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 Oct 16, 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
- 1,201
- Unique live openings across this hub's indexed publishable markets.
Companies hiring
- 640
- Unique employers across this hub's indexed publishable markets.
Salary coverage
- 21
- 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, CA327 jobs208 companiesMedian listed comp $170,000
- New York City, NY300 jobs182 companiesMedian listed comp $170,000
- San Jose, CA157 jobs90 companiesMedian listed comp $160,000
- Seattle, WA124 jobs60 companiesMedian listed comp $156,000
- Washington, DC99 jobs63 companiesMedian listed comp $141,850
- Oakland, CA91 jobs53 companiesMedian listed comp $169,100
- Boston, MA69 jobs43 companiesMedian listed comp $148,500
- Baltimore, MD63 jobs34 companiesMedian listed comp $150,000
- Los Angeles, CA59 jobs33 companiesMedian listed comp $154,500
- Austin, TX56 jobs37 companiesMedian listed comp $145,000
- Dallas, TX54 jobs31 companiesMedian listed comp $123,150
- Fort Worth, TX38 jobs20 companiesMedian listed comp $124,800
- Plano, TX37 jobs19 companiesMedian listed comp $120,400
- Arlington, TX36 jobs18 companiesMedian listed comp $124,800
- Chicago, IL36 jobs23 companiesMedian listed comp $129,515
- Atlanta, GA30 jobs23 companiesMedian listed comp $115,500
- Newark, NJ30 jobs11 companies
- Jersey City, NJ29 jobs10 companies
- Denver, CO28 jobs17 companiesMedian listed comp $128,000
- Phoenix, AZ28 jobs19 companies
- Long Beach, CA20 jobs14 companiesMedian listed comp $141,860
- Anaheim, CA18 jobs12 companiesMedian listed comp $141,860
- Detroit, MI18 jobs10 companies
- Santa Ana, CA18 jobs12 companiesMedian listed comp $141,860
- Mesa, AZ16 jobs10 companies
- San Diego, CA16 jobs10 companies
- Irvine, CA15 jobs10 companiesMedian listed comp $140,930
- Glendale, AZ14 jobs9 companies
- Jacksonville, FL14 jobs9 companies
- Portland, OR13 jobs10 companies
- Chandler, AZ12 jobs7 companies
- Houston, TX12 jobs9 companies
- Riverside, CA12 jobs8 companies
- Gilbert, AZ11 jobs6 companies
- Richmond, VA11 jobs5 companies
- Columbus, OH10 jobs8 companies
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