Software development jobs in Canada

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Counted Sep 22, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 4,135
Employers: 1,538

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payCAD / year: $116,221Across 451 listings
Average starting payUSD / year: $140,203Across 120 listings
Average starting payCAD / hour: $55.25Across 74 listings

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

Where work happens

Remote: 10%410 listings
Hybrid: 40%1,666 listings
On-site: 49%2,018 listings

Not specified: 1% (41 listings)

Employers hiring include Amazon (115), Genetec (63), RBC (59).

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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Software Development Engineer, Ordering
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Vancouver, BC
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Full-time
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Remote, Canada
Full-time · Remote
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Toronto, ON
Full-time
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Toronto, ON
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Toronto, ON
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Sr Software Engineer / Sr Java Developer
J&M Group
Vancouver, BC
Full-time
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our backend engineering team. This role focuses on designing and delivering high-throughput, low-latency, and resilient…
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Senior Software Developer
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Ottawa, ON
$120,000 to $155,000 CAD / year
Full-time
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Software Developer - Frontend Enterprise Web Applications Development
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Markham, ON
$90,000 to $120,000 CAD / year
Full-time
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AI Software Engineer
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Richmond, BC
Contract
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Toronto, ON
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J&M Group

Sr Software Engineer / Sr Java Developer

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Job type: Full-time
Apply by: Feb 14, 2027
Experience: 5+ years of hands-on backend development experience in large-scale, high-throughput environments.
Posting language: English
Posted: Aug 18, 2026

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Original job description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our backend engineering team. This role focuses on designing and delivering high-throughput, low-latency, and resilient services that power mission-critical data processing pipelines. You will work closely with architecture, DevOps, and product teams to build scalable systems that support millions of transactions daily.

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Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and optimize backend services handling high-volume data flows with strict performance and reliability requirements.

Develop Java-based components using modern frameworks (Spring/Spring Boot or equivalent).

Build and maintain asynchronous and event-driven workflows using messaging systems such as MQ/Kafka/RabbitMQ.

Implement performance tuning, profiling, and observability to support sub-second latency and 99.99% availability goals.

Drive solutioning and system designs for new features, integrations, and platform enhancements across distributed systems.

Ensure service robustness through automated testing (unit, integration, load tests) and CI/CD workflows.

Apply secure-by-design principles, including threat modeling, safe data handling, API hardening, and least-privilege access.

Implement and support authentication and authorization patterns (e.g., OAuth2, mTLS, JWT, service-to-service auth).

Participate in architecture reviews, offering technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.

Diagnose and resolve complex production issues across infrastructure, code, and messaging layers.

Enhance platform reliability via improved logging, monitoring, alerting, and operational tooling.

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Required Qualifications

5+ years of hands-on backend development experience in large-scale, high-throughput environments.

Strong proficiency in Java (Java 8+, multithreading, concurrency libraries, performance optimization).

Solid understanding of Linux fundamentals (filesystem, networking basics, shell operations, performance tools).

Extensive experience with Message Queue systems (IBM MQ, Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, etc.).

Deep knowledge of asynchronous programming, non-blocking IO patterns, and event-driven system design.

Good Understanding Of Modern Network Protocols, Including

gRPC (service-to-service communication, protobuf, streaming patterns)
HTTP/2 (multiplexing, header compression, flow control, performance benefits)

Experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling, including:

Jenkins
Chef Infra / Chef Habitat
Terraform
PCF CLI

Demonstrated ability to design scalable system architectures and evaluate design trade-offs.

Basic understanding of Authentication/Authorization concepts and secure communication patterns.

Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) is an asset.

Excellent debugging, problem-solving, and performance-profiling skills.

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Preferred Qualifications

Experience in financial services, real-time scoring, risk systems, or other low-latency domains.

Exposure to observability stacks (Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).

Knowledge of DevOps practices, automation, and additional IaC tools.

Hands-on understanding of reliability engineering (circuit breakers, retries, backpressure, failover strategies).

Ability to lead complex technical initiatives and drive cross-team alignment.

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What We Look For

A strong ownership mindset with a passion for delivering secure, high-quality, and resilient services.

Ability to influence architecture, mentor engineers, and uplift engineering standards.

Strong communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

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Responsibilities

Design and optimize high-throughput, low-latency backend services and data processing pipelines using Java and modern frameworks. Lead system architecture designs, implement secure authentication patterns, and ensure platform reliability through observability and automated testing.

Requirements

Requires over 5 years of backend experience in large-scale environments with strong proficiency in Java, Linux, and message queue systems. Candidates must have expertise in asynchronous programming, gRPC, and DevOps tooling such as Jenkins and Terraform.

Skills

Java
Spring Boot
Kafka
RabbitMQ
gRPC
HTTP/2
CI/CD
Terraform
Docker
Kubernetes
Distributed Systems
Performance Tuning
OAuth2
Multithreading
Linux
Event-Driven Architecture

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Keywords

Java
Spring Boot
Kafka
RabbitMQ
IBM MQ
ActiveMQ
gRPC
HTTP/2
Protobuf
Jenkins
Chef Infra
Chef Habitat
Terraform
PCF CLI
Docker
Kubernetes
OAuth2
mTLS
JWT
CI/CD
Distributed Systems
Low-Latency
High-Throughput
Splunk
Prometheus
Grafana
ELK
Circuit Breakers
Backpressure
Linux

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