Backend Jobs in Canada

Java Backend developer-3

North AmericaFull-time

AWS CI/CD Cloud Cloud Native DevOps +15 skills

Develops, maintains, and supports enterprise Java backend applications, deploying on OpenShift, supporting CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Helios), monitoring with Splunk, and optimizing Oracle SQL queries, with AWS S3, MFT/SFTP, and Vault/SSO/SCIM integrations. Onsite in Toronto (4 days).

Analyticsmart Consulting Inc

Senior Backend Python Engineer — FastAPI & Data Systems

Own the server side of Analyticsmart's products: design databases, write clean Python (FastAPI) backend code, and handle data interchange and integration with frontend layers for high performance. Requires 10+ years of backend Python experience.

Python

Remitly Canada Operations, Inc.

Senior Backend Engineer, Trust & Payments Platform

Senior Backend Engineer designing and scaling backend services for a Trust & Payments platform to improve financial services for immigrants.

Rustify

Rust Backend Engineer — High-Performance Cloud APIs (Hybrid)

HybridNorth America

API Cloud Cloud Native gRPC Rust

A backend engineer designs and builds high-performance Rust services and REST/gRPC APIs for a secure, scalable identity and security platform, collaborating with architecture, frontend, and cloud teams. The role is hybrid, based in Toronto/Ontario.

Realign Llc

Senior Java Backend Engineer - OCP, CI/CD, Oracle, AWS

AWS CI/CD Java OpenShift Oracle +1 skills

Senior Java backend engineer at Realign LLC in Toronto who designs, builds, and supports enterprise-grade backend services and integrations. Core stack is Java, Oracle SQL, OpenShift (OCP), CI/CD pipelines, and AWS, with onsite work 4 days per week.

Goodfood Market (TSX:FOOD)

Senior Backend Engineer - PHP/Laravel & Microservices

Goodfood Market, a Toronto-based meal solutions company, is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer for its IT team to design and develop high-quality backend code using PHP/Laravel, TypeScript, and microservices. The hybrid role requires 7+ years of programming experience and mixes on-site and remote work.

PHP TypeScript

Astra-North Infoteck Inc. ~ Conquering today’s challenges, achieving tomorrow’s vision!

HybridNorth AmericaSenior

Senior Python Backend Engineer - VMware & Scalable Systems

Linux Python SQL Virtualization

A technology company in Montreal is seeking a Senior Python Developer to build secure, scalable backend solutions for virtualization platforms. The ideal candidate will have extensive expertise in Python, Linux, SQL,…

Refinitiv

HybridNorth AmericaSenior

Senior AI Backend Engineer: Scalable, High-Performance APIs

RemoteNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior

Refinitiv is hiring a Senior AI Backend Engineer in Toronto to architect high-performance backend services and manage large-scale data flows for AI-powered platforms. Core stack is Python and FastAPI, with a flexible hybrid work model.

Senior Backend Engineer II, AI Native, Vertical Experiences

Agentic AI AI API Api Design Automation +26 skills

Senior backend engineer on Life360's Devices Cloud (Vertical Experiences) team, building and operating AWS microservices for connected devices — device state, telemetry ingest, health monitoring, and command/control. AI-native role: daily use of coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) with Java/Go/Python, Kafka streams, and on-call.

Senior Backend Developer- .NET

AWS Azure CI/CD Cloud C# +23 skills

Charger logistics Inc. is a world- class asset-based carrier with locations across North America. With over 20 years of experience providing the best logistics solutions, Charger logistics has transformed into a…

Xapply

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Search)

RemoteNorth AmericaStaff

Agentic AI Analytics AWS Distributed Systems Kotlin +5 skills

Staff backend engineer on Affirm's new Search & Recommendations team, powering discovery across Affirm's marketplace and advertising platform. Day to day: setting technical strategy, building distributed backend systems, and owning reliability/on-call, using Python/Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, Spark, Kubernetes, and some React.

Software Engineer II, Backend (Streaming)

RemoteNorth AmericaLead

Analytics AWS Distributed Systems Event Driven Architecture Flink +4 skills

Backend engineer on Affirm's Streaming team, building and scaling event-driven data infrastructure (Kafka, Flink, Schema Registry on AWS/Kubernetes) for stream processing and data discovery. Remote-first role in Canada for engineers with 1.5+ years of backend experience in Python or Kotlin.

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Continuous Integration)

North AmericaStaff

AI Artifactory Automation AWS CI/CD +9 skills

Staff backend engineer on Affirm's Continuous Integration team, owning the design, scalability, and reliability of build/test pipelines and developer productivity infrastructure across a large engineering org. Core stack includes modern build systems (GitHub, Buildkite, Artifactory), AWS/Kubernetes, and programming in Python, Kotlin, or Java.

Software Engineer, Back-End - Mail (Canada)

HybridNorth America

Agentic AI AI API Api Design AWS +9 skills

Back-end engineer on Superhuman's Mail team, building and operating high-throughput real-time services and infrastructure-as-code that power AI agent orchestration, connectors, and data pipelines. Requires 8+ years of back-end experience, cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure), CI/CD, and fluency with AI coding tools; remote-flexible across Canada with a hybrid option in Vancouver.

EmploisTI, Inc.

HybridNorth AmericaSenior

Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

AI API Azure Data Modeling E-commerce +8 skills

Senior engineer doing full-stack work with a backend focus at Motion, an AI-native ad-creative analytics platform for performance marketers. Day to day you design and ship resilient APIs, services, and data integrations using React, Node.js/Express, TypeScript, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Azure.

Parent Organization

RemoteNorth AmericaContractSenior

Senior Backend Engineer - Java, Kafka & AWS (Remote)

API AWS CAD CI/CD Cloud +29 skills

Contract senior backend engineer (100% remote in Canada) building scalable backend services, Kafka-based event-driven systems, and streaming data pipelines on AWS. Core stack: Java, Kafka, Flink, Spring Boot, Node.js/TypeScript, Docker/Kubernetes, with Snowflake and data-lake work nice-to-have.

Senior Backend Engineer (Remote - Canada)

RemoteNorth AmericaSenior

API Api Design AWS Azure CI/CD +15 skills

Job Description Job Description Senior Backend Engineer Location: Fully Remote (GTA, Ottawa, Montreal) We're seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable, high-performance…

EvenUp

Backend Engineer, Client Portal

North AmericaFull-time

AI API Api Design Design Patterns GraphQL +6 skills

Backend engineer building and owning the Client Portal at EvenUp, a legal-tech SaaS company that uses AI to help personal injury law firms secure better outcomes. Day to day spans the full project lifecycle: designing RESTful APIs, integrating third-party vendors, and optimizing application performance.

Winobell Inc

Lead Shopify Plus Backend Developer

North AmericaLead

API E-commerce GraphQL Shopify Stakeholder Management

Lead Shopify Plus backend developer who owns Winobell's Shopify Plus architecture and custom apps — designing ecommerce integrations, assessing technical debt, and building a technical roadmap for scalability and growth. Core tech: Shopify Plus APIs, GraphQL, and custom app development.

TEEMA Group

Agentic Engineer: AI-Driven Backend & Data Pipelines

North America

Agentic AI API AWS Claude Code Data Pipelines

TEEMA Group is hiring an Agentic Engineer to build and modernize production software for clients in Toronto, driving agentic engineering workflows, integrating Claude Code, designing APIs and services, and building large-scale data pipelines on AWS while collaborating directly with client engineers and stakeholders.