Senior R&D Engineer (Remote - Canada)
Content + Source + Freshness • 12 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
A highly favorable role for seasoned R&D engineers in a remote work environment, with a comprehensive package of benefits.
- Engagement with innovative R&D projects
- Remote work providing excellent flexibility
- Comprehensive health benefits offered
Pros
- Remote work allows for work-life integration
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
- Engagement in high-impact projects in cutting-edge technology
Cons
- Limited visibility on salary range requires negotiation
- Remote work may lead to challenges in team collaboration
- High expectations may increase pressure during project deadlines
Who it's for
Senior • Remote
Good fit
- Established engineers in cloud technologies
- Professionals seeking meaningful work in R&D
- Candidates looking for flexible and remote roles
Not recommended for
- Entry-level candidates or recent graduates
- Those who prefer more structure in their work environment
- Individuals not comfortable with remote collaboration
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
Requisition #: 17133 Ansys is now a part of Synopsys. Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) accelerates technology innovation from silicon to systems. Catalyzing the era of pervasive intelligence, we deliver design solutions, from electronic design automation to silicon IP, to system design and multiphysics simulation and analysis. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow. Learn more at www.synopsys.com. Summary / Role Purpose The Senior R&D Engineer – Integration will collaborate with others to produce, extend, and maintain our next generation cloud simulation. In this role, the Senior R&D Engineer will use advanced technical and problem-solving skills to blend QA and DevOps-centric automation with cloud microservices software development. Working across QA and Development teams, the engineer will apply industry best practices to satisfy customer requirements, comply with company process standards, and accomplish development objectives. This role can be done 100% remotely from any location within Canada. Key Duties and Responsibilities Participates in planning, architecture, and research Performs complex development activities that may require extensive analysis in areas including cloud software/service deployment and distributed system maintenance/scaling Employs best practices and helps to maintain them through technical reviews and mentoring Investigates problems discovered by QA or product support and develops solutions Researches and understands the marketing requirements for a product, including target environment, performance criteria and competitive issues. May work with strategic customers or proxies to assess needs and develop solutions Uses modern cloud automation best practices and tooling Works independently with minimal supervision and may take on some planning and mentoring responsibilities May be responsible for managing interns or co-ops but typically does not have direct reports Root cause investigation, automated deployment testing, production incident solving Participates with on call rotation as alerts arise Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 5 years’ experience, MS with 3 years’ experience, or PhD with 1 year experience Commercial experience with software design and development methodologies CICD development experiences: *nix development environments Container image definition and deployments Python and/or Bash scripting at least 1 CICD tool's pipeline definition as code at least 1 Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling ecosystem Preferred Qualifications and Skills Good communication and interpersonal skills Excellent technical knowledge, particularly in platform engineering Commercial experience with Java, Python and/or Go. Experience with web development, aspect oriented programming, software configuration management, scripting languages, data structures and algorithms Experience with github actions or other YAML-defined CICD tools Experience with frameworks like Springboot or Fast Api Experience with testing frameworks/packages like Junit, Mockito, pyfixtures, or locust Understanding of what is under the hood of most modern frameworks (including websockets) Experience with one or more industry standard Cloud Service Providers, including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Experience delivering high-quality products in a large-scale commercial software development environment Experience with Kubernetes and commercial public cloud services deployments Understanding of customer requirements and tools used in this domain Ability to work collaboratively in a geographically distributed team Rewards and Benefits: We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings. Your recruiter will provide more details about the salary range and benefits during the hiring process. At Ansys, part of Synopsys, we want talented people of every background to feel valued and supported to do their best work. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, military veteran status, or disability.
