Backend Jobs in United States
There are 5,666 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
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | year | $166,500 | $192,050 | $215,012 | 1,404 |
| USD | hour | $62 | $69 | $76 | 28 |
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 860 · 15%
- Hybrid 745 · 13%
- Onsite 359 · 6%
Visa sponsorship offered in 39% of the 1,600 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 3,121
- Lead 436
- Staff 394
- Principal 104
- Middle 51
- C-level 43
Who is hiring
- 501-1000 employees 926
- 1000+ employees 919
- 51-200 employees 587
- 11-50 employees 285
- 201-500 employees 46
- 1-10 employees 15
Remote Software Engineer | Growth Platform, Backend
Build and scale Ramp’s growth platform backend, including data ingestion pipelines, AI-driven unstructured data processing, and internal experimentation tools to drive user acquisition and engagement.
Remote Software Engineer, Product Backend
Build backend systems for Airtable’s enterprise features, focusing on scalability, performance, and AI-driven collaboration primitives using TypeScript and Rust.
Remote Software Engineer, Backend (Java, Keeperapp)
Build and maintain backend services in Java for Keeper’s password-management app, working with MySQL and AWS while focusing on secure, scalable application logic.
Remote Backend Software Developer (Telework) (Bt-2)
Designs, tests, and maintains mission-critical backend systems using Java, C++, or Python, AWS, PostgreSQL, and Git for government clients.
Senior Backend Engineer
Senior Backend Engineer at an AI company building and maintaining distributed systems, defining APIs, and collaborating with ML teams to ship features.
Senior Backend Engineer — AI Platform (Remote)
Builds backend services and APIs in Python/TypeScript that orchestrate LLMs, vector databases, and agentic workflows for an AI-driven infrastructure automation platform.
Senior Backend Data Systems Engineer - Remote
Designs PostgreSQL data models and Python backend services that encode complex business rules into clean, maintainable schemas.
Senior/Staff/Principal Software Engineer (Backend)
Senior AI Solutions Consultant bridges Blitzy’s AI platform with enterprise engineering teams, advising on tech stacks, leading PoCs, and driving adoption of AI-augmented software development.
Backend Software Engineer — Python, APIs & Cloud AI
Build and maintain Python-based APIs for an AI agent automation platform, deploying on AWS with Docker/Kubernetes and collaborating with frontend teams using TypeScript and Angular.
Software Engineer, Backend
Build and scale ML and data pipelines for a startup, designing secure, cost-efficient cloud infrastructure and shaping the engineering culture.
Backend Engineer: Build Scalable ML Data Pipelines
Build and scale ML and data pipelines for an AI startup, shaping engineering culture in a founding-team role.
Senior Backend Engineer, AI-Powered Energy Marketplace
Builds and scales the backend infrastructure for an AI-powered energy marketplace that aggregates utility rates, matches customers with suppliers, and optimizes real-time energy usage.
Senior Backend Engineer, Data Systems (Modeling & Simulation)
Builds and evolves PostgreSQL-backed data models and services that encode complex domain rules for a code-translation platform used in defense, automotive, and aerospace.