)
About N1: N1 is the first hyper-performant and horizontally scalable blockchain network designed to enable trustless computing at internet scale. N1 is comprised of a team spanning backgrounds from Harvard, CMU,…
Backend Software Engineer - Generalist
About Rune Rune Technologies builds mission-critical software for military logistics and sustainment. Our flagship product is TyrOS, an AI-enabled logistics command and control platform that gives commanders a single,…
Software Engineer, Backend
Come build the rails of B2B commerce in hospitality, starting with hotels What excites you You’re someone who has worked on early-stage teams, perhaps even as a founder, and love wearing multiple hats (to a healthy…
Member of Technical Staff, Backend
The Role You’ll lead critical backend initiatives for the millions of creatives using ComfyUI, building systems that run millions of AI workflows. This means building rock solid distributed systems, designing data…
API Test Engineer (Backend) - Jersey City, US
Minimum 5+ years in backend testing with a strong focus on payments and banking systems. Expertise in mainframe and middleware technologies including MQ, and ESB. Proficient in validating JSON and XML data. Experience…

Founding Backend Engineer
Instant is a real-time database you can use on the frontend. We give you the best of both Firebase and Supabase, a sync-engine with support for relations. This is the kind of tech that companies like Figma, Notion, and…
Backend Engineer
Capital markets are undergoing a fundamental shift. Assets that live in fragmented systems and manual workflows are moving onto blockchains -systems designed to move and store value more transparently and efficiently.…
Principal Software Engineer (Backend)
We're an early-stage company building innovative software solutions with a commitment to shipping rock-solid, reliable, safe software. We’re searching for someone who loves writing code that helps protect customers…
Senior Backend Engineer
Skyfire is a payment platform designed for the emerging machine economy, where AI and machines need to transact seamlessly and autonomously. It addresses the limitations of current financial systems by enabling…

Senior Back End Software Engineer (US)
About The Role We are looking for an experienced back end software engineer to join our team. As an experienced team member, you will have a broad ownership and impact on the technology, product, and our culture. You…
Staff Software Engineer: Backend
Why Rogo Our mission is to transform global finance by empowering professionals at the world's top investment banks, private equity funds, and investment firms with AI that delivers unparalleled speed, accuracy,…

Backend Engineer (Product, Infra)
We’re building the future of enterprise B2B SaaS with AI agents. We operate at the scale of our customers with 1% of the resources. That requires precision, good judgement, and a sense of daring. We care as much about…

Founding Engineer (Backend)
About Karsa At Karsa, we’re building the global dollar account—enabling millions of people in emerging markets to protect their savings from currency volatility through stablecoins. Over 1B people live in economies…

Founding Backend Engineer
Come join us at Intro Intro is growing our team of amazing people who are on a mission to give everyone access to anyone, empowering each other to create a better world . Intro started in 2022 by first building a tool…