Backend engineer jobs in Canada
69 open roles for backend engineers in Canada as of Nov 14, 2026. Affirm, GitLab, Coinbase, Grafana Labs and Cresta have the most. 46 are remote.
- Senior Backend Engineer (Go), Tenant Scales: GitalyGitLab · 🇨🇦Remote, Canada—RemoteSeniorGoRubygRPC
- Software Engineer I, Backend (Continuous Delivery)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$101K - CA$151KRemotePythonKotlinMySQL
- Principal Backend Programmer (Developer Platform)Epic Games · 🇨🇦Montreal,Quebec,Canada—LeadGoPythonGCP
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend (ML Training and Serving)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$153K - CA$213KRemoteSeniorPythonKotlinMachine Learning
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend (ML Feature Platform)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$153K - CA$213KRemoteSeniorPythonKotlinMachine Learning
- Software Engineer, Backend (All Levels)Zip · 🇨🇦Toronto—PythonJavaScriptReact
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Trust & Safety)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$153K - CA$213KRemoteSeniorPythonKotlinMySQL
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$153K - CA$213KRemoteSeniorPythonKotlinMySQL
- Software Engineer II, BackendAffirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$133K - CA$183KRemotePythonKotlinMySQL
- Staff Software Engineer - Backend (Consumer - Agentic Trading)Coinbase · 🇨🇦Remote - CanadaCA$218KRemoteLeadGoLLMTrading
- Senior Software Engineer - Mobile BackendBitGo · 🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCA$180K - CA$220KSeniorTypeScriptReactNode.js
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend (AI Platform)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$153K - CA$213KRemoteSeniorPythonKotlinLLM
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Compute Platform)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$209K - CA$269KRemoteLeadGoPythonTerraform
- Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Observability)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$181K - CA$241KRemoteLeadPythonKotlinTerraform
- Backend Engineer, Source Code: Repository Services (Ruby)GitLab · 🇨🇦Remote, Canada—RemoteRustGoRuby
- Backend Engineer, GitLab OrbitGitLab · 🇨🇦🇺🇸Remote, Canada; Remote, United States$115K - $162KRemoteRustGoTypeScript
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Capacity Modeling)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$153K - CA$213KRemoteSeniorPythonKotlinMySQL
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Workload Safety)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote Canada—RemoteSeniorGoPythonKubernetes
- Backend / API Engineer, RadarStripe · 🇨🇦Toronto—Machine Learning
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend - KYCSardine · 🇨🇦CanadaCA$180K - CA$206KRemoteSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend - InternationalJustworks · 🇨🇦Toronto, CanadaCA$168K - CA$235KSeniorGoJavaScriptSQL
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Back-End), InferenceCohere · 🇨🇦Canada$205K - $315KRemoteLeadRustGoPython
- Senior Backend Engineer - Databases Tempo | Canada | RemoteGrafana Labs · 🇨🇦Canada (Remote)CA$170K - CA$204KRemoteSeniorRustGoC++
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Lakehouse Infra)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$153K - CA$213KRemoteSeniorPythonKotlinTerraform
- Senior Backend Engineer - ClickPipes PlatformClickHouse · 🇨🇦Canada—RemoteSeniorTerraformGCPAzure
- Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Fraud Decisioning)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote Canada—RemoteLead
- Staff Back End Engineer (Applications)Forma.ai · 🇨🇦Toronto, Canada—LeadGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Search)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$181K - CA$241KRemoteLeadPythonReactKotlin
- Senior Software Engineer, backend (Online Storage)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$153K - CA$213KRemoteSeniorPythonKotlinSQL
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Retail DEX)Coinbase · 🇨🇦Remote - CanadaCA$191KRemoteSeniorKafkaRedisSmart contracts
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend — Toast InternationalToast · 🇨🇦Canada Hybrid (Ontario)CA$115K - CA$165KSeniorJavaKotlinPostgreSQL
- Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Identity Decisioning)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$181K - CA$241KRemoteLeadPythonKotlinMySQL
- Senior Backend Engineer - Databases - Analytics | Canada | RemoteGrafana Labs · 🇨🇦Canada (Remote)CA$164K - CA$197KRemoteSeniorRustGoC++
- Software Engineer II, BackendBrex · 🇨🇦Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaCA$152K - CA$190K
- Software Engineer Intern, Backend (Summer 2027 - Montreal)Lyft · 🇨🇦Montreal, Canada—Intern
- Développeur Logiciels (Stagiaire), Backend (l'été 2027 - Montreal)Lyft · 🇨🇦Montreal, Canada—
- Software Engineer Intern, Backend (Summer 2027 - Toronto)Lyft · 🇨🇦Toronto, Canada—Intern
- Senior Software Engineer (Back-end/Server)Trulioo · 🇨🇦Vancouver, BCCA$130K - CA$200KSeniorJavaKotlinMachine Learning
- Staff Backend Engineer, Database Automation (Go)GitLab · 🇨🇦🇺🇸Remote, Canada; Remote, United States$153K - $259KRemoteLeadGoSQLRuby
- Senior Software Engineer (Gaming Backend) - WWE ChampionsScopely · 🇨🇦CA - Canada—SeniorGoC#CI/CD
- Backend Engineer (Python),AI Engineering: Agent FoundationsGitLab · 🇨🇦🇵🇱🇬🇧Remote, Canada; Remote, Poland; Remote, United Kingdom—RemotePythonJavaScriptRuby
- Staff Backend Engineer - Mimir Query, Databases | Canada | RemoteGrafana Labs · 🇨🇦Canada (Remote)CA$193K - CA$231KRemoteLeadRustGoPython
- Staff Backend Engineer, Architecture Engineering: Nonlinear ProductivityGitLab · 🇨🇦🇺🇸Remote, Canada; Remote, United States$153K - $259KRemoteLeadRustGoPython
- Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Cost Engineering)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$181K - CA$241KRemoteLeadPythonKotlinSQL
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer - Growth Foundations)Coinbase · 🇨🇦Remote - CanadaCA$191KRemoteSeniorPostgreSQLDockerMongoDB
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend (PBA - Growth)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$153K - CA$213KRemoteSeniorPythonKotlinMySQL
- Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Ledger Engineering)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$181K - CA$241KRemoteLeadPythonKotlinMySQL
- Software Engineer II, Backend (Test Infra)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$133K - CA$183KRemotePythonTypeScriptDocker
- Staff Software Engineer, BackendFivetran · 🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCA$168K - CA$209KLeadGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Backend Engineer - ProductMercury · 🇺🇸🇨🇦San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$167K - $208KRemoteSeniorSQL
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Questions about Backend engineer jobs in Canada
- How many Backend engineer jobs in Canada are open right now?
- There are 69 open Backend engineer jobs in Canada at 26 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 8 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 in Canada?
- Right now the most openings are at Affirm (20), GitLab (7), Coinbase (4), Grafana Labs (4) and Cresta (4). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote Backend engineer jobs in Canada?
- 46 of the 69 open Backend engineer jobs in Canada (67%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- How do I apply for Backend engineer jobs in Canada?
- 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.
















