IT & data jobs in Canada

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Counted Sep 25, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 2,714
Employers: 1,325

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payCAD / year: $98,537Across 260 listings
Average starting payCAD / hour: $48.72Across 90 listings
Average starting payUSD / year: $116,838Across 55 listings

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

Where work happens

Remote: 5%132 listings
Hybrid: 38%1,041 listings
On-site: 56%1,525 listings

Not specified: 1% (16 listings)

Employers hiring include RBC (56), Royal Bank of Canada (48), TD (44).

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

IT & data jobs in Canada

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Lead Technical Project Manager
MAP
Toronto, ON
Full-time
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Client Data Analyst II
Mosaic North America
Toronto, ON
Full-time
The Client Data Analyst II (analyst) position is responsible for partnering with our clients and teams to drive their initiatives with strategy, analytics and actionable insights,…
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Client Data Analyst II
Mosaic North America
Mississauga, ON
Full-time
The Client Data Analyst II (analyst) position is responsible for partnering with our clients and teams to drive their initiatives with strategy, analytics and actionable insights,…
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Senior AI & Data Scientist
Alcoa Australia
Montreal, QC
Full-time
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Sr. Data Engineer
Livingston International
Toronto, ON
$80,000 to $110,000 CAD / year
Full-time
Livingston moves goods across a complex, high-velocity supply chain, and data is at the heart of how we plan, route, and optimize that movement. We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to…
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Platform Support Database Administrator III
Guidewire Software
Mississauga, ON · Toronto, ON
Full-time
…excellence and transformative innovation in AI, cloud, and data to ensure every customer solution is reliable, performant, and compliant. You’ll join a collaborative, globally distributed…
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Dorval, QC
Full-time
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Mississauga, ON
$60,000 to $65,000 CAD / year
Full-time
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Quantitative Analyst
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Vancouver, BC
Full-time
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Senior Data Engineer
Pomerleau
Montreal, QC
Full-time
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Business Systems Analyst
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Toronto, ON
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NielsenIQ
Toronto, ON
$112,700 to $140,000 CAD / year
Full-time
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Data Engineer, RBC Amplify 2027, Toronto
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto, ON
Full-time
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Data Engineer, RBC Amplify 2027, Halifax
Royal Bank of Canada
Halifax, NS
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Data Engineer, RBC Amplify 2027, Toronto
RBC
Toronto, ON
Full-time
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Data Engineer, RBC Amplify 2027, Toronto
RBC
Toronto, ON
Full-time
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Data Engineer, RBC Amplify 2027, Halifax
RBC
Halifax, NS · Bedford, QC
Full-time
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Data Engineer, RBC Amplify 2027, Halifax
RBC
Halifax, NS · Bedford, QC
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Senior Data Engineer / Ingénieur(e) de données senior
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Montreal, QC
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Senior Data Engineer - Calgary
Capgemini
Calgary, AB
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Senior Data Engineer - Halifax
Royal Bank of Canada
NS · BEDFORD, Nova Scotia
Full-time
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Senior Data Analyst
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Toronto, ON
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Business Systems Analyst
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Sr AWS Data Architect (AWS Data Platform)
Ccube
Mississauga, ON
Full-time
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Senior Data Engineer
Pacer Group
Toronto, ON
$60 to $62 CAD / hour
Contract
Job Title: Databricks Data Engineer - Databricks, AWS, Python, Glue, ETL

MCAP

Director of Software Engineering

Waterloo, ON, Canada

Pay: $130,000 to $140,000 CAD / year
Job type: Full-time
Apply by: Oct 2, 2026
Experience: 10+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years in an IT leadership role.
Posting language: English
Posted: Sep 2, 2026

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Original job description

This position will play a key role in advancing our AI journey by driving modernization and efficiency across the delivery lifecycle. This role is focused on helping engineering teams apply AI in practical, measurable ways to improve delivery speed, enhance quality, and reduce operational overhead across development and operational workflows.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role that bridges strategy and execution. You will partner closely with engineering, architecture, security, and delivery teams to design, prove, implement, and scale AI-enabled capabilities that strengthen software delivery outcomes. While the primary focus is on advancing software engineering practices and AI-assisted development, the role will also support broader AI adoption across the organization where it aligns to delivery and operational impact.

The successful candidate combines deep software engineering expertise, hands-on experience applying AI technologies to real-world engineering challenges, strong delivery discipline, and practical change leadership. You will help teams adopt AI responsibly by developing reusable playbooks, implementation patterns, and guardrails, along with validation approaches and human-in-the-loop workflows to ensure AI-enabled solutions are secure, compliant, high-quality, and maintainable, aligned with MCAP’s vision, mission, objectives, and values.

Strategy and Planning

Participates and provides input in the creation of 1 to 3 year IT strategic plans (Enterprise and
Business Unit specific)
Ensures applications meets business unit expectations
Facilitates and monitors the Application Architectural Decisions - 1 to 5 years
Fosters strong working relationships within the various internal IT teams and Business unit teams to understand future direction of initiatives.
Partners with the Line of Business in order to deliver Business Systems Applications that meet current and future business needs
Accountable for full life cycle of IT delivery for the Business Unit projects
Responsible for timely, on budget delivery of IT components of projects (major and tactical) as per the priorities set by the LOB and/or Resource Allocation Committee
Liaise with Architecture and Infrastructure teams to deploy and maintain solutions
Manages business units requests, that are approved and prioritized projects

Acquisition and Deployment

Direct research on emerging application development software products, languages, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts, including LLMs, agent frameworks, coding agents, and developer copilots.
Lead the evaluation and selection of AI development tools and platforms, including build-versus-buy decisions, model evaluation, and partnerships with external AI providers.
Performs detailed technical design of proposed solutions.
Evaluates relevant risks and determines mitigation strategies.
Identify requirements and manage the procurement process and vendor selection for new technologies.

Operational Management

Champion the company’s Vision, Mission and Values as set out in the Strategic Plan both internally and externally within the industry.
Recruit and develop the right people that believe in and reflect in their behavior MCAP’s Values and culture.
Establish, monitor and communicate performance standards to direct reports reinforcing individual results, work quality, continuous improvement, teamwork and achievement of MCAP’s objectives.
Educate, coach and counsel staff to ensure they are empowered to effectively handle their roles in a confident and professional manner.
Establish and maintain an effective system of communication throughout the business unit.
Ensure a continuous improvement culture is established and encouraged.
Assist in the definition of Corporate Guiding Principles, Architectural Standards and Design and the approved Solution Delivery Toolkit, incorporating AI-assisted development standards and patterns.
Assist with the strategic advancement of IT Methodologies
Assist with the selection of MCAP’s Solution Delivery Toolkit
Determine, define and support the metrics and measures required to ensure the success of MCAP IT overall
Work with LOB management to set and manage the Information Technology budget for the Business Unit
Ensure compliance with standards, procedures and methodologies and work with auditors to assess same
Capture, track and report IT Measures and Metrics
Work with Project Budgets and System Budgets
Signing Authority (based on authority matrix)

What You Bring To The Team

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
10+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years in an IT leadership role.
Experience building or integrating coding agents, developer copilots, workflow automation agents, or AI-enabled engineering tools.
Familiarity with LLMs, AI infrastructure, prompt engineering, agent frameworks, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, model evaluation, and AI governance practices.
Strong hands-on engineering background with modern application development, APIs, cloud-native patterns, CI/CD, automated testing, secure coding, and production support.
Experience defining and measuring developer-productivity or AI-adoption outcomes, with the judgment to handle the nuance of measuring engineering impact.
Strong understanding of secure software development, vulnerability detection, secrets management, data protection, and compliance considerations.
Ability to balance risk, cost, and benefit
Ability to work in a fast paced environment with a high degree of change and competing priorities
Strong oral, written and presentation skills
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interface with all levels within the organization.
Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution skills
Excellent planning and project management skills
Demonstrated leadership experience mentoring and coaching others
Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks across multiple projects
Excellent attention to detail and results oriented
Working knowledge of cloud-native development practices and design patterns using private or public cloud providers

If this sounds like you and you are looking to be a part of one of Canada’s largest independent mortgage finance companies, then we want to hear from you!

Position #: req2231

Employment Status: Permanent Full Time

Location: Waterloo; Ontario

Number Of Openings: 1

Department: Information Technology

Internal Job Title: Director, Software Engineering

Salary Range: $120,000 - $140,000

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Responsibilities

Lead the integration of AI technologies into the software delivery lifecycle to improve speed, quality, and operational efficiency. Partner with cross-functional teams to design and scale AI-enabled capabilities while managing IT strategic planning and budget for the business unit.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering with over 10 years of IT experience, including 5+ years in leadership. Must have hands-on experience with LLMs, coding agents, and modern cloud-native application development practices.

Skills

AI Implementation
Software Engineering Leadership
LLMs
Prompt Engineering
Cloud-Native Development
CI/CD
Agent Frameworks
Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Secure Coding
Strategic Planning
Vendor Management
Project Management
Developer Productivity Metrics
API Design
Change Leadership
Technical Architecture

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Keywords

AI
LLMs
Agent Frameworks
Coding Agents
Developer Copilots
RAG
Cloud-Native
CI/CD
API
Secure Software Development
IT Strategy
Financial Services
Software Delivery Lifecycle
Model Evaluation
AI Governance
Prompt Engineering
Vulnerability Detection
Secrets Management
Data Protection
Project Management
Technical Design
IT Budgeting
Human-in-the-loop
Modernization
Operational Overhead
Software Engineering
Architecture
Compliance
Developer Productivity
Vendor Selection

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