Software Engineering Jobs in Canada

There are 3,150 open Software Engineering jobs in Canada on freehire right now. 988 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are ai, cloud and api.

Salary

CurrencyPeriod25thMedian75thPostings
CADyearCA$126,000CA$153,000CA$176,000642
USDyear$132,712$172,500$206,350106
CADhourCA$72CA$88CA$8860

From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.

Most requested skills

  • ai 54%
  • cloud 51%
  • api 49%
  • python 41%
  • java 38%
  • ci-cd 38%
  • aws 33%
  • sql 32%

How the work is done

  • Hybrid 686 · 22%
  • Remote 503 · 16%
  • Onsite 78 · 2%

Visa sponsorship offered in 58% of the 442 postings that state a position on it.

Seniority

  • Senior 1,309
  • Staff 214
  • Lead 117
  • Principal 101
  • Junior 53
  • Intern 44

Who is hiring

  • 1000+ employees 723
  • 501-1000 employees 341
  • 51-200 employees 102
  • 11-50 employees 39
  • 201-500 employees 22
  • 1-10 employees 1
3,150 jobs
Royal Bank of Canada
last month

Senior Software Engineer

Open 32d North AmericaFull-timeSenior Licensed UK sponsor — This employer appears on the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and related work routes. The licence belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
Canada

Senior Software Engineer at RBC designing and building scalable AI services, integrating ML models, and optimizing distributed systems using Python, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms like AWS and Azure.

agentic-ai agile ai api api-design +20 skills
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Amazon
last month

Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Payment Products

Open 31d North AmericaSenior
Canada

Build and scale Amazon’s global payment products like credit cards, installments, and currency conversion using AWS services and agile practices.

agile aws design-patterns distributed-systems
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solace
last month

Software Developer (Junior)

Open 24d HybridNorth AmericaJunior
Canada

Build and maintain multi-language SDK libraries (Java, Python, C, C#, JS, Go) and the Solace Schema Registry to power real-time, event-driven AI systems for enterprise clients.

ai api automation claude-code cloud +12 skills
85 000 – 105 000 CAD
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Amazon
last month

Software Development Engineer, AWS VPC Lattice

Open 23d North AmericaInternshipIntern
Canada

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience -…

aws cad cloud design-patterns ec2 +1 skills
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Amazon
last month

Software Developer

Open 23d North AmericaInternshipIntern
Canada

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience -…

api aws cad design-patterns distributed-systems +2 skills
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Amazon
last month

Software Development Engineer, Alexa Audio

Open 23d North AmericaInternshipIntern
Canada

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience -…

ai api cad design-patterns generative-ai +1 skills
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Amazon
last month

Software Development Engineer, Managed Applications Platform

Open 23d North AmericaInternshipIntern
Canada

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience - 1+ years…

aws cad cloud cpp csharp +5 skills
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Amazon
last month

Software Developer

Open 23d North AmericaInternshipIntern
Canada

- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience - 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience -…

api automation aws cad cloud +4 skills
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Grafana Labs
last month

Staff Software Engineer - Adaptive Telemetry, Databases | Canada | Remote

Open 60d RemoteNorth AmericaStaff Licensed UK sponsor — This employer appears on the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and related work routes. The licence belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
Canada

Design and lead Grafana Cloud’s adaptive telemetry databases (metrics, logs, traces, profiles) to optimize storage and cost while ensuring reliability and performance at scale.

agentic-ai ai anthropic automation cad +17 skills
186 368 – 223 642 CAD
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ClickHouse
last month

Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

Open 81d RemoteAPAC, Europe, North America, UKSenior H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.

Senior Software Engineer designs and maintains ClickHouse’s cloud-native, multi-cloud infrastructure, including compute, networking, security, and Kubernetes-based services to deliver a scalable managed analytics platform.

ai analytics aws azure clickhouse +24 skills
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Amazon
last month

Software Development Engineer Internship - Fall 2026

Open 23d APAC, North AmericaInternshipIntern

Build and ship scalable software features for Amazon’s platforms, collaborating with teams to solve real customer problems.
ADGA Group
last month

Senior Modelling & Simulation Software Developer

Open 23d North AmericaPart-timeSenior
Canada

Senior Modelling & Simulation Software Developer Location: Ottawa, ON, ca Company Description ADGA Group is a Canadian-owned defence and security company that provides integrated, mission-critical technical…

agile ai ci-cd cpp csharp +7 skills
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Wikimedia Foundation
last month

Software Engineer III, Product Safety & Integrity

Open 20d RemoteWorldwideFull-time H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
+14

Builds privacy-conscious abuse-detection systems and tools to protect Wikipedia and sister projects from harmful behavior while respecting user anonymity and free access to information.

javascript networking observability php
92 267 – 144 201 $
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Elastic
last month

Senior Software Engineer, Search Relevance

Open 23d North AmericaFull-timeSenior
Canada

Senior Software Engineer - Search Relevance in ES|QL - Elasticsearch Location: Canada Department: Platform - Elasticsearch Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time,…

accessibility ai api cad cassandra +11 skills
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MDA Space
last month

Senior C++ Flight Software Engineer VxWorks

North AmericaSenior
Canada

Building the space between proven and possible, MDA Space (TSX:MDA) is a trusted mission partner to the global space industry. A robotics, satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer with a 55-year+ story of world…

automation bdd ci-cd cpp docker +2 skills
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Zoftify — Travel Software Development
last month

WordPress Developer

Open 33d RemoteAfrica, APAC, Europe, North America, UKFull-time
+5

Build and maintain custom WordPress themes and client sites for travel-industry clients, using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and REST APIs.

agile api css figma html +5 skills
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Quest Software
last month

Senior AI Software Developer

Open 33d RemoteNorth AmericaSenior H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.

Senior developer builds and maintains enterprise on-premises software in C#/.NET and C++, while leading the team’s adoption of AI coding agents and agentic workflows to boost productivity and code quality.

active-directory agentic-ai agile ai api +31 skills
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taosolutions
last month

SQL Database Developer (Intermediate to Senior)

Open 76d HybridNorth AmericaSenior
Canada

Develop and optimize SQL Server databases, stored procedures, and reports for a fintech firm specializing in securitization and structured finance.

agile ai automation candidate-experience fintech +8 skills
80 000 – 105 000 CAD
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Ford Motor Company
last month

Software Developer

Open 73d HybridNorth America Licensed UK sponsor — This employer appears on the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and related work routes. The licence belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
Canada

Develop and test Android-based infotainment features for Ford vehicles, including Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration, using Kotlin/Java and JNI in an Agile team.

agile android assembly cpp design-thinking +5 skills
96 000 – 146 000 CAD
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Mastercard
last month

Senior Software Engineer (Java)

Open 65d North AmericaSenior
Canada

Build and maintain secure, scalable Java-based backend services and full-stack apps for Mastercard’s customer admin and identity platforms, using Spring Boot, React, and cloud infrastructure.

agile ai api authentication aws +26 skills
111 000 – 160 000 CAD
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