NOC 2021 · 21231 · TEER 1
Software engineers and designers
Unit group 21231 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Software engineers and designers research, design, evaluate, integrate and maintain software applications, technical environments, operating systems, embedded software, information warehouses and telecommunications software. They are employed in information technology consulting firms, information technology research and development firms, and information technology units throughout the private and public sectors, or they may be self-employed.
Example job titles
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- application architect
- automation engineer - software
- backend engineer
- cloud administrator
- cloud architect
- cloud engineer
- cloud infrastructure engineer
- cloud operations engineer
- computer applications engineer
- computer software engineer
- computer systems platform engineer - software
- computer telecommunications software specialist
- development and operations (DevOps) engineer
- embedded software designer
- embedded software engineer
- lead development and operations (DevOps) engineer
- lead software engineer
- mobile development lead
- simulation software design engineer
- site reliability engineer
- software and information technology project manager
- software architect
- software design engineer
- software design project manager
- software design supervisor
- software design verification engineer
- software designer
- software development engineer
- software engineer
- software engineering lead
- software project manager
- software quality assurance (QA) engineer
- software systems designer
- software systems integration engineer
- software technical architect
- software testing engineer
- systems applications engineer
- systems architect
- systems engineer - software
- telecommunications software engineer
- telecommunications software specialist
- test automation engineer - software
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.