How many software engineers jobs are open in Canada?

401 right now, 31% of them remote. The number comes from live postings on company career pages and refreshes hourly, so it reflects roles still accepting applications rather than an all-time archive.

Which companies hire software engineers in Canada?

The most active right now are Lyft, Affirm, Ubisoft, Okta, Robinhood. Lyft alone has 61 open software engineer roles.

What skills do Canada employers ask software engineers for?

Across 60 recent postings, the most requested are cpp (7% of ads), adaptability (5% of ads), machine-learning (5% of ads), problem-solving (5% of ads), collaboration (5% of ads).

How current is this data?

Counts refresh hourly. Postings drop out automatically when they expire, and the month-over-month figure compares today against a snapshot recorded 30 days ago, so a rise or fall reflects real movement rather than a change in how we count.

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Who's hiring software engineers in Canada

401 software engineer roles are open in Canada right now across 40 employers, 31% of them remote. Everything below is counted from live postings on company career pages.

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Live openings: 401
Employers: 40
Remote share: 31%
Share of Canada: 24.4%

Companies posting the most software engineer roles in Canada

1Lyft61 open roles
2Affirm61 open roles
3Ubisoft56 open roles
4Okta40 open roles
5Robinhood26 open roles
6Elastic26 open roles
7Stripe20 open roles
8Faire20 open roles
9Instacart20 open roles
10Brex10 open roles

What Canada employers ask for

Share of the 60 most recent software engineer postings that mention each skill. Read it as a checklist for your resume.

cpp7%
adaptability5%
machine-learning5%
problem-solving5%
collaboration5%
asana5%
creativity5%
go5%
gtm3%
java3%
event-driven3%
mongodb3%

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Where these roles are, inside Canada

Locations exactly as the employers wrote them on the posting.

1Toronto, Canada74 roles
2Remote Canada61 roles
3Montreal, QC, ca52 roles
4Canada47 roles
5Toronto, Ontario, Canada41 roles
6Canada - Remote (ON, AB, BC, or NS Only)20 roles
7Toronto18 roles
8Kitchener-Waterloo, ON; Toronto, ON15 roles

Recently posted

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Software Engineers in other markets

The same role, counted the same way, everywhere else we have coverage.

1United States1,848 open
2Germany533 open
3United Kingdom403 open
4India271 open
5France150 open
6Switzerland135 open
7Spain80 open
8Malaysia77 open

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Software Engineers in Canada: the questions people ask

How many software engineers jobs are open in Canada?: 401 right now, 31% of them remote. The number comes from live postings on company career pages and refreshes hourly, so it reflects roles still accepting applications rather than an all-time archive.
Which companies hire software engineers in Canada?: The most active right now are Lyft, Affirm, Ubisoft, Okta, Robinhood. Lyft alone has 61 open software engineer roles.
What skills do Canada employers ask software engineers for?: Across 60 recent postings, the most requested are cpp (7% of ads), adaptability (5% of ads), machine-learning (5% of ads), problem-solving (5% of ads), collaboration (5% of ads).
How current is this data?: Counts refresh hourly. Postings drop out automatically when they expire, and the month-over-month figure compares today against a snapshot recorded 30 days ago, so a rise or fall reflects real movement rather than a change in how we count.

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