Backend Developer Jobs in United States

Backend Developer jobs in United States hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $232,395/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Udacity

udacity.com
Udacity is an online education company headquartered in Emeryville, California, and founded in 2011 by Sebastian Thrun, David Stavens, and Mike Sokolsky after a free Stanford artificial intelligence course. The company sells Nanodegree programs in areas such as programming, data science, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and autonomous systems, built together with industry partners. It shifted toward enterprise and government reskilling contracts and was acquired by Accenture in 2024.
udacity.com • HQ: Emeryville, United States • Corporate Training • Vocational Education • Education • EdTech Platforms • E-learning • Est. 2011
HQ: Emeryville, United States • Corporate Training • Vocational Education • Education • EdTech Platforms • E-learning • Est. 2011
$149k – $280k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 5+ years exp • Remote (MENA, APAC, Europe, United States, Canada) • Visa sponsorship • Contractor • Architect • English: C1
Pytest
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Airship

airship.com
Airship provides a customer engagement platform built around mobile push notifications and in-app messaging. Brands use it to orchestrate cross-channel journeys spanning apps, email, SMS and mobile wallets. The company began as Urban Airship and rebranded as its scope widened.
airship.com • HQ: Portland, United States • Crypto Wallets • Artificial Intelligence • Data & Analytics • Est. 2009
HQ: Portland, United States • Crypto Wallets • Artificial Intelligence • Data & Analytics • Est. 2009
Open 186 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 7 months ago

Senior Distributed Systems Engineer

$145k – $165k per year • Equity • Senior • Remote (United States) • Senior
Java
Databases
Google Bigtable
DevOps
GCP
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Cortex is the Engineering Operations Platform that gives engineering teams the visibility, governance, and golden paths to ship faster with AI, without runaway risk.
cortex.io • Ride Hailing • 51-200 employees
Ride Hailing • 51-200 employees
Open 188 daysTop 25% pay 7 months ago

Lead Software Engineer, Backend

$215k – $245k per year • Equity • Lead • 7+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
MySQL
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Cortex
Prometheus
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Vrchat

vrchat.com
vrchat.com • Tokyo • Gaming • Virtual & Augmented Reality • Metaverse
Tokyo • Gaming • Virtual & Augmented Reality • Metaverse
Open 189 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Senior / Staff Backend Engineer (API) – Economy

$169k – $282k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
MySQL
Redis
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Docker
WebSockets
Cybersecurity
GDPR
PCI DSS
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Open 201 dayVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Engineer - Trust and Safety (Mid Level to Staff Level)

$172k – $287k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Node JS
JavaScript
C#
Databases
MongoDB
Redis
AI/ML
Human-in-the-Loop
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
GCP
Kubernetes
Game Dev
Unity
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OpenEvidence

openevidence.com
OpenEvidence is a medical artificial intelligence company founded in 2021 that answers clinical questions with citations to peer-reviewed literature. It licenses content from publishers including the New England Journal of Medicine and is free for verified clinicians, funded by advertising. The product has been adopted rapidly by physicians in the United States as a point-of-care reference.
openevidence.com • HQ: Cambridge, United States • Cybersecurity • Health Care • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2021
HQ: Cambridge, United States • Cybersecurity • Health Care • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2021
Open 190 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Software Engineer, Data Platform

$144k – $293k per year (Estimated)In office (San Francisco, Miami, United States) • Full-Time
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Open 200 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Software Engineer, Applied AI

$144k – $293k per year (Estimated)In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
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Open 202 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Software Engineer, Backend and Infrastructure

$120k – $245k per year (Estimated)In office (Miami, United States) • Full-Time
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Rescale

rescale.com
Rescale is a high performance computing company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2011. The company runs a platform that schedules engineering simulation and AI workloads across cloud providers and on-premise clusters, bundling hundreds of licensed simulation applications with cost and policy controls. It sells to aerospace, automotive, energy, and life sciences engineering teams that need burst capacity without managing their own clusters.
rescale.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • AI Infrastructure • Hardware • Industrial Engineering • Science & Engineering • Software • Simulation & Digital Twin • Information Technology • Cloud Computing • Est. 2011
HQ: San Francisco, United States • AI Infrastructure • Hardware • Industrial Engineering • Science & Engineering • Software • Simulation & Digital Twin • Information Technology • Cloud Computing • Est. 2011
Open 193 daysTop 25% pay 7 months ago

Software Engineer, Backend Engineer

$115k – $159k per year • Junior • 2+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
HPC
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Sola

sola.ai
Sola is an agentic process automation platform that makes it easy for companies to automate data entry, scraping, and processing flows using LLMs and computer vision – delivering results much faster and with less effort than traditional RPA tools.
sola.ai • New York • Data Science • Computer Vision • Artificial Intelligence
New York • Data Science • Computer Vision • Artificial Intelligence
Open 193 daysTop 25% pay 7 months ago

Software Engineer, Backend

$150k – $300k per year • In office (New York, United States) • Relocation • Full-Time
Python
TypeScript
Databases
DynamoDB
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Anthropic
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Kubernetes
Design
Figma
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Open 217 daysTop 25% pay 8 months ago

Software Engineer, Fullstack

$150k – $300k per year • In office (New York, United States) • Relocation • Full-Time
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
DynamoDB
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Anthropic
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Kubernetes
Design
Figma
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Kentik

kentik.com
Kentik is the network intelligence platform for modern infrastructure teams. Improve network observability, performance, and security. Network monitoring and analytics for traffic, routing, synthetic testing, and cloud.
kentik.com • Data Centers • Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology
Data Centers • Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology
Open 193 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Sr Staff Distributed Systems Engineer, Platform - Storage

$200k – $245k per year • Staff+ • Remote (United States) • Internship • Staff
Rust
JavaScript
Node JS
Python
Databases
Apache Kafka
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
AI/ML
Synthetic Data
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Akamai
CI/CD
Jenkins
Platform Engineering
GitHub
gRPC
HAProxy
Management
Jira
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Heart Aerospace

heartaerospace.com
Heart Aerospace — electrifying regional air travel. We are developing the ES-30 hybrid-electric regional aircraft to lower the cost of air travel.
heartaerospace.com • HQ: Gothenburg, Sweden • Space & Aerospace • Est. 2018
HQ: Gothenburg, Sweden • Space & Aerospace • Est. 2018
Open 194 daysVerified live · 9 hours ago 7 months ago

Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Flight Software

$155k – $193k per year • Staff+ • 8+ years expIn office (Los Angeles, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
C++
Python
Rust
DevOps
CI/CD
RTOS
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Andromeda

andromeda.ai
Andromeda connects AI teams with high-performance compute fast, at scale, and on terms that work. Buy, sell, and operate gpu clusters without complexity.
andromeda.ai • San Francisco • AI Infrastructure
San Francisco • AI Infrastructure
Open 194 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Software Engineer - AI Infrastructure

$104k – $203k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expSan Francisco • Remote (United States, Canada) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
Python
DevOps
Ansible
Helm
Kubernetes
Terraform
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Pickle

pickle.com
Pickle Entertainment was conceptualized with a motive to usher in a whole new meaning and style of movie distribution. It was in May, 2009 that Pickle saw the light of its first day of existence. With little but sure footsteps, its journey so far ...
pickle.com • New York • Miami • Los Angeles • Phoenix • Media & Entertainment • Film Distribution
New York • Miami • Los Angeles • Phoenix • Media & Entertainment • Film Distribution
Open 195 daysTop 25% pay 7 months ago

Full Stack Engineer

$150k – $250k per year • In office (New York, United States) • Full-Time
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
OpenSearch
Redis
Snowflake
Supabase
Frontend
GraphQL
Next.js
tRPC
Turborepo
React.js
Mobile
Expo
React Native
DevOps
AWS
Vercel
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NeoSigma

neosigma.ai
NeoSigma is an artificial intelligence infrastructure company focused on self-improving agentic systems. Built by research and engineering leaders formerly at OpenAI, Sierra, and Google, the platform provides an automated harness and runtime evaluation layer that enables AI agents to continuously learn from production failures.
neosigma.ai • San Francisco • Bengaluru
San Francisco • Bengaluru
Open 199 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 7 months ago

Member of Technical Staff - Backend Engineer

$193k – $316k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Staff+ • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Model Context Protocol
OpenAI
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Hive

thehive.ai
Hive (Hive Moderation) is a leading cloud-based artificial intelligence and visual intelligence platform headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2013 by Kevin Guo and Dmitriy Karpman, the company has raised over $85 million in funding (reaching a $2B valuation) to build enterprise machine learning systems powered by a vast, distributed data-labeling workforce.
thehive.ai • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Cybersecurity • Identity Management • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees • Est. 2013
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Cybersecurity • Identity Management • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • 201-500 employees • Est. 2013
Open 200 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 7 months ago

Forward Deployed Software Engineer

$116k – $229k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 1+ year expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
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Open 1593 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 4 years ago

Staff Software Engineer - Backend

$162k – $304k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 8+ years expIn office (Seattle, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Rest API
Cybersecurity
OWASP Top 10
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Open 1593 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 4 years ago

Software Engineer - Backend

$127k – $259k per year (Estimated)In office (Seattle, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time
Node JS
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Rest API
Cybersecurity
OWASP Top 10
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Ghost

ghost.ai
Ghost makes personal AI factories.. We are the personal AI company. We build dedicated hardware and software for agents.
ghost.ai • San Francisco
San Francisco
Open 200 days 7 months ago

Founding Engineer

$144k – $293k per year (Estimated)In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
AI Agents
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Generalist

generalist.com
The people, companies, and technologies shaping the future. Click to read The Generalist, by Mario Gabriele, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
generalist.com • San Francisco • Boston
San Francisco • Boston
Open 200 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 7 months ago

Software Engineer: Infrastructure

$160k – $289k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
AI/ML
ChatGPT
Gemini
Multimodal AI
GPT-4
OpenAI
DevOps
AWS
Kubernetes
Terraform
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Open 200 daysTop 25% pay 7 months ago

Software Engineer: Product

$200k – $350k per year • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
TypeScript
Python
Python
FastAPI
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
ChatGPT
Gemini
Multimodal AI
GPT-4
OpenAI
DevOps
AWS
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Baton Corporation

batoncorporation.com
Baton Corporation is a UK-registered software development company that builds and maintains blockchain platforms. It is best known as the core engineering entity behind pump.fun, a prominent decentralized crypto and memecoin launchpad on the Solana network. The organization focuses on high-scale distributed systems, web3 applications, and custom software architecture for digital asset ecosystems.
batoncorporation.com • New York • London • Cryptocurrencies • Blockchain & Crypto • Token Launch Platforms
New York • London • Cryptocurrencies • Blockchain & Crypto • Token Launch Platforms
Open 200 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Senior Staff Full Stack Engineer ($500k - $1.5m salary)

$254k – $476k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • In office (New York, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
Web3
DeFi
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Open 223 daysTop 25% pay 8 months ago

Staff Full Stack Engineer ($400k - $500k salary)

$400k – $500k per year • Staff+ • In office (New York, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
Web3
DeFi
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Open 223 daysTop 25% pay 8 months ago

Junior Full Stack Engineer ($250k - $300k salary)

$250k – $300k per year • Junior • In office (New York, United States) • Full-Time • Junior
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
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PayJoy

payjoy.com
Finance for the Next Billion PayJoy was founded to benefit underserved populations worldwide in emerging markets. By opening the door to smartphones, finance, and the modern financial system to those who have been excluded, PayJoy's goal is to en...
payjoy.com • Mexico City • Quito • Panama • Jakarta • Bogotá • Smartphones • Cybersecurity • Financial Services • Est. 1994
Mexico City • Quito • Panama • Jakarta • Bogotá • Smartphones • Cybersecurity • Financial Services • Est. 1994
Open 200 daysTop 25% pay 7 months ago

Staff Software Engineer - Payments

$310k – $324k per year • Staff+ • 12+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Python
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
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Triumph

triumph.io
Triumph provides the transportation industry access to more of the products and services that empower growth-minded entrepreneurs to expand their businesses. Our total transportation finance solutions - factoring, fuel cards, insurance, equipmen...
triumph.io • San Francisco • Mountain View • Transportation & Logistics • Road Transport • Financial Services
San Francisco • Mountain View • Transportation & Logistics • Road Transport • Financial Services
Open 206 daysTop 25% pay 7 months ago

Senior Software Engineer (Mobile)

$200k – $400k per year • Senior • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Swift
JavaScript
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
SwiftUI
UIKit
React Native
DevOps
CI/CD
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Open 206 daysTop 25% pay 7 months ago

Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

$200k – $400k per year • Senior • 3+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Go
DevOps
CI/CD
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Open 208 daysTop 25% pay 7 months ago

Senior Software Engineer (Fullstack)

$200k – $400k per year • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
TypeScript
Frontend
React.js
Mobile
React Native
Design
Figma
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HeyGen

heygen.com
HeyGen is a company founded in 2020 that generates presenter videos from text using synthetic avatars and cloned voices. Its translation feature re-voices existing footage in other languages while matching lip movement, which made it popular with marketing and training teams. The company reports fast revenue growth serving businesses that produce large volumes of localised video.
heygen.com • HQ: Los Angeles, United States • Semiconductors • Embedded Systems • Cybersecurity • Est. 2020
HQ: Los Angeles, United States • Semiconductors • Embedded Systems • Cybersecurity • Est. 2020
Open 207 daysTop 25% pay 7 months ago

Software Engineer, Data

$180k – $220k per year • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Los Angeles, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Go
Python
SQL
Databases
Apache Iceberg
Apache Kafka
Databricks
Snowflake
AI/ML
AI Agents
Computer Vision
Multimodal AI
Spark
DevOps
AWS
GCP
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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$83k – $235k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Los Angeles, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
C++
PyTorch C++
TensorFlow C++
Databases
LanceDB
AI/ML
Accelerate
CUDA
CUDA Toolkit
JAX
Multimodal AI
PyTorch
Ray
Spark
TensorFlow
Scale AI
Diffusion Models
NCCL
DevOps
Kubernetes
HPC
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Open 554 daysTop 25% pay 1 year ago

Software Engineer, Dev Productivity

$180k – $240k per year • In office (San Francisco, United States)
Go
Python
C++
Java
C++
CMake
Java
Gradle
DevOps
Bazel
Buildkite
CI/CD
CircleCI
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
Jenkins
Kubernetes
GitHub
GitLab
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Copilotkit

copilotkit.ai
The Enterprise-Ready Frontend Stack for Agents. CopilotKit lets you integrate LLMs or agents with real-time context, UI control, and full flexibility.
copilotkit.ai • Seattle • Web Development • Software • AI Agents
Seattle • Web Development • Software • AI Agents
Open 207 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Partnerships & Integrations (Open-Source)

$141k – $235k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years expSeattle • Remote (United States, Canada) • Senior
Python
TypeScript
Python
Pydantic
AI/ML
LangChain
LlamaIndex
AI Agents
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Backend Developer Jobs in United States
Frequently asked questions
How many Backend Developer jobs in United States are available on Alion?
There are currently 7747 active listings from 1529 hiring companies on Alion, refreshed daily.
What salary do Backend Developer jobs in United States pay?
The average salary is around $232,395 per year based on the current listings.
Are remote options available for Backend Developer jobs in United States?
Yes, many of these roles offer remote or hybrid work, and you can filter listings by remote, relocation and visa sponsorship.
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