Top Software Engineer Jobs in Ottawa

Develop and maintain manual and automated integration, functional, load, and performance tests for Akamai cloud APIs and identity services. Build Python automation frameworks, contribute to CI/CD infrastructure, review test automation, validate system scalability and security, and support release readiness. Collaborate with globally distributed developers, SDET engineers, architects, and program managers while testing Kubernetes-based cloud applications.

Develops and tests software for a next-generation 911 call-handling platform under senior guidance. Responsibilities include software analysis, design, development, documentation, system integration, validation, unit testing, and exploratory testing. The role uses Java, Angular, JavaScript, Git, Agile practices, and potentially cloud, DevOps, networking, and container technologies to support highly available on-premises or service-based emergency communications solutions.

Build and operate highly reliable card-issuing software and tooling across authorization, clearing, settlement, certification, and network integrations. Serve as a technical expert on card-network specifications, protocols, mandates, and production behavior. Lead complex cross-team engineering work, debug protocol-level issues, influence network requirements, mentor engineers, improve platform reliability, and participate in on-call support for critical financial systems.

Staff Software Engineer responsible for building and operating Block’s card issuing platform at the network boundary. The role requires deep expertise in card networks, ISO 8583, authorization and clearing flows, certifications, mandates, and direct network connectivity. Responsibilities include writing production code, developing conformance tooling, debugging protocols, leading cross-team technical initiatives, influencing network requirements, mentoring engineers, supporting AI-assisted development, and participating in on-call operations for critical financial systems.

Own and deliver high-availability authentication, verification, and fraud experiences across web, backend, and mobile interfaces. Lead quarterly goals, technical planning, system delivery, code quality, operational availability, and on-call support. Collaborate with product, design, and analytics stakeholders, resolve complex technical and business issues, mentor engineers, and promote engineering standards. The role requires expertise in React or Vue, JavaScript or TypeScript, large codebases, scalable architecture, and effective communication.

Develop and ship autonomy software for outdoor, production robots across perception, localization, state estimation, motion planning, and controls. Build fleet coordination, simulation and CI, logging/telemetry pipelines, and operator tools. Validate on real hardware, support field deployments, and ensure software degrades gracefully at remote sites.

Designs and develops healthcare interoperability and patient information systems using InterSystems IRIS and HealthShare. Builds HL7 and FHIR integrations, data exchange pipelines, ObjectScript applications, APIs, web interfaces, and optimized database solutions. Works directly with customers and clinical stakeholders to gather requirements, define technical specifications, conduct demonstrations and testing, and deliver compliant systems using secure protocols and controls.

Develop and optimize InterSystems IRIS and HealthShare healthcare integration solutions, PIMS platforms, patient workflows, and enterprise data exchange products. Gather customer requirements, design technical architectures, implement HL7 and FHIR integrations, build APIs and web interfaces, optimize databases and high-volume processing, and configure security and compliance controls. Support demos, testing, onboarding, and technical delivery while collaborating with customers, clinical teams, vendors, and stakeholders.

Develop and maintain full-stack features for a secure, cloud-based medical image-sharing platform. Responsibilities include JavaScript and React front-end development, Perl service APIs, PostgreSQL query and schema work, debugging across APIs, databases, storage, and DICOM/HL7 interfaces, testing, code reviews, documentation, and support for AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD operations.

Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable distributed software and data movement services for Microsoft Fabric. Investigate issues using debugging, telemetry, logs, and monitoring; participate in root cause analysis, code reviews, design documentation, automated testing, and CI/CD. Collaborate with engineers, architects, product managers, designers, and partners to deliver secure, reliable, performant features and improve customer experiences.

Evaluate AI coding agents such as Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor for engineering judgment, reasoning quality, usefulness, and correctness. Provide detailed written feedback, distinguish response-quality levels, define evaluation standards, and record short video explanations. This flexible remote contract requires strong software engineering experience, familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows, and the ability to make rigorous, opinionated judgments without reviewing every line of code.

Design, develop, launch, and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs used by partners and merchants. Collaborate with engineering teams and stakeholders, balance delivery speed with system quality and reliability, navigate large codebases, debug software, conduct code reviews, and write clear, tested, extensible code using distributed-systems technologies.

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer responsible for building and owning scalable cybersecurity product experiences across front-end and back-end systems. The role uses TypeScript, Golang, React, Node.js, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, databases, APIs, and CI/CD pipelines. Responsibilities include architecture, performance optimization, security, mentoring engineers, leading projects, Agile planning, and adopting AI-assisted development tools.

Designs, develops, deploys, tests, and reviews software applications, features, and defect fixes. Collaborates with team leaders and users to support a product roadmap, analyze requirements, document software, provide developer-level support, and learn existing codebases. The role also involves participating in planning meetings, conferences, and occasional team travel.

Modernize and maintain hybrid CI/CD infrastructure across on-premise and cloud environments. Migrate Jenkins and Bitbucket workflows to GitHub Actions, manage Terraform infrastructure, improve artifact processes, administer software lifecycle tools, coordinate application releases, support development teams, automate governance, and ensure audit compliance.

Lead international integration engineering by architecting scalable distributed systems and an AI-powered development harness for partner integrations. Guide technical strategy, mentor engineers, review architecture and code, establish development and deployment best practices, and deliver production solutions. Collaborate with product, design, QA, UX, and partner engineering teams while using Java, Kotlin, event-driven messaging, and cloud technologies.

Design and implement CIAM backend services for registration, authentication, and account management across B2C and B2B platforms, utilizing security standards and automation practices.

Develop and maintain embedded software for autonomous precision aerial delivery and recovery systems. Responsibilities include writing C/C++ code, unit testing, guidance, navigation and control algorithm development, simulation, physical testing, debugging, fault-tolerant design, requirements documentation, safety-critical verification, and cross-functional collaboration. The role also mentors junior engineers and drives continuous improvements to embedded systems and development processes.

Build and maintain scalable financial products in a cross-functional agile team. Responsibilities include writing tested code, solving cross-system challenges, owning initiatives from definition through delivery, creating technical plans and documentation, supporting production monitoring, improving performance and observability, collaborating across teams, and mentoring engineers. The role requires backend development with Python and Django, frontend development with React and TypeScript, financial API integrations, data modeling, staged rollouts, and occasional after-hours on-call support.

Develop and maintain secure client/server enterprise applications, appliance operating systems, release pipelines, and cloud infrastructure. Responsibilities include coding, testing, troubleshooting, patching, packaging, signing, and releasing software for on-premises and cloud deployments. The role collaborates with engineering, QA, support, and customers while managing AWS infrastructure, databases, security controls, documentation, and Agile development practices.

Design, build, and operate scalable backend platform services and developer tools using Go, Kubernetes, MongoDB, and GCP. Own technical solutions from architecture through production, contribute across technology stacks, apply AI-assisted engineering practices, resolve complex reliability issues, participate in on-call rotations, and uphold testing and code quality. Mentor engineers, lead architecture decisions, and influence platform-wide technical standards, particularly at Staff level.

Lead the technical direction, architecture, development, and release of complex Android applications supporting public safety, robotics, and connected hardware. Mentor Android engineers, ensure application quality and performance, integrate backend services, maintain offline-first capabilities, oversee CI/CD and release processes, and document engineering standards. The role also requires collaboration with technical and non-technical stakeholders and obtaining a Government of Canada Reliability security clearance.

Join the Platform squad to build and maintain a Typescript-based serverless microservices platform on AWS. Improve cloud availability, security, CI/CD, public APIs, data pipelines, internal DevOps libraries, and developer tooling while collaborating across product and engineering teams.

Develop and test embedded software across the full software development lifecycle. Design architectures, algorithms, drivers, and features for cameras, SoCs, sensors, and chipsets. Collaborate with hardware, mechanical, product, software, and systems engineering teams. Perform debugging, verification, validation, code reviews, planning, compliance activities, and process improvements. Provide technical guidance to junior team members and support recruiting activities.

Develop and verify Java software components for Canadian Army ISTAR capabilities within an integrated tactical network. Responsibilities include requirements analysis, architecture, implementation, testing, debugging, code reviews, configuration management, defect resolution, and support for customer field trials. The role also coordinates feature development and mentors junior developers while working in an Agile, multidisciplinary team.