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Senior Backend Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Thu, Sep 10, 2026
This job expires in: 29 days

Job Summary

Seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to work remotely in Canada, this full-time position involves designing, building, and maintaining secure and scalable backend systems while providing technical direction and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Key responsibilities
  • Design, develop, test, and maintain secure and reliable backend systems
  • Provide technical direction and lead architecture discussions across multiple applications
  • Collaborate with Product, Operations, and engineering teams to coordinate the delivery of software solutions
Required qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 6+ years of professional backend software engineering experience
  • Strong experience with Python, Go, or similar backend languages
  • Experience designing RESTful APIs and working with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL
  • Experience supporting production systems and responding to incidents

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