Last updated 2026-07-05
113 Remote Backend Engineer Jobs in Canada
Browse 113 remote Backend Engineer jobs across Canada. Listings are updated hourly and include salary data where available.
Market data for Backend Engineer jobs in Canada
Companies with current Backend Engineer listings
| Company | Active jobs |
|---|---|
| Affirm | 9 |
| Grafana Labs | 7 |
| Thumbtack | 5 |
| Censys | 4 |
| Instacart | 4 |
| Life360 | 4 |
| ClickHouse | 3 |
Backend Engineer jobs by schedule
Backend Engineer jobs by seniority
Common Backend Engineer job titles
| Title | Active jobs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 10 | 9% |
| Senior Backend Engineer | 8 | 7% |
| Staff Backend Engineer | 4 | 4% |
| Staff Software Engineer | 4 | 4% |
| Platform Engineer (Database Reliability) | 2 | 2% |
FAQ
- How many Backend Engineer jobs are listed in Canada?
- This page currently shows 113 Backend Engineer jobs in Canada.
- Which companies are hiring for Backend Engineer roles in Canada?
- Current listings include roles from Affirm (9 jobs, 7%), Grafana Labs (7 jobs, 6%), Thumbtack (5 jobs, 4%), Censys (4 jobs, 3%), and Instacart (4 jobs, 3%).
- What seniority levels are common for Backend Engineer jobs in Canada?
- The visible seniority mix includes Senior (69 jobs, 61%), Mid (43 jobs, 38%), and Intern (1 job, 1%).
- What work schedules are common for Backend Engineer jobs in Canada?
- The visible schedule mix includes Full time (111 jobs, 98%) and Contract (2 jobs, 2%).
- What Backend Engineer job titles are common in Canada?
- Common titles include Senior Software Engineer (10 jobs, 9%), Senior Backend Engineer (8 jobs, 7%), Staff Backend Engineer (4 jobs, 4%), Staff Software Engineer (4 jobs, 4%), and Platform Engineer (Database Reliability) (2 jobs, 2%).
- What does this market snapshot include?
- Most visible listings are full-time (111 of 113). Senior-level roles account for 69 of 113 listings. 37 of 113 visible postings include structured pay data.
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Narvar
Jul 3- We’re looking for senior engineers to help us bring Rust into the backbone of the system — the parts that…
- Day-to-day Design and build high-correctness Rust services that sit on critical platform paths Introduce Rust into areas where safety, dete…
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Grafana Labs
Jul 2- You have a passion for creating intuitive products that fit customers’ needs Proven delivery of large distributed systems.
- Mentor and grow engineering talent.
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Penn Interactive
Jul 2- About the Work As a key member of the Sportsbook Platform team, you will: Develop, scale, and optimize the GraphQL…
- About the Team The Sportsbook Platform team owns the backend that powers theScore Bet Sportsbook.
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Tailscale
Jul 2- Work closely with finance, product, support, and engineering teams to support accurate billing, revenue reporting, and customer inquiries.
- What We Are Looking For Experience in backend software engineering, with a strong focus on billing, payments, or financial systems.
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Planet
Jul 2- Application Deadline: September 25, 2026 at 11:59p PT EAR/ITAR Requirements: This position requires access to export-controlled information…
- Experience with automated testing, code review, and documentation.
Chainlink Labs
Jul 2- About the Role As a Senior Software Engineer on the Dev Services team, you will play a key role in…
- Built and maintained production backend applications and APIs serving multiple stakeholders.
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GitLab
Jul 1- An overview of this role As a Senior Backend Engineer on the GitLab Agent Tools team, you'll go beyond using…
- Design, implement, and review GraphQL, REST APIs and related backend logic, ensuring reliability, scalability, and clear contracts with fro…
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Mercury
Jul 1- Our product engineering group is growing and we’re looking to hire senior backend engineers .
- The ideal candidate for the role: Has 3-7 years of backend development experience.
Sentry
Jul 1- About the role As a Senior Software Engineer, you will architect and scale the core systems that power Sentry's billing…
- The team works cross-functionally with product, engineering, BizOps, marketing, and sales to build systems that enable new products and pri…
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Hopper
Jul 1- En tant que contributeur euse individuel le de niveau senior, vous évoluerez dans un environnement complexe de microservices pour assurer…
- Ce poste s'adresse à un e développeur euse autonome qui excelle dans l'exploration de systèmes et l'exécution technique immédiate au…
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Docker
Jul 1- We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Growth to join our Software Engineering Team focussed on growth and experimentation…
- This is a full-stack software engineering role with a growth lens, focused on delivering measurable business outcomes like increased activa…
Toast
Jun 30- A day in the life (Responsibilities) Join a collaborative team of Design, Product, QA, and other engineering members in developing…
- Lead complex projects that improve functionality and reliability for our customers Provide design feedback and participate in code reviews…
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Fiscal.ai
Jun 30- Comfortable developing across the entire stack and on multiple products.
- Tech Stack: We work with a diverse set of tools and technologies, including: React, Tailwind, Node, Next.js Cloudflare, Firestore, Firebase…
Synctera
Jun 30- Recent projects senior engineers have led include: A new auth and SSO stack A new notifications system A major re-architecture…
- What You'll Bring 6+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer Proven experience building and operating production backend sy…
ClickUp
Jun 30- Lead complex, cross-team technical initiatives spanning data engineering, analytics engineering, data science, and data analytics.
- 🚀 We're looking for a Staff Data Engineer to own the architecture and technical vision of our data platform.
Affirm
Jun 29- The Money Movement & Card Ledger team is looking for a passionate Software Engineer to help build the tools and…
- What We Look For You have a total of 2.5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
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Kong
Jun 29- About the role: The Senior Software Engineer will be a core member of the Billing Platform Team, designing and implementing…
- Fullstack capable with experience building internal tooling UIs.
KOHO
Jun 29- Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you're going to be a part of a team that's breaking down the barriers between…
- Nous recherchons une personne experte en développement backend qui est enthousiaste à l'idée de contribuer également au frontend — quelqu'u…
Stripe
Jun 26- What you’ll do We’re looking for Backend Engineers to design, build, and maintain scalable bank integration infrastructure.
- Work with engineers across the company to deliver comprehensive and reliable access to trustworthy banking data.
Thumbtack
Jun 26- Software Engineer, Platform Company: Thumbtack Thumbtack helps millions of people confidently care for their homes.
- In order to be successful, you must bring Strong backend engineering experience building production services, APIs, or platform capabilitie…
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Instrumentl
Jun 26- About the role We're hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to own AI features end to end, from rapid prototype to…
- What we're looking for Required 7+ years building and shipping production backend systems in Python (FastAPI, Celery, or equivalent), takin…
Side
Jun 24- For more information, visit www.side.inc About This Opportunity As an AI Microservices Developer, you will be responsible for creating APIs…
- Understand and become the company’s expert in LLM and Generative AI API methods and Open Weights model deployment.
Scispot
Jun 23- This is a hands-on backend and infrastructure role.
- What we’re looking for Roughly 3+ years of experience building and operating backend, platform, DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure systems.
Bridgit
Jun 22- This is a role for someone who wants to build at the intersection of solid backend engineering and applied AI…
- What you will do As a Senior Backend Developer at Bridgit, you'll take ownership of designing, testing, and building new…
Fincentify
Jun 22- What you'll do Own, design, and improve the services and features of our backend systems, with a focus on scalability,…
- Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript, Node.js, React.js, and React Native.
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