Software development jobs in Canada

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Counted Oct 27, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 5,992
Employers: 1,892

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payCAD / year: $113,692Across 645 listings
Average starting payCAD / hour: $56.60Across 204 listings
Average starting payUSD / year: $145,651Across 125 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $59.66Across 18 listings

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

Where work happens

Remote: 8%478 listings
Hybrid: 39%2,336 listings
On-site: 53%3,151 listings

Not specified: <1% (27 listings)

Employers hiring include S M Software Solutions Inc (244), Amazon (135), Electronic Arts (68).

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

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Canadian Bank Note Company

Backend Developer

18 Auriga Drive, Ottawa, ON, K2E 7T9, Canada

$75,000 to $86,000 CAD / year · Full-time

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Job details

Pay: $75,000 to $86,000 CAD / year
Job type: Full-time
Experience: 2 years of backend development experience
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 26, 2026

Original job description

Company Description

BUMP provides secure charitable lottery and fundraising platform solutions to most recognizable professional sports foundations and well-known and distinguished not-for-profits across North America. Our Mission is to be the most valued partner to charities and not-for-profits, providing fundraising products, services, and creativity, with the goal to maximize charitable revenue. Our Vision is to be the world's leader in fundraising solutions helping our partners significantly change people's lives and communities for the better.

At BUMP we seek long-term relationships with our employees and recognize and reward them with a competitive total compensation package that includes:

An industry-leading defined contribution pension plan with company matching contributions (up to 5%) and payment of service fees;
Best-in-class health, medical, and life insurance benefits;
Access to virtual and telehealth services and apps; and
Very progressive fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits to support all definitions of family.

Job Description

Job Title: Backend Developer

Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Work Model: Hybrid

Location: 18 Auriga Drive

Job Status: Existing Vacancy

Position Summary

As a Backend Developer on our Prediction Markets team, you will help build and maintain a secure, multi-tenant prediction-market platform designed for Latin American markets. You will contribute to APIs, databases, integrations, background processing, real-time services, financial workflows, and production support.

Responsibilities

Backend Application Development

Design, implement, test, and maintain backend services using PHP and Laravel.
Develop background jobs, scheduled tasks, queue-driven workflows, and retry processes.
Support real-time updates using Redis, Laravel Reverb, and WebSockets.
Contribute to market-data imports, price feeds, resolution monitoring, and market localization.
Contribute to ledger, fee, reconciliation, and reporting workflows.

API & Integration Development

Develop REST and GraphQL APIs for public, administrative, and integration use cases.
Integrate with external transactional, sportsbook, wallet, market-data, and trading APIs.
Maintain backward compatibility when changing APIs, database structures, GraphQL schemas, or event contracts.
Implement explicit handling for timeouts, retries, duplicate messages, rate limits, stale data, and partial failures.

Database & Data Management

Create and maintain PostgreSQL database schemas, migrations, relationships, indexes, and queries.
Build and maintain deterministic financial reports, audit trails, and data exports.

Security, Compliance & Governance

Implement request validation, authentication, authorization, role-based access control, and audit logging.
Build and maintain audit trails and reporting capabilities to support compliance and traceability.
Ensure tenant data isolation and secure access controls within multi-tenant environments.

Platform Architecture & Multi-Tenant Solutions

Contribute to multi-tenant application development, domain-based tenant resolution, and tenant data isolation.
Design and support scalable, resilient backend services and distributed processing workflows.
Maintain compatibility across evolving application, data, and integration architectures.

Quality Assurance, Testing & Reliability

Write and maintain unit, integration, API, queue-processing, security, and multi-tenant tests.
Diagnose application, database, queue, cache, real-time, and external-integration failures.
Implement resilient processing patterns for fault tolerance, recovery, and operational stability.

Production Operations & Support

Contribute to deployment readiness, operational documentation, observability, and incident follow-up.
Participate in the weekly Tier 3 on-call rotation, investigating escalated production issues and working with Service Desk, Technical Support, infrastructure teams, external partners, and engineering team members to restore service.
Support production monitoring, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and service restoration activities.

Agile Development & Engineering Practices

Participate in estimation, technical design, code reviews, and continuous improvement.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions and operational enhancements.
Contribute to engineering standards, knowledge sharing, and best practices.

Qualifications

Mandatory Qualifications

Legally eligible to work in Canada
Fluent in English (speak, read, write)
Able to work an on-call rotation of 1 week on/7 weeks off

Minimum Qualifications

2 years of backend development experience
Experience developing and supporting backend applications using PHP and Laravel.
Experience designing and maintaining REST APIs and service-based applications.
Experience working with relational databases, SQL, and database design concepts.
Experience implementing secure application-development practices, including authentication, authorization, and validation.
Experience developing background jobs, queue-based processing, and automated tests.
Experience with Git, Docker, and modern software development practices, including CI/CD.
Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Degree or diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field
5 years of backend development experience
Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, GraphQL, WebSockets, or event-driven architectures.
Experience developing multi-tenant, distributed, or cloud-native applications.
Experience with AWS services and containerized infrastructure.
Experience with Laravel ecosystem technologies, such as Horizon, Nova, Sanctum, Octane, or tenancy frameworks.
Experience with application monitoring, observability, performance tuning, and operational support.
Knowledge of secure software development practices, including OWASP principles, role-based access control, and audit logging.
Experience in financial services, payment processing, fintech, gaming, lottery, or other regulated industries.
Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and experience with financial reporting, reconciliation, or transaction-processing systems.

Additional Information

Equal Opportunity Statement

Our organization is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace. We actively encourage applications from women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and LGBTQ2+ individuals.

We are dedicated to removing barriers and fostering an inclusive workplace that reflects society and we are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive recruitment process in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).

If you require accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please contact us at [email protected] so that appropriate arrangements can be made.

AI Use in Recruitment Statement

As part of our commitment to transparency and fairness in hiring, we disclose that artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be used at certain stages of our recruitment process. These tools assist in tasks such as resume screening, candidate matching, and interview scheduling. All AI-assisted decisions are subject to human oversight to ensure fairness, accuracy, and compliance with applicable laws.

We are committed to the responsible, transparent, and accountable use of AI, in alignment with Ontario’s Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence Directive and the requirements under the Working for Workers Four Act. This includes taking steps to mitigate bias, protect candidate privacy, and ensure that AI does not unfairly influence hiring outcomes.

If you have questions or concerns about how AI is used in our hiring process, please contact us at [email protected] .

Compensation: CAD 75000 - CAD 86000 - yearly

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Responsibilities

You will design, implement, and maintain secure backend services using PHP and Laravel for a multi-tenant prediction-market platform. Responsibilities include developing APIs, managing database schemas, ensuring system reliability, and participating in an on-call rotation.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 2 years of backend development experience with PHP and Laravel and be legally eligible to work in Canada. Strong proficiency in relational databases, API development, and secure coding practices is required.

Skills

PHP
Laravel
PostgreSQL
REST APIs
GraphQL
Redis
WebSockets
Docker
Git
CI/CD
SQL
System architecture
Multi-tenant systems
Unit testing
Troubleshooting
Financial reporting

Benefits

Company matching contributions
Health insurance
Medical insurance
Life insurance
Virtual and telehealth services
Fertility benefits
Adoption benefits
Surrogacy benefits

Visa sponsorship

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Keywords

Backend Developer
PHP
Laravel
PostgreSQL
REST API
GraphQL
Redis
WebSockets
Docker
Git
CI/CD
Multi-tenant
Financial services
Fintech
Gaming
Lottery
Audit logging
Role-based access control
Unit testing
Observability
Cloud-native
AWS
Laravel Horizon
Laravel Nova
Laravel Sanctum
Laravel Octane
OWASP
Reconciliation
Transaction processing
Prediction markets

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