As of November 6, 2026, Jobsy lists 78 backend engineer jobs in Canada. The median advertised pay is $147,503 a year (from 10 postings). The most active employers are GitLab, Stripe and hireVouch. Skills often requested: communication skills, aws, python and kubernetes.
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Modaxo Inc
Candidates need experience shipping software backed by LLMs or machine learning to real users, and a clear approach to evaluation, cost and latency. Clear communication and a pragmatic focus on outcomes are essential. Experience with agents, RAG, Python or C#/.NET is an asset.
Plooto
5+ YOECandidates need 5+ years of professional backend experience, strong C# and modern backend design skills, and experience with RESTful APIs, cloud-native architectures and distributed systems. Plooto also looks for automated testing experience, data storage knowledge across SQL and NoSQL, and the ability to use AI tools.
Azure, Kubernetes, Kafka, .NET, C#
GitLab: GitLab Duo Agent Platform provides AI agents that automate tasks across the software lifecycle.
Candidates need deep backend expertise in APIs, data systems and performance tuning, plus architectural judgment and strong written communication. Experience building or operating agentic AI systems in production is required, along with the ability to lead through influence.
DevOps, GitLab, Incident response, Adaptability, Communication skills, Sales
GitLab: GitLab Duo Agent Platform provides AI agents that automate tasks across the software lifecycle.
Candidates need professional experience shipping production backend applications, with solid API, database, testing and debugging skills. Experience with Ruby/Rails, Go or another modern language, plus practical AI coding tool use and clear written communication for remote work, is required.
Ruby on Rails, Go, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm
GitLab: GitLab Duo Agent Platform provides AI agents that automate tasks across the software lifecycle.
Candidates need professional experience building production backend systems and a working proficiency in at least one modern backend language, with strong interest in Rust. Exposure to distributed data systems, graph data modeling and practical use of AI development tools is valued.
Rust, ClickHouse, NATS JetStream, Ruby, Go, TypeScript
Jobgether
Candidates need production backend experience and strong software engineering fundamentals, including APIs, databases and testing. Ruby on Rails or Go experience is required, plus remote asynchronous collaboration and practical use of AI-assisted development tools.
Ruby on Rails, Go, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, AI-assisted development tools
Stripe: Headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, the company aims to increase the GDP of the internet.
6+ YOECandidates need 6+ years of software engineering experience focused on data services or data-intensive applications. They need experience with distributed data frameworks like Spark, strong SQL skills and a backend language such as Scala, Java or Go.
Spark, Scala, Airflow, SQL, Python, Java
Plign Digital Inc. (DBA Modes Technology)
Candidates need experience running mission-critical systems at scale, handling production issues, and building CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code processes. Strong written and verbal communication, teamwork, and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience are required.
Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, ArgoCD, CircleCI, GitLab CI
Plign Digital Inc. (DBA Modes Technology)
Plign Digital Inc. needs a senior engineer with consulting experience and financial services client work, who has built mission-critical systems at scale and supports production issues. Candidates also need CI/CD, containers, cloud and Linux skills, strong communication, and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, ArgoCD, CircleCI, GitLab CI
CommIT: Commit is a global tech services company with offices in Israel, US, Canada, UK, and Europe.
5+ YOECandidates need 5+ years of backend development with a customer-centric focus, deep knowledge of microservices and API design, and strong Node.js or TypeScript skills. They also need experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, cloud platforms, and Agile and CI/CD practices.
Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, Azure, GCP
Jeeves
5+ YOEJeeves needs 5+ years of production backend experience in Go, Python or Node.js/TypeScript, with REST, microservices and cloud, container and CI/CD skills. Strong PostgreSQL knowledge, reliable third-party API integration and comfort with AI tools are also required.
PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka
FutureFit AI
5+ YOECandidates need 5 to 8+ years of senior backend or integration experience, strong TypeScript and Node.js skills, and proven enterprise or government data integration work. They also need production database experience, strong debugging skills and comfort working fully remotely.
AWS Lambda, EventBridge, SQS, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redshift
Grafana Labs: Grafana Labs, the company behind the open observability cloud, is founded on the principles of open source, open standards, open ecosystems, and…
Grafana Labs needs strong production engineering experience with distributed systems, query engines and table formats, plus mastery of Go, C++ or Rust. Candidates should be self-directed, comfortable with ambiguity, and experienced with cloud environments and observability tools.
Grafana, AWS, GCP, Azure
Ramp
Candidates need experience designing and operating production backend systems, including APIs, data models and asynchronous workflows, plus a record of owning complex projects. Experience with external data sources and changing third-party interfaces is needed.
Data models, Communication skills
Ramp
Candidates need experience designing and operating production backend systems, including APIs, data models, and asynchronous workflows. Strong system design judgment, a record of owning complex projects, and good communication are also needed.
NetSuite, QuickBooks
Mercor
2+ YOECandidates need 2+ years of professional backend engineering experience, including APIs, distributed systems, microservices, backend platforms or databases. They must regularly use AI coding agents and be able to judge generated code for bugs and tradeoffs.
Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI
Mercor
Candidates need PyCharm installed on a Mac running macOS, experience with Python development tools, and the ability to capture screenshots above 2.5 megapixels.
PyCharm, macOS
Chexy Inc.
2+ YOECandidates need 2+ years of production backend experience with TypeScript and Node, and a solid grasp of relational databases and idempotency. Familiarity with event-driven systems and daily use of AI coding tools are expected.
NestJS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Temporal, Datadog
Chexy Inc.
Candidates need substantial production backend experience with TypeScript/Node, ideally on systems where correctness mattered, such as payments or ledgers. They need deep relational database and event-driven systems knowledge, and fluency in double-entry accounting, reconciliation and idempotency.
TypeScript, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Temporal
The median advertised pay is $147,503 a year, across 10 postings that list pay. The lowest quarter pays under $127,504 and the top quarter over $157,498.
GitLab (4), Stripe (3), hireVouch (3), Grafana Labs (3) and Mercor (2).
Postings most often mention communication skills, aws, python, kubernetes, ci/cd, google cloud, api development and docker.
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