Backend Software Engineer Intern Jobs in Ottawa, ON

Enterprise AI is moving from pilots to production, and the constraint is no longer the model -it'sthe data. Agents are only as good as what they can sense, trust, and act on in the moment, and real-time, event-driven data is becoming thefoundationevery serious AI system runs on.

Solace istheleadingreal-time data platform for the enterprise AI era. Established enterprises worldwide - including RBC Capital Markets, Bosch, Heineken, PSA Singapore, United Airlines, Schwarz Group, and hundreds more - have built their business around Solace to enable intelligent,real-timeexperiences, modernize their application and integration landscape, and create seamless digital journeys for their customers, partners, and employees.

So, the next time you drive a car, order furniture online, fly in a plane, check your bank balance on your phone, your positive experience could be a direct result of our technology-and your hard work!

About the Role

This position is for a Junior Software Developer to join our API & Applications team, developing multi-language SDK client libraries (Java, Python, C, C#, JavaScript, Go) that power our customers' event-driven architectures. A key focus of this role is accelerating the development of our new Solace Schema Registry and its supporting serialization and deserialization libraries.

What You'll Do

• Build new implementations of our serialization and deserialization libraries across multiple programming languages
• Make improvements to the front-end and back-end of our Solace Schema Registry
• Monitor and develop the build and test pipelines for the Solace Schema Registry
• Contribute to AI workflow development to accelerate the team
• Collaborate actively withtheproductteam and platform engineering team
• Assistthe support team in resolvingfield issues

What You'll Bring to the Role

• Proven experience across the development stack including front-end, back-end and pipeline exposure
• Passion for developer productivity and eliminating toil through automation
• Comfortable developingwith multiple languages such asJava & Python
• Experience in all phases of software development including requirements definition, planning, implementation, testing and support
• A quality-focusedmindset that advocates on behalf of the end-user
• Experience using AI technologies and coding-assisted tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Co-pilot and Codex

Nice to Have Skills

• Familiar with a variety of testingtools andframeworks
• Experience with messaging brokers (Solace/RabbitMQ/Kafka) and messaging-as-a-service products (PubNub/Pusher/Cloud AMQP)
• Experience with containerized build environments (Docker, Kubernetes-based CI runners)
• Experience with cross-platform build challenges (Windows, Linux, macOS)

Why You'll Love Working at Solace

At Solace, we're all about smart people, meaningful work, and good vibes.

• Work with brilliance - Our team is packed with some of the sharpest minds in the industry.
• Balance matters - We believe work should fit into your life, not the other way around.
• Hybrid-first - Flexibility is built into how we work, so everyone feels included and empowered.
• Values-driven - We live and breathe our core values: craftsmanship, trust, courage, freedom, momentum, humility, and human experience.
• Growth mindset - Our training programs are designed to help you level up, fast.
• Customer Obsessed - We're proud of our world-class customer lineup (we're not shy about it).
• Keep it fun - We're social, we keep things simple, and we know how to have a good time.
• Creative culture - We've got a great sense of humour and we make cool videos on topics like MITT and this (check them out!).

Role Status: EXISTING

Expected Salary Range: Expected salary range for this role is from $85,000 to $105,000. The final offer within this range will reflect the successful candidate's skills and experience.

At Solace, we are committed to a fair, inclusive, and transparent recruitment process.
To help identify candidates whose qualifications best align with the role, we use artificial intelligence (AI) tools during the initial stage of resume screening. These tools compare submitted resumes to the job description, focusing on education, experience, and skills.

Importantly, all decisions beyond this initial screening-including interviews and final hiring-are made by our human recruitment team. AI is never used to make final hiring decisions.

Let's Talk

Not sure you meet every requirement? That's okay - we're more interested in your potential and passion. If this role excites you, we'd love to hear from you.

Need accommodations during the hiring process? Just let us know - we're here to support you.

Thanks to everyone who applies! While we wish we could connect with every candidate, only those selected to move forward will be contacted.

At Solace, we believe that diversity and inclusion drive innovation and growth, both in business and in life. We strive to create an enriching and safe workplace where you can be who you are. If you want to do the best work of your career and feel supported every step of the way, we encourage you to join us!

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