Backend Jobs in United States
There are 5,636 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 771 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 23%
How the work is done
- Remote 858 · 15%
- Hybrid 741 · 13%
- Onsite 361 · 6%
Visa sponsorship offered in 39% of the 1,596 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 3,104
- Lead 432
- Staff 392
- Principal 104
- Middle 50
- C-level 43
Who is hiring
- 501-1000 employees 925
- 1000+ employees 914
- 51-200 employees 585
- 11-50 employees 284
- 201-500 employees 46
- 1-10 employees 15
Remote Senior Backend Engineer, Agentic Solutions
Build and deploy AI-powered agentic workflows for healthcare, orchestrating voice, SMS, video, and chat interactions at scale using Python and cloud infrastructure.
Remote Senior Backend Engineer, Data Modeling And Ingestion Platform
Build and maintain the core data pipeline that unifies large, messy datasets into clean, training-ready assets for Udio’s generative audio models using BigQuery, Dataflow, and TFRecords.
Remote Rust Backend Engineer
Build and deploy high-performance Rust services for scalable message delivery, focusing on stability and developer experience in a fast-paced environment.
Remote Senior Backend Engineer
Build and scale backend services for a fintech platform that helps users maximize retirement benefits without financial strain.
Remote Senior Backend Engineer
Senior Backend Engineer builds and scales systems powering WeightWatchers’ member experience, including APIs, food databases, and personalization tools using cloud architectures and event-driven systems.
Remote Senior Backend Engineer
Build and maintain backend systems in Perl, Go, and Node.js for DuckDuckGo’s privacy-first search and AI products, including AI-assisted answers and data pipelines.
Remote Senior Backend Engineer (Canada)
Senior Backend Engineer builds and scales secure, performant APIs and systems for Boxed.Gg, a platform blending digital collectibles with tangible rewards for a global community of 500k+ collectors.
Remote Senior Backend Engineer
Senior Backend Engineer to maintain and evolve a PHP-based payments platform for government agencies, migrating parts to Rust while ensuring high reliability and observability.
Remote Sr. Backend Engineer
Senior backend engineer at a B2B SaaS company building aviation maintenance planning software using C#/.NET, SQL Server, and cloud services to scale APIs and infrastructure for global airlines.
Remote Backend Engineer - Personalization - Tunesday
Build and run Spotify’s playlist-personalization services like Discover Weekly and Smart Shuffle, writing low-latency gRPC services and large-scale Scala/Scio batch pipelines that process hundreds of millions of user signals daily.
Remote Senior Backend Engineer
Senior Backend Engineer at Astra to design and build fintech systems handling millions in daily transactions, including payment processing, fraud detection, and regulatory compliance using Python, microservices, and cloud infrastructure.
Remote Backend Engineer - Personalization
Builds and scales backend services in Java to power podcast recommendations on Spotify’s Home Page and other surfaces, collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve user listening experiences.
Remote Backend Engineer
Build and optimize backend services in Go for a cybersecurity platform that automates compliance workflows and integrates with third-party systems.
Remote Backend Engineer
Builds and scales backend systems, APIs, and developer tools for Nango’s open-source integration platform, enabling AI apps to connect to real-world services.
Remote Frontend/Backend Developer (Must Have Drupal Experience)
Build and maintain a secure federal web portal using Drupal, React/Angular, and PHP/Node.js, ensuring 508 compliance and RESTful API integrations for a user-facing system.
Software Engineer, Backend
Build and scale backend services for Tinder’s high-traffic dating platform using Java, Go, or Node.js, and Kubernetes/ECS.