Development engineer Jobs in Ottawa, ON

Location : Ottawa Canada

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds people cross borders energy become smarter and much more. More than 30000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things grant access to digital services analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

This is a full-time hybrid position in Ottawa ON Canada. Summer COOP begins May 4 2026 and ends on August 28 2026 .

Position Summary

We are searching for a Cloud Software Engineering COOP for a future vacancy for the Cloud Services Platform team. You will work closely with other cloud software engineers working across a variety of disciplines to investigate develop fix test and deliver software across the full cloud technology stack. This may include working in different domains such as UI development to building backend services in a micro-service based secure native cloud enterprise deployment. You will be involved in understanding requirements implementing new functionality modifying existing features and supporting the solution. You will work closely with a cross-matrixed team in a scaled agile environment. You will be involved in the entire software development lifecycle including development testcase creation automation and DevOps.

At our Thales Ottawa office we develop leading edge technologies to secure the cloud digital transactions the mobile world and the Internet of Things (IoT). Our security solutions are deployed across the globe to secure todays digital world.

Your keen programming skills passion for advanced learning is the foundation to your success on our team. We will educate you about our products our industry and customers with on-the-job training through mentorship with highly skilled experienced mentors. You will have an opportunity to work on products that secure critical infrastructures in the global economy.

Key Responsibilities

Be part of a team required to design implement test and support features with the following mind-set : End-user experience maintainability scalability performance cost resilience.

Responsibilities include :

Modifying existing code to resolve defects or deficiencies

Develop cloud native software using various platform-as-a-service (PaaS) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) technologies and related tools

Applying coding / implementation best practices to produce refined high quality scalable maintainable and reusable code

Implementing and following security best practices

Proactively participating in the creation of unit API and integration automated test cases

Participating in issue investigation and deployment of applications and testing / integration in various deployed environments

Managing the source code repository for projects in Git

Documenting managing and maintaining internal knowledge and processes

Remaining up-to-date on industry trends and applying the latest evolving technologies and frameworks

Following agile methodology. This includes active participation in sprint planning and retrospective meetings creation of user stories as well as corresponding tasks

Interacting with UX team to implement and verify user experience concepts

Providing feedback to documentation team to develop improve Customer centric feature documentation

Interfacing with geographically distributed teams in Austin Ottawa Noida and other locations on a regular basis

Special Position Requirements

Schedule : Regular 7.5 hour day shift between 8 : 00am and 6 : 00pm

Physical Environment : Combination of working in a home and office location

Basic Qualifications

• Enrolled in a Bachelors degree program in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
• Proven programming skills in Java Linux scripting languages along with frameworks such as Springboot
• Minimum 1-year of experience delivering software in an agile development environment : designing and coding the feature; testing the solution; addressing defects
• Experience developing code using IDEs such as Intellij or Visual Studio
• Demonstrate knowledge in building enterprise micro-service cloud based applications
• Minimum of 1-year of experience developing web based client-server applications using Java as well as web application server setup / configuration
• Experience in web services web standards; REST HTML / CSS / JavaScript
• Proficient understanding of web markup protocol and client-side scripting technologies in general including domains such as : HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript AJAX JSON JQuery REST API Angular React
• Develop and design RESTful services and APIs
• Demonstrated skills integrating with Web based front-end and SQL / non-SQL databases such as MySQL Postgres
• Working with teams in the delivery of highly secure web-based cloud applications using the latest industry standards
• Familiarity working with continuous integration tools such as : Gitlab build engines CI / CD pipeline
• Experience working with Linux and Linux based applications
• Ability to effectively work in a cross matrixed team environment
• Ensure that non-functional requirements such as security performance maintainability scalability usability and reliability are being incorporated into the solution
• Highly motivated enthusiastic with an extreme desire for continual learning and the ability to work under minimal guidance with demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills in order to deliver features on time in a fast paced team environment
• Strong collaboration and communication skills which will be fundamental to your and the overall teams success of the projects you work on

Preferred Qualifications

The reference Total Target Compensation(TTC) market range for this position inclusive of annual base salary and the variable compensation target is Total Target Cash (TTC) 63862.50 Annual .

This reflects how companies in a similar industry and geographic region generally pay for similar jobs. This range helps the Company make pay decisions as one data point among many. Where a position falls within this range is also dependent on other factors including but not limited to the employees career path history competencies skills and performance as well as the companys annual salary budget the customers program requirements and the companys internal equity. Thales may offer additional benefits and other compensation depending on circumstances not related to an applicants status protected by local state or federal law.

We use artificial intelligenceenabled tools as part of our recruitment process to support activities such as candidate discovery résumé matching and interview scheduling. These tools may help screen and assess applications and recommend potential matches based on the requirements within the job description. All hiring decisions including candidate evaluation selection and disposition are made by human recruiters. Artificial intelligence does not make hiring decisions on our behalf.

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Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents including the following :

Company paid Extended Health Dental HSA Life AD&D Short-term Disability Cancer Care Program travel insurance Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.

Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP DCPP TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP with no vesting period.

Company paid holidays vacation days and paid sick leave.

Voluntary Life AD&D Critical Illness Long-Term Disability.

Employee Discounts on home auto and gym membership.

Thales is an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. Thales is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the interview process. Applicants selected for an interview who require accommodation are asked to advise accordingly upon the invitation for an interview. We will work with you to meet your needs. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

Account Payable,Apache Commons,Community Support,Corporate Risk Management,Garment,Java

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1