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Backend Jobs in United States

There are 4,087 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 1,175 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	$172,500	$196,000	$222,000	767
USD	hour	$42	$65	$75	21

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

Most requested skills

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

How the work is done

Remote 743 · 18%
Hybrid 598 · 15%
Onsite 390 · 10%

Visa sponsorship offered in 42% of the 550 postings that state a position on it.

Seniority

Senior 1,859
Staff 373
Lead 298
Principal 76
Intern 48
Middle 43

Who is hiring

1000+ employees 403
501-1000 employees 192
51-200 employees 118
11-50 employees 106
201-500 employees 32
1-10 employees 9

4.1K jobs

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4,087 jobs Posted Sort

BACK END SUPERVISOR

North AmericaFull-time

About Crown Crown Holdings, Inc. through it's subsidiaries, is a world leader in the metal packaging production process. We design and manufacture a wide range of innovative and sustainable metal packaging…

Employee Relations React Six Sigma

Entry Level Back End Developer - Poughkeepsie, NY - 2027

HybridNorth AmericaJunior

At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to…

AI Analytics CI/CD C++ CUDA +12 skills

Power Backend Developer Intern - Rochester, MN & Austin, TX - 2027

HybridNorth AmericaInternshipIntern

At IBM, work is more than a job. It's a chance to build technology that matters. Join a team developing IBM Power Systems and IBM i, where you'll work on real-world engineering challenges, learn from industry…

AI Ai Enablement Cloud C++ Git +5 skills

hctz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/CX

Manufacturing Equipment Technician-Backend

LATAM, North AmericaFull-time

onsemi is looking for a knowledgeable Manufacturing Equipment Technician who can perform preventive maintenance and lead electrical/mechanical troubleshooting. This position will specialize in maintaining various…

Corrective Action Oscilloscope

Backend Engineer

On-siteNorth AmericaFull-time

Backend engineer at remilia (in-office, Irvine, CA) building the infrastructure and contract-first APIs behind a social product: social graph and identity, a virtual economy reconciled with on-chain assets, and chat/feeds/notifications. Stack is Go, SQLite, and TypeScript/React in a minimal-dependency monorepo.

API C++ Data Modeling React Rust +5 skills

115K – 145K $

Premier Global Links

Senior Backend Engineer

HybridNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior

Senior Backend Engineer at Premier Global Links building AI-powered business intelligence solutions: designing secure, scalable backend systems and large-scale data pipelines in Python and TypeScript, while shaping architecture and engineering practices. Hybrid role (4 days/week in San Mateo, CA) paying $250k-$300k plus equity.

AI Cloud Data Engineering Data Pipelines Distributed Systems +3 skills

250K – 300K $

Lead Backend Software Engineer

North AmericaLead

Lead a backend team building the geolocation compliance layer for regulated online sports betting and gaming — verifying in real time that players are physically located where the law requires. Day-to-day work spans distributed systems, fraud detection, and security engineering; the role is onsite in Elkins Park, PA.

Distributed Systems

Constellation West

Back End Developer

Open 40d North AmericaContract

Job Description and Tasks : Provide A&AS support with aspects of Knowledge Management (KM)/web development and best practices for information sharing to support day-to-day operations, crises and exercises. Work…

API Authentication Automation Bash Cloud +11 skills

Staff Backend Software Engineer- (Databricks AI)

Open 121d North AmericaStaff

Builds and scales the core infrastructure for AI platforms at Databricks, including MLflow, AI Gateway, and model serving systems, using Scala, Go, or Python.

Agentic AI AI Analytics API Azure +15 skills

166K – 225K $

Staff Backend Engineer

Open 55d North AmericaStaff

Lead the evolution of Coupang’s Kubernetes platform, designing scalable infrastructure and mentoring engineers to power the company’s high-growth ecommerce operations.

C++ Developer Experience Distributed Systems Go Java +1 skills

164K – 282K $

Staff Backend Engineer – Search and Discovery Product Engineering

Open 47d North AmericaStaff

Build and optimize Coupang’s search and discovery backend to power millions of daily transactions, using Java/Go and distributed systems to reduce latency and scale APIs.

AI API Distributed Systems Java React

194K – 243K $

Sr Backend Engineer

On-siteNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior

Senior backend engineer at a ~10-person NYC stablecoin clearinghouse startup, owning the systems that move real value: mint/burn flows, reserve accounting, reconciliation, settlement, and bank/custody/blockchain integrations. Stack is TypeScript on Node.js, PostgreSQL, and GCP; in-office in NYC 5 days a week with relocation support.

AI API Backbone.js Distributed Systems Fintech +8 skills

Silicon Technical Program Manager - Backend & NPI focus

On-siteMENA, North America

Majestic Labs, a US-Israeli AI startup building custom AI servers for large-scale inference and training, is hiring a Silicon Technical Program Manager in Los Altos, CA. This person manages vendor backend execution and NPI for data-center-grade AI chips, driving schedules from RTL freeze through physical implementation, tapeout, and mass production.

AI Program Management

Backend Engineer - senior hire

RemoteNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior

Join an early-stage startup. Accelerate economic opportunity. Join us as a Backend Engineer to build and scale the infrastructure that powers financial access for millions of underserved Americans. This role is for you…

Agentic AI AI API AWS Next.js +2 skills

Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

RemoteNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior

As vCluster Labs’ Senior Software Engineer (Backend) , you aren’t just writing code; you are defining the future of Kubernetes multi-tenancy. In this role, you will serve as a core architect of the vCluster Platform,…

AI ChatGPT Cloud GitHub GitLab +5 skills

distributed-spectrum

Senior Software Engineer, Backend Systems

On-siteNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior

Senior backend engineer at Distributed Spectrum builds and operates the core platform services that ingest global RF sensor data, serve ML models (GPU inference), and orchestrate LLM-driven agents. Day to day is Python/Go/Rust backend and distributed systems work on AWS with gRPC, streaming queues, and model-serving tech like Triton/vLLM.

AI API AWS Azure Cloud +22 skills

180K – 220K $

Senior Backend Engineer

Open 116d RemoteNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior

Senior Backend Engineer building and shipping core platform features for Nourish, an AI-native digital health clinic, using TypeScript, Node.js, Prisma, PostgreSQL, and AWS.

Agentic AI AI Analytics AWS Developer Experience +4 skills

Analytics Solutions

Technical Lead / Programmer Analyst (SQL Server development & .NET/C# backend) with must have state government or transportation related experience (In Person Interview & Need 15 Years experience cand

North AmericaContractLead

Works as a Technical Lead / Programmer Analyst on a major state tolling modernization project, doing SQL Server development and .NET/C# backend work in a hybrid role based in Richmond, Virginia. Requires roughly 15 years of experience, preferably with state government or transportation domain background, and an in-person interview.

C# .NET SQL SQL Server

K&K Global Talent Solutions

Remote // Sr. Software Engineer (Backend) - Node Connectivity

North AmericaFull-timeSenior

Remote, full-time senior backend engineer role (Node Connectivity) hired through recruiting agency K&K Global Talent Solutions for one of its US clients. Day-to-day work centers on backend software development using Go, Kubernetes, AWS, and C/C++.

AWS C++ Kubernetes

Backend Software Engineer, Weather & Aviation

HybridNorth AmericaLead

Senior backend engineer at Spire who builds and scales AWS-based services delivering weather and aviation data (REST APIs, streaming feeds) with OIDC/OAuth auth, observability, and on-call ownership under NIST/ISO 27001 compliance. Hybrid role in Boulder with at least three office days per week.

Analytics API Aurora Authentication AWS +31 skills

171K – 203K $