Backend Jobs in Canada
There are 1,105 open Backend jobs in Canada on freehire right now. 350 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 168 · 15%
- Onsite 22 · 2%
Visa sponsorship offered in 67% of the 105 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 549
- Staff 89
- Lead 42
- Principal 14
- C-level 11
- Junior 11
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 228
- 501-1000 employees 79
- 51-200 employees 48
- 11-50 employees 15
- 201-500 employees 4
- 1-10 employees 2
SW Engineer - Backend /Data
Builds backend systems and data pipelines for a fintech cost-management platform, focusing on forecasting, anomaly detection, and data visualization to optimize cloud spending and user insights.
Senior Software Developer, Backend
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Back End Developer
Experience 6-8 years of backend engineering experience. Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services and APIs. Build scalable and high-performance microservices and distributed systems. Collaborate with…
Malus Domestica and Senior BackEnd AI Engineers.
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Remote Senior Golang Backend Engineer – PT Hours
Senior Golang Backend Engineer building and deploying scalable backend services on GCP for a game project with Electronic Arts, aligned to Pacific Time hours.
Remote Rails Backend Engineer – Vulnerability Management
Intermediate Software Engineer building core security workflows and triaging vulnerabilities primarily in Ruby on Rails, focusing on backend systems like security dashboards, reports, and ingestion pipelines.
Senior Backend Developer- .NET
Senior backend developer building and optimizing 100+ .NET Core/C# microservices with PostgreSQL for a logistics carrier, focusing on observability, service mesh, and high-performance distributed systems.
Java API Engineer - RESTful Backend for Enterprise Apps
Develop and maintain RESTful APIs for enterprise construction management software using Java, Oracle ADF BC REST, and Jersey, with database-level development to support backend services.
Senior Golang Backend Engineer - Electronic Arts [EAG260818]
Senior Golang Backend Engineer designing and building scalable backend services for an Electronic Arts game on GCP, working remotely from Canada during Pacific Time hours.
Senior .NET Core Backend Engineer — Microservices & Scale
A .NET Core developer maintaining and scaling 100+ microservices with PostgreSQL, focusing on observability, service communication, and CI/CD pipelines.
Senior Golang Backend Engineer - Electronic Arts [EAG260818]
Senior Golang Backend Engineer designing and building scalable backend services for an Electronic Arts game on GCP, working remotely from Canada during Pacific Time hours.
Senior Backend Java Developer
Senior Backend Java Developer on a 6-month hybrid contract (4 days onsite in Toronto), building enterprise-scale microservices and APIs with Java 17+, Spring Boot, CI/CD, and AI-assisted development workflows in a large enterprise Agile delivery team.