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Backend Jobs in Canada

There are 998 open Backend jobs in Canada on freehire right now. 323 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are api, cloud and ai.

Salary

CurrencyPeriod25thMedian75thPostings
CADyearCA$145,158CA$180,500CA$200,000151
USDyear$178,375$201,250$212,20022
CADhourCA$40CA$45CA$7519

From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.

Most requested skills

  • api 59%
  • cloud 46%
  • ai 41%
  • aws 38%
  • python 35%
  • ci-cd 32%
  • java 31%
  • kubernetes 30%

How the work is done

  • Remote 253 · 25%
  • Hybrid 159 · 16%
  • Onsite 23 · 2%

Visa sponsorship offered in 65% of the 51 postings that state a position on it.

Seniority

  • Senior 504
  • Staff 86
  • Lead 40
  • Intern 19
  • Principal 13
  • Junior 11

Who is hiring

  • 1000+ employees 123
  • 501-1000 employees 27
  • 51-200 employees 17
  • 11-50 employees 9
  • 201-500 employees 2
998 jobs
OX Security
24 views 2 hours ago

Senior Backend Engineer - Vibesec

Open 29d RemoteNorth AmericaSenior
Canada

Senior Backend Engineer on OX Security's VIBESEC team, building the backend for new AI security products in Node.js and TypeScript across cloud environments and endpoints. You own features end to end in a small, distributed senior team, shaping architecture in a fast-moving AI-security domain.

Agentic AI AI Cloud Cybersecurity Developer Experience +7 skills
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Prenuvo
7 views 3 hours ago

Senior Backend Engineer II - Patient Experience

NewBe an early applicant HybridNorth AmericaContractSenior
Canada

Senior backend engineer who owns Prenuvo's patient communications platform end to end — converting event-bus domain events into email, SMS, and push messaging (via Iterable, AWS SES, etc.) — plus the patient-facing APIs behind the patient dashboard and mobile apps. Core stack is Python/FastAPI on AWS event-driven services (EventBridge, SQS/SNS, Lambda, ECS) with PostgreSQL and Datadog.

Agentic AI AI Android API Authentication +43 skills
145K – 160K CAD
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OX Security
48 views 4 hours ago

Senior Backend Engineer - Agentic Pentest

Open 106d RemoteNorth AmericaSenior
Canada

Designs and builds scalable, secure backend systems and APIs for an AI-driven cybersecurity platform that detects vulnerabilities in AI-generated code across the software development lifecycle, using cloud and runtime context.

AI API AWS Cloud Cloud Security +11 skills
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HelloFresh
10 views 4 hours ago

Senior Backend Product Developer, SCM Tech Fulfillment

Open 58d HybridNorth AmericaSenior
Canada

Senior developer building and enhancing HelloFresh's Python-based algorithmic production planning engine and FastAPI backend services on AWS, with some React frontend support.

Agentic AI AI Airflow API AWS +16 skills
120K – 150K CAD
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justworks
6 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend - International

NewBe an early applicant North AmericaSenior
Canada

Who We Are At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community.…

AWS CAD CircleCI Cloud Datadog +13 skills
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Takeaway.com Central Core B.V.
6 hours ago

Senior Software Developer (Backend)

NewBe an early applicant RemoteNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior
Canada

Ready for a challenge? Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We’re a leading global online delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience. Whether it’s a Friday-night feast, a…

Agentic AI Agile AI API Api Design +42 skills
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GitLab Backed by Y Combinator
23 views 6 hours ago

Staff Backend Engineer, Developer Experience

Open 125d RemoteNorth America, UKFull-timeStaff H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.

Build and improve GitLab’s internal developer tools and testing infrastructure using Ruby and Go, reducing friction in CI/CD pipelines and shaping engineering culture across globally distributed teams.

AI Automation CI/CD Developer Experience DevOps +7 skills
132K – 282K $
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GitLab Backed by Y Combinator
36 views 6 hours ago

Backend Engineer (Ruby), AI Engineering: Agent Foundations

Open 99d RemoteEurope, North America, UKFull-time H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.

Build backend features for AI agent observability and interactions in GitLab’s monolith and AI gateway using Ruby on Rails, GraphQL/REST APIs, and PostgreSQL.

Agentic AI AI API Data Modeling DevSecOps +13 skills
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GitLab Backed by Y Combinator
11 views 6 hours ago

Senior Backend Engineer, Deployment Environments

Open 86d RemoteNorth America, UKFull-timeSenior H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.

Senior Backend Engineer at GitLab designs and improves cloud-native deployment guidance and ephemeral environments to make GitLab easier to deploy and validate across environments.

AI Cloud Cloud Native DevSecOps GitLab +1 skills
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GitLab Backed by Y Combinator
27 views 6 hours ago

Senior Backend Engineer, AI Engineering: Chat

Open 85d RemoteNorth America, UKFull-timeSenior H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.

Builds and maintains the backend AI infrastructure for GitLab Duo Chat, integrating large language models and multi-agent flows using Python, LangGraph, and Ruby on Rails to power secure, agentic chat experiences.

Agentic AI AI API Data Modeling DevSecOps +15 skills
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GitLab Backed by Y Combinator
24 views 6 hours ago

Senior Backend Engineer, Platform Readiness

Open 73d RemoteNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.

Build AI-driven automation to validate software features across GitLab’s four deployment platforms, embedding platform-readiness checks into the DevSecOps workflow.

Agentic AI AI API Automation CI/CD +11 skills
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GitLab Backed by Y Combinator
18 views 6 hours ago

Senior Backend Engineer, Architecture Engineering: Nonlinear Productivity

Open 70d RemoteNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.

Senior Backend Engineer builds AI-powered automation to remove friction in software development workflows, diagnosing and resolving issues like slow code reviews and manual releases using reliable agentic systems in Go/Rust/Python.

Agentic AI AI Automation DevSecOps Distributed Systems +5 skills
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GitLab Backed by Y Combinator
22 views 6 hours ago

Staff Backend Engineer, Architecture Engineering: Nonlinear Productivity

Open 70d RemoteNorth AmericaFull-timeStaff H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.

Staff Backend Engineer defining and building agentic systems to automate parts of GitLab’s DevSecOps workflow while keeping humans in the loop, using Go/Rust/Python.

Agentic AI AI DevSecOps Distributed Systems GitLab +6 skills
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GitLab Backed by Y Combinator
15 views 6 hours ago

Staff Backend Engineer (Ruby), AI Engineering: DAP Repository Flows

Open 68d RemoteNorth AmericaFull-timeStaff H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.

Staff Backend Engineer builds AI-powered automation for GitLab’s Duo Agent Platform, focusing on Ruby/Rails systems that onboard users and run autonomous agents on codebases.

Agentic AI AI Automation DevSecOps GitLab +5 skills
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GitLab Backed by Y Combinator
15 views 6 hours ago

Backend Engineer, Create: Source Code Experience (Ruby)

Open 62d RemoteNorth AmericaFull-time H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
Canada

Build backend services in Ruby and GraphQL to improve GitLab’s source-code workflows, ensuring reliability, performance, and secure collaboration with AI agents.

AI Data Modeling DevSecOps Git GitLab +5 skills
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GitLab Backed by Y Combinator
53 views 6 hours ago

Backend Engineer (Python),AI Engineering: Agent Foundations

Open 57d RemoteEurope, North America, UKFull-time H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.

Develops reusable AI-driven workflow components (Flow Registry) in Python for GitLab’s Duo Agent Platform, bridging backend services and frontend tools while ensuring scalability, security, and cross-stack collaboration.

Agentic AI AI API CLI DevSecOps +15 skills
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GitLab Backed by Y Combinator
31 views 6 hours ago

Senior Backend Engineer (Go), Tenant Scale: Gitaly

Open 56d RemoteEurope, North America, UKFull-timeSenior H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.

Build GitLab’s Git data storage tier (Gitaly) using Go, focusing on distributed storage, repository management, and performance for self-managed and Dedicated customers.

AI API Automation DevSecOps Git +4 skills
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GitLab
24 views 6 hours ago

Intermediate Backend Engineer, AMER

Open 43d RemoteAPAC, North AmericaContract

Owns backend features end-to-end on GitLab's DevSecOps platform — designing, implementing, testing, and shipping APIs, data models, background jobs, and services in Ruby/Rails, Go, or similar, with code review, on-call duties, and daily AI-assisted workflows in a fully remote, asynchronous AMER team.

AI API CI/CD Cloud DevSecOps +11 skills
115K – 194K $
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GitLab
18 views 6 hours ago

Staff Backend Engineer, Database Automation (Go)

Open 35d RemoteNorth AmericaFull-timeStaff

Staff backend engineer on GitLab's Database Excellence group building Go-based automation for the full PostgreSQL lifecycle (provisioning, upgrades, failover, scaling) as an internal PostgreSQL-as-a-service platform, operating at GitLab.com scale in a fully remote environment alongside Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, and multi-cloud tooling.

Agentic AI AI Automation Cloud DevSecOps +8 skills
153K – 259K $
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Hood L2
7 hours ago

Software Engineer, Web3 Backend Engineering Toronto, Canada 7 Oct 2026

NewBe an early applicant North AmericaContract
Canada

Join us in building the future of finance. Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by younger generations in the next two decades. The largest transfer of…

AI Blockchain CAD Cloud Cloud Native +9 skills
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