Software Engineering Jobs in United States
There are 27,621 open Software Engineering jobs in United States on freehire right now. 5,485 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are ai, cloud and python.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | year | $156,000 | $185,000 | $222,000 | 6,783 |
| USD | hour | $48 | $60 | $70 | 151 |
| USD | month | $8,200 | $8,500 | $10,000 | 17 |
| CAD | year | CA$150,000 | CA$168,800 | CA$180,844 | 14 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- ai 44%
- cloud 41%
- python 37%
- api 35%
- java 29%
- ci-cd 26%
- aws 26%
- automation 23%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 3,414 · 12%
- Remote 3,246 · 12%
- Onsite 3,173 · 11%
Visa sponsorship offered in 46% of the 6,535 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 8,926
- Staff 2,095
- Lead 1,635
- Principal 1,429
- Junior 486
- Intern 474
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 6,450
- 501-1000 employees 2,689
- 51-200 employees 837
- 11-50 employees 825
- 201-500 employees 187
- 1-10 employees 71
Software Engineer, Evaluation Platform / Infra
About Thinking Machines The mission of Thinking Machines is to build AI that extends human will and judgment. We are training frontier models with Inkling, developing Tinker to let people make models their own, and…
Software Engineer, Research Tools
About Thinking Machines The mission of Thinking Machines is to build AI that extends human will and judgment. We are training frontier models with Inkling, developing Tinker to let people make models their own, and…
Software Engineer, Tinker Product
About Thinking Machines The mission of Thinking Machines is to build AI that extends human will and judgment. We are training frontier models with Inkling, developing Tinker to let people make models their own, and…
Software Engineer, Agent Infrastructure
Software Engineer building the infrastructure platform for agentic products at Sapiom — working across routing/capacity, metering/billing, reliability, control plane, and sandboxed agent execution using distributed systems, queues, storage, and observability.
Principal Software Development Engineer
Principal SDE at CVS Health driving AI-powered healthcare digital platform development on GCP, using Java, Python, Node.js, Angular, ReactJS, and microservices architectures to transform consumer health experiences.
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer on Grainger's Product Security team, building automated security guardrails and self-service tools (secrets management, vulnerability management, policy-as-code) using full-stack development with Python/Go/Java, React, AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
Senior Software Engineer
Build and optimize Python backend systems and LLM inference infrastructure for a healthcare AI startup, using cloud platforms, Kubernetes, and CI/CD to automate administrative healthcare tasks.
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer designing and building custom web applications focused on authentication, authorization, and identity products on Linux/Unix using REST/JSON APIs, with automated testing across lab and QA environments.
Software Engineer I (Boston, MA - US)
Develops and maintains software solutions for climate-focused energy/water programs, collaborating with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment using modern tools and best practices.
Software Engineer I (New York, NY - US)
Junior software engineer on an Information Systems team, developing, testing, and maintaining applications in an Agile environment using languages like Python, Java, JavaScript, C#, or Mendix, along with SQL and Git.
Lead, Software Engineer - Technical Lead TS/SCI
Lead Software Engineer providing technical leadership across software and infrastructure teams, requiring TS/SCI clearance and CompTIA Security certification, working onsite at Patrick Space Force Base.

