Top Software Engineer Jobs in Ottawa

The Robotics Software QA/Test Engineer will ensure software quality through testing practices, monitor test robots, triage issues, and improve testing tools.

Lead full-stack development of scalable, high-performance front-end and back-end systems using 3D/computer-vision tech. Drive architecture, mentor engineers, own key front-end systems, and deliver features from design to launch while collaborating with internal and external partners.

Join as an SDET to design and manage automated test suites, create and maintain test cases and plans, write unit and API tests, track and verify defects, debug complex systems, and integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines while collaborating with engineering and DevOps.

Senior Software Engineer to design and implement C++/Python software, accelerate workloads with CUDA, develop and maintain Linux kernel modules and system services, optimize system and GPU performance, manage Linux systems, mentor junior engineers, and integrate AI technologies across products.

Develop and maintain the macOS endpoint client for an endpoint security product. Design features, shape architecture, review code (including agentic AI-generated code), improve build/deploy/test automation, resolve customer issues, and track macOS/security technologies while mentoring peers and owning product areas.

Lead design and delivery of the Structured Record Storage platform: CDC/Kafka integration, schema automation, access APIs, and fleet management. Set architecture standards, improve fleet-wide operations (capacity, monitoring, tuning, replication), drive migrations and schema lifecycle, enforce observability and IaC, mentor engineers, coordinate cross-team tradeoffs, and own reliability and incident response.

Lead design and implementation of advanced search and vector features for Elasticsearch. Invent or implement algorithms and data structures, improve search relevance, fix complex bugs, collaborate with distributed engineers and the community, and write idiomatic modern Java while contributing to Lucene and Elasticsearch internals.

Lead architecture and backend development for the vCluster platform by designing and implementing Kubernetes-native solutions in Go, owning features end-to-end, contributing to open-source, and solving deep systems challenges around multi-tenancy, isolation, and GPU infrastructure.

Architect and build core backend components of the vCluster platform by working deeply with Kubernetes internals. Write high-performance Go code, take end-to-end ownership from design to release, contribute to open-source projects, and solve complex systems and multi-tenancy problems for GPU and Kubernetes-based infrastructure.

Senior front-end engineer responsible for developing products end-to-end, owning projects from concept through launch, and shaping company direction to drive growth across portfolio companies.

The Senior Software Developer will lead design and implementation of backend systems, mentor peers, and enhance AI capabilities in tax research software, focusing on high-quality standards and rapid delivery.

The Senior Software Engineer will build AI-centric tools, own full-stack development, set technical direction, and lead architectural decisions. They will ensure reliability, observability, and mentor other engineers while addressing gaps in processes.

Lead the design and delivery of SaaS products powered by data, ML, and AI, collaborating across backend, systems, and cloud infrastructure. Drive architecture evolution, ensure operability and performance, and mentor engineering teams.

As a Staff Engineer, you will lead architecture design and development, mentor junior engineers, and improve DevOps processes in a cloud services environment.

Build scalable ML data pipelines for Waabi's autonomous driving platform. Design, optimize, and manage datasets and training processes while collaborating with scientists and engineers.

As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you'll develop UI features for the AI voice platform, working with React and TypeScript while collaborating on backend systems and leading projects from concept to launch.

As a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test, you will design automated test frameworks, execute tests for payment workflows, and ensure high-quality integration with ERP systems.

Develop core backend components for a blockchain network, focusing on reliability and scalability, mainly using Rust. Ensure code quality through testing and debugging.

Lead technical direction for a high-performance 2D/3D viewer platform. Drive cross-team architecture, implement scalable platform capabilities, mentor engineers, improve engineering velocity, and resolve complex production issues while partnering with Product, UX, and Architects.

Lead design and delivery of Guidewire solutions: hands-on development, configurations, integrations, migrations and full implementations. Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions, collaborate with delivery teams and client stakeholders, and coordinate with onshore/offshore resources to ensure quality outcomes.

Design, implement, and maintain Compute Sanitizer GPU memory-checking tools across Linux, Windows, and embedded OSes. Collaborate with compiler, architecture, and driver teams to add and verify features, write high-quality low-level code and tests, perform code reviews, document designs, and mentor junior engineers. Diagnose and optimize correctness, performance, and scalability for GPU compute workloads.

Design and build applications in Python, collaborate with clients, optimize performance, and ensure code quality in AI-driven projects.

Design, build, and operate core distributed systems in Rust powering messaging, storage, eventing, and fanout across a global real-time platform. Focus on reliability, performance, observability, incident response, capacity planning, and running services in Kubernetes-based production environments.

Design, scale, and performance-tune GraphQL APIs, gRPC services, and SQL queries for a promotions engine. Deliver end-to-end features, own complex technical problems, troubleshoot production performance, set up DataDog monitoring, participate in on-call rotations, and mentor teammates across the codebase.

Own architecture, development, and reliability of ecommerce web applications (Symfony storefront and Laravel back-office). Lead front-end JavaScript/CSS direction, optimize SQL schemas/queries, improve observability and incident response, reduce legacy technical debt, establish AI-assisted development workflows, mentor engineers, and drive end-to-end delivery of scalable customer-facing features.