Backend Engineer market hub
Backend Engineer jobs by city
Compare backend engineer markets across the strongest cities in Metaintro's live index. Publishable city pages show real openings, level mix, employer tiers, and sample listings.
Data updated Nov 5, 2026
Role and market snapshot
A quick read on demand before you open the live market briefs
Markets
- 36
- Publishable role and city combinations currently above Metaintro's data gate.
Tracked jobs
- 1,465
- Unique live openings across this hub's indexed publishable markets.
Companies hiring
- 723
- Unique employers across this hub's indexed publishable markets.
Salary coverage
- 23
- Markets with enough posted compensation to show a median.
Where backend engineer hiring is strongest
Open a city market brief to inspect live backend engineer demand, employer mix, compensation coverage, and representative openings.
- San Francisco, CA447 jobs251 companiesMedian listed comp $175,000
- New York City, NY387 jobs238 companiesMedian listed comp $175,000
- San Jose, CA184 jobs104 companiesMedian listed comp $150,000
- Oakland, CA120 jobs67 companiesMedian listed comp $160,000
- Washington, DC101 jobs65 companiesMedian listed comp $135,000
- Seattle, WA96 jobs51 companiesMedian listed comp $160,000
- Austin, TX72 jobs46 companiesMedian listed comp $135,200
- Dallas, TX71 jobs52 companiesMedian listed comp $110,000
- Atlanta, GA67 jobs33 companiesMedian listed comp $114,600
- Baltimore, MD57 jobs39 companiesMedian listed comp $133,000
- Boston, MA56 jobs38 companiesMedian listed comp $150,000
- Los Angeles, CA51 jobs34 companiesMedian listed comp $150,000
- Chicago, IL45 jobs33 companiesMedian listed comp $147,800
- Phoenix, AZ34 jobs22 companiesMedian listed comp $124,800
- Fort Worth, TX31 jobs24 companiesMedian listed comp $109,500
- Newark, NJ31 jobs19 companies
- Arlington, TX29 jobs22 companiesMedian listed comp $109,500
- Plano, TX29 jobs24 companiesMedian listed comp $107,500
- Jersey City, NJ28 jobs16 companies
- Charlotte, NC25 jobs20 companiesMedian listed comp $114,762
- Denver, CO24 jobs19 companiesMedian listed comp $139,800
- Mesa, AZ22 jobs12 companiesMedian listed comp $133,900
- Philadelphia, PA21 jobs12 companies
- Glendale, AZ20 jobs10 companies
- San Diego, CA20 jobs13 companiesMedian listed comp $150,000
- Columbus, OH18 jobs11 companies
- Cincinnati, OH16 jobs11 companies
- Houston, TX15 jobs13 companies
- Minneapolis, MN14 jobs10 companies
- Raleigh, NC14 jobs9 companiesMedian listed comp $93,100
- Miami, FL13 jobs11 companies
- Portland, OR13 jobs9 companies
- Irvine, CA12 jobs7 companies
- Long Beach, CA12 jobs9 companiesMedian listed comp $141,930
- Detroit, MI11 jobs11 companies
- St. Louis, MO11 jobs9 companies
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