How many backend engineer jobs are open right now?

There are 613 open backend engineer jobs at 180 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 44 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.

Which companies have the most backend engineer jobs?

Right now the most openings are at Affirm (50), Databricks (35), GitLab (25), Stripe (18) and SumUp (18). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.

Are there remote backend engineer jobs?

200 of the 613 open backend engineer jobs (33%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.

What do backend engineer jobs pay?

The median advertised salary is $220K, based on 219 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $192K and $245K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.

How do I apply for backend engineer jobs?

Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.

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Q: What is a backend engineer job?

In a backend engineer job, a person writes the part of a product that runs on servers: the data, the rules, the connections to other systems. 613 such roles are open on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026.

Backend engineer: a person in this job writes the part of a product that runs on servers: the data, the rules, the connections to other systems. Affirm, Databricks, GitLab, Stripe and SumUp have the most open roles with “Backend engineer” or a close variant in the title right now.

613 open roles · 44 posted in the last 7 days · 33% remote · 180 companies hiring · $220K median advertised salary · checked Nov 14 against employer career pages

What these jobs pay219 of them state a yearly range in US dollars (bands in thousands). The orange column holds the median, $220K.

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Period	Count
under $75K	2
$75K to $100K	1
$100K to $125K	0
$125K to $150K	9
$150K to $175K	15
$175K to $200K	36
$200K to $250K	110
$250K to $300K	32
$300K and more	14

Three numbersOut of 613 open jobs in this list.

Can be done from home33%200 of 613 jobs

State the pay45%277 of 613 jobs

Are for beginners1%9 of 613 jobs

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Skills asked for in backend engineer roles

Python288 · 47%Kubernetes256 · 42%Go251 · 41%AWS250 · 41%Java216 · 35%PostgreSQL150 · 24%Kafka136 · 22%

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Where backend engineer roles are

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What backend engineer roles pay, by level

Level in the title	Median advertised salary	Roles counted
No level in the title	$221K	58
Senior	$205K	96
Lead	$242K	65

Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.

Questions about backend engineer jobs

What is a backend engineer job?: In a backend engineer job, a person writes the part of a product that runs on servers: the data, the rules, the connections to other systems. 613 such roles are open on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026.
How many backend engineer jobs are open right now?: There are 613 open backend engineer jobs at 180 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 44 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
Which companies have the most backend engineer jobs?: Right now the most openings are at Affirm (50), Databricks (35), GitLab (25), Stripe (18) and SumUp (18). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote backend engineer jobs?: 200 of the 613 open backend engineer jobs (33%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
What do backend engineer jobs pay?: The median advertised salary is $220K, based on 219 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $192K and $245K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
How do I apply for backend engineer jobs?: Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.

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