Remote Lead Backend Engineer Jobs in Canada

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🔙 Backend Engineer
🇨🇦 Canada – Remote
💵 Minimum Salary
🔴 Leadership positions
33 Jobs
🆕 Date Added

6 hours ago

Dropbox

1001 - 5000

🏢 Enterprise

⚡ Productivity

Staff Engineer leading a team of engineers delivering high-impact outcomes. Join Dropbox in transforming collaborative cloud solutions with technical leadership and innovative systems.

Principal Backend Developer

2 days ago

Job not on LinkedIn

Autodesk

10,000+ employees

📱 Media

Principal Software Engineer designing and implementing AI features for Autodesk's platform. Collaborating with product managers and developers to deliver seamless user experiences.

3 days ago

SupplyHouse.com

501 - 1000

🛍️ eCommerce

🛒 Retail

👥 B2C

Join SupplyHouse.com as a Principal Backend Engineer, leading engineering solutions in e-commerce and internal platforms. Collaborate with IT team to enhance system performance and scalability.

November 27

Alexa Translations

51 - 200

🤝 B2B

☁️ SaaS

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Senior SaaS Platform Architect designing scalable platforms for AI-driven translation solutions. Collaborating with teams to align technical decisions with company’s strategic vision.

November 13

PagerDuty

1001 - 5000

Staff Engineer specializing in Ruby on Rails for PagerDuty's Ops Cloud Platform. Leading technical architecture and modernization efforts for scalable web applications.

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $157k - $238k / year

💰 $90M Series D on 2018-09

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🔙 Backend Engineer

November 5

GitLab

1001 - 5000

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

Principal Database Engineer architecting scalable data platforms for GitLab's comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform. Leading database strategies for PostgreSQL infrastructure supporting enterprise-scale growth.

🏈 North America – Remote

💵 $157.9k - $338.4k / year

💰 Secondary Market on 2020-11

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🔙 Backend Engineer

November 1

Job not on LinkedIn

Nagarro

10,000+ employees

🤝 B2B

🏢 Enterprise

Staff Engineer, .Net Fullstack at Nagarro building products and experiences that inspire. Working dynamically across all devices and enhancing team collaboration.

November 1

Job not on LinkedIn

Nagarro

10,000+ employees

🤝 B2B

🏢 Enterprise

Staff Engineer role at Nagarro, developing fullstack Java applications and overcoming client challenges. Collaborating in a dynamic, non-hierarchical company culture to deliver innovative solutions.

October 31

Grafana Labs

501 - 1000

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Staff Backend Engineer at Grafana Labs developing observability solutions for Grafana Cloud. Building and operating multi-tenant distributed systems in a remote-first culture.

October 22

Cyngn

51 - 200

🚗 Transport

☁️ SaaS

🔧 Hardware

Staff Software Engineer developing cloud-native fleet management systems for autonomous vehicles at Cyngn. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to create robust cloud solutions.

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $189k - $209k / year

💰 $20M Post-IPO Equity on 2022-04

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🔴 Lead

🔙 Backend Engineer

October 10

Backend Engineer designing and scaling APIs for an open-source integration platform. Collaborating with customers, optimizing services, and shaping strategy in a remote environment.

October 3

Coinbase

1001 - 5000

₿ Crypto

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

Tech Lead Manager focusing on technical projects and managing direct reports in international growth initiatives. Build services using Golang and gRPC for Coinbase's customer experience.

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $217.9k / year

💰 $21.4M Post-IPO Equity on 2022-11

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🔙 Backend Engineer

October 1

Roofr

51 - 200

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

🏪 Marketplace

Lead backend architecture evolution at Roofr. Collaborate with teams to mentor engineers and streamline project execution in a fast-paced engineering culture.

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $170k - $190k / year

💰 $12M Series A on 2022-09

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🔙 Backend Engineer

October 1

Roofr

51 - 200

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

🏪 Marketplace

Staff Backend Engineer leading evolution of backend architecture for Roofr’s CRM platform. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance scalability and efficiency of systems.

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $170k - $190k / year

💰 $12M Series A on 2022-09

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🔙 Backend Engineer

October 1

Dropbox

1001 - 5000

🏢 Enterprise

⚡ Productivity

Staff Engineer at Dropbox delivering high-impact technical solutions for millions of users. Shaping core sync systems and collaborating cross-functionally on key business objectives.

October 1

Job not on LinkedIn

Canvas

2 - 10

3D Operations R&D Specialist focusing on Chief Architect at Canvas. Driving testing and process optimizations for 3D CAD modeling using AI and computer vision technology.

🌏 Anywhere in the World

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🔙 Backend Engineer

Staff Backend Developer

September 29

Job not on LinkedIn

Unity

5001 - 10000

🎮 Gaming

📚 Education

Lead development of low-latency, high-scale ad delivery and bidding systems. Modernize backend services, optimize performance, and collaborate across engineering and data teams.

Staff Backend Engineer, Java

September 25

Job not on LinkedIn

BotCity

11 - 50

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Senior Java backend engineer building scalable Spring-based microservices for BotCity's intelligent automation platform, focusing on performance, security, and API design.

🌏 Anywhere in the World

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🔙 Backend Engineer

September 24

Veeva Systems

1001 - 5000

☁️ SaaS

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💊 Pharmaceuticals

Principal Software Engineer leading development of scalable Java enterprise SaaS at Veeva. Mentor engineers, drive architecture, and deliver production software.

September 16

Veeva Systems

1001 - 5000

☁️ SaaS

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💊 Pharmaceuticals

Principal Java engineer building scalable multi-tenant Enterprise Content Management on Veeva's life-sciences industry cloud. Lead design, implement features, mentor engineers, collaborate with product stakeholders.

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Top Companies Hiring Remote Lead Backend Engineers in Canada

Affirm

Fintech • B2C • eCommerce

1001 - 5000

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2021-01

Job Openings

Leap Tools

AR/VR • eCommerce • Retail

51 - 200

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Lime

Transport • eCommerce • SaaS

501 - 1000

💰 $418M Convertible Note on 2021-11

Job Openings

Motive

Transport • Artificial Intelligence • Enterprise

1001 - 5000

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Stripe

Fintech • eCommerce • B2B

1001 - 5000

💰 Venture Round on 2021-05

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Remote lead backend engineer salary expectations in Canada

The average salary for remote lead backend engineers in Canada is CA$187,128 per year. This is based on data from 1,341 job openings. Our advanced AI searches the internet for remote job openings and posts them on our website. We use the salary data from these job postings to calculate salary expectations.

Below is a breakdown of salary data by years of experience:

How long does it take for companies to hire a remote backend engineer lead in Canada?

We analyzed 966 job listings in the last year and found it takes about 45 days for employers to close a job opening.

The most in-demand skills for backend engineers lead in Canada

We reviewed 1,341 job postings and found the top 10 skills employers are asking for most often are:

Aws28.7%
Python24.8%
Microservices24.2%
Docker22.8%
Java22.3%
Kubernetes22.0%
Ci/cd18.7%
Sql15.9%
React15.0%
Mysql13.9%

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