Backend Developer jobs

Right now there are 1,391 backend developer openings on our board, and 192 of them arrived in the last seven days. 524 of them are fully remote (remote backend developer jobs). The board refreshes every night, so the count moves with the market.

149 of the 1,391 openings state a salary. Across those, the middle half of posted pay runs from $66k to $180k a year. We only count postings that state pay, so this is what employers are advertising today, not an estimate. For the fuller picture by seniority and market, see the backend developer salary page.

The three skills backend developer postings name most often are REST APIs (45% of postings), SQL (40%) and Java (39%). Those percentages are simply how many of the postings we read mention each one, so you can see which are near-universal and which are nice to have. Every skill, defined: the glossary.

Yes, and we can tell you from where. 2 measured routes lead into backend developer work. The closest is from software engineer: a typical software engineer profile already covers 73% of what backend developer postings ask for, and the route page lists the exact skills that make up the rest.