Software development jobs in Canada

Explore software development jobs in Canada. Choose a role or place to find work that fits.

Counted Oct 27, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 6,069
Employers: 1,908

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payCAD / year: $113,721Across 648 listings
Average starting payCAD / hour: $56.67Across 206 listings
Average starting payUSD / year: $146,162Across 126 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%479 listings
Hybrid: 39%2,369 listings
On-site: 53%3,194 listings

Not specified: <1% (27 listings)

Employers hiring include S M Software Solutions Inc (246), Amazon (137), Electronic Arts (70).

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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RQ11698 – Software Developer – CRM – Senior
S M Software Solutions Inc
Toronto, ON
- Internship
We are seeking a Senior Software Developer – CRM with extensive hands-on experience in Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Dynamics 365, CRM customization, enterprise integrations, Power Apps, Power…
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C++ Software Engineer
Aversan Inc.
Brampton, ON
- $120,000 to $140,000 CAD / year
- Full-time
…delivers leading-edge and reliable safety-critical electronics and software systems to the aerospace, defence, and space…
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Python Full Stack Developer (AI & Cloud Applications)
CGI
St. John's, NL · Greater St. John's Metropolitan Area
- Full-time
CGI is seeking a skilled Python Full Stack Developer to join our growing team and contribute to the development of modern, scalable, and AI-enabled enterprise applications. In this role,…
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RQ11719 – Software Developer – Senior
S M Software Solutions Inc
Toronto, ON
- Internship
We are seeking a Senior Software Developer with extensive experience developing complex enterprise and public-facing applications using Java and Microsoft Azure. The ideal candidate will…
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RQ11754 – Software Developer – Senior
S M Software Solutions Inc
Toronto, ON
- Internship
We are seeking a Senior Software Developer with strong hands-on experience in software development, web applications, Web APIs, web services, Microsoft Azure technologies, .NET, C#,…
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Software Business Analyst
Wärtsilä
Vancouver, BC
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RQ11754 – Software Developer – Senior
S M Software Solutions Inc
Toronto, ON
- Internship
We are seeking a Senior Software Developer with strong hands-on experience in software development, web applications, Web APIs, web services, Microsoft Azure technologies, .NET, C#,…
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RQ11719 – Software Developer – Senior
S M Software Solutions Inc
Toronto, ON
- Internship
We are seeking a Senior Software Developer with extensive experience developing complex enterprise and public-facing applications using Java and Microsoft Azure. The ideal candidate will…
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RQ11600 – Software Developer – Full Stack – Senior
S M Software Solutions Inc
Toronto, ON
- Internship
We are seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Developer with extensive experience in n-tier web-based applications, Java EE (J2EE), database technologies, cloud-native technologies, front-end…
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Software Developer
Lotus IT Solutions
Toronto, ON
- Contract
The Government Services Integration Cluster, under the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement, is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join the
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Software Developer - Senior
Lotus IT Solutions
Toronto, ON
- Contract
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Software Development Engineer in Test (Python)
CGI
Halifax, NS
- Full-time
…performance of enterprise applications. Working closely with software developers, business analysts, and project teams, you will develop Python-based automation frameworks, perform API and…
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Cloud Architect
HISH IT SERVICES
Toronto, ON
- $75 CAD / hour
- Contract
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Application/Software Developer Co-op (Winter 2027), Capital Markets Technology
CIBC
Toronto, ON
- Full-time
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Sr Staff Integrated Photonics Laser Systems Architect
Lightmatter
Toronto, ON
- Full-time
Lightmatter raised $400 million in its Series D round, reaching a valuation of $4.4 billion. We will continue to accelerate the development of dat
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Sr Staff Integrated Photonics Laser Systems Architect
Lightmatter
Toronto, ON
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Software Developer
OpenText
Waterloo, ON
- Full-time
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Backend Developer
PRESCRIRE Solutions
Montreal, QC · Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
- Full-time
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Java Software Engineer
Benchmark Recruitment
Vancouver, BC · Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
- $63 to $73 CAD / hour
- Contract
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Senior Software Developer
Plusgrade
Montreal, QC · CAN - Montreal
- Full-time
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Staff Software Developer, Payments Team
Plusgrade
Montreal, QC · CAN - Montreal
- Full-time
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Senior Software Developer
Plusgrade
Montreal, QC · CAN - Montreal
- Full-time
…now we need a senior engineer who wants to re-engineer how software gets built by weaving AI into every phase of…
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Software Quality Analyst II
Bentley Systems
Burlington, ON · Canada Burlington ON Office
- Full-time
Identify, document, and track software defects and inconsistencies, providing detailed information for the development team to resolve issues efficiently.
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Senior Software Developer
Bentley Systems
Quebec, QC · Canada Quebec QC Office
- Full-time
We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Software Developer to join our Civil Engineering Applications team. In this role, you will help shape the future of industry-leading design…
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Senior Software Engineer
Bentley Systems
Quebec, QC · Canada Quebec QC Office
- Full-time
Bentley Systems is a global leader in software solutions for infrastructure engineering. Our technology empowers engineers, architects, constructors, and owner-operators around the world to…

Citi

Senior Java Back - End Developer - Assistant Vice President

Mississauga, ON, Canada

$94,300.00 - $141,500.00 · Full-time

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Job details

Pay: $94,300.00 - $141,500.00
Job type: Full-time
Apply by: Dec 28, 2026
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 19, 2026

Original job description

Role Summary

We’re seeking a seasoned Senior Java Back - End Developer with 5+ years of experience to lead end-to-end technical design and delivery of mission‑critical systems. You will own architecture decisions, drive engineering excellence, mentor senior engineers, and partner with product, security, and platform teams to build scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities:

Architecture & Design
- Define and evolve system architecture for cloud-native, microservices/event-driven platforms (scalability, resilience, security, cost).
- Create high-level and low-level designs, integration patterns, API contracts, and reference implementations.
- Lead design reviews; ensure alignment with domain-driven design (DDD), 12‑factor principles, and organization standards.
Engineering Leadership
- Lead squads through full SDLC - from discovery and PoCs to production and SRE handoff.
- Establish coding standards, code review practices, and secure-by-default patterns.
- Mentor and coach senior engineers; support career growth and succession of technical leaders.
Hands-on Development
- Build core services using Java (17+), Spring Boot, REST/GraphQL, and message/event streaming.
- Optimize for performance, concurrency, observability, and operational excellence (SLOs, error budgets).
- Drive quality with unit/integration/contract testing, test data strategy, and automated quality gates.
Cloud & Platform
- Design for AWS/Azure/GCP, container orchestration (Kubernetes), service mesh, and CI/CD.
- Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) patterns and secrets management.
- Partner with SRE/Platform teams on monitoring, alerting, logging, tracing, and cost governance.
Data & Integration
- Architect integrations across SQL/NoSQL, caching (Redis), and event streams (Kafka/Pulsar).
- Define data contracts, schema evolution strategies, and idempotent/eventual consistency patterns.
Security & Compliance
- Embed AppSec best practices, OWASP controls, secure API/auth (OAuth2/OIDC), and zero trust patterns.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and audit requirements where applicable.
Stakeholder Partnership
- Translate business needs into technical roadmaps and architecture runway.
- Communicate trade-offs and decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
GenAI : Knowledge of MCP, A2A, Agentic Architecture

Required Qualifications:

5+ years of progressive experience building enterprise systems, with 5+ years in Java and Spring at scale.
Proven delivery of cloud-native, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
Strong expertise in:
- Java 11/17+, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud
- REST/GraphQL APIs, gRPC (nice-to-have)
- Kafka (or Pulsar), Kubernetes, Docker
- RDBMS (PostgreSQL/MySQL/Oracle) and NoSQL (MongoDB/Cassandra/DynamoDB)
- Caching (Redis), CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps/Jenkins), IaC (Terraform/ARM)
- Observability (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK), feature flags/progressive delivery
Solid grasp of concurrency, performance tuning, resiliency patterns (circuit breakers, retries, bulkheads), and fault-tolerance.
Demonstrated leadership of architectural forums, design reviews, and mentorship.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice-to-Have:

Domain knowledge: Payments, banking, capital markets, insurance, e-commerce, supply chain, or telecom.
Security: Threat modeling, shift-left security, SAST/DAST, secrets rotation, mTLS.
Data: CDC (Debezium), schema registry, exactly-once semantics, streaming ETL.
Platform: Service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), API gateways (Kong/Apigee), Serverless (Lambda/Functions).
Modern patterns: CQRS, event sourcing, Saga orchestration, hexagonal architecture.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$94,300.00 - $141,500.00

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Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end technical design and delivery of mission-critical, scalable, and secure distributed systems. Mentor senior engineers while driving engineering excellence and architectural decisions across the full software development lifecycle.

Requirements

Requires 5+ years of progressive experience in enterprise systems with deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot. Proven track record in cloud-native, microservices, and event-driven architectures is essential.

Skills

Java
Spring Boot
Microservices
Cloud-native architecture
Event-driven architecture
Kubernetes
AWS
Azure
GCP
Kafka
REST
GraphQL
CI/CD
Infrastructure-as-code
System design
Mentorship

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Keywords

Java
Spring Boot
Microservices
Cloud-native
Event-driven
Kubernetes
AWS
Azure
GCP
Kafka
REST
GraphQL
Terraform
CI/CD
PostgreSQL
NoSQL
Redis
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
Grafana
Domain-driven design
SDLC
AppSec
OAuth2
Zero trust
Distributed systems
Architecture
Mentorship
Payments
Banking

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