Remote backend developer salary (US or Canada)
17 remote backend developer roles open to the US or Canada, from 14 employers and posted Oct 20–26, 2026, list a yearly salary range. The median bottom of those ranges is $154K and the median top is $200K. The middle half of the bottoms runs from $121K to $173K, and the middle half of the tops from $162K to $215K.
These are the ranges employers published in their own postings. They are not offers, not what people are paid and not a market average. Of the 32 remote backend developer roles open to the US or Canada RoleWeek lists, 17 are counted here. Roles of every level are counted together. Data as of .
How the posted ranges spread
| Measure | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom of the posted range | $121K | $154K | $173K |
| Top of the posted range | $162K | $200K | $215K |
Not counted: 11 roles list no salary and 4 list a yearly range in Canadian dollars. Pay by the hour, week or month is never converted or mixed with yearly ranges, and each page uses one currency.
Roles that list a yearly salary
All 17, newest first. Show all remote backend developer roles open to the US or Canada that list a salary
Backend Engineer, Knowledge Graph (Rust)
GitLabCanada, USRemote$115.2K–$162K/yrClickHouseRuby on RailsNo account neededSenior Backend Engineer
MeshSan Francisco, CARemote$180K–$200K/yrAzureC#No account needed7+ yrsSenior Integration Engineer
Municipal Credit UnionUSRemote$121.3K–$208.2K/yrAzure.NET.NET Developer, SaaS Manager
1PasswordUS, CanadaRemote$123K–$172K/yrC#MongoDB2+ yrsBacked by AccelSenior Backend Engineer
MyOmeRemote$160K–$200K/yrPythonDjango6+ yrsBacked by SequoiaStaff Backend Engineer
Fanatics CollectiblesSeattle, New York +4Remote$171.8K–$215K/yrNo account needed8+ yrsBacked by a16zStaff Backend Engineer - Infrastructure Access - US
TeleportUSRemote$222K–$342K/yrLinuxPHP Developer
GDITRemote$119K–$161K/yrOracle DatabaseJavaScript3+ yrsSenior Backend Engineer (Integrations & Platform)
FutureFit AIUS, CanadaRemote$150K–$185K/yrMongoDBAWS Lambda8+ yrsStaff Backend Engineer, User Safety
RedditUSRemote$217K–$303.9K/yrGoPythonNo account needed8+ yrsSenior Backend Software Engineer - Loki | NASA
Grafana LabsCanada, USRemote$154K–$185K/yrPrometheusGoNo account neededBacked by SequoiaServiceNow / API Engineer – Integration Architecture
NetImpact StrategiesUSRemote$135K–$160K/yrREST APIs5+ yrsStaff Backend Software Engineer - Loki | NASA
Grafana LabsUS, CanadaRemote$174.5K–$209K/yrPrometheusGoNo account neededBacked by SequoiaSenior Software Engineer, Backend (Workload Safety)
AffirmUS, CanadaRemote$173K–$255K/yrKubernetesGoNo account needed5+ yrsServiceNow / API Engineer – ITSM Operations
NetImpact StrategiesUSRemote$100K–$140K/yrSenior Software Engineer, Backend (Identity Data)
AffirmUS, CanadaRemote$173K–$255K/yrPythonKotlinNo account needed4+ yrs
How these numbers are made
- Source: the yearly salary ranges employers publish in their own job postings, for roles RoleWeek lists as posted in the last 7 days. They are what employers advertise, not offers, not what people are paid, and not a market average. RoleWeek lists a share of all developer roles, and an employer decides whether to post a range at all.
- One role is one card: an opening listed for several places counts once on a page. A role listed in several cities counts on each city’s page.
- Bottom and top of each posted range are summarised separately: the median, and the 25th and 75th percentiles (half of the roles fall between them). A role that posts a single figure counts as both its bottom and its top.
- Yearly ranges only, in one currency per page: CA$ for the Canadian cities, $ for US cities and remote roles. Pay by the hour, day, week or month is never converted or mixed in.
- A page exists only when 15 or more roles list a yearly range; a level gets a row at 10. The numbers are rebuilt every day from the roles posted in the last 7 days.
The roles themselves: Remote backend developer jobs (32 posted in the last 7 days). Every city and role type: developer salary ranges by city.