Remote staff & principal Engineering jobs at developer tools companies in Canada
Companies that build tools, platforms and APIs for software developers. Every role is posted straight from the company’s careers page.
Staff Fullstack Engineer, Data Products (Golang / Node)
Distinguished Engineer, Core DevOps
Staff Product Security Architect
Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineering: Dedicated
Staff Backend Engineer, Core DevOps
Staff Software Engineer
Principal Engineer, Duo Agent Platform
Staff Backend Engineer, Database Automation (Go)
Staff Security Researcher
Principal Security Researcher
Staff Fullstack Engineer (Ruby/Vue.js) Monetization Engineering: Purchase
Staff Corporate Security Engineer
Staff Backend Engineer (Ruby), AI Engineering: DAP Repository Flows
Staff Backend Engineer, Architecture Engineering: Nonlinear Productivity
Staff Software Engineer, AI Foundations (AI Agent Optimization)
Staff Engineer, People Technology
Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Platforms — AMER (Intermediate to Senior Staff)
Staff Software Engineer
Staff Software Engineer, Identity and Access Management
Staff Backend Engineer, Developer Experience
Staff Software Engineer (L4)
Senior / Staff Product Engineer
Senior / Staff Product Engineer, AI
Staff Software Engineer, Rust
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Remote staff & principal Engineering jobs at developer tools companies in Canada
Companies that build tools, platforms and APIs for software developers. Companies hiring here include GitLab, Twilio, Vercel, Kong, Replit, Temporal, LaunchDarkly, Supabase, Sentry, and Render.
SaaS engineering teams split broadly into product engineering (frontend, backend and full-stack), platform and infrastructure (SRE, DevOps, cloud), security, data and machine learning, and quality. Most titles on this page fall into one of those groups. Forward-deployed and solutions engineers work closer to customers, so they are listed under Sales or Customer Success.
Pay depends heavily on level and location. Where companies publish a range, the typical role on this page lists $160k–$259k in the US (median published minimum and maximum). About 85% of the roles here include a salary; use Salary listed first to see those at the top.
7 SaaS companies are hiring for these roles right now, led by GitLab, Linear, and Twilio.
Questions about Staff & principal Engineering jobs at developer tools companies
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Why don’t all jobs show a salary?
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What does “Remote (Europe)” mean?
It means the company hires remotely but only within that region, usually for tax, contract or time-zone reasons. “Remote (Worldwide)” roles have no location restriction.
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