Backend Jobs in United States
There are 5,633 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 | $215,050 | 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 859 · 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 393
- 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
Senior Software Engineer - Remote, Mission-Centric Backend
Builds secure, mission-critical backend systems and data pipelines for government intelligence, collaborating with data scientists to extract insights from complex datasets.
Senior Software Engineer, AI-First Backend (Fleet Insurance)
Builds and scales AI-driven backend services for fleet insurance, optimizing customer retention while mentoring engineers and improving DevOps practices.
Hybrid Senior Software Engineer - Critical Care Backend
Designs and builds backend systems for critical alarm management software in healthcare, using C#, .NET, and cloud architectures.
Senior Backend Engineer, AI-Driven Insurance Analytics
Build scalable backend systems for AI-driven insurance analytics using Python and SQL, collaborating with product, data science, and ML teams.
Senior Backend Engineer, Data Pipelines & AI (Kotlin/Python)
Designs and maintains Kotlin/Python backend services for scalable event-driven data pipelines that connect systems to CDPs and analytics tools.
Senior Backend Engineer — AI-Driven Automation, On-Site
Senior Backend Engineer at Agenik AI in Sarasota, FL; designs, builds, and maintains scalable back-end systems using object-oriented programming.
Senior Backend Engineer, AI-Driven Finance Platform
Senior backend engineer building secure, scalable APIs and services for a fintech platform that integrates AI features using LLMs.
Senior Backend Engineer - Bank Integrations, Equity
Build and maintain backend systems in Java and AWS that integrate with banking partners to move money globally with high reliability and correctness.
Senior Backend Engineer - Distributed Systems (Go)
Build and maintain Monzo’s distributed banking backend in Go, focusing on high-traffic resilience and scalable services.
Senior Backend Engineer – Microservices, Azure & Kubernetes
Ascendion is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Backend Services in Redmond to build, maintain, and scale large-scale backend systems used by millions of players. You will own end-to-end backend solutions,…
Senior Backend Engineer: Foundations & Scalable APIs
Own the foundational backend layer, designing low-latency APIs, distributed services, and identity/authorization systems while building data pipelines and observability tooling.
Senior Backend Engineer – Core Video & Data, London
Designs APIs and data pipelines for Hudl’s video and analytics platform, powering global sports workflows for coaches, athletes, and fans.
Senior Backend Engineer - Financial Accounting Platform
Builds and scales the backend infrastructure for a fund accounting platform using Ruby on Rails, ensuring data integrity and reliability in financial workflows.
Senior Backend Engineer - AI-Driven Deployments
Build AI-powered tools that analyze observability data and automate deployment decisions within CI/CD pipelines for reliable, low-latency systems.
Senior Backend Engineer, Quantum Computing Controls
Senior backend engineer building control systems for neutral-atom quantum computers in Python/Rust, calibrating hardware and collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams.
