Database Engineer at Tucows | Canada

About the Role Tucows is looking for a Database Engineer based in Canada. This role focuses on building, maintaining, and improving database systems to support the company’s data management and analytics needs. The work centers on keeping data flowing smoothly and ensuring its accuracy and reliability. What You’ll Do Develop and maintain database systems for Tucows Optimize existing databases for better performance Support data integrity and seamless data movement

Wavelo is a pioneering SaaS company dedicated to simplifying the telecommunications experience. Our innovative software solutions empower communication service providers (CSPs) to modernize their operations, enhancing customer value and accelerating growth. As a proud member of Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX, TSX: TC)—one of the world's leading Internet services companies—Wavelo benefits from exceptional resources and talent. We adopt a people-centric approach emphasizing respect, trust, and flexibility. Our remote-first culture allows you to work from anywhere with an internet connection! The impact of our work is significant and transformative. If you find this opportunity enticing, we encourage you to apply! About the Role We are on the lookout for a driven Principal Engineer specializing in Platform Engineering who is passionate about learning, knowledge sharing, and leveraging new technologies to tackle complex challenges. In this role, you will define technical strategies and deliver robust platform capabilities that enhance Wavelo's speed to market, operational efficiency, and scalability, with an emphasis on environment automation, CI/CD maturity, reliability and observability, and developer experience. This position is ideal for someone who excels in navigating ambiguous challenges, aligns technical initiatives with business goals, and consistently uplifts engineering standards across teams. You will collaborate closely with Infrastructure/DevOps teams and cross-functional stakeholders to minimize dependencies and drive significant improvements through delivery and reliability metrics such as DORA metrics, incident reduction, and toil minimization. This is a remote opportunity for candidates located in Canada.

Role overview Grafana Labs is looking for a Director of Engineering to lead the Loki Databases team. This position is fully remote and open to candidates living anywhere in Canada. What you will do Manage and mentor engineers working on log data management and analysis. Collaborate with teams across the company to design scalable, reliable solutions. Guide the technical direction of Loki Databases and ensure alignment with product objectives. Location This role is remote within Canada. Only candidates based in Canada will be considered.

Tucows Domains stands as the world’s leading wholesale domain registrar, dedicated to preserving the integrity, neutrality, and accessibility of a crucial yet largely unseen component of the Internet: the domain name system (DNS). As a key segment of Tucows—one of the largest Internet companies globally—Tucows Domains boasts a distinguished history of enhancing the Internet experience, operating internationally under the well-known brands of Ascio, Enom, Hover, and OpenSRS. We uphold a people-first ethos grounded in respect, trust, and flexibility. We recognize that what works best for our employees also benefits us. This philosophy is reflected in our predominantly remote-first structure, allowing team members to work from any location with internet access. Today, we proudly have over a thousand dedicated professionals from more than 20 countries on our team. If this resonates with you, we invite you to join our dynamic team! Role Overview Tucows Domains is seeking a Manager of Engineering Operations to lead a team responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our infrastructure and platforms. This position combines managerial duties with hands-on technical involvement. You will guide and mentor a team of engineers while actively engaging with the systems that underpin our services. Your expertise will be essential in shaping our infrastructure strategy across AWS and hybrid environments, ensuring our platforms remain resilient, secure, and scalable as our business evolves. You will collaborate closely with engineering teams throughout the organization to enhance operational practices, modernize infrastructure, and ensure the delivery of dependable systems for our customers. This position is remote for candidates located in Canada.

We are seeking an Intermediate Database Administrator to join our dynamic team at System Canada Technologies, located in the vibrant city of Toronto. As a Database Administrator, you will play a crucial role in maintaining and optimizing our database systems, ensuring their performance, security, and reliability.

Tucows Domains is the largest wholesale domain registrar worldwide, operating under Tucows Inc. The company supports a healthy, neutral, and open domain name system and works internationally through brands like Ascio, Enom, Hover, and OpenSRS. Tucows values a culture built on respect, trust, and flexibility. Most positions are remote-first, with a team of over a thousand people in more than 20 countries. This Intermediate Software Engineer - Artificial Intelligence (AI) role is open to candidates based anywhere in Canada with reliable internet access. Role overview This position centers on designing and building AI-powered systems that enhance user experiences with domain-related tools and services. Collaboration is key: engineers work closely with peers and other teams to prototype, develop, and deploy intelligent solutions using both commercial and open-source models, as well as modern infrastructure. What you will do Design and implement AI-enhanced features for the domain services platform using Python and Golang. Integrate and optimize open-source models and architectures, including tools such as Ollama. Research and apply new AI technologies to create smarter, more intuitive products and services. Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to rapidly prototype and iterate on machine learning and LLM-based features. Contribute to a modern AI development stack, with attention to scalability, performance, and ethical model use. Engage with the open-source community and introduce relevant tools and techniques to the team. Develop intelligent software solutions that automate repetitive tasks for internal teams. Location This is a fully remote role for candidates located anywhere in Canada.

Join our dynamic team at info-ways as an Oracle Database Administrator! In this role, you will be responsible for managing and optimizing our Oracle databases to ensure high availability and performance. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to support various projects and initiatives, utilizing your expertise to implement best practices in database management.

Wavelo is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company dedicated to simplifying telecom operations. Our innovative software solutions modernize the way communication service providers (CSPs) operate, allowing them to enhance customer experiences, maximize value, and scale their businesses efficiently. As a proud member of Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX, TSX:TC)—one of the largest internet services firms worldwide—Wavelo is supported by exceptional resources and talent. We prioritize a people-centric work culture grounded in respect, trust, and flexibility. We believe that accommodating our employees leads to our overall success. Most of our positions are remote-first, enabling you to work from anywhere with an internet connection! The work we do has a meaningful impact on lives. If you're excited about this opportunity, we look forward to hearing from you!

Join our dynamic team at System Canada Technologies as a Database Analyst! In this role, you will be responsible for analyzing and optimizing our database systems to ensure data integrity and accessibility. Your insights will drive data-driven decisions that enhance our operations and improve client satisfaction.

About the Team Huawei Canada's Distributed Data Storage and Management Lab researches distributed data systems with a focus on next-generation cloud serverless products. The team works on integrating core infrastructure and databases, addressing challenges such as cloud-native disaggregated databases, pay-per-query models, and improving low-level data transfer using RDMA. Efforts center on building advanced serverless data infrastructure and deploying networking technologies to support Huawei's global AI systems. Role Overview This permanent Principal Engineer position is based in Markham, Ontario. The role centers on designing and developing frameworks and engines for serverless computing, tailored for AI workloads. The engineer will work within a platform that combines Data and AI infrastructure, focusing on vector database storage engines. What You Will Do Design and build frameworks and engines for serverless computing, optimized for AI tasks such as LLM training and inference, agent execution, and reinforcement learning. Lead the design and development of vector database storage engines as part of a unified Data + AI infrastructure platform. Advance vector indexing, retrieval algorithms, and storage architectures to enable low-latency, high-throughput vector search at scale. Set and refine the technical roadmap for vector database storage technologies. Stay engaged with industry trends, open-source projects, and the competitive landscape; translate customer needs and real-world workloads into technical solutions. Architect and implement high-performance, scalable, and reliable vector storage systems for production use. Location Markham, Ontario, Canada

Join StackAdapt as a Senior Database Administrator and help us elevate our data management systems! In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for ensuring the integrity, availability, and security of our database systems. Your expertise will drive improvements to our database performance, enabling our teams to leverage data effectively.You will work closely with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain robust database solutions that support our business goals.

About the Role Bounteous is looking for a Database Engineer in Montreal, QC. This role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining database systems that support client projects. The work directly impacts how teams deliver reliable and secure data solutions. Main Responsibilities Design and implement database architectures for new and existing projects Maintain database systems to ensure reliability and performance Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet project requirements Monitor data integrity and enforce security compliance standards Apply current technologies and methodologies to improve database solutions Location This position is based in Montreal, QC.

Grafana Labs is a leading remote-first, open-source innovator with over 20 million users worldwide. Our flagship product, Grafana, is a powerful visualization tool that monitors diverse phenomena, from environmental changes to complex systems. Our dashboards have been featured in high-profile locations, including NASA launches, Minecraft HQ, Wimbledon, and the Tour de France. We are proud to support over 3,000 organizations, including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay, in managing their observability strategies through our Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be utilized via Grafana Cloud or self-managed with the Grafana Enterprise Stack. Both of these options offer scalable metrics (Grafana Mimir), logs (Grafana Loki), and traces (Grafana Tempo.As we grow rapidly, we remain committed to our unique culture rooted in open-source principles, global collaboration, and a dedication to meaningful work. Our team thrives in an environment driven by innovation, where transparency, autonomy, and trust are paramount.If you find this opportunity exciting and feel you may not meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply—this could be a pivotal moment in your career.This is a remote position available in the US and Canada.The Opportunity:Join us as we continue to develop Pyroscope, an open-source continuous profiling database designed for rapid, scalable, and reliable storage and querying. Pyroscope provides deep insights into resource utilization within applications, down to the specific line of code. It integrates seamlessly with Grafana, allowing users to correlate profiling data with metrics, logs, and traces, making it an essential tool for application observability. Our backend development team collaborates closely with clients and Grafana Cloud teams to deliver profiling solutions that can operate at scale in both on-premises and cloud environments.Some exciting projects in our domain include:Building distributed systems to efficiently handle profile ingestion and queries.Implementing instrumentation support across multiple programming languages, including Golang, Dotnet, Java, Ruby, eBPF, Python, Node.js, and Rust.Enhancing the functionality of Pyroscope plugins to optimize performance and usability.

Grafana Labs is looking for a Staff Backend Engineer specializing in databases. This fully remote position is open to candidates based in Canada. Role overview This role centers on building and refining database systems that power Grafana Labs products. The work supports both the reliability and performance needs of users operating at scale. What you will do Design, develop, and enhance database solutions for Grafana Labs offerings Focus on delivering high performance and dependable systems for large numbers of users Location This is a remote position for candidates residing in Canada.

Join our dedicated team at System Canada Technologies as a PeopleSoft/Oracle Database Administrator. In this role, you will be responsible for the management, configuration, and optimization of our PeopleSoft and Oracle database systems. Your expertise will ensure the reliability and performance of our database infrastructure, contributing to the overall success of our projects.

Role Overview MongoDB is looking for a Staff Engineer focused on Code Generation. This position centers on building and improving tools that support code generation for MongoDB's database products. The work directly impacts how developers create and maintain software, aiming to make their workflows more efficient and productive. Location This role is open to candidates based in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, or Quebec.

Tucows Domains stands as the world's leading wholesale domain registrar, tasked with ensuring the robust health, neutrality, and transparency of a crucial yet often unnoticed aspect of the Internet: the domain name system (DNS). Operating under the umbrella of Tucows—one of the largest Internet companies globally—Tucows Domains boasts a rich heritage of enhancing the Internet experience, extending its services worldwide through the Ascio, Enom, Hover, and OpenSRS brands. Our people-first philosophy emphasizes respect, trust, and flexibility, allowing our team members to thrive in an environment where their needs are prioritized. Most of our positions are remote-first, enabling you to work from any location with an Internet connection. Currently, our diverse workforce comprises over a thousand professionals spread across more than 20 countries. If this opportunity excites you, we invite you to join our dynamic team! About the Role We are in search of a Manager of Engineering Operations to spearhead the team dedicated to the reliability, scalability, and performance of our infrastructure and platforms. This role requires a hands-on approach where you will not only lead and mentor a team of engineers but also stay technically involved with the systems that drive our services. You will play a crucial role in shaping our infrastructure strategy across AWS and on-premises environments, ensuring our platforms remain resilient, secure, and scalable in line with our business growth. Collaboration will be key as you work closely with engineering teams throughout the organization to enhance operational practices, modernize our infrastructure, and ensure we deliver dependable systems to our customers. This is a remote position open to candidates located in Canada.

Tucows Domains is the world’s largest wholesale domain registrar, dedicated to keeping the domain name system secure, neutral, and accessible. The company operates several established brands, including Ascio, Enom, Hover, and OpenSRS, and is part of Tucows, a global Internet business. With a people-first culture rooted in respect, trust, and flexibility, Tucows Domains supports a remote-first approach. The team spans more than 20 countries, and employees in Canada can work from anywhere with an Internet connection. Role overview The Intermediate Software Engineer - Artificial Intelligence will design and develop AI-powered systems that enhance user experiences with domain-related tools and services. The role involves collaborating with a skilled team to prototype, build, and launch intelligent solutions using both commercial and open-source models along with modern infrastructure. This position is fully remote within Canada. What you will do Design and implement AI-driven features for the domain services platform using Python and Golang. Integrate and optimize open-source models and advanced architectures, including tools like Ollama. Research, evaluate, and deploy new AI technologies to create smarter, more intuitive products and services. Collaborate with internal stakeholders and engineers to quickly prototype and refine machine learning and LLM-based features. Contribute to the AI development stack with a focus on scalability, performance, and responsible model use. Participate in the open-source community and introduce relevant tools and practices to the team. Develop intelligent software solutions to automate repetitive tasks for teams.

Join our innovative team at System Canada Technologies as a Java and Database Developer! We are looking for a dynamic individual who is passionate about technology and eager to contribute to exciting projects. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain robust Java applications and database systems. Your expertise will play a vital role in enhancing our software solutions and driving our mission forward.

Join our dynamic team at System Canada Technologies as a Sybase Database Administrator (DBA). We are seeking a talented individual who is passionate about database management and eager to contribute to our innovative projects. In this role, you will be responsible for the installation, configuration, and maintenance of Sybase databases, ensuring optimal performance and security.You will work closely with development teams to design and implement database solutions that meet business needs. Your expertise will be invaluable in troubleshooting issues and optimizing database performance.