Backend Jobs in United States
There are 5,636 open Backend jobs in United States on freehire right now. 773 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 | $215,050 | 1,400 |
| 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 860 · 15%
- Hybrid 741 · 13%
- Onsite 362 · 6%
Visa sponsorship offered in 39% of the 1,596 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 3,104
- Lead 432
- Staff 394
- Principal 104
- Middle 49
- C-level 43
Who is hiring
- 501-1000 employees 925
- 1000+ employees 914
- 51-200 employees 585
- 11-50 employees 285
- 201-500 employees 46
- 1-10 employees 14
(General hire) Backend Software Engineer Graduate (Trust & Safety) - 2027 Start
Build and optimize backend systems for TikTok’s Trust & Safety team to detect harmful content and abusive behavior using distributed systems, big data tools, and machine learning.
Senior Software Engineer - Java Backend
My Client is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut and has over 1,200 employees in its offices in the USA, Switzerland, Canada, Hong Kong, UK, Australia, Hungary, Russia, Japan, India, China and Estonia. My Client is…
Senior, Software Engineer - Health & Wellness - Backend
Build and scale backend services for Walmart’s Vision Center using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and Azure CosmosDB to power healthcare applications.
Senior Backend Software Engineer (AI Platform)
Build and modernize backend services powering NewsBreak’s AI agents, focusing on high-traffic recommendation systems and safe AI-native architecture upgrades.
Senior Lead Software Engineer - Backend Java
Lead backend Java engineering for J.P. Morgan’s consumer-banking systems, designing secure, scalable services and guiding teams on AI-assisted development practices.
Senior Software Engineer - Backend
Senior backend engineer at Artian AI building the core platform that powers autonomous AI agents for financial services, focusing on scalable workflow automation and enterprise-grade reliability.
Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable AI Platform (Hybrid/Remote)
Dormont Manufacturing Co is seeking a Backend Engineer to develop systems that process millions of contracts efficiently. You will be instrumental in designing pipelines that leverage LLMs for data extraction and…
Founding Engineer – Backend
Build the backend foundation for a fintech AI platform that routes financial decisions autonomously, using Postgres, RLS, and multi-tenant architectures.
Senior Software Engineer - Backend
Senior backend engineer building scalable stream-processing pipelines (Kafka, Flink) to turn IoT sensor data into real-time asset location, geofence events, and alerts for fleet visibility.
Senior AI Backend Engineer - Onsite SF
Designs and builds AI agent systems for Jeeva’s core product, focusing on LLMs and agentic workflows with backend scalability in containerized environments.
Lead Java Backend Engineer, AI-Driven Liquidity Trading
Lead a Java backend team building resilient trading services for corporate liquidity, integrating AI/ML to enhance reliability and insights while driving CI/CD and automated testing.
Sr. AI Backend Engineer (Onsite, San Francisco 94108)
Builds and scales AI agent systems (LLMs, RAG, multi-agent workflows) for Jeeva’s autonomous digital worker platform, integrating cloud, databases, and external APIs to automate business workflows.
Senior Backend Engineer: Cloud, APIs & Microservices
Designs, builds, and maintains scalable APIs and microservices for backend systems in cloud or on-prem environments, collaborating with product teams.
Sr. Backend Engineer – Java/Spring Boot | Onshore
Design and build scalable backend services using Java/Spring Boot, Kafka, and PostgreSQL for enterprise platforms, ensuring high performance and reliability.
Senior Lead Backend Engineer, Cloud & Microservices
Lead a team building and scaling cloud-based microservices in Java, Python, or Go on AWS/Kubernetes to meet regulatory and business needs for a media company.