As of November 6, 2026, Jobsy lists 61 principal software engineer jobs in Canada. The median advertised pay is $199,950 a year (from 11 postings). The most active employers are Questrade Financial Group, Microsoft and PointClickCare. Skills often requested: leadership, computer science, communication skills and collaboration.
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Electronic Arts
20+ YOECandidates need 20+ years of professional AAA or real-time software engineering experience, multiple shipped AAA titles and deep modern C++ skills. Strong performance optimization, multidisciplinary engine knowledge and experience with agentic AI developer tooling are also needed.
C++, Frostbite, Unreal Engine 5, Unity, Godot
Microsoft: Every company has a mission.
6+ YOECandidates need a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field with 6+ years of engineering experience, or equivalent experience. Microsoft also prefers large-scale distributed systems, agentic systems and AI evaluation experience, and requires passing the Microsoft Cloud background check.
Copilot, Python, C#, Java, JavaScript
Microsoft: Every company has a mission.
6+ YOECandidates need a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field plus 6+ years of engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript or Python, or equivalent experience. Preferred qualifications include native mobile or client platform work, SDK architecture, and real-time communications experience.
Windows, iOS, Android
PointClickCare: PointClickCare is a leading health tech company with one simple mission: to help providers deliver exceptional care.
Candidates need a strong record of shipping production software in Java, Python or similar, deep knowledge of cloud-native and distributed systems, and expertise with SQL databases, RESTful APIs, microservices, React and CI/CD. Comfort with AI-augmented development tools and on-call incident response is required.
GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Terraform, Kubernetes (AKS)
OpenTable
8+ YOECandidates need 8+ years of software engineering experience delivering production systems, deep knowledge of API design, service-oriented architecture, scalability and security, and strong use of AI coding tools. Candidates also need to learn unfamiliar domains and help other engineers adopt new tools.
Claude, Codex, Cursor
OpenTable
8+ YOECandidates need 8+ years of software engineering experience delivering production systems, deep knowledge of API design, service-oriented architecture, scalability and security, and strong use of AI coding tools. Candidates also need to learn unfamiliar domains and help other engineers adopt new tools.
Claude, Codex, Cursor
OCS
10+ YOECandidates need 10+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on Dynamics AX or Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations work in X++. They also need strong integration, SQL Server, Java and JavaScript skills, and experience leading engineering teams.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, X++, SQL Server, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus
Docker
10+ YOECandidates need 10+ years of backend engineering experience on large distributed systems and deep knowledge of containers and Kubernetes. They also need strong supply chain security expertise (SBOM, signing, SLSA), Go skills, and a record of influencing teams without formal authority.
Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Go, Sigstore, cert-manager
Conga
8+ YOECandidates need 8+ years of backend engineering on secure enterprise software, and 3+ years building shared identity services with OAuth, OIDC, and SAML. They also need prior technical leadership, strong skills in a modern backend language, and clear communication with executives, customers, and engineers.
Docker, Kubernetes, Azure SQL, Azure, AWS, GCP
Atlassian
10+ YOECandidates need 10+ years of full stack product and platform engineering experience and a record of building and operating large distributed systems. Atlassian also wants strong product and UX judgment and excellent communication across teams.
Documentation, Test automation, Communication skills, Collaboration
Equinix LLC: Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, enabling digital leaders to harness a trusted platform to bring together and…
10+ YOECandidates need 10+ years of software engineering experience and a Bachelor's in Computer Science or Computer Engineering. Strong skills in architecture review, technical leadership, DevOps and customer-facing communication are expected.
Product comprehension, Leadership, Customer relations, Communication skills, Regulatory compliance, ITIL
Veeva
12+ YOECandidates need 12+ years of software development experience, including production Python work and large-scale enterprise SaaS experience. They also need open-source skills in Python, Git, FastAPI and Pydantic, plus strong English communication.
Python, FastAPI, Pydantic, Git
GitHub, Inc.
11+ YOECandidates need 11+ years of software engineering experience shipping production code in languages such as JavaScript, Go, Ruby, Python or Java, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Deep React or Angular knowledge, frontend performance work and cross-team migration experience are preferred.
React, Angular, TypeScript, CSS
Questrade Financial Group: Questrade offers Canadians an easy way to invest in securities and foreign currency and provides online wealth management and mortgage through the…
8+ YOECandidates need 8+ years of software engineering experience, deep C# and .NET skills, and experience with Domain-Driven Design and event-driven systems. Hands-on experience with GCP, Kubernetes, Playwright and Datadog, plus daily use of AI coding tools, is required.
C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, GCP, Kubernetes, Playwright
Questrade Financial Group: Questrade offers Canadians an easy way to invest in securities and foreign currency and provides online wealth management and mortgage through the…
9+ YOECandidates need 9+ years of software development experience with technical leadership, expert distributed systems design, and deep expertise in React Native/ReactJS or Node.js/TypeScript. Cloud-native architecture experience, with GCP preferred, is required.
React Native, ReactJS, Node.js, TypeScript, GCP, Angular
Questrade Financial Group: Questrade offers Canadians an easy way to invest in securities and foreign currency and provides online wealth management and mortgage through the…
8+ YOECandidates need 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in a Staff, Principal or Chief Architect role, and a computer science or related degree. Deep expertise in API gateways (Apigee preferred), OAuth 2.0 and OIDC, distributed systems and cloud-native infrastructure is required.
Apigee, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS
The median advertised pay is $199,950 a year, across 11 postings that list pay. The lowest quarter pays under $187,730 and the top quarter over $212,472.
Questrade Financial Group (5), Microsoft (4), PointClickCare (2), insightsoftware, LLC (2) and Broadcom Canada ULC (2).
Postings most often mention leadership, computer science, communication skills, collaboration, python, aws, ci/cd and microsoft azure.
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