Backend Jobs in United States
There are 5,573 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 791 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 | $165,591 | $192,000 | $215,000 | 1,414 |
| 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 37%
- python 35%
- aws 32%
- java 32%
- distributed-systems 24%
- kubernetes 22%
How the work is done
- Remote 830 · 15%
- Hybrid 726 · 13%
- Onsite 355 · 6%
Visa sponsorship offered in 38% of the 1,567 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 3,092
- Lead 426
- Staff 387
- Principal 100
- Middle 55
- C-level 38
Who is hiring
- 501-1000 employees 917
- 1000+ employees 898
- 51-200 employees 589
- 11-50 employees 284
- 201-500 employees 46
- 1-10 employees 15
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.
Senior Backend Engineering Lead, Cloud & Microservices
Lead a portfolio of distributed microservices projects and mentor engineers, building cloud-based solutions on AWS using Java, Python, or Go with Docker and Kubernetes.
Remote Senior Backend Engineer, Data & Cloud
Senior Backend Engineer designing and building scalable backend systems for an enterprise SaaS platform, focusing on data pipelines, SQL databases, and cloud infrastructure using Node.js or Python.
Senior Backend Engineer – AI-Driven Payments (Remote)
Own backend services, data pipelines, and APIs in a payments-critical domain using TypeScript, SQL, and Postgres, with occasional React frontend contributions and AI-integrated workflows.
Senior Backend Engineer - AI (Node.js/TypeScript, AWS)
Senior Backend Engineer designing and building backend services for AI and knowledge management platforms using Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, and Python in a hybrid setup.
Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable APIs & Real-Time Systems
Senior Backend Engineer designing and scaling backend systems and APIs with a focus on real-time data processing, security, and high-availability systems using Python, databases, and cloud pipelines.
Senior Backend Engineer, Cloud Networking & Microservices
Senior Backend Engineer on IBM's Traffic team, designing and operating large-scale cloud-native networking services for Confluent Cloud using distributed systems, Kubernetes, and Go/Java/C++.
Lead Backend Engineer (Python, AWS) – Drive Cloud Solutions
Lead backend engineer building distributed microservices using Python, Java, SQL, Node.js, Go, and Scala within AWS, with mentoring and cross-team collaboration responsibilities.
Staff Backend Engineer - Large-Scale Cloud & Security
Design, build, and scale distributed backend systems for a Data Intelligence Platform across cloud providers, using Java/Scala/Go/C++ with a focus on high-scale, zero-waste compute and 100% resilience.
Senior .NET Backend Engineer — Cloud APIs & Security, Hybrid
Senior .NET Backend Engineer building and supporting scalable cloud backend services and APIs for an E-Citations application, focusing on API design, data modeling, and observability.