Software engineer jobs in Canada

Find software engineer jobs across Canada. Choose a place, compare current openings and read the employer’s requirements.

Counted Nov 4, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 3,407
Employers: 1,205

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payCAD / year: $125,017Across 414 listings
Average starting payUSD / year: $160,391Across 119 listings
Average starting payCAD / hour: $63.16Across 101 listings

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

Where work happens

Remote: 9%321 listings
Hybrid: 41%1,404 listings
On-site: 49%1,661 listings

Not specified: 1% (21 listings)

Employers hiring include Amazon (122), Virtusa (67), Electronic Arts (60).

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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Software Engineer, Back-End - Mail (Canada)
Superhuman
Remote, Canada
- $150,000 to $192,000 USD / year
- Full-time
- Remote
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Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (Kubernetes)
Akamai
Canada
- $102,500 to $184,500 CAD / year
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Audio Software Engineer - EA SPORTS™ NHL
EA SPORTS
Vancouver, BC
- Full-time
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Lead Software Engineer – Application Security & Architecture
Prospect Markets
Vancouver, BC
- Full-time
Prospect Markets is hiring a senior engineer to lead technology initiatives across our platform. You'll bring deep application security and software architecture expertise to a team…
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Software Architect
Swim Recruiting
Vancouver, BC
- $100 to $115 CAD / hour
- Contract
6-month contact Software Architect for a mission critical application with a global organization with onsite work in Vancouver.
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Backend Engineer, Data
Stripe
Canada
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Backend Engineer - Kotlin
Swim Recruiting
Vancouver, BC
- $75 to $95 CAD / hour
- Contract
As a result of growth our client is looking to hire a Kotlin software engineer to build and support its finance integration platform. You’ll work in an existing Kotlin codebase, connecting…
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Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Senior Associate
Pwc Canada
Ottawa, ON · Toronto, ON
- Full-time
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Cloud Architect
Tangerine
Toronto, ON
- Full-time
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SysOps Software Architect (36136)
Myticas Consulting
Ottawa, ON
- Full-time
Lead the architecture and technical direction of System Operations (SysOps) software for a mission-critical satellite communications program. Translate operational, security, and system…
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Embedded Software Architect, User Terminals (36137)
Myticas Consulting
Ottawa, ON
- Full-time
We are seeking a Software Architect – User Terminals to define and lead software architecture for military and government satellite communications terminal solutions. This role provides…
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Software Engineer
Questrade Financial Group
Calgary, AB
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Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Rose International
Mississauga, ON
- Full-time
Certified Software Test Architect / ISTQB Advanced Level (Test Automation Engineer / Technical Test Analyst).
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Java Software Engineer
Kelly
Mississauga, ON
- Contract
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Software Engineer - II
Mastercard
Vancouver, BC
- Full-time
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Software Engineer in Test
Kelly
Mississauga, ON
- Contract
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Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) / Quality Engineering Architect
Pyramid Consulting, Inc
Mississauga, ON
- $70 to $79 CAD / hour
- Contract
Immediate need for a talented Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) / Quality Engineering Architect. This is a 06+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is…
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Cloud Engineer (Azure & IaC)
Randstad Digital
Toronto, ON · Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Full-time
…Microsoft Azure, is seeking a hands-on, automation-driven Cloud Engineer to sit at the center of this transformation. Working as part of a collaborative technology team, the role is…
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Software Engineer
Kelly
Mississauga, ON
- Contract
Role Overview: Senior Forward Deployed Engineer with strong Java and Python expertise to build and deploy production-grade solutions for Fintech clients in the Spread Products domain. This…
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Software Engineer (Unpaid)
Spawn
Canada
- Temporary
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Software Engineer III
TD
Toronto, ON
- Full-time
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Software Engineer II
TD
Toronto, ON
- Full-time
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Software Engineer 3, Identity and Access Management
MongoDB
Toronto, ON
MongoDB’s mission is to empower innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. We enable organizations of all sizes to easily build,…
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Lead Software Engineer
Virtusa
Toronto, ON
- Full-time
Job Summary: We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and manage scalable CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, automation frameworks, and release processes. The ideal…
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Software Engineer
TSR Consulting
Mississauga, ON
- Contract
TSR Consulting is currently seeking a highly motivated Senior Forward Deployed Engineer in Mississauga, ON (Hybrid, 3 days onsite)

Rose International

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Mississauga, ON, Canada

Full-time

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Job details

Job type: Full-time
Apply by: Nov 26, 2026
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 27, 2026

Original job description

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Education

Master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Certifications

Certified Software Test Architect / ISTQB Advanced Level (Test Automation Engineer / Technical Test Analyst).
AWS / GCP Cloud Architecture or Developer Certifications.
Java SE Professional Developer Certification.

Required Qualifications

Experience Level: 8–12+ years of progressive experience in software development and quality engineering, with at least 3+ years in a Lead SDET, Principal SDET, or QA Architect capacity.
Domain Background: Proven track record in Financial Services, Capital Markets, FinTech, or low-latency Trading Platforms with an understanding of trading workflows, order management, and financial data flows.
Core Programming & Design: Expert-level proficiency in Core Java (collections, multithreading, concurrency, OOP design patterns).
Framework Design: Demonstrated track record of building scalable, maintainable test frameworks from the ground up (Custom hybrid frameworks, Cucumber BDD, TestNG/JUnit).
API & Service Testing: Deep expertise in RESTful API testing, service virtualization, contract testing, and tools such as Rest Assured, Postman/Newman, and WireMock.
UI Automation: Extensive hands-on experience in Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, or Cypress with design patterns like Page Object Model (POM) and Screenplay pattern.
Performance Testing & Engineering: Solid hands-on background in JMeter, performance profiling, load injection architecture, and identifying system capacity limits.
Database & Data Validation: Strong query formulation and automated verification capabilities across SQL (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB).
CI/CD & DevOps: Strong hands-on experience integrating automated suites into CI/CD pipelines with Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins/Tekton/Harness, and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
AI Tooling & Innovation: Practical exposure to or active implementation of AI-assisted testing tools, LLM-driven test case generation, and automated self-healing scripts.

Preferred Qualifications

Prior background as a full-time Software Development Engineer (Java/Spring Boot).
Experience with message brokers and event-driven architectures (Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ).
Familiarity with Contract Testing (Pact framework) and Service Mesh architectures.
Experience with Cloud native platforms (AWS, GCP, or OpenShift/Kubernetes).
Familiarity with Security testing fundamentals (DAST/SAST integration into pipelines).

Responsibilities

Architectural Strategy & Framework Engineering
Enterprise Test Architecture: Design, build, and maintain next-generation, cloud-native test automation frameworks from scratch using Core Java, BDD/TDD principles, and modern architectural design patterns.
In-Sprint Automation Acceleration: Spearhead shift-left quality practices, enabling engineering squads to achieve true in-sprint test automation for UI, microservices, and distributed streaming/messaging pipelines.
AI & Intelligent Testing Integration: Evaluate, integrate, and scale AI/ML-assisted testing solutions (e.g., generative AI for synthetic test data generation, predictive quality gates, self-healing test automation, and intelligent test impact analysis).
Multi-Tier & Service-Level Automation: Architect robust API and microservice testing frameworks (REST, gRPC, WebSockets, Kafka/messaging queues) using Rest Assured, Mocking frameworks, and contract testing (Pact).
Data Architecture & Validation: Architect comprehensive data validation frameworks capable of validating complex financial data pipelines, data consistency, and transactional integrity across relational (Oracle/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases.
Performance Engineering & Non-Functional Architecture
End-to-End Performance Strategy: Formulate and execute non-functional testing strategies encompassing load, stress, spike, endurance, and latency benchmarking using JMeter, Gatling, or distributed cloud performance engines.
Observability & Bottleneck Identification: Analyze system bottlenecks across CPU, memory, database query execution, network latency, and JVM performance to provide actionable optimization recommendations to core engineering teams.
Resilience & Chaos Engineering: Implement resilience, failover, and high-availability testing paradigms across cloud and containerized environments.
Continuous Delivery & Quality Gates
Cloud & CI/CD Pipeline Architecture: Deeply embed automated quality gates into enterprise CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines, Tekton, GitHub Actions, Harness) across containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift).
Continuous Quality Analytics: Define and instrument automated metrics and dashboards reflecting code quality, test coverage, defect leakage, MTTR, and test execution efficiency.
Technical Leadership & Global Governance
Global Team Technical Leadership: Provide technical direction and architectural governance to SDETs and QE engineers globally (bridging North America and APAC teams).
Standards & Best Practices: Establish enterprise-wide quality benchmarks, coding standards for test repositories, code review policies, and test artifact reusability guidelines.
Stakeholder Alignment: Collaborate with Global Product Owners, Business Analysts, Enterprise Architects, and Development Leads for comprehensive test planning, release coordination, and risk assessment.

Behavioral Competencies & Leadership Attributes

Strategic Vision with Hands-on Execution: Ability to define long-term architectural roadmaps while remaining technically agile and capable of diving into framework code.
Influence & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Proven ability to build consensus across distributed engineering teams, bridging regional and time-zone differences.
Culture of Innovation: Proactive mindset in evaluating emerging technologies, GenAI testing tools, and industry trends to keep the QA organization at peak efficiency.
Quality Advocacy & Ownership: High sense of accountability for product reliability, stability, and client experience in mission-critical environments.
Mentorship & Coaching: Passion for upskilling SDETs and manual QA engineers into advanced automation practitioners.
**Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
**Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**

About Rose

Founded in 1993
Office Locations Across the U.S.
150+ Clients: Corporations and Government Agencies
Employee Oriented Company
Challenging Assignments Across the U.S.
Continuous Professional Development

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Responsibilities

Design and lead cloud-native test automation frameworks and quality strategies across UI, APIs, microservices, messaging, financial data pipelines, and performance testing. Embed quality gates and analytics into CI/CD, guide global engineering teams, and promote resilience, AI-assisted testing, and enterprise-wide quality standards.

Requirements

Requires 8–12+ years of software development and quality engineering experience, including at least 3 years in a senior SDET or QA architecture leadership role, plus a bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. Candidates should bring expert Core Java skills, test framework and API/UI automation expertise, performance and database testing experience, CI/CD and containerization knowledge, and financial services or trading domain experience.

Skills

Core Java
Cucumber BDD
REST API Testing
Selenium WebDriver
Playwright
Performance Testing
SQL and NoSQL Data Validation
CI/CD Pipeline Integration
Docker and Kubernetes
AI-Assisted Testing
Financial Services Testing
Kafka and Event-Driven Architecture
Cloud-Native Testing
Technical Leadership
Chaos Engineering

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Keywords

Core Java
Cucumber BDD
TestNG
JUnit
REST Assured
Postman
Newman
WireMock
Selenium WebDriver
Playwright
Cypress
JMeter
Gatling
Oracle
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Jenkins
Tekton
Harness
Docker
Kubernetes
AWS
GCP
OpenShift
Apache Kafka
RabbitMQ
IBM MQ
Pact
ISTQB Advanced Level
Financial Services

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