Backend Jobs in Canada

There are 1,112 open Backend jobs in Canada on freehire right now. 340 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are api, cloud and ai.

Salary

CurrencyPeriod25thMedian75thPostings
CADyearCA$135,000CA$166,250CA$191,100223
USDyear$161,625$186,350$197,50030

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
1,112 jobs
Coinbase Backed by Y Combinator
3 weeks ago

Staff Backend Engineer, Risk Platform — Build Open Finance

Open 21d North AmericaStaff 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

Design and build distributed systems for a secure, scalable risk platform in blockchain-based open finance, while mentoring engineers.

blockchain distributed-systems
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EventConnect, LLC.
3 weeks ago

Senior PHP Backend Architect - Hybrid (Laravel/Symfony)

Open 21d HybridNorth America, UKSenior

Leads backend architecture for a sports-tourism platform using PHP, Laravel, and Symfony, designing scalable APIs and mentoring junior developers.

api laravel php
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DataRobot Backed by Techstars
3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer – AI App Builder

Open 21d North AmericaSenior 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

Senior backend engineer building and improving AI application workflows and APIs using Python or Java on a leading AI platform.

ai api api-design cloud java +1 skills
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Mnp Llp
3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer for AI-Driven Innovation

Open 21d North AmericaSenior
Canada

Designs and leads scalable back-end services using .NET and Azure, builds microservices, and integrates AI/ML capabilities for a Canadian business advisory firm.

ai azure dotnet machine-learning microservices
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Grafana Labs
3 weeks ago

Staff Backend Engineer (Application Core Services, Stacks)

Open 21d RemoteNorth AmericaContractStaff Licensed UK sponsor — This employer appears on the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and related work routes. The licence belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
Canada

Build and maintain the backend systems that power Grafana Cloud stacks, including billing, provisioning, and reconciliation workflows, using Go and Kubernetes across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

ai aws azure cloud developer-experience +12 skills
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Arcadia
3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer – AI Platform, Hybrid Schedule

Open 21d HybridNorth AmericaSenior 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

Senior backend engineer building and scaling distributed systems, APIs, and data infrastructure for an AI platform, with a focus on governance and team mentorship.

ai api distributed-systems
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IBM
3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer - Cloud-Native Real-Time Data

Open 21d North AmericaSenior
Canada

Design and build scalable, cloud-native backend services for a data-driven platform using Python, Go, Java, and modern cloud tooling.

cloud cloud-native distributed-systems java python
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Rogers Communications
3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer — Scalable API Systems

Open 21d North AmericaSenior
Canada

Designs and builds high-scale backend services and APIs using Java/Spring Boot and Kafka for Rogers Communications' next-gen products.

api j2ee java kafka spring
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TD Bank Group
3 weeks ago

Java Backend Engineer — Front Office Pricing & Risk

Open 21d North America
Canada

Builds and maintains high-performance Java backend services for pricing and risk calculations in a financial front-office environment.

api distributed-systems java multithreading rest
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Tubi
3 weeks ago

Rust Backend Engineer: Lead Systems, AI Tooling & Scale

Open 21d North AmericaLead
Canada

Build and lead high-performance Rust backend services for a streaming platform, integrating AI coding tools to optimize workflows and scale infrastructure.

ai cad rust
137 200 – 196 000 CAD
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SurveyMonkey
3 weeks ago

Backend Engineer II — AI-Driven Growth Platform

Open 21d HybridNorth AmericaFull-time
Canada

Builds and maintains backend services and SDKs for a survey platform, integrating third-party services and applying AI for automation.

ai automation javascript python
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Global Talent Alliance, Canada
3 weeks ago

Senior Java Backend Engineer - Cloud Security & Growth

Open 21d North AmericaSenior
Canada

Senior Java backend engineer building scalable cloud applications for a tech recruitment agency’s North American team.

cloud java
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Common Room
3 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Open 21d North AmericaSenior
Canada

Build and maintain backend APIs and infrastructure for an AI-powered customer intelligence platform using Node.js, TypeScript, Postgres, and AWS.

ai airtable api automation aws +9 skills
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Validus Risk Management
3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer (Python/Rust) – FinTech Risk Platform

Open 21d North AmericaSenior Licensed UK sponsor — This employer appears on the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and related work routes. The licence belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
Canada

Builds and maintains the core risk-management platform using Python and Rust, integrating AWS services and designing financial-product data models.

aws python rust
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Rubicon Path
3 weeks ago

Hybrid Senior Java Backend Engineer — Spring & REST API

Open 21d North AmericaSenior
Canada

Senior Java backend engineer building Spring and REST API services, troubleshooting issues, and collaborating on full-stack development in a Toronto office.

api java rest spring
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Coinbase Backed by Y Combinator
3 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Platform)

Open 21d North AmericaSenior 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

Builds scalable backend services in Go for Coinbase’s platform teams, focusing on foundational systems like Finhub and Identity to support crypto products at web-scale.

ab-testing blockchain cloud cryptocurrency docker +8 skills
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ORGN Tech
3 weeks ago

Lead Backend Engineer - Founding Team

Open 21d HybridNorth AmericaLead
Canada

Lead backend engineer building trusted systems for high-value collectibles, including marketplace flows, authentication, payments, and AWS infrastructure.

authentication aws cad ci-cd cloud +13 skills
100 000 – 150 000 CAD
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MoxiWorks, LLC
3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer - Ruby on Rails

Open 21d North AmericaSenior 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 and scale the Ruby on Rails backend of a real-estate AI marketing platform, modernize legacy systems, and mentor engineers while leveraging AI tools to accelerate development.

agile ai api api-design aws +10 skills
140 000 – 150 000 CAD
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United States Digital Space LLC
3 weeks ago

Senior Backend Engineer, Entities

Open 21d HybridNorth AmericaFull-timeSenior
Canada

Build and scale backend systems for an AI-powered legal platform, integrating LLMs to process legal documents and empower lawyers and victims with faster settlements and better outcomes.

accessibility ai api cpp distributed-systems +11 skills
184 728 – 249 926 $
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BeyondTrust
3 weeks ago

Platform Backend Engineer — Infra, Cloud & Product

Open 21d North America 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

Builds and maintains scalable cloud infrastructure and backend services using Terraform, AWS, and Go/C#/TypeScript, while occasionally contributing to frontend features.

aws cloud csharp terraform typescript
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