Senior or Staff Backend Software Engineer
- Employment type
- Full-time · On-site
- Posted
- September 27, 2026
- NOC code
- 21231 — Software engineers and designers
- Province
- Ontario (ON)More in Ontario
Hiring confidence: Sparse posting · 11/100
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Job Overview
This role is based in Ontario. The Canadian NOC code for this position is 21231 — Software engineers and designers. League is hiring for this full-time position through Jobily, where you can check how well your resume matches the posting before you apply.
Market context
About this role in Ontario
Average salary for Software Engineer in Ontario
Median $106,250 per year, with most postings between $74,450 and $127,133 (Software engineers and designers, 2026-08, 52 postings). This posting does not state a salary.
NOC code
21231 — Software engineers and designers. The National Occupational Classification code is what Express Entry, provincial nominee programs and Job Bank use to identify this occupation.
Typical qualifications for Canadian employers
A degree in computer science, software engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience, plus demonstrated work in one or more production languages and frameworks.
Licensing: No licence is needed to write software, but the title "engineer" is protected by the provincial engineering regulators; some employers post the same role as "software developer" for that reason.
Fit check
Is this role right for you?
Top skills this posting asks for:
- Backend Software Engineering
- Service Architecture
- System Design
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What you'll do
- Design and deliver foundational services and developer tools for engineering organization
- Take ownership of complex, ambiguous problems across platform's backend systems
- Manage service architecture and production reliability
- Set the technical bar for backend engineering
- Collaborate with teams that build on platform services
- Support pod-based delivery model
What you'll need
- Deep technical expertise in backend systems
- Experience with service architecture and design
- Production reliability and operations knowledge
- Ability to handle complex, ambiguous problems
- Experience working in pod-based or cross-functional delivery models