Are you a software development company based in Toronto?

Hashorn works with clients in Toronto and across Canada. Our engineering and QA team is anchored in India with team members in the UAE, and we deliver to Toronto-based startups, agencies, and enterprises on a remote-first model.

How quickly can you start work for a team in Toronto?

Typically 1–2 weeks for dedicated engagements. Short sprint pods and audits can start the same week if requirements are clear.

Do you sign NDAs and DPAs with Toronto-based clients?

Yes. We sign mutual NDAs before any scoped information is shared and DPAs (and BAAs where relevant) for engagements processing personal or sensitive data.

Location · Software Development Company

Software Development Company in Toronto

Toronto has become Canada's largest tech hub, anchored by Shopify, OpenText, and a fast-growing SaaS and AI startup scene. The city's engineering market values senior talent and is comfortable with offshore-augmented teams, especially for fast-growth product work. Hashorn works as your software development company for teams in Toronto and across Canada. Senior product engineering with AI-assisted workflows and QA baked into every sprint.

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UTC-5 gives Toronto the same morning / India-evening overlap as New York, with a 5-hour gap to London and an 8-hour gap to the UAE.

Local context

What the market looks like

Why our delivery model is shaped for buyers in this market.

Strong SaaS and AI startup ecosystem; comfortable hiring through nearshore and offshore models.

Mature compliance and security expectations driven by Canadian financial-services and healthcare buyers.

Growing demand for QA automation and security testing capacity as products scale into enterprise contracts.

Who we work with

Typical buyers

Toronto- and Waterloo-corridor SaaS and AI startups.

Canadian financial-services and healthcare product teams.

Agencies and consultancies serving enterprise clients across Canada.

What you get

As your software development company

Senior product engineering with AI-assisted workflows and QA baked into every sprint.

Senior product engineers and tech lead

Weekly Friday demos and async status updates

AI-assisted scaffolding, code review, and test generation

Architecture, ADRs, and observable production deploys

QA-embedded sprints, not testing-as-afterthought

Documented handover to your in-house team

How we deliver

Our process

Senior engineers run the work. AI handles the scaffolding. Weekly demos keep things honest.

01

Discovery

Senior engineers map the surface, risks, integrations, and what "done" looks like for the first release.

02

Plan

We agree the scope, architecture, milestones, and weekly demo cadence before a line of code ships.

03

Build

AI-assisted senior engineering, weekly Friday demos, PR-level traceability, and continuous QA.

04

Land

Production cutover, observability, runbooks, and a documented handover to your team.

Stack

Tools and technologies

TypeScriptNext.jsReactNode.jsPythonGoPostgreSQLAWSGCPDockerGitHub Actions

FAQ

Questions clients ask before we start.

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Building in Toronto? Let's talk.

Tell us what you're building, we'll tell you how we'd ship it.

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