Backend Jobs in United States

There are 5,669 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 776 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are api, cloud and ai.

Salary

CurrencyPeriod25thMedian75thPostings
USDyear$166,500$192,050$215,0251,403
USDhour$62$69$7628

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

Most requested skills

  • api 44%
  • cloud 42%
  • ai 38%
  • python 35%
  • aws 33%
  • java 32%
  • distributed-systems 24%
  • kubernetes 22%

How the work is done

  • Remote 858 · 15%
  • Hybrid 746 · 13%
  • Onsite 359 · 6%

Visa sponsorship offered in 39% of the 1,600 postings that state a position on it.

Seniority

  • Senior 3,122
  • Lead 438
  • Staff 394
  • Principal 104
  • Middle 51
  • C-level 43

Who is hiring

  • 501-1000 employees 926
  • 1000+ employees 920
  • 51-200 employees 587
  • 11-50 employees 285
  • 201-500 employees 46
  • 1-10 employees 15
5,669 jobs
Affirm
3 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (PBA - Growth)

Open 38d 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.

Build and scale backend services powering Affirm’s buy-now-pay-later platform and merchant integrations using Python or Kotlin on AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes.

Analytics API AWS Distributed Systems Kotlin +3 skills
173 000 – 255 000 $
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Affirm
3 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Card Acquisition)

Open 28d RemoteEurope, 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.

Build and own backend systems for Affirm’s card acquisition flow, using Python/Kotlin, AWS, MySQL and Kubernetes to drive conversion and retention.

Analytics AWS Distributed Systems Kotlin Kubernetes +2 skills
86 000 – 122 000 €
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Affirm
3 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Reliability Platform)

Open 27d 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.

Build a next-gen reliability platform for Affirm’s production systems, blending distributed systems engineering with AI-assisted automation to monitor, debug, and improve service health.

AI Analytics Automation AWS Distributed Systems +7 skills
173 000 – 255 000 $
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Affirm
3 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Card)

Open 27d RemoteEurope, 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.

Build and scale backend systems for Affirm’s next-gen credit cards, handling real-time transaction processing and ledgering in Python/Kotlin on AWS, Kubernetes, and MySQL.

Analytics AWS Kotlin Kubernetes MySQL +1 skills
86 000 – 122 000 €
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Affirm
3 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Batch Infrastructure)

Open 26d 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.

Build and maintain a scalable, self-serve compute platform for Affirm’s batch workloads using Python/Kotlin, AWS, Kubernetes, and workflow orchestration tools like Airflow.

Airflow Analytics AWS Backbone.js Cloud +10 skills
173 000 – 255 000 $
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Affirm
3 weeks ago

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Order Platform)

Open 22d RemoteNorth 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

Build and own Affirm’s post-checkout order platform—handling captures, refunds, and settlement—using Python/Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, Spark and Kubernetes to keep payments flowing reliably at scale.

Analytics API AWS Distributed Systems Kotlin +4 skills
204 000 – 290 000 $
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Affirm
3 weeks ago

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Online Storage)

Open 21d RemoteNorth 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.

Design and build scalable, multi-region database platforms for Affirm’s fintech services, focusing on MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis, and distributed SQL systems while automating operations like migrations and disaster recovery.

Agentic AI Analytics AWS Cloud Data Science +12 skills
204 000 – 290 000 $
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Kforce Technology Staffing
3 weeks ago

Senior Golang Backend Engineer

Open 19d North AmericaSenior
United States

Senior backend engineer building and scaling enterprise platform services in Go, with some Node/JavaScript contributions.

Go JavaScript
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caseguard
3 weeks ago

Software Engineer - Backend

Open 19d North America
United States

Builds REST APIs and cloud infrastructure in AWS for a media-redaction SaaS, using ASP.NET Core (C#) and IaC to process large files and support live editing.

API Api Design AWS CDK Cloud +26 skills
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waystation
3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer

Open 19d On-siteNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior
United States

Build and scale data systems for Waystation’s CPG ingredient procurement platform, designing schemas, migrations, and queues while shipping customer-facing features in TypeScript, Node, and Postgres.

AI API Claude Code GraphQL PostgreSQL +2 skills
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Privy
3 weeks ago

Backend Engineer, Privy

Open 19d North America
United States

Design and build backend systems for wallets, identity, and blockchain infrastructure, create APIs, and improve platform scalability and reliability.

API Authentication Blockchain Distributed Systems Fintech +1 skills
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NetStrive Consulting
3 weeks ago

Java Backend Developer with SQL and Strong AI

North 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

Role: Java Backend Developer With SQL and Strong AI Location: Remote Duration: Long-term Industry: HR and Payroll Solutions Need to take an self assessment test before the Zoom video technical screening call. Someone…

AI Java SQL Technical Screening Zoom
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Capgemini
3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer - Scala / Play / Akka

Open 19d On-siteNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Build and maintain backend services using Scala, Play Framework, and Akka for a global IT services firm.
molg Backed by Techstars
3 weeks ago

Backend Software Engineer

Open 19d On-siteNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Build and scale backend systems that power Molg’s robotics and AI-driven microfactories, integrating microservices, Kubernetes, and CI/CD for circular electronics manufacturing.

AI API Assembly Bash CI/CD +21 skills
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HelloFresh
3 weeks ago

Staff Backend Engineer, Customer Value Optimization

Open 76d North AmericaStaff
United States

Staff Backend Engineer builds scalable ML-serving infrastructure at HelloFresh, bridging Data Science and backend teams to productionize models for customer value.

API Data Science Distributed Systems E-commerce Machine Learning +2 skills
190 365 – 220 150 $
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Coinbase Backed by Y Combinator
3 weeks ago

Senior Stablecoin Engineer – Backend & Smart Contracts

Open 20d 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

Build backend services and smart contracts for stablecoin issuance, reserves, minting, and burning, collaborating with product to ship features quarterly.
RTI GROUP, LLC
3 weeks ago

Director of Engineering: API & Backend SaaS Architect

Open 20d North America
United States

Leads API and backend architecture for a SaaS product, guiding engineering teams to build scalable RESTful services and JSON-based systems while aligning tech strategy with business needs.

API Api Design JSON REST SaaS
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Selector AI
3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer | ETL, AI Workflows, Customer Data

Open 20d North AmericaSenior
United States

Build and maintain ETL pipelines and AI-driven data workflows in Python/Go, integrating with customer systems and scaling data engineering for production deployments.

Agentic AI AI Data Engineering ETL Python
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Triwill Group
3 weeks ago

Senior Market Data Backend Engineer - Remote (EMEA)

Open 20d North AmericaSenior
United States

Design and build high-performance backend systems for financial market data, focusing on resilient APIs and low-latency distributed architectures.

API Distributed Systems
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Mosaic.tech
3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer - Django & Python, Scale & Impact

Open 20d HybridNorth AmericaSenior
United States

Scribe is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Core Engineering Team, powering document viewing, editing, embedding, exporting, and integrations. You’ll own impactful projects—from evolving core document…

AWS Django PostgreSQL Redis
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