We have an immediate opening and are excited to find the right candidate to join our team. Safe Software is looking for a

Senior Software Developer

As a Senior Software Developer, you will drive scalable, maintainable solutions; This role has a strong security focus: hardening FME Form against memory-safety and dependency risk, and raising the security bar of the codebase and the team that works in it.

As part of the FME Form product group, you'll join a group of collaborative development teams composed of team leaders, developers, quality analysts, and student interns who work together as a team and alongside product managers and user experience designers, on complex technical projects that provide direct value to our users.

As a part of this close-knit and diverse team, you will work together with internal stakeholders to maintain and extend our flagship FME Form products that delight customers and empower them to author dataflows that can be shared, reused, and integrated with the FME Platform.

As a Senior Software Developer, you will:

Build and own the tooling that finds problems early: fuzzing harnesses, sanitizer and static analysis coverage, and compiler/runtime hardening in our build pipeline

Drive, advocate and review threat modeling on shipped and upcoming features, and triage incoming vulnerability reports: assessing severity, scoping impact, and driving remediation

Architect and guide the implementation of complex, high-impact product features and systems

Lead cross-team technical initiatives, collaborating across departments to align on solutions and priorities

Provide technical mentorship and coach to developers across all levels, promoting secure-coding skill development and knowledge sharing

Champion best practices in software architecture, testing, security, and performance

Identify and lead efforts to address technical debt, system reliability, and process improvements

Represent technical and security perspectives in product planning,



working closely with Product Management and UX

Provide expert input during code and design reviews, ensuring high quality and maintainability

Safers come from a variety of backgrounds with a diversity in skills and knowledge. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

7+ years of professional software development experience, including technical leadership of complex projects and systems

Technical Expertise:

Advanced proficiency in C++ for core system development; Python skills specifically for automation and scripting; architectural design, debugging, and optimization in large, complex codebases. STRIDE and/or DREAD) on shipped features, and CVSS v4.Demonstrated ownership of security-relevant code and the tooling that finds them: fuzzing, sanitizers, static analysis, SAST/DAST, and hardening; coding agents (e.g. Comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities, and with making pragmatic risk tradeoffs

proactive in identifying opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement; skilled at balancing technical depth with business context

Familiarity with Safe Software's core technology areas or similar technical domains

macOS, Linux)

Experience building desktop applications using the Qt Framework, specifically Qt Widgets

When you choose a career with Safe Software, you're also choosing…

Make a profound impact across our business, workplace and data integration product.

Social Responsibility:

Take paid time off to volunteer for one of our Protected-organized opportunities that align with our core community initiatives.





Take advantage of an annual learning budget and training programs paid for by Safe.

Flexible Working Hours:

Flexible and remote-friendly work arrangements to fit your lifestyle. Maintain a healthy balance of your personal and work life without splitting yourself in two. Enjoy 3 weeks of vacation to recharge, plus an additional paid 6 seasonal days off per year.

Extended health, dental, health or lifestyle spending, and counseling benefits from day 1. We are dedicated to supporting our employees through parenthood and offer a Parental Leave Top-Up Program for new parents through childbirth or adoption.

Share in Safe's success with our bi-annual profit sharing and RRSP/TFSA matching program.

Regardless of your commute method, we're located close to public transit, and provide complimentary parking and bike storage for our team!

About Safe Software

Safe Software transforms organizations with FME, the only All-Data Any-AI Enterprise Integration Platform connecting all your data, anywhere, at any velocity.

With over 30 years of expertise and 25,000+ enterprise customers across 125+ countries, we simplify your data journey, wherever it leads.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Safe Software is an equal opportunity employer and we truly believe that innovation and strength begin with diversity and inclusion.

We welcome all candidates regardless of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, ability, disability, national or ethnic origin, political belief, religion, or family status.

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📌 Senior Software Testing Engineer (Remote) (Ottawa)
🏢 Safe Software
📍 Ottawa