Last updated: 2025-05-22

52 Backend Software Engineering jobs in Remote - Canada.

Hiring now: Eng Mgr @ Apollo, Software Engr @ Voldex, Sr Backend Engr Databases @ Grafana La, Sr Backend Engr @ Openphone, Sr Backend Engr Ruby On R @ Gitlab, Backend Engr @ Stripe, Software Engr Online Stor @ Affirm, Sr Software Engr Storage @ Cribl, Sr Software Engr Platform @ Plotly, Sr Backend Software Engr @ Cresta.Explore more at at kaamvaam.com

🔥 Skills

distributed systems (17) AWS (13) Kubernetes (13) Go (13) Golang (11) Python (11) APIs (10) Docker (9) software development (7) cloud infrastructure (6)

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Canada (52)

Apollo

Skills & Focus: Engineering Manager, GraphOS, API, performance, reliability, data access layers, Core Router, Apollo Federation, self-service GraphQL, scalable solutions
About the Company: Apollo’s GraphOS platform helps API platform developers around the world build and operate their data access layers, at scale. It is used in production by some…

Voldex

Skills & Focus: backend services, APIs, cloud infrastructure, Golang, Docker, AWS, Node.js, VueJS, NextJS, game design
About the Company: Voldex is a leading gaming studio with a focus on the UGC (user-generated content) space. We are home to several of Roblox's top games, including Brookhaven, D…
Experience: 3+ years professional software development experience
Salary: Competitive compensation - salary + profit sharing + equity
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Competitive compensation, retirement benefits, medical/dental/vision benefits, flexible PTO, remote first work, profess…

Grafana Labs

Skills & Focus: backend development, open-source, cloud products, distributed systems, scalable, profiling, Kubernetes, microservices, Golang, software engineering
About the Company: Grafana Labs creates open-source tools for observability, with a focus on visualization and data monitoring. Their flagship product, Grafana, has over 20 milli…
Experience: Solid experience with at least one programming language, familiarity with cloud development, and experience in operations/SRE tasks.
Salary: $153,729 - $184,475 CAD
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Equity, bonus (if applicable), and other benefits.

Openphone

Skills & Focus: Backend Engineer, Typescript, Node, Kubernetes, Microservices, AWS, RabbitMQ, Postgres, Mongo, Elastic
About the Company: OpenPhone is a modern business phone service designed to improve communication and productivity, backed by Y Combinator and leading venture firms.
Salary: $192,000 - $212,000 CAD
Type: Full-time
Benefits: equity, extensive medical coverage, a monthly lifestyle stipend, flexible PTO policy

Gitlab

Skills & Focus: Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, AI, Code Review, Merge Requests, High-performance systems, Product quality, Security, Agile, Collaboration
About the Company: GitLab is an open core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our missio…
Experience: Significant professional experience with Ruby on Rails.
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being. All remote, asynchronous work environment, Flexible Paid Tim…

Stripe

Skills & Focus: backend engineer, scalable, reliable, services, systems, distributed systems, stakeholders, collaborate, debug, mentoring
About the Company: Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Str…
Experience: 2 - 6 years

Affirm

Skills & Focus: database architecture, AWS Aurora MySQL, distributed databases, database design, performance tuning, SQL optimization, data integrity, backend engineering, scalability, cloud-based solutions
About the Company: Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compound…
Experience: 5+ years as a software engineer with leadership exposure and experience mentoring junior engineers.
Salary: $150,000 - $200,000
Type: Full-time
Benefits: 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents, flexible spending wallets, competitive…

Grafana Labs

Skills & Focus: software development, Golang, cloud-based software, observability tooling, microservices architecture, distributed systems, clean code, technical leadership, open source, Kubernetes
About the Company: Grafana Cloud is our composable observability platform that integrates metrics, logs, and traces with Grafana. It allows our customers to leverage the best ope…
Experience: 8+ years of experience in software development
Type: Full-time
Benefits: For more information about the perks and benefits of working at Grafana, please check out our careers page.

Apollo

Skills & Focus: GraphQL, API design, distributed systems, technical leadership, scalable systems, technical documentation, user impact, business growth, engineering culture, collaboration
About the Company: Apollo is the worldwide leader of GraphQL innovation, empowering diverse users at companies like Netflix, Expedia, Peloton, DoorDash, and The New York Times by…
Salary: $242,250 - $306,375 a year
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Apollo offers all US-based employees a choice of 3 Anthem Blue Cross medical plans, dental provided by Delta Dental, an…

Cribl

Skills & Focus: Senior Software Engineer, Storage, Analysis, Metrics, Monitoring, Observability, Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, Backend Services
About the Company: Cribl provides a data engine for IT and Security, trusted by many leading names across demanding industries.
Experience: Proven track record of writing clean, maintainable, and testable code (Node.js/TypeScript)
Salary: $150,000 - $170,000
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance; paid holidays and paid time off; fertility treatment…

Plotly

Skills & Focus: Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes, API Gateways, Go Programming, CI/CD Pipelines, Automated Testing, Disaster Recovery, Observability Tools, Infrastructure as Code, Scalability
About the Company: A company focused on empowering users to create tools for better data storytelling with an emphasis on innovative technology and collaborative environments.
Experience: 7+ years of professional software development experience.
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Comprehensive health coverage, generous PTO, parental leave top-up program, stock options for full-time employees, lear…

Cresta

Skills & Focus: Backend Engineer, API, Postgres, ClickHouse, Elasticsearch, data storage, distributed systems, microservices, cloud infrastructure, RESTful API
About the Company: Cresta is on a mission to turn every customer conversation into a competitive advantage by unlocking the true potential of the contact center. Our platform com…
Type: Full-time

Braze

Skills & Focus: Software Engineer, high-scale architecture, collaboration, mentoring, distributed systems, code performance, database load, async processing, job queues, eventual consistency
About the Company: Braze is the leading customer engagement platform that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging.™ Braze allows any marketer to collect and take action on any …
Experience: 5+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Competitive compensation that may include equity, Retirement and Employee Stock Purchase Plans, Flexible paid time off,…

Stackadapt

Skills & Focus: backend engineering, advertising bidding system, real-time, Go, Ruby on Rails, Aerospike, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kafka, GraphQL
About the Company: StackAdapt is a self-serve advertising platform that specializes in multi-channel solutions including native, display, video, connected TV, audio, in-game ads …

Grafana Labs

Skills & Focus: SaaS, scalability, multi-tenancy, distributed systems, cloud, observability, Golang, coding, design documents, on-call rotations
About the Company: Grafana Labs is the provider of the popular open-source data visualization platform, Grafana, and offers scalable, cloud-based observability and data analysis …
Salary: 174,000 CAD - 217,000 CAD
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Equity, bonus, and other benefits listed here: https://grafana.com/about/careers/#jobs

Top Hat

Skills & Focus: backend systems, Python, FastAPI, Django, TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, web protocols, scalability, system reliability
About the Company: Top Hat is transforming higher education by providing an engaging platform used by over 750 universities and 3 million students to create active learning envir…
Experience: Four (4) or more years of industry experience, or two (2) or more years with relevant research-based master's or PhD degree.
Type: Full-time

Coalition

Skills & Focus: Software Engineering, APIs, Security, Microservice Architecture, CI/CD, AWS, Go, Python, Leadership, DevOps
About the Company: Coalition is the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to help prevent digital risk before it strikes. Founded in 2017, Coalition combines comprehen…
Type: Full-time
Benefits: 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage; Flexible PTO; Annual home office stipend and WeWork access; Mental & physica…

Beyondtrust

Skills & Focus: cloud-native, secrets management, full-stack, scalable, resilient, enterprise applications, Go, API services, Agile, microservices
About the Company: BeyondTrust is a place where you can bring your purpose to life through the work that you do, creating a safer world through our cyber security SaaS portfolio.…
Experience: 8+ years

Elevate Labs

Skills & Focus: Backend Development, Ruby on Rails, Scalable Systems, Performance, Reliability, API Integration, Mentoring, Process Improvement, Cloud Services, Team Collaboration
About the Company: Elevate Labs is on a mission to improve people's minds. We’ve helped millions of people around the world learn and improve concrete communication, memory, and …
Experience: 7+ years of professional software experience
Salary: $120,000-$215,000 USD
Type: Full time
Benefits: Competitive salary and equity, Medical, dental, and vision insurance, Distributed team flexibility, Annual learning, we…

Stackadapt

Skills & Focus: advertising platform, production level code, data sets, GoLang, Ruby on Rails, React, GraphQL, collaboratively, cross functionally, Customer Data Platform
About the Company: StackAdapt is a self-serve advertising platform that specializes in multi-channel solutions including native, display, video, connected TV, audio, in-game ads …

Grafana Labs

Skills & Focus: backend, software engineer, databases, Go, Kubernetes, cloud, observability, open-source, distributed systems, microservices
About the Company: Grafana Cloud is our composable observability platform that integrates metrics, logs, and traces with Grafana. It allows customers to leverage the best open so…
Experience: Solid experience with at least one programming language and some experience with delivering projects.
Salary: CAD 146,409 - CAD 175,691
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Equity, bonus (if applicable), and other benefits.

Ziff Davis

Skills & Focus: C, Golang, cloud core backend, APIs, security principles, network protocols, distributed services, cloud native, Infrastructure as Code, scalability
About the Company: VIPRE Security, a brand of Ziff Davis, develops cybersecurity products focused on endpoint protection and email security together with advanced threat intellig…
Experience: Development experience, building, running, and debugging applications.
Salary: $70-$75K
Type: Full-time
Benefits: health benefits, matching contribution to one's RRSP/401K plans, preferred stock option purchase plan, and other perks.

Centari

Skills & Focus: Backend development, Go, LLM applications, AI technology, collaboration, production-ready applications, semantic search, data-driven dealmaking, SaaS, startup environment
About the Company: Centari is the Deal Intelligence platform for law and finance. Our agentic model transforms unstructured documents into valuable insights, empowering professio…
Experience: 5+ years of experience
Salary: $100K – $140K
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Meaningful equity, Competitive salary, Flexible PTO

Elastic

Skills & Focus: Senior Software Developer, Cloud offerings, Kubernetes, Docker, Go, Scala, distributed systems, automation, back-end development, Elasticsearch
About the Company: Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of busin…
Salary: $128,300 - $203,000 CAD
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Health coverage, flexible locations and schedules, generous vacation days, matching donations, parental leave.

Stackadapt

Skills & Focus: backend engineering, real-time bidding, Go, Ruby on Rails, Aerospike, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kafka, RocksDB, GraphQL
About the Company: StackAdapt is a self-serve advertising platform that specializes in multi-channel solutions including native, display, video, connected TV, audio, in-game ads …

Affirm

Skills & Focus: software engineer, backend systems, Python, Kotlin, APIs, distributed systems, AWS, MySQL, Kubernetes, code reviews
About the Company: Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compound…
Experience: 1.5+ years
Salary: $125,000 - $175,000
Benefits: Health care coverage, Flexible Spending Wallets, competitive vacation and holiday schedules, Employee Stock Purchase Pl…

Openphone

Skills & Focus: Backend Engineer, Typescript, Node.js, Kubernetes, AWS, Microservices, RabbitMQ, Postgres, MongoDB, Elastic
About the Company: OpenPhone is changing the way businesses communicate with their innovative business phone platform, focusing on providing an exceptional customer experience. B…
Salary: $174,000 - $193,000 CAD
Type: Full-time
Benefits: equity, extensive medical coverage, a monthly lifestyle stipend, and a flexible PTO policy.

Dapper

Skills & Focus: blockchain, gaming, digital collectibles, server-side infrastructure, scaling, optimizing, features, sports, entertainment, deployment
About the Company: Dapper focuses on blockchain and gaming, creating digital collectibles platforms like Disney Pinnacle, NBA Top Shot, and NFL All Day.

Affirm

Skills & Focus: software engineer, distributed systems, AWS, MySQL, Kubernetes, APIs, Python, Kotlin, collaboration, ML engineers
About the Company: Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compound…
Experience: 1.5+ years of experience as a software engineer
Salary: $125,000 - $175,000
Type: Full-time
Benefits: 100% subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision for you and your dependents, flexible spending wallets, competitive…

Stackadapt

Skills & Focus: engineering, full-stack, GoLang, Ruby on Rails, React, GraphQL, data-driven, campaign planning, automation, integration
About the Company: StackAdapt is a self-serve advertising platform that specializes in multi-channel solutions including native, display, video, connected TV, audio, in-game ads …

Tailscale

Skills & Focus: networking, software development, distributed systems, SQL databases, Go, networking issues, NAT traversal, VPN technologies, security-first mindset, collaboration
About the Company: Tailscale is building the new Internet by delivering software that makes it easy to securely interconnect people and their devices, no matter where they are. F…
Experience: Significant experience with networking software and diagnosing networking issues
Salary: $242,540 - $302,840 CAD
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period, paid time off, and support for personal and professional developme…

Reddit

Skills & Focus: software development, back end, microservices, APIs, distributed systems, reactive programming, Docker, Kubernetes, code quality, ads ecosystem
About the Company: Reddit is a community of communities, built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet.
Experience: 3+ years of software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages (Java, Scala, Go, C++, Python)
Benefits: Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits, 401k Matching, Workspace benefits for your home office, Personal & Professional deve…

Aurora Solar

Skills & Focus: C++, data modeling, software development, scalability, Git, multithreading, cloud architectures, integration, automated tests, renewable energy
About the Company: Aurora is on a mission to create a future of solar for all. Our award-winning software puts the power of data and technology into the hands of every solar prof…
Experience: 5+ years
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Flexible PTO, Parental Leave, WFH Stipend, Coworking Stipend, Energize Fridays, Connectivity Stipend, Medical, Dental, …

Tailscale

Skills & Focus: kubernetes, Software Engineer, API, integration, flexibility, Go programming, networking, constructive feedback, remote work, equity incentive plan
About the Company: Tailscale is building the new Internet by delivering software that makes it easy to securely interconnect people and their devices, no matter where they are. F…
Experience: Experience with developing operators for kubernetes and developing robust kubernetes control loops.
Salary: $196,980 - $336,005 CAD
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Comprehensive group benefits with no waiting period, a competitive total compensation package, paid time off, and suppo…

Gitlab

Skills & Focus: Backend Engineer, Golang, PostgreSQL, Data Pipelines, High-scale Applications, CI/CD, Distributed Systems, Monitoring, Kubernetes, Cloud Infrastructure
About the Company: GitLab is an open core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our missio…
Benefits: Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being; Flexible Paid Time Off; Team Member Resource Groups; Equity …

Podium

Skills & Focus: software development, backend development, AI, machine learning, APIs, web infrastructure, Postgres, React, Agile, distributed systems
About the Company: At Podium, our mission is to arm every local business with a complete platform and outcome-driven AI employees that convert leads into real, paying customers. …
Experience: 4+ years of professional software development experience
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Open and transparent culture, generous vacation time, excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits, retirement plan w…

Workleap

Skills & Focus: AI assistant, backend software development, Python, FastAPI, cloud infrastructure, Azure, Docker, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, AI systems
About the Company: Workleap builds practical employee experience software that makes work simpler. Our products include Workleap, a simple employee experience platform to boost e…
Type: Full-time

Projectgrowth

Skills & Focus: Python, FastAPI, MySQL, Cloud Platform, GCP, Redis, Job Queue, Celery, API Development, Healthcare
About the Company: A SaaS platform transforming the healthcare industry by streamlining the recruitment and placement of healthcare professionals.
Experience: 4+ years
Salary: $3K – $3.5K per month
Type: Contract

Coalition

Skills & Focus: API, Service Development, Python, Go, Cloud-native, Docker, REST, gRPC, GraphQL, Agile
About the Company: Coalition is the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to help prevent digital risk before it strikes. It combines comprehensive insurance coverage …
Experience: 0-2+ years
Type: Full-time
Benefits: 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage; Flexible PTO; Annual home office stipend and WeWork access; Mental & physica…

Artisan

Skills & Focus: backend systems, software development, distributed systems, public cloud platforms, containerization, deployment technologies, NoSQL, structured databases, software engineering best practices, CI/CD tooling
About the Company: At Artisan, we're on a mission to create the most advanced human-like digital workers, called Artisans, and the software operating system for startups across v…
Experience: 3+ years of full-time engineering experience, post-graduation
Type: Full time
Benefits: Full-coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance. Equity options. Company off-sites and events. Food & drinks provid…

Duckduckgo

Skills & Focus: backend engineering, Perl, Go, Node.js, data structures, algorithms, project management, communication skills, AI-assisted answers, privacy-first approach
About the Company: DuckDuckGo is the online protection company and remote-first team of 300+ on a mission to raise the standard of trust online. Founded in 2008 and profitable si…
Experience: 7+ years of professional experience
Salary: $178.5K
Type: Full-time

Redpanda Data

Skills & Focus: Software Engineer, Go, AWS, GCP, Azure, Kafka, remote-first, developer experience, UI/UX, streaming data
About the Company: Building the streaming data platform for developers, evolving streaming beyond the Apache Kafka protocol.
Experience: 4 years of recent experience writing production applications in Go
Salary: $185,000 - $250,000 (CA, NY, WA) and $177,000 - $240,000 (other US locations)
Type: Full-time

Elastic

Skills & Focus: Go, Distributed Systems, Kubernetes, Elastic Agent, Fleet Server, Cross-platform, Data Collection, Deployment, Systems Development, Monitoring
About the Company: Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of busin…
Salary: $106,900—$169,200 CAD
Benefits: Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary; Health coverage for you and your family in …

Coalition

Skills & Focus: API development, service development, Python, Go, cloud-native development, Docker, REST, gRPC, agile, automated testing
About the Company: Coalition is the world's first Active Insurance provider designed to help prevent digital risk before it strikes. Founded in 2017, Coalition combines comprehen…
Experience: 3-5+ years of blended internship and/or professional development experience
Type: Full-time
Benefits: 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage; Flexible PTO; Annual home office stipend and WeWork access; Mental & physica…

Affirm

Skills & Focus: cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, load-testing framework, capacity models, AWS, MySQL, Kubernetes, Python, Kotlin, performance testing
About the Company: Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compound…
Experience: 4+ years of experience designing, developing and launching backend systems at scale
Salary: $150,000 - $200,000
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Health care coverage, Flexible Spending Wallets, competitive vacation and holiday schedules, ESPP.

Acquird.Io

Skills & Focus: Python, Django, Flask, AWS, GCP, Terraform, microservices, scalable, real-time capabilities, data warehouses
About the Company: Profitable B2B SaaS company that helps marketing teams filter data and run targeted campaigns without writing code.
Experience: 6+ years
Salary: CA$130K – CA$200K
Type: Full time
Benefits: Unlimited Vacation, flexible remote work policies, equity/options grants, generous health insurance plan, and education…

Kraken

Skills & Focus: Golang, backend engineering, institutional trading, high-performance systems, API integration, SQL, trading infrastructure, Docker, AWS, collaboration
About the Company: Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values, operating with a team united by the desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and bloc…
Experience: 5+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally in trading, fintech, or financial services
Salary: $127K – $203K
Type: Full time
Benefits: Offers Equity, Offers Bonus, including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)

Voldex

Skills & Focus: backend services, APIs, cloud infrastructure, Golang, Docker, AWS, Node.js, VueJS, NextJS, collaboration skills
About the Company: Voldex is a leading gaming studio with a focus on the UGC (user-generated content) space. We are home to several of Roblox's top games, including Brookhaven, D…
Experience: 3+ years professional software development experience
Salary: Competitive compensation - salary + profit sharing + equity
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision benefits, Flexible PTO, Remote First work environment, Professional Development budget, Com…
Skills & Focus: backend services, APIs, cloud infrastructure, Golang, Docker, AWS, Node.js, VueJS, NextJS, collaboration skills
About the Company: Voldex is a leading gaming studio with a focus on the UGC (user-generated content) space. We are home to several of Roblox's top games, including Brookhaven, D…
Experience: 3+ years professional software development experience
Salary: Competitive compensation - salary + profit sharing + equity
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision benefits, Flexible PTO, Remote First work environment, Professional Development budget, Com…

Motive

Skills & Focus: IoT, software development, cloud, Golang, Kotlin, C++, distributed systems, AI, automation, technical leadership
About the Company: Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safe…
Experience: 8+ years of experience in software development
Type: Full-time

Ada

Skills & Focus: Software Development, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, Redis, AI projects, APIs
About the Company: Ada is an AI customer service company whose mission is to make customer service extraordinary for everyone. We're driven to raise a new standard of quality cus…
Experience: 5+ years of experience as a Software Developer
Salary: $129,264 - $171,478
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Unlimited Vacation, Comprehensive Benefits, Wellness Account, Employee & Family Assistance Plan, Flexible Work Schedule…

Docker

Skills & Focus: backend services, billing system, subscriptions, Golang, SaaS applications, payment processing, cross-functional teams, agile methodologies, cloud platforms, devops
About the Company: Docker is a remote first company with employees across Europe, APAC and the Americas that simplifies the lives of developers who are making world-changing apps…
Experience: 5+ years experience building SaaS applications
Type: Full-time
Benefits: Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life, Home office setup; we want you comfortable while you work, 16 we…