Backend Jobs in Canada
There are 1,111 open Backend jobs in Canada on freehire right now. 339 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are api, cloud and ai.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAD | year | CA$135,000 | CA$166,250 | CA$191,100 | 223 |
| USD | year | $161,625 | $186,350 | $197,500 | 30 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- api 59%
- cloud 46%
- ai 42%
- java 36%
- aws 36%
- ci-cd 34%
- python 32%
- rest 29%
How the work is done
- Remote 195 · 18%
- Hybrid 170 · 15%
- Onsite 22 · 2%
Visa sponsorship offered in 67% of the 106 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 556
- Staff 89
- Lead 42
- Principal 14
- C-level 11
- Junior 11
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 230
- 501-1000 employees 79
- 51-200 employees 47
- 11-50 employees 15
- 201-500 employees 4
- 1-10 employees 2
Back End Developer (Java/Python)
Build and enhance a large-scale mobility platform’s backend using Java and Python, integrating systems and ensuring scalability and reliability.
Senior Backend Engineer, Reliability Platform (Remote)
Affirm is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Reliability Platform) to design and build a next-generation reliability platform for production systems. You will blend distributed systems engineering with…
Java API Engineer - Backend Microservices (Hybrid, Mississauga)
TalentOla is seeking a Strong Back-end Engineer / Web developer in Mississauga, Canada. The role focuses on Java API development within a microservices architecture, using Spring Boot and cloud-ready patterns. On-site…
Développeur/euse back-end Big Data
Build and scale high-throughput data pipelines and streaming systems using Spark, Airflow, and AWS to power real-time music discovery for 100M+ fans.
Senior Back-end Engineer Scalable Data Systems
Designs and builds high-throughput, scalable back-end systems for a vulnerability management platform, focusing on ETL pipelines, RESTful APIs (FastAPI/SQLModel), and Kubernetes deployments to process billions of security events daily.
Cracked Software Engineer - Backend
Build the backend APIs, data model, and integrations for an AI platform that optimizes construction cost estimation and project wins using FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and React.
Senior Software Developer - Backend Technologies
Build and optimize a cloud-native, AI-assisted backend system that powers global supply-chain planning for Fortune 500 customers.
Senior Back End Developer
Builds backend services and retrieval pipelines for CoLab’s AI-powered engineering knowledge platform, focusing on search, data architecture, and scalable systems to power intelligent design insights.
Senior Back End Engineer
Build cloud-native backend services for the auto industry using Node.js, TypeScript, Kafka, and microservices; own scalable APIs, databases, and cloud infrastructure.
Senior Back End Engineer
Architect and build a scalable backend platform for Slingshot, a GenAI tool bridging AI workflows with animation pipelines, using Python, Docker, and AWS.
Remote Senior Node.js Backend Engineer | Fintech API Expert
Builds and scales Node.js APIs for a fintech company, maintaining secure server-side systems and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Senior Software Developer, Backend
Build cloud-native backend systems and data pipelines for real-time water management analytics, including time-series ingestion, AI-powered alerting, and ML model integration on AWS.
Malus Domestica and Senior BackEnd Engineers.
Senior BackEnd AI Engineer builds scalable C# .NET services on AWS, designs RAG pipelines and agentic workflows, and deploys AI infrastructure like Lambda and Bedrock to power AI-driven features.
Senior Backend Engineer
Build and scale the GenAI Lens backend platform, focusing on MongoDB performance, scalable data pipelines, and high-throughput systems with GraphQL and JSON-RPC APIs.
Senior Backend Engineer - Wallet & DeFi Systems
Builds and scales backend services for Robinhood Wallet, focusing on secure, high-performance systems for crypto and tokenized stock trading using Go, Python, or Java.