Engineering Jobs at Startups in Ottawa, Canada
Ottawa has 19 open engineering roles at 7 early-stage startups, and 26% of them are remote. Where pay is stated it is typically CAD 92.5k to 160k, with a median of CAD 135k.
Who is hiring engineers in Ottawa
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- 19open roles
- 7startups hiring
- 26%remote
Salary
Annual pay for this page’s roles that state a salary, in CAD. The typical range covers the middle half of those postings.
- CA$135Kmedian pay
- CA$93Ktypical range: lower
- CA$160Ktypical range: upper
Based on 10 postings stating pay in CAD.
Pay figures come from the 18 postings on this page that state a salary.
The hiring market
Ottawa accounts for 4% of Canada's 459 open engineering roles.
Industries
Aerospace and defense (12), media and gaming (4), fintech and payments (2) and commerce and retail (1) startups have most of the openings.
What engineering work involves at an early-stage startup
You own whole parts of the product rather than one service inside a large system. Expect to write the code, deploy it, and get paged when it breaks. Reviews are quick and the codebase is small, so a decision made on Tuesday can ship on Thursday.
Experience level
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Questions people ask
How much do engineering jobs in Ottawa pay?
Typically CAD 92.5k to 160k a year, with a median of CAD 135k, where the posting states a salary.
Which startups are hiring engineers in Ottawa?
Spaceium Inc (5 roles), Mission Control Space Services Inc. (4) and Scribd, Inc. (4) have the most; 7 startups are hiring in total.
Can I work remotely?
26% of these roles are remote; the rest are in Ottawa.