Companies across the United States are expanding their engineering teams, creating strong demand for skilled professionals ready to build scalable systems. Currently, 500+ remote backend software engineer positions are open, reflecting the growing need for talent who can architect resilient infrastructure from anywhere in the country. This surge highlights how remote work has become the standard for technical hiring nationwide.
Successful candidates typically bring strong expertise in languages such as Java, Python, or Go, along with hands-on experience designing RESTful APIs, optimizing databases, and deploying applications on cloud platforms like AWS or Azure. Familiarity with microservices architecture, containerization tools such as Docker, and automated testing practices is highly valued. Employers seeking to hire a backend software engineer often prioritize problem-solving skills, clean coding habits, and the ability to collaborate effectively within distributed teams.
Remote backend software engineer jobs in the USA typically offer flexible schedules, asynchronous collaboration tools, and access to nationwide talent pools. As more tech companies embrace distributed teams, the demand for backend expertise continues to rise across industries like fintech, healthcare, and e-commerce. This shift has made remote arrangements not just a perk but a competitive advantage for both employers and job seekers.
If you're ready to take the next step in your career, exploring current backend software engineer vacancies could be your gateway to exciting new opportunities. Global Work AI connects skilled professionals with forward-thinking companies looking for top-tier backend talent. Discover your next remote opportunity and take part in shaping the future of software engineering today.
The Home Depot
Develop and assist in the design of software products, collaborating with UX, engineering, and product management teams. Write custom code for automation, monitoring, and testing, ensuring quality and change control standards are met.
remote, United States$90k – $170k/yrFull TimeMiddle (2-4 years)
Xperteez Technology
Create reinforcement learning environments to test models on software engineering problems, including bug tracking, feature building, refactoring, and performance optimization. Define problems, build reproducible environments, and write reference solutions for coding tasks.
remote, United StatesPart TimeJunior (<2 years)
Nava PBC
Develop end-to-end systems for government partners, modernizing legacy platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and deploy scalable solutions. Automate development, testing, and production workflows, and participate in code reviews and technical documentation.
remote, AL, United StatesFull TimeSenior (5+ years)
Raya
Build and own core member-facing features end to end. Set architectural patterns and best practices, partner with server engineering on API design, and implement backend components. Contribute to iOS and Node.js codebases, focusing on performance and testing practices.
remote (anywhere)Full TimeSenior (5+ years)
Northrop Grumman
Build and maintain backend services and APIs for agent registration, configuration, and administration. Design database schemas and implement authentication and authorization. Develop background jobs and integrate services with LangSmith.
remote, WY, United States$104k – $194k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)
Sapsol Technologies Inc
Design and build backend AWS solutions and continuous delivery pipelines. Write complex code, maintain AWS infrastructure with CDK, and automate testing and deployment. Own DevOps for solutions, including deployments and monitoring.
remote, United StatesFull TimeSenior (5+ years)
Affirm
Lead a team of engineers to deliver quarterly goals, solve open-ended problems, and ensure team support throughout project delivery. Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics during the product development lifecycle.
remote, United States$173k – $255k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)Affirm
Own and deliver quarterly goals for the engineering team, leading engineers through ambiguity to solve complex problems. Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics throughout the product development lifecycle.
remote, United States$173k – $255k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)
Jobgether
Design, develop, and maintain backend applications and services using Node.js. Collaborate with product, operations, and support teams to build and deliver backend features and APIs.
remote, United States$103k – $140k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)Affirm
Break down larger projects into tasks and deliver them in phases. Collaborate with product management, design, and analytics throughout the product development lifecycle. Create and monitor metrics for team artifacts and support on-call efforts.
remote, United States$146k – $225k/yrFull TimeMiddle (2-4 years)
Dotmatics
Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs for the LabArchives suite of products. Collaborate with product, operations, and support teams to iteratively plan, build, test, and release new features.
remote, United States$103k – $140k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)
Phantom
Design and implement APIs, data pipelines, and services for trading experiences. Lead initiatives to support additional blockchains and launch new products. Interface with users to gather feedback and support developers.
remote (anywhere)$200k – $250k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)Neurotrack Cognitive Function Test
Design, build, and extend features for TypeScript REST APIs on AWS Lambda and DynamoDB. Own customer integrations from scoping to go-live, collaborating with Customer Success and technical teams.
remote, United StatesFull TimeSenior (5+ years)Jobgether
Design, develop, and maintain cloud-based software applications and microservices. Translate business requirements into software designs and implementation plans. Collaborate with testing teams to ensure software quality and reliability.
remote, United States$140k – $160k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)Jobgether
Develop backend services and APIs for cybersecurity risk management, focusing on high-performance product APIs. Own features from design to launch, monitor API performance, and integrate data from other teams.
remote, United States$116k – $164k/yrFull TimeMiddle (2-4 years)
Coinbase
Lead the design and delivery of complex risk platform features, driving architectural decisions and translating business requirements into scalable architectures. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build proactive and reactive risk systems.
remote, United States$186k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)
Dragos
Lead large-scale initiatives for the Sensor Platform, focusing on high-throughput ingestion, pipeline scalability, and reliability. Conduct root cause analysis for production issues and establish standards for documentation and performance benchmarks.
remote, United States$192k/yrFull TimeLead / Manager
Bright Vision Technologies
Design, build, and operate backend platforms and shared services for high-throughput applications. Focus on request routing, traffic management, data fan-out, caching layers, and asynchronous job execution.
remote, United States$115k – $175k/yrFull TimeLead / Manager
Bluesky
Scale Go production services to support hundreds of millions of users. Build critical data infrastructure for the AT Protocol ecosystem. Develop services that operate across extensive RAM, CPU cores, and NVME storage.
remote, United States$179k – $242k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)
Horizon3
Set technical direction for multi-tenant platform services, including account hierarchies and tenant isolation. Lead architecture and implementation of client management and partner administration capabilities. Define secure data boundaries and API design patterns.
remote, United States$230k – $270k/yrFull TimeLead / Manager
Indotronix International Corporation
Design, develop, and optimize RESTful APIs and Java-based microservices. Collaborate with UX Designers to translate wireframes into product features. Integrate backend systems with frontend components and participate in code reviews to maintain code quality.
remote, United StatesFull TimeMiddle (2-4 years)
Kalepa
Lead the design and delivery of complex backend systems in Python on AWS, including services, data models, and asynchronous pipelines. Build and scale LLM-based systems for processing unstructured data, design external-facing APIs, and manage database performance.
remote, United States$192k – $246k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)
Hunter Agriculture
Lead the design, development, and implementation of AWS Lambda microservices, REST APIs, and backend services. Provide technical leadership to backend engineers and cross-functional teams through mentoring and code reviews.
remote, United States$110k – $135k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)
Notabene
Design and build core components of the transaction platform, ensuring correctness under failure. Scale the platform for increased transaction volume while maintaining latency and database health. Write design documentation, conduct code reviews, and mentor engineers.
remote (anywhere)Full TimeLead / ManagerThe Home Depot
Develop, test, deploy, and maintain software applications. Participate in product configuration, security, resilience, performance tuning, and production monitoring. Collaborate with team members in agile processes to achieve shared objectives.
remote, United States$50k/yrFull TimeJunior (<2 years)
Map Ssg
Own backend architecture and technical direction across the platform. Design scalable APIs, database schemas, and data models. Architect distributed systems with asynchronous workflows and message queues.
remote, United States$200k – $280k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years).png&w=128&q=75)
Recruiting From Scratch
Design, build, and maintain backend systems for a no-code product that activates warehouse data. Improve performance and interactivity of warehouse-powered products through optimizations. Develop analytics capabilities and real-time audience syncing systems.
remote, United States$180k – $320k/yrFull TimeJunior (<2 years)
Syllo
Design, build, and maintain backend systems and APIs for the data platform. Collaborate with front-end engineers and product managers to deliver scalable features. Write clean, maintainable code and work on system design to enhance performance and reliability.
remote, United States$160k – $200k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)
LaunchDarkly
Develop and enhance SDKs across multiple platforms, implementing new features to meet performance and resiliency standards. Collaborate with engineering and product teams for major feature releases, maintain open-source repositories, and advocate for best practices.
remote, United States$146k – $235k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)
Atlassian
Drive large, complex backend projects from technical design to launch. Lead code reviews, documentation, and tackle complex bug fixes. Collaborate with engineering teams on company-wide initiatives and mentor junior engineers.
remote, United States$149k – $235k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)
Coterie
Lead the design, development, and maintenance of complex software systems. Own end-to-end delivery of significant features, ensuring code quality, scalability, and maintainability. Provide technical direction and influence team practices while mentoring team members.
remote, United States$140k – $165k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)
BarkleyOKRP
Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Java applications. Architect scalable RESTful APIs and optimize complex SQL queries for relational databases. Manage version control using Git and GitHub, ensuring clean code history and collaborative code reviews.
remote (anywhere)Full TimeSenior (5+ years)Coinbase
Own the architectural direction of fund movement systems, driving design decisions on distributed system structure and scalability. Lead cross-team engineering initiatives, partnering with Payments and Trading teams to deliver new capabilities.
remote, United States$218k – $257k/yrFull TimeLead / Manager
vCluster Labs
Develop and maintain the vCluster platform by working with Kubernetes internals and writing high-performance Go code. Take ownership of feature development from design to release, and contribute to open-source projects.
remote (anywhere)Full TimeSenior (5+ years)
Philo
Design, implement, deploy, and monitor Philo’s SSAI service. Collaborate with partners to engineer ad tech products and optimize ad delivery processes. Build scalable data pipelines for ad creatives and measurement events, ensuring reliability and performance.
remote, United States$165k – $250k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)Affirm
Define technical direction and long-term roadmap for the Cards team. Lead AI initiatives and collaborate with stakeholders to implement technical excellence. Architect solutions and guide architectural decisions to ensure scalability and reliability.
remote, United States$236k – $325k/yrFull TimeLead / Manager
Valinor Enterprises, Inc.
Design, build, and maintain backend services and foundational platform components. Execute complex migrations and architectural improvements while ensuring system reliability. Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, improving data access and processing.
remote, United StatesFull TimeSenior (5+ years)Affirm
Lead a team of engineers to deliver quarterly goals, ensuring support throughout project delivery. Collaborate with product management and design to address technical constraints and advocate for project issues. Monitor team artifacts and support operational availability, including on-call efforts.
remote, United States$173k – $255k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)Coinbase
Integrate new blockchains and decentralized exchanges into the Coinbase app. Design and implement smart contracts for onchain trading. Scale real-time data pipelines for high message throughput. Optimize the trading stack for execution speed and asset coverage.
remote, United States$186k – $219k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)
Swish Analytics
Lead the design and implementation of core backend products, focusing on high-traffic APIs and microservices. Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, develop real-time data processing services, and improve observability and automation.
remote, United States$150k/yrFull TimeSenior (5+ years)10,000,000+ more jobs available!
