Software development jobs in Canada

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Counted Oct 2, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 3,928
Employers: 1,461

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payCAD / year: $115,024Across 453 listings
Average starting payUSD / year: $140,730Across 111 listings
Average starting payCAD / hour: $52.04Across 64 listings

Employer-advertised starting pay, not employee salaries. Currencies and pay periods stay separate.

Where work happens

Remote: 10%394 listings
Hybrid: 41%1,613 listings
On-site: 48%1,887 listings

Not specified: 1% (34 listings)

Employers hiring include Amazon (108), Genetec (65), Electronic Arts (47).

Sources & calculation notes

These figures describe the listings on this role page at the date shown, not the whole job market. Listings can change.

Employer-listed minimums from at least 10 listings per currency and pay period. These are advertised starting amounts, not employee salaries. Jobs without a minimum and unusual amounts are excluded.

Hybrid and on-site classifications may be inferred from descriptions. Check the original ad. How we count

Software development jobs in Canada

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Senior Software Engineer, AI-Native Data Warehouse
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Backend Developer
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Boomi

Principal Software Engineer - AI

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Job type: Full-time
Experience: Technical Leadership: 8+ years of experience in backend software engineering with a proven track record of leading complex technical initiatives and architectural decisions.
Posting language: English
Posted: Apr 24, 2026

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About Boomi and What Makes Us Special

Are you ready to work at a fast-growing company where you can make a difference? Boomi aims to make the world a better place by connecting everyone to everything, anywhere. Our award-winning, intelligent integration and automation platform helps organizations power the future of business. At Boomi, you’ll work with world-class people and industry-leading technology. We hire trailblazers with an entrepreneurial spirit who can solve challenging problems, make a real impact, and want to be part of building something big. If this sounds like a good fit for you, check out boomi.com or visit our Boomi Careers page to learn more.

How You'll Make An Impact

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be a technical leader driving the design and implementation of complex backend systems at scale. You will set technical direction, guide team members, and solve challenging technical problems while ensuring our systems meet the highest standards of reliability, performance, and maintainability. Your expertise will be critical in advancing our Agentic AI capabilities.

What You Will Do

Lead the design and implementation of complex, distributed systems using Python and Java, establishing architectural patterns and best practices.
Design and optimize highly scalable, fault-tolerant microservices that handle high-throughput workloads across multiple cloud environments.
Design and implement sophisticated Agentic AI systems, building proof-of-concepts and production implementations that demonstrate advanced architectures and orchestration patterns.
Champion the adoption and advancement of Agentic AI capabilities, designing sophisticated agent architectures and orchestration patterns
Provide technical leadership and guidance to the team, conducting design & code reviews
Drive design decisions around data storage, processing, and retrieval strategies across SQL, NoSQL, Vector databases, and search technologies.
Collaborate with other senior team members, product management, and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.
Lead incident response for critical production issues, perform deep-dives & root cause analysis, and implement systemic improvements.
Establish and enforce engineering excellence through coding standards, architectural guidelines, testing strategies, and operational best practices.
Stay at the forefront of technology trends, evaluate emerging technologies, and drive innovation across the engineering organization.
Promote continuous improvement, technical excellence, and knowledge sharing.

The Experience You Bring

Technical Leadership: 8+ years of experience in backend software engineering with a proven track record of leading complex technical initiatives and architectural decisions.
Advanced Backend Development: Deep expertise in Python and Java with proficiency in modern frameworks including FastAPI, Django, Flask, Spring Boot. Proven ability to build highly scalable systems.
Database Architecture: Expertise in database design, optimization, and scaling strategies across SQL, NoSQL, Vector databases, and OpenSearch. Experience designing data models for complex domains and implementing sophisticated data partitioning and replication strategies.
Agentic AI Expertise: Experience in Agentic AI architecture and implementation. Good understanding of agent design patterns, multi-agent orchestration, tool integration, memory systems & architectures. Hands-on experience building production-grade agentic systems and custom agent architectures. Experience with RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), prompt engineering, and LLM integration strategies.
Cloud & Infrastructure: Extensive experience architecting and operating systems on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud at scale. Deep understanding of cloud-native patterns, cloud architectures, and cost optimization strategies.
Microservices & Containers: Expertise in microservices architecture, distributed systems patterns, and container orchestration using Kubernetes/EKS.
Infrastructure as Code: Knowledge and proficiency in Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible. Experience building self-service infrastructure platforms and developer tooling.
DevOps & SRE Practices: Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, observability, monitoring, and incident management. Experience establishing SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
System Design Excellence: Proven ability to design highly scalable systems with strong understanding of consistency, availability, tolerance, latency, and cost. Experience with distributed caching, message queues, event streaming, and asynchronous processing patterns.
Quality & Testing Leadership: Champion of testing best practices including TDD, integration testing, and chaos engineering. Experience establishing testing frameworks and quality gates that enable rapid, confident deployments.
Performance & Optimization: Deep expertise in performance profiling, optimization, and capacity planning. Experience identifying and resolving bottlenecks in distributed systems.
Mentorship & Communication: Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Experience leading technical discussions, design reviews, and architecture forums.
Agile & Process Leadership: Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies with experience shaping engineering processes, tooling (Jira, Confluence), and practices that enhance team productivity.
Any prior experience with LLM model Reinforcement fine tuning, model distillation, building inference infrastructure/framework, model evaluation is going t be a big plus

Education & Experience

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field with 8+ years of professional experience in backend software development, including 2+ years in technical leadership roles.
Demonstrated thought leadership through technical blogs, conference talks, open-source contributions, or patents is highly valued.

Aren’t sure if you’re a match? We know that impostor syndrome and the confidence gap can prevent us from meeting spectacular candidates - so don’t hesitate to apply; you could be the perfect fit!

Location
Vancouver (Hybrid)

Compensation and Benefits

Boomi is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Base compensation for this position in our Vancouver hub ranges from $154,717 - $193,397 CAD annually + applicable bonus. Final compensation will be determined by various factors including the candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, and geographic location.

Be Bold. Be You. Be Boomi. We take pride in our culture and core values and are committed to being a place where everyone can be their true, authentic self. Our team members are our most valuable resources, and we look for and encourage diversity in backgrounds, thoughts, life experiences, knowledge, and capabilities.

All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications.

Boomi strives to create an inclusive and accessible environment for candidates and employees. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please submit a request to talent@boomi.com. This inbox is strictly for accommodations, please do not send resumes or general inquiries.

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Responsibilities

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead the design and implementation of complex backend systems at scale, ensuring high standards of reliability and performance. You will also provide technical leadership and guidance to the team while advancing Agentic AI capabilities.

Requirements

Candidates should have 8+ years of backend software engineering experience, including 2+ years in technical leadership roles, with expertise in Python, Java, and cloud architectures. Experience in Agentic AI architecture and implementation is also required.

Skills

Python
Java
Microservices
Cloud
AI
SQL
NoSQL
Kubernetes
Terraform
DevOps
Agile
Performance Optimization
Testing
Data Architecture
Incident Management
System Design

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Keywords

Backend Development
Architectural Patterns
Distributed Systems
Cloud Environments
Microservices Architecture
Agentic AI
Data Storage
Processing
SQL
NoSQL
Vector Databases
Search Technologies
CI/CD
Observability
Testing Frameworks
Performance Profiling
Capacity Planning
Agile/Scrum
Jira
Confluence
Incident Response
Root Cause Analysis
Systemic Improvements
Coding Standards
Architectural Guidelines
Operational Best Practices
Continuous Improvement
Knowledge Sharing
Technical Leadership
Mentorship

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