Staff and principal engineer jobs in Canada
191 open roles for staff and principal engineers in Canada as of Nov 14, 2026. Affirm, Okta, Tenstorrent, 1Password and GitLab have the most. 98 are remote and the median advertised salary is $218K.
- Staff Content Developer1Password · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Remote (United States | Canada)CA$110K - CA$160KRemoteLeadMachine LearningNLP
- Staff Engineer, Thermal DesignTenstorrent · 🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada—LeadAirflow
- Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack (Auth Experiences)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$181K - CA$241KRemoteLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Staff Engineer, Mechanical DesignTenstorrent · 🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada—Lead
- Sr. Staff High-Speed Communication Architect – AI SystemsTenstorrent · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Austin, Texas, United States; Santa Clara, California, Un…—LeadAI
- Sr. Staff Engineer, AI Datacenter Thermal Management & Control PlaneTenstorrent · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Austin, Texas, United States; Santa Clara, California, Un…—LeadAI
- Principal Power Systems Architect- AI Accelerator SystemsTenstorrent · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Austin, Texas, United States; Santa Clara, California, Un…—LeadAI
- Staff Mobile Engineer - Session Replay | Canada | RemoteGrafana Labs · 🇨🇦Canada (Remote)CA$193K - CA$231KRemoteLeadGoTypeScriptReact
- Staff GTM Engineer1Password · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Remote (United States | Canada)CA$139K - CA$202KRemoteLeadSQLGCPMachine Learning
- Principal Backend Programmer (Developer Platform)Epic Games · 🇨🇦Montreal,Quebec,Canada—LeadGoPythonGCP
- Principal Java Developer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇨🇦CanadaCA$128K - CA$203KLeadJavaElasticsearch
- Staff Developer, Authentication Enablement1Password · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Remote (United States | Canada)CA$192K - CA$278KRemoteLeadRustGoPython
- Staff Software Engineer, Browser (New Products)Mozilla · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$130K - CA$170KRemoteLeadRustJavaScriptC++
- Staff Software Engineer, Ads Data PlatformInstacart · 🇨🇦Canada - Remote (ON, AB, BC, or NS Only)CA$229K - CA$242KRemoteLeadPythonSQLScala
- Staff Product Security EngineerChainguard · 🇨🇦Canada - Remote—RemoteLeadGoPythonGCP
- Sr/Staff Digital Design EngineerLightmatter · 🇨🇦Toronto, ON$123K - $175KLeadPythonBashVerilog
- Staff Software Engineer, Integration Network (OIN)Okta · 🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCA$164K - CA$226KLeadReactJavaGCP
- Staff Software Engineer - Backend (Consumer - Agentic Trading)Coinbase · 🇨🇦Remote - CanadaCA$218KRemoteLeadGoLLMTrading
- Staff Software Engineer, Frontend/Mobile (Consumer - Agentic Trading)Coinbase · 🇨🇦Remote - CanadaCA$218KRemoteLeadGoTypeScriptReact
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Edge AISamsara · 🇨🇦Remote - CanadaCA$170K - CA$234KRemoteLeadRustPythonC++
- Staff Software Engineer, Mobile (P4)Twilio · 🇨🇦Remote - CanadaCA$160K - CA$200KRemoteLeadGoJavaC++
- Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack (Account Management)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$181K - CA$241KRemoteLeadPythonReactKotlin
- Staff Manufacturing EngineerTenstorrent · 🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada—Lead
- Scientifique de données principal(e)// Senior Data Scientist- Travel TechHopper · 🇨🇦Montréal - RemoteCA$150K - CA$180KRemoteLeadPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Senior and Staff Data Scientist - Credit and Lending MLMercury · 🇺🇸🇨🇦San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$167K - $299KRemoteLeadPythonSQLLLM
- Staff Software Engineer, Messaging ExperienceBraze · 🇨🇦TorontoCA$220K - CA$359KLeadTypeScriptReactRuby
- Staff Engineer, Atlas Agent EngineMongoDB · 🇨🇦Ontario; Quebec; TorontoCA$187K - CA$260KLeadPythonJavaGCP
- Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack (Card Experiences)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$181K - CA$241KRemoteLeadPythonReactKotlin
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Sensors & IntelligenceTonal · 🇨🇦Toronto, ONCA$160K - CA$185KRemoteLeadMachine LearningPyTorchTensorFlow
- Senior Staff Software Engineer - Money BoxesNubank · 🇨🇦Toronto—LeadRails
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Compute Platform)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$209K - CA$269KRemoteLeadGoPythonTerraform
- Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Observability)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$181K - CA$241KRemoteLeadPythonKotlinTerraform
- Staff FullStack Engineer, Secures AIOkta · 🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada · +1 more locationCA$164K - CA$225KLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptJava
- Staff Demo Engineer1Password · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Remote (United States | Canada)CA$135K - CA$196KRemoteLeadPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Staff Software Engineer - Identity & Access ManagementBrex · 🇨🇦Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaCA$240K - CA$300KLead
- Staff Software Engineer, Frontend (Decisions Orchestration)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$181K - CA$241KRemoteLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Principal Software Engineer, Docker Hardened ImagesDocker · 🇨🇦CanadaCA$246K - CA$397KRemoteLeadLinuxCI/CDKubernetes
- Staff Machine Learning EngineerTwilio · 🇨🇦Remote - Ontario, Canada (DNU) · +1 more locationCA$160K - CA$200KRemoteLeadPythonGCPAzure
- Staff Networking Engineer- SRECensys · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Remote (US or Canada)CA$198K - CA$233KRemoteLeadGoPythonTerraform
- Staff Software Engineer, Delivery EngineeringCircleCI · 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇸Remote, Canada (EST) OR Remote, US (EST) OR Remote, UKCA$195K - CA$265KRemoteLeadGoCI/CD
- Principal Product Security EngineerChainguard · 🇨🇦Canada - Remote—RemoteLeadGoPythonSnowflake
- Staff Software Development EngineerGoDaddy · 🇨🇦CanadaCA$154K - CA$230KLeadTypeScriptReactNode.js
- Staff Software Engineer, Tools & SystemsMozilla · 🇨🇦Remote CanadaCA$116K - CA$171KRemoteLeadRustPythonTypeScript
- Senior Staff Data EngineerCohere · 🇨🇦Toronto$275K - $450KLeadTerraformAirflowdbt
- Staff/Senior Staff Software Engineer, Agent InfrastructureCohere · 🇨🇦Toronto$240K - $360KRemoteLeadLLMKubernetesWebAssembly
- Staff Software Engineer, GPU InferenceCerebras · 🇨🇦Toronto, CAN—LeadPythonC++.NET
- Principal Optical Systems EngineerCelero Communications, Inc. · 🇨🇦Ottawa, Canada—LeadPythonMATLAB
- Staff Software Engineer (Marketing Platforms)Nubank · 🇨🇦Toronto—Lead
- Principal Engineer, Monetization EngineeringGitLab · 🇨🇦🇺🇸Remote, Canada; Remote, United States$223K - $317KRemoteLeadGoPythonRuby
- Staff Software Engineer (Query Infrastructure)Amplitude · 🇨🇦Vancouver—LeadPythonJavaC++
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Questions about Staff and principal engineer jobs in Canada
- How many Staff and principal engineer jobs in Canada are open right now?
- There are 191 open Staff and principal engineer jobs in Canada at 59 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 15 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 Staff and principal engineer jobs in Canada?
- Right now the most openings are at Affirm (15), Okta (15), Tenstorrent (11), 1Password (9) and GitLab (9). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote Staff and principal engineer jobs in Canada?
- 98 of the 191 open Staff and principal engineer jobs in Canada (51%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do Staff and principal engineer jobs in Canada pay?
- The median advertised salary is $218K, based on 25 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $206K and $250K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
- How do I apply for Staff and principal 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.


























