Software development jobs in Canada

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Counted Oct 27, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 6,033
Employers: 1,902

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payCAD / year: $113,619Across 647 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%479 listings
Hybrid: 39%2,351 listings
On-site: 53%3,176 listings

Not specified: <1% (27 listings)

Employers hiring include S M Software Solutions Inc (246), Amazon (137), 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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Jobgether

Staff Embedded Software Engineer, Virtualization

Canada

$137,300 to $181,890 CAD / year · Full-time

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Job details

Pay: $137,300 to $181,890 CAD / year
Job type: Full-time
Experience: At least 10 years of hands-on embedded firmware development experience, including substantial experience porting or modifying RTOS-based systems.
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 19, 2026

Original job description

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Embedded Software Engineer, Virtualization based in Canada.

Join a forward-thinking engineering team working at the intersection of embedded software, virtualization, and next-generation automotive technology. In this senior technical role, you will transform real-world ECU firmware into high-performance virtual devices that run on workstations and cloud infrastructure. Your work will help engineering teams develop, test, and validate vehicle software faster, even when physical hardware is unavailable. You will build virtualization layers, model hardware peripherals, and improve development workflows across multiple vehicle domains. Collaborating with hardware, middleware, and application software specialists, you will shape scalable engineering solutions that bridge the gap between physical systems and software-based environments. This is an opportunity to influence technical architecture, elevate engineering practices, and accelerate the development of software-defined vehicles.

Accountabilities

Maintain and enhance the user-space runtime that enables production embedded firmware to run on host machines, translating real-time operating system concepts into POSIX-compatible implementations where appropriate.
Integrate ECU firmware with modeled libraries and peripheral interfaces, including GPIO, CAN, LIN, PWM, watchdogs, and ADC/DAC, allowing existing firmware to operate in virtual environments with minimal modification.
Develop functional hardware and peripheral models in C or Python, working closely with hardware engineers to reproduce realistic device behavior, edge cases, and expected system interactions.
Own build scripts, toolchains, and configurations for generating both host-executable binaries and target microcontroller images, ensuring fast, consistent, and reproducible builds.
Extend hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing frameworks and Pytest suites to support virtual configurations, inject faults, capture traces, and validate timing and communication traffic against reference results.
Investigate discrepancies between firmware assumptions and host behavior, using low-level debugging tools such as GDB to identify root causes and resolve integration issues.
Collaborate with operating system, middleware, hardware, and application software teams to define robust abstractions, validate peripheral models, and improve system integration.
Lead technical design reviews, establish high engineering standards, and mentor colleagues on real-time systems, clean software architecture, and maintainable C, C++, and Python practices.

Requirements

At least 10 years of hands-on embedded firmware development experience, including substantial experience porting or modifying RTOS-based systems.
Bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Expert-level proficiency in C, strong C++ skills, and the ability to write production-quality Python code.
Deep understanding of real-time operating system fundamentals, including tasks, interrupt service routines, schedulers, queues, and timers, as well as how these concepts map to POSIX user-space primitives.
Proven experience in embedded systems optimization and low-level debugging, with proficiency in GDB and familiarity with hardware or protocol analyzers.
Solid knowledge of multithreaded and multicore programming, concurrency, and system-level performance considerations.
Experience developing software for automotive communication networks such as CAN, LIN, and Ethernet, including user-space interfaces such as SocketCAN.
Hands-on ownership of Bazel or comparable build systems, along with cross-compilation toolchains for heterogeneous embedded targets.
Strong communication, analytical problem-solving, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced environment.
A strong interest in virtualization, rapid prototyping, and engineering practices that shorten the path from concept to production.
Preferred: Experience developing functional peripheral or integrated circuit models using QEMU, Renode, custom stubs, or similar tools.
Preferred: Familiarity with safety-critical coding standards such as MISRA or CERT and automotive protocols such as DoIP and SOME/IP.
Preferred: Experience comparing virtual ECU results with physical HIL data to identify and close fidelity gaps.
Preferred: Exposure to Synopsys Virtualizer Development Kit or comparable virtualization tools.

Benefits

Competitive annual base salary: CAD-equivalent compensation aligned with the advertised range of $137,300–$181,890, with the applicable amount depending on location, experience, skills, qualifications, and other relevant factors.
Annual performance bonus: Eligible for a target bonus of 15% of base salary, subject to the applicable plan terms and company performance. Payments are discretionary and not guaranteed.
Equity participation: Eligible for restricted stock units (RSUs), subject to board approval, vesting requirements, and the terms of the applicable equity incentive plan.
Comprehensive benefits package: Health coverage, retirement savings, paid time off, and family planning programs, with specific offerings varying by country.
Hybrid work environment: A hybrid arrangement designed to combine collaboration with flexibility. The advertised locations include Vancouver, British Columbia, Irvine, California, and Palo Alto, California; the specific arrangement for a Canada-based hire should be confirmed during recruitment.
Technical leadership and impact: The opportunity to shape virtualization architecture, mentor engineers, and contribute to the evolution of software-defined vehicle technology.
Collaborative engineering culture: Work alongside specialists across embedded software, hardware platforms, operating systems, middleware, and vehicle application domains.

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Responsibilities

Develop and maintain a host-based runtime and virtual hardware models that allow production ECU firmware to run and be tested without physical hardware. Own build and testing workflows, debug integration issues, collaborate across engineering teams, and provide technical leadership through design reviews and mentoring.

Requirements

Requires at least 10 years of embedded firmware experience, a degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related discipline, and expert C skills with strong C++ and production-quality Python. Candidates should have deep RTOS and POSIX knowledge, low-level debugging and concurrency experience, automotive networking expertise, and ownership of build systems and cross-compilation toolchains.

Skills

Embedded Firmware Development
C
C++
Python
Real-Time Operating Systems
POSIX
Virtualization
Peripheral Modeling
CAN
LIN
SocketCAN
Bazel
Cross-Compilation
GDB
Pytest

Benefits

Performance Bonus
Restricted Stock Units
Health Coverage
Retirement Savings
Paid Time Off
Family Planning Programs
Hybrid Work Environment

Visa sponsorship

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Keywords

Embedded Firmware
ECU
Virtualization
Real-Time Operating Systems
POSIX
C
C++
Python
GPIO
CAN
LIN
PWM
Watchdogs
ADC/DAC
Bazel
Cross-Compilation
Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing
Pytest
GDB
SocketCAN
QEMU
Renode
MISRA
CERT
DoIP
SOME/IP
Automotive Software
Multithreading
Multicore Programming

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