Backend Developer Salary in United States

Backend Developer jobs in United States hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $237,290/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Bretton AI

bretton.com
Product Launch Introducing the Bretton AI Platform Read The New Standard Platform Customers Company Resources Blog Insights, tips, and stories. Case Studies Real results from our work.
bretton.com • San Francisco • Information Technology • Artificial Intelligence
San Francisco • Information Technology • Artificial Intelligence
Open 174 daysTop 25% pay 6 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer

$150k – $200k per year • Junior • 2+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Junior
Python
AI/ML
AI Agents
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Open 214 daysTop 25% pay 8 months ago

Software Engineer, Infrastructure

$168k – $213k per year • Senior • 8+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Python
TypeScript
DevOps
AWS
Azure
Datadog
Docker
GCP
GitOps
Helm
Kubernetes
Kustomize
Progressive Delivery
Service Mesh
Terraform
IAM
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
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Open 220 daysTop 25% pay 8 months ago

Software Engineer, Product

$168k – $213k per year • Senior • 8+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
JavaScript
Node JS
Python
TypeScript
AI/ML
AI Agents
LLM
Frontend
React.js
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Wordware

wordware.ai
About Wordware - Full Story October 15, 2025 The Origin Robert and I met nearly ten years ago studying deep learning at the University of Cambridge. This was 2012—before anyone called it "deep learning," before Transformers, before the current AI wave.
wordware.ai • San Francisco • AI Agents • Spa & Massage • Artificial Intelligence
San Francisco • AI Agents • Spa & Massage • Artificial Intelligence
Open 174 daysTop 25% pay 6 months ago

Senior Full Stack Engineer (Back-End)

$180k – $240k per year • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Relocation • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time • Senior
TypeScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
LLM
Frontend
Zod
DevOps
Blue-Green Deployment
Cloudflare
Docker
Fly.io
Vercel
WebSockets
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Fireworks AI

fireworks.ai
Fireworks AI is an artificial intelligence infrastructure company headquartered in Redwood City, California, and founded in 2022. The company provides a high-performance inference and training platform that enables developers to deploy, fine-tune, and scale open-source generative models with optimized speed and cost. It operates globally as a cloud-based service provider, catering to technology firms and enterprises seeking to integrate specialized intelligence into their applications through a serverless or dedicated API.
fireworks.ai • HQ: Redwood City, United States • Machine Learning • Cloud Computing • Information Technology • MLOps • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2022
HQ: Redwood City, United States • Machine Learning • Cloud Computing • Information Technology • MLOps • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2022
Open 175 daysTop 25% pay 6 months ago

Member of Technical Staff, Software Engineer

$200k – $290k per year • Staff+ • 5+ years expIn office (San Mateo, New York, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Fine-tuning
Fireworks AI
Multimodal AI
PyTorch
DevOps
Platform Engineering
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Versemedical

versemedical.com
The AI-enabled DME provider delivering hospital-quality healthcare at home, nationwide. Partner with us today to make DME easier for your teams.
versemedical.com • New York • San Francisco • Manila • Hospitals & Clinics
New York • San Francisco • Manila • Hospitals & Clinics
Open 178 daysVerified live · 11 hours ago 6 months ago

Software Engineer, Full Stack - Emerging Talent

$130k – $140k per year • In office (New York, San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
Python
TypeScript
Python
Flask
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
AWS
GCP
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Open 178 daysVerified live · 11 hours ago 6 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack

$200k – $240k per year • Staff+ • 7+ years expIn office (New York, San Francisco, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
JavaScript
Python
SQL
TypeScript
Python
Flask
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
Vue.js
DevOps
AWS
GCP
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Open 178 daysTop 25% pay 6 months ago

Software Engineer, Full Stack

$130k – $160k per year • Junior • 1+ year expIn office (New York, San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
JavaScript
Python
SQL
TypeScript
Python
Flask
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Frontend
GraphQL
React.js
Vue.js
DevOps
AWS
GCP
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Topaz Labs

topazlabs.com
Topaz Labs is a Dallas company founded in 2005 that builds neural network software for enhancing photographs and video. Its products sharpen, denoise, upscale and interpolate frames, and are widely used by photographers, film restorers and video professionals. The company sells desktop applications rather than cloud services, which suits large media files and offline workflows.
topazlabs.com • HQ: Dallas, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Est. 2005
HQ: Dallas, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Est. 2005
Open 178 daysTop 25% pay 6 months ago

Software Engineer, AI Inference / HPC

$110k – $150k per year • Junior • 1+ year expIn office (Dallas, United States) • Full-Time • Junior
C++
C
C
FFmpeg
AI/ML
OpenCV
TensorRT
DevOps
HPC
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Codewars

codewars.com
Codewars is where developers achieve code mastery through challenge. Train on kata in the dojo and reach your highest potential.
codewars.com • Education • Database Management • Skill Assessment
Education • Database Management • Skill Assessment
Open 179 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 6 months ago

Staff Fullstack Engineer

$183k – $380k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 7+ years exp • Remote (Africa, North America) • Full-Time • Staff
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby
RSpec
Ruby on Rails
Sidekiq
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Docker
GCP
Heroku
Kubernetes
Web3
Rollup
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Genesis Molecular AI is a drug discovery company headquartered in Burlingame, California, and founded in 2019. The company combines deep learning models of molecular structure and binding with in-house chemistry and biology to design small molecule drug candidates against difficult targets. It advances its own pipeline while running partnered discovery programmes with large pharmaceutical companies, and previously operated under the name Genesis Therapeutics.
genesis.ml • HQ: Burlingame, United States • Pharmaceuticals • Bioinformatics • Biopharma • Health Care • Drug Discovery • Medical AI • Artificial Intelligence • Biotechnology • Est. 2019
HQ: Burlingame, United States • Pharmaceuticals • Bioinformatics • Biopharma • Health Care • Drug Discovery • Medical AI • Artificial Intelligence • Biotechnology • Est. 2019
$195k – $318k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • Remote/Hybrid (San Mateo, New York, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Diffusion Models
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Open 215 days 8 months ago

Software Engineer - Core Infrastructure

$113k – $248k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (San Mateo, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
AI/ML
Ray
Diffusion Models
DevOps
AWS
GCP
Kubernetes
Terraform
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DataVisor

datavisor.com
DataVisor delivers a powerful fraud and risk management platform that enables organizations to respond to fraud attacks in real time.
datavisor.com • HQ: Mountain View, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity • Fraud Detection • Est. 2013
HQ: Mountain View, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity • Fraud Detection • Est. 2013
Open 181 dayVerified live · 1 day ago 6 months ago

Software Engineer

$141k – $288k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 1+ year expIn office (Mountain View, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
Java
Python
SQL
Java
Hibernate
Spring Framework
Databases
Apache Kafka
Cassandra
HBase
AI/ML
Flink
Hadoop
Spark
CUDA Toolkit
CUDA
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Open 1601 dayVerified live · 1 day ago 4 years ago

Senior Software Engineer

$153k – $276k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Mountain View, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Java
Python
SQL
Java
Hibernate
Spring Framework
Databases
Apache Kafka
Cassandra
HBase
AI/ML
Flink
Hadoop
Spark
CUDA Toolkit
CUDA
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Glimpse

tryglimpse.com
Automate deductions management with AI. Glimpse recovers lost revenue, disputes invalid claims, and saves 100+ hours monthly for CPG brands. 91% dispute win rate, $200M+ processed.
tryglimpse.com • New York • Financial Services • Business Process Automation (BPA) • Artificial Intelligence
New York • Financial Services • Business Process Automation (BPA) • Artificial Intelligence
Open 181 dayTop 25% pay 6 months ago

Senior Software Engineer

$195k – $250k per year • Senior • 6+ years expIn office (New York, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Node JS
Python
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
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Open 192 daysTop 25% pay 7 months ago

Software Engineer

$130k – $200k per year • Middle • 3+ years expIn office (New York, United States) • Full-Time • Middle
Node JS
Python
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
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Permitflow

permitflow.com
Intuitive workflow software that helps general contractors and developers identify the optimal permitting process and needed application forms for a particular project, and then easily fill the relevant paperwork to prepare a robust application.
permitflow.com • New York • Panama • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence
New York • Panama • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence
Open 181 dayTop 25% pay 6 months ago

Staff Software Engineer

$200k – $275k per year • Staff+ • In office (New York, United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
OpenAI
Frontend
React.js
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Open 190 daysTop 25% pay 7 months ago

Software Engineer

$135k – $250k per year • Remote/Hybrid (New York, United States) • Relocation • Full-Time
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
OpenAI
Frontend
React.js
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CompuGroup Medical is a global e-health company providing software solutions such as electronic health records, billing, payment, and revenue cycle management to support healthcare providers to improve efficiency.
cgm.com • Bengaluru • Seattle • Sacramento • Fresno • Kansas City • Digital Health • Software • Health Care • 5000+ employees • Est. 1987
Bengaluru • Seattle • Sacramento • Fresno • Kansas City • Digital Health • Software • Health Care • 5000+ employees • Est. 1987
Open 182 daysVerified live · 10 hours ago 6 months ago

Senior Software Developer

$113k – $203k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote/Hybrid (Richardson, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
DevOps
Windows Server
Git
Management
Confluence
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Open 354 daysVerified live · 10 hours ago 12 months ago

Senior Software Engineer

$120k – $215k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expRemote/Hybrid (Owings Mills, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
JavaScript
SQL
DevOps
Git
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Vrchat

vrchat.com
vrchat.com • Tokyo • Gaming • Virtual & Augmented Reality • Metaverse
Tokyo • Gaming • Virtual & Augmented Reality • Metaverse
Open 188 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 200 daysVerified 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
Verified 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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Verified 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 201 dayVerified 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 192 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 192 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 216 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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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 193 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 194 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 198 daysVerified live · 1 day 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 199 daysVerified live · 1 day 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 1592 daysVerified live · 1 day 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 1592 daysVerified live · 1 day 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 199 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 7 months ago

Founding Engineer

$144k – $293k per year (Estimated)In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
AI Agents
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Backend Developer Salary in United States
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How many Backend Developer jobs in United States are available on Alion?
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What salary do Backend Developer jobs in United States pay?
The average salary is around $237,290 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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