Backend Jobs in United States
There are 5,570 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 796 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 | $165,504 | $192,000 | $215,000 | 1,416 |
| USD | hour | $61 | $70 | $78 | 27 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- api 43%
- cloud 41%
- ai 37%
- python 35%
- aws 32%
- java 32%
- distributed-systems 24%
- kubernetes 22%
How the work is done
- Remote 825 · 15%
- Hybrid 725 · 13%
- Onsite 354 · 6%
Visa sponsorship offered in 38% of the 1,567 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 3,091
- Lead 426
- Staff 387
- Principal 98
- Middle 55
- C-level 38
Who is hiring
- 501-1000 employees 920
- 1000+ employees 901
- 51-200 employees 589
- 11-50 employees 284
- 201-500 employees 46
- 1-10 employees 15
Senior IAM Engineer — Backend Auth & Access (OAuth, SSO)
The Senior IAM Engineer will design and build scalable authentication and authorization components for the MongoDB Atlas platform. This role involves leading complex projects and mentoring team members within the identity and access management team.
Senior Software Engineer, Fleet Intelligence Backend
Senior Software Engineer building Go backend services for GPU health monitoring, telemetry ingestion, and fleet intelligence on NVIDIA's DGX Cloud infrastructure, using Go, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and Kubernetes.
Senior Software Engineer, Fleet Intelligence Backend
Design and develop Go backend services and REST APIs for GPU health monitoring and fleet intelligence, building high-volume telemetry ingestion paths and optimizing database performance for NVIDIA's GPU infrastructure.
Senior Software Engineer Backend
Backend-focused Senior Software Engineer on Pattern's cross-dock WMS team, building the core 'Shelf' warehouse operations platform that handles inventory tracking and fulfillment prep. Hybrid role in Lehi, Utah.
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Senior Backend Engineer at Duolingo building and operating reliable, scalable systems across teams like Duolingo Score, Ads, Time Spent Learning, or Observability, using Java, Python, or Kotlin on public cloud infrastructure.
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Design and build core backend infrastructure for AI data generation and evaluation pipelines using Python or Node.js, Kubernetes, Kafka, and Redis on AWS/GCP, owning scalability and performance of distributed, high-throughput systems.
Senior Backend Performance Engineer — GPU-Accelerated Data Pipelines
Profile bottlenecks and write performance-critical code for high-throughput, low-latency data pipelines using C/C++, Python, and GPU-accelerated compute.
BACKEND / Python Software Engineer (Senior)
Senior Backend Engineer building a Python/FastAPI monolith that powers a social banking and cryptocurrency wallet platform, integrating with crypto wallet and banking providers on Postgres, Redis, and AWS.
Senior Software Engineer - Backend & AI
Senior Software Engineer on a scrum team building AI agents and insights for Cisco IQ, an AI-powered customer experience platform. Day-to-day work involves designing, building, and supporting backend systems using Python and/or Java with AI/ML integration.
Senior Backend Software Engineer / .Net Consultant at Broadway, NY (Hybrid)
Senior backend engineer developing and supporting .NET cloud-native services and integrations for the MTA E-Citations application using C#, ASP.NET Core, Azure/AWS, and enterprise integration patterns in a hybrid New York role.
Senior Backend Software Engineer, Apple Pay
Senior Backend Engineer on the Apple Pay platform building and operating massively scalable RESTful web services in Java/Kotlin, delivering production-quality service and client code against milestones.
Senior Backend Engineer - AI-Driven News Platform
Own backend services and APIs for Realtor.com's AI-powered local news and real estate insights platform, designing scalable Node.js microservices and cloud infrastructure in collaboration with frontend and WordPress teams.