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How BlackBerry hires

Truth index
B 84/100
Median time to fill
31 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
56%
Reposted roles
11%

BlackBerry scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 9 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 56% have gone stale and 11% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 31 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Visa sponsorship

  • United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 3 · green card filings: 4
  • Canada · Positions approved through LMIA in 12 months: 1

Visa details by country

Overview

BlackBerry is a Canadian technology company founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo. It now focuses on cybersecurity software and embedded systems including the QNX platform. Its software runs in hundreds of millions of vehicles.

News

News CNBC 2 months ago
BlackBerry found a second life in car software. Now it's looking to robotics
BlackBerry CEO John Giamatteo explains how its QNX car software helped reshape the company - and why it sees robotics as a major growth opportunity.
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News attainoutcomes.com 3 months ago
B2B Software Is Still Stuck in the BlackBerry Era. That Is About to Change.
B2B Software Is Still Stuck in the BlackBerry Era. That Is About to Change.
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News The Walrus 4 months ago
How BlackBerry Staged a Comeback by Winning Over Car Companies
After its near-death experience, the tech behemoth is profitable once more
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News theregister 4 months ago
OpenAI could go from AI pioneer to AI
As OpenAI courts investors and chases enterprise customers, Forrester says today
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News CNBC 5 months ago
Revival of Blackberry nostalgia and keyboard fuels smartphone startups
Smartphone startups are bringing back the Blackberry idea through physical keyboards and the classic square-shaped smartphone.
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News CNET 8 months ago
In a World Without BlackBerry, Physical Keyboards on Phones Are Making a Comeback
Commentary: You might not even need a new phone to get clicky buttons.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at BlackBerry over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
54
Postings analysed
19
Stack modernity
70/100
Languages
C++37%
Python37%
C16%
Assembly11%
Frameworks & libraries
ExecuTorch5%
GTK5%
MediaPipe5%
ONNX Runtime5%
Databases
SQLite5%
Cloud & platforms
Linux37%
RTOS37%
Unix11%
Power BI5%
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Full BlackBerry tech stack 54 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$107k
Typical range
$56k – $284k
Open positions
15
10 Jobs
Middle 10%
Senior 70%
Principal 10%
Architect 10%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Middle 1 $89k $89k
Senior 7 $107k $107k – $112k
Principal 1 $127k $127k
Architect 1 $284k $284k
Highest paying role Director, Software Development $284k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at BlackBerry By role, level and city, against the market · 15 jobs with pay

People

Nick Andersen
Director
Richard Horne
CEO
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
70/100
Growing
Open positions
21
4 opened / 3 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
31 days
faster than 38% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~15 hours
10/15/2026
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
32% ▼
Hardware
11% ▲
Finance
11% ▼
QA
5% ▼
Leadership
5% ▲
Product
5% ▼
Activity Timeline
New location: Concord Oct 2026
Added FedRAMP to stack Oct 2026
Added OPC UA to stack Oct 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack Oct 2026
Added Windows to stack Oct 2026
Added LLVM to stack Oct 2026
Added CI/CD to stack Oct 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
16
Hiring now
15
Countries
6
Busiest office
Waterloo
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Waterloo Canada
HQ
Waterloo (Headquarters)
2 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 50-200 est. staff $72k Avg Salary
hires for Analytics, Finance
2200 University Ave. EWaterloo, ON, Canada N2K 0A7
seen since Sep 2026 company site, job postings
Ottawa Canada
Engineering / R&D
Ottawa, Ontario
12 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 75% engineering 200-500 est. staff $101k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Security, QA
1001 Farrar RoadKanata, ON, Canada K2K 0B3
seen since May 2026 company site, job postings
Shanghai China
Regional office
Shanghai, China
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Backend, Sales
No. 166 Lujiazui Ring Road,Unit 2125-2127, Pudong District,200120 Shanghai, China
seen since Sep 2026 company site, job postings
Tokyo Japan
Tokyo, Japan
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Backend, Marketing
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Hyderabad India
Hyderabad, India
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Backend
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Düsseldorf Germany
Regional office
Düsseldorf
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $131k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Heinrichstrasse 155North-Rhine WestphaliaDüsseldorf, Germany,40239
seen since Sep 2026 company site
Berlin Germany
Munich, Germany
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $131k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Munich Germany
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $131k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Sep 2026
Hamburg Germany
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $131k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Sep 2026
Frankfurt am Main Germany
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $131k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Sep 2026
Boston United States
Boston, Massachusetts
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing
seen since May 2026 job postings
Stuttgart Germany
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $131k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Sep 2026
Hanover Germany
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $131k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
seen since Sep 2026
Concord United States
Concord, California
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $284k Avg Salary
hires for Leadership
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Philadelphia United States
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 open roles 100% remote 10-50 est. staff $152k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Beijing China
Regional office
Beijing
Unit 54, 5/F, Tower C,Lei Shing Hong Plaza,No. 8 Wangjing Street,Chaoyang District,Beijing, China
company site
Earlier presence
Toronto, Canada 1 open roles · last posting Sep 2026

Jobs

$64k – $89k per year • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Ottawa
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≈ $38k – $114k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Shanghai
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