Backend Jobs in United States

There are 5,606 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 778 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 32%
  • java 32%
  • distributed-systems 24%
  • kubernetes 22%

How the work is done

  • Remote 841 · 15%
  • Hybrid 733 · 13%
  • Onsite 358 · 6%

Visa sponsorship offered in 38% of the 1,578 postings that state a position on it.

Seniority

  • Senior 3,112
  • Lead 427
  • Staff 392
  • Principal 103
  • Middle 54
  • C-level 39

Who is hiring

  • 501-1000 employees 921
  • 1000+ employees 912
  • 51-200 employees 590
  • 11-50 employees 285
  • 201-500 employees 46
  • 1-10 employees 15
5,606 jobs
Southern Scripts
2 weeks ago

Back-End Developer - REMOTE

Open 16d RemoteNorth America
United States

Builds and maintains server-side applications using the .NET stack and Azure to support business systems and ensure high performance.

dotnet
Medallia
3 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer, Back-End (Java)

North AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Overview Medallia is the pioneer and market leader in Experience Management. Our award-winning SaaS platform, Medallia Experience Cloud, leads the market in the management of experiences, insights, and actions for…

api aws clickhouse cloud data-modeling +22 skills
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SBT Global, Inc.
3 weeks ago

Java Developer, Backend

Open 17d On-siteNorth AmericaContractMiddle
United States

Mid/Sr. Java backend developer building and operating CCDI systems using Java/Python, Kafka, Kubernetes, and multiple databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Redis).

ci-cd java kafka kubernetes mongodb +4 skills
from 100 000 $
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SBT Global, Inc.
3 weeks ago

Backend Engineer, AI Gateway

Open 17d North AmericaContract
United States

Builds and maintains an AI Gateway—a high-performance, secure intermediary layer for routing, inspecting, and governing traffic between enterprise clients and LLM/AI services—using async Python, cloud infrastructure, and network protocols.

ai aks api azure azure-ad +42 skills
10 570 – 10 570 $ / mo
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The Hertz Corporation
3 weeks ago

Sr. Backend Developer

Likely evergreen North AmericaSenior 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

We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale critical rental systems that power core business operations. This role requires strong expertise on backend development, with the ability to design…
LaunchDarkly
3 weeks ago

Backend Engineer, Flag Delivery

Open 19d RemoteNorth 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

Build and operate global feature-flag streaming systems in Go and AWS, ensuring low-latency, reliable delivery to LaunchDarkly SDKs worldwide.

api api-design aws cloud datadog +7 skills
145 500 – 235 400 $
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LaunchDarkly
3 weeks ago

Backend Engineer, Flag Delivery

Open 70d RemoteNorth 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

Build and improve backend services powering LaunchDarkly’s real-time feature flag delivery systems, using Go/Rust and distributed systems patterns while debugging production issues at scale.

ai cloud devops distributed-systems java +2 skills
145 500 – 235 400 $
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LaunchDarkly
3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer, Billing

Open 19d RemoteNorth AmericaSenior 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

Senior Backend Engineer on the Billing team at LaunchDarkly; designs and builds billing, subscription, and entitlement systems in Go/TypeScript, Postgres, AWS, and Terraform to ensure correct revenue capture and customer invoicing.

api aws cloud crm devops +5 skills
163 000 – 263 670 $
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Vanta Backed by Y Combinator
3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Software Engineer, Integrations Platform

Open 17d RemoteNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior 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

Build and scale Vanta’s integration platform, designing shared primitives for authentication, lifecycle, and observability to power 400+ integrations across cloud, identity, MDM, and HRIS providers.

agentic-ai ai api api-design authentication +21 skills
195 000 – 229 000 $
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weave Backed by Y Combinator
3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer- Users Infrastructure

Open 17d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior Backend Engineer building a secure, distributed Identity and Access Management platform in Go for a healthcare SaaS, migrating legacy auth to SpiceDB and defining fine-grained permissions for 150+ downstream engineers.

ai candidate-experience cryptography distributed-systems grpc +10 skills
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Clay Labs
3 weeks ago

Software Engineer, Backend (Infrastructure & Platform)

Open 17d HybridNorth AmericaFull-time 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

Build and maintain the shared infrastructure that powers Clay’s products, focusing on scale, reliability, and performance for systems handling high concurrency and large-scale data.

ai anthropic aurora aws circleci +21 skills
170 000 – 300 000 $
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Progressive Leasing
3 weeks ago

Lead Software Engineer - AI-Driven Backend, Remote

Open 17d North AmericaLead
United States

Lead a backend team building C#/.NET and Java/Spring Boot services on Kubernetes (AWS EKS), writing production code, mentoring engineers, and integrating AI tools to speed up delivery.

ai aws csharp developer-experience dotnet +4 skills
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raincards.xyz
3 weeks ago

Blockchain Engineer — EVM, Solidity & Backend

Open 17d North America
United States

Build and maintain EVM smart contracts and backend services to support high-volume blockchain transactions in a fast-moving crypto startup.

evm smart-contracts solidity
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Nationwide-Property-
3 weeks ago

Lead Software Engineer: AI-Driven Backend & Oversight

Open 17d RemoteNorth AmericaLead
United States

Lead backend engineer building Django features end-to-end, reviewing architecture, and overseeing AI-assisted and contractor engineers in a regulated property-tech domain.

ai django
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Compunnel, Inc.
3 weeks ago

Senior Java Engineering Manager - Cloud Native Backend

Open 17d North AmericaSenior
United States

Lead a team building cloud-native Java microservices on AWS and Kubernetes, ensuring high-quality delivery and collaboration in an Agile environment.

agile aws cloud java kubernetes +1 skills
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SOHO Dragon
3 weeks ago

Part-Time Lead Engineer — Android/Kotlin & AI Backend

Open 17d North AmericaPart-timeLead 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

Lead Engineer builds Android/Kotlin apps and Node.js backend services, integrating AI features while collaborating with the founder and team.

ai android github nodejs
125 – 175 $ / hr
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Rate
3 weeks ago

Senior Staff Software Engineer - Remote AI-Driven Backend

Open 17d North AmericaStaff
United States

Senior engineer building and scaling mortgage-tech backend systems in Java, React, Node.js, and Python while guiding architecture and mentoring teams.

java nodejs python react
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Guaranteed Rate, Inc.
3 weeks ago

Senior Staff Software Engineer - Remote, AI-Driven Backend

Open 17d North AmericaStaff 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

Designs and builds scalable backend systems for a mortgage platform using Java, Node.js, and AWS, while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product teams.

automation aws java microservices nodejs +1 skills
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Clay Labs
3 weeks ago

Software Engineer, Backend (Product)

Open 17d HybridNorth AmericaFull-time 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

Build and own backend systems powering AI-driven growth workflows, APIs, and data pipelines in a product where engineering and product decisions are one.

ai anthropic api aurora aws +26 skills
170 000 – 300 000 $
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slope Backed by Y Combinator
3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer

Open 75d North AmericaSenior
United States

Build and own backend systems for embedded credit, payments, and underwriting at an AI-native fintech startup.

agentic-ai ai api aws data-pipelines +10 skills
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