Software Engineer jobs in Canada

Doing business to business, person to person.Payworks is a leading workforce management solutions provider and multi-year winner of the Canada’s Best Managed Companies program. We are proud to be Canadian owned and operated as well as committed to developing world-class products and providing a progressive workplace culture where Doing Right by People is our purpose.

With clients of all sizes from coast to coast and more than 600 employees, we currently have an exciting opportunity on our Development team for the right candidate. Because when it comes to great people, there’s always room for one more.

Payworks develops proprietary, integrated SaaS-based products in the payroll, human resources and time and attendance space. We create, deploy and maintain our own solutions; this requires a talented team of Developers who are excellent critical thinkers, problem solvers and are driven to create products that work better. Individual drive and team collaboration are the keys to success; we feel that exceptional and inventive development comes naturally to teams that are having fun and working together. Reporting to the Team Leader, the Software Developer will be responsible for developing software solutions for new and existing clients. The development of these innovative solutions is designed to meet our clients’ unique business needs. You will get the chance to work with our top-notch team to build out and connect various interfaces, including mobile interfaces, to our Service Based Architecture.

• Comprehensive employer paid benefits, including a Health Spending Account, for you and your family and excellent pension plan with employer contributions.
• Plenty of professional development opportunities.
• Community-minded culture – Receive two paid days per year to volunteer and lots of opportunity to “Pay it Forward”.
• Time and flexibility to meet your needs –Hybrid work model with flexible work options, plus 3 weeks vacation to start, flex time and parental leave benefits.
• Cool perks – Annual Lifestyle Spending Account, Costco membership, fun office environment and events, and more!

• Creatively solve problems – We love to solve problems! You will take on coding problems and implement coding solutions independently, with assistance from your team on more complex issues as required. You will update tickets with solution details, testing notes and results independently.
  
• Work with a collaborative team – We believe that when we work together we become greater than the sum of our parts. You will be an effective collaborator and contribute as part of a squad. Participating in Agile ceremonies, code reviews, and providing feedback to other developers will be important aspects of collaborating with your squad.
• Make great products even better – We build great products that delight our customers! Along with your team, you will monitor, maintain and support existing functionality by resolving defects and enhancing the user experience. We are user focused and motivated to deliver high quality products that exceed our customers’ expectations.

• Post-Secondary education in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Approximately 3-5 years of experience as a Software Developer or in a similar position.
• Proven experience with coding solutions in a modern procedural language such as C#, Java or C++.
• Hands-on experience with both established (e.g., monolithic architectures, older MVC frameworks) and modern technologies (e.g., microservices, containerized environments, cloud-native architectures).
• Demonstrated expertise in refactoring and migrating codebases to modern frameworks (e.g., migrating from AngularJS to React, .NET Framework to .NET Core, or on-premise to cloud).
• Proven ability to independently triage and resolve complex technical issues across distributed systems, including performance bottlenecks, architectural flaws, and integration challenges.
• Solid understanding and application of secure coding practices (e.g., input validation, output encoding, least privilege, secure session handling).
• Practical experience identifying and mitigating OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities and implementing defense-in-depth strategies across the software stack.
• Knowledge and understanding of basic SQL queries; experience with Microsoft SQL Server and T-SQL Queries is an asset.
• Experience using a source control system and a debugging tool.
• Openness to receiving constructive feedback and a desire to continuously improve ones own skills.
• Strong communication, collaboration and problem solving skills.
• Experience with Microsoft .NET Core (C#), Microsoft .NET (VB), ASP.NET is an asset but not required.
• Experience with HTML and modern front-end frameworks and technologies such as Vue.js, CSS3, SCSS, JavaScript is an asset but not required.
• Experience with JIRA, Bitbucket, Confluence and other Atlassian tools is an asset.
• Experience using Git version control is an asset but not required.
• Experience using build and packaging tools such as MSBuild/dotnet, Webpack and Grunt is an asset but not required.
• Experience working in an Agile environment is an asset.

We are proud to support a Flexible Work Plan that recognizes the diverse needs and lifestyles of our people. The Software Developer has the option to work fully out of the Payworks head office in Winnipeg office or on a hybrid work model, working in the office at least three (3) days a week.This role may require participation in an on-call rotation for after-hours support, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, as needed.

Payworks is committed to providing an inclusive, accessible environment, and collaborating with employees, clients and guests to identify and effectively remove barriers, in a manner that respects the principles of independence, dignity, integration, reasonable accommodation and equal opportunity. Payworks welcomes and encourages applications from all persons. Individuals applying for employment with Payworks may request accommodations at all stages of recruitment and employment from Human Resources.

Employees at Payworks’ come from different backgrounds, and we celebrate those differences. We are looking for the best candidate for this opportunity, but do not expect applicants to meet every qualification in order to be considered.