Senior SR&ED Consultant (Software Engineering)

• SR&ED (Canada)

• Software architecture literacy

  You must contextualize architectures, frameworks, integrations, and algorithms in a live client meeting.

• Technical interviewing

  The work is root-cause conversations with developers, not a questionnaire. You have to hear the constraint.

• SR&ED technical writing

  The output is a technical summary that justifies the project. Writing is the deliverable.

• Eligibility judgment

  You decide which R&D activities qualify. That judgment is why they want engineers, not only accountants.

• Multi-engagement delivery

  The posting expects you to prioritize several clients and hit milestones without a single-project focus.

• Client management

  You work with mixed training backgrounds and have to manage expectations when work is not eligible.

• Legislative currency

  They want someone who will keep up with SR&ED administrative and legislative changes, even if prior claim experience is only an asset.

• Modern software practice

  Databases, cloud, APIs, testing, and deployment show up in client systems. You need working vocabulary, not a certificate list.

1. KPMG will ask you to interview them back. Practice a five-minute technical interview: what was uncertain, what you tried, what the baseline system already did, and why a library did not solve it. Then stop and write three sentences a tax reviewer could use.
2. Bring one system you built. Be ready for 'was that SR&ED?' If you say yes too fast, they will push on routine development. The strong answer draws the line in public.
3. If you have never filed a claim, say so. The posting treats SR&ED experience as an asset. Show that you can learn the tests, and that your engineering years are real.
4. Ask which office the requisition is tied to and how hybrid works for client visits. Do not assume a single city. The careers site lists multiple locations for this family of roles.
5. A writing sample question is plausible. Offer to walk through a design note you rewrote for a non-author. Clarity beats jargon.

Preparation from the public posting. Not the employer's interview script, and not tax advice.

• Title the recent role in engineering language, then add a line that you are moving toward technical consulting. Hiding the build experience to look like a tax person is the wrong edit for this requisition.
• Bullets should show systems, constraints, and communication with non-authors. One bullet on documentation or design review is worth more than a stack list.
• If you have SR&ED, grants, or IRAP-style work, give it its own bullet with your role (interviews, drafting, or support). If you do not, do not fake a claim year.
• Tools: list languages and platforms you can whiteboard. Skip a wall of every cloud service you have logged into.
• Put eligibility thinking in one bullet: a time you scoped work out because it was routine. That signals the judgment KPMG is buying.

Illustrative for requisition 31460. Use your systems. Do not invent claim filings or CRA outcomes. The point is technical depth plus clear writing.

• Designed and shipped backend services for a multi-tenant product, including API contracts, data stores, and deployment pipelines I can explain to a non-author.
• Led design reviews that separated experimental algorithm work from routine feature delivery, and wrote the decision down.
• Interviewed internal engineers to reconstruct why an integration failed, then produced a short technical note a product manager could use.
• Managed two workstreams at once with a written milestone list, including what was blocked on a third-party API.
• Studied SR&ED eligibility criteria and mapped one past project to technological uncertainty, systematic investigation, and work that would not qualify.

• Apply on careers.kpmg.ca for job 31460. Ignore aggregator copies if they disagree with KPMG's page.
• Your resume should prove you can talk to a CTO and then write. Tax vocabulary can be learned. Invented claim experience cannot.
• Check the Index firm profile for KPMG Canada, then still confirm office and hybrid rules on the requisition.
• This is advisory prep from the public posting, not KPMG's interview guide and not tax advice.

What does KPMG's Senior SR&ED Consultant (software) do?

You assess client software projects for SR&ED, interview technical leaders, and write technical summaries that support the claim. The group sits in tax incentives. The daily skill is engineering judgment plus clear writing.

Do I need prior SR&ED experience for KPMG job 31460?

Public copies of this requisition treat SR&ED or other incentive experience as an asset. The baseline is a relevant degree and about two years in software development or IT R&D. Read the live KPMG page in case the asset language changed.

What degree does this KPMG SR&ED software role ask for?

Computer science, software, mechatronics, electrical engineering, or a similar field, at bachelor's or master's level, in the public posting text. Related disciplines appear on some copies. Match the live requisition.

Is this a remote KPMG job?

Do not assume remote. KPMG lists this family of roles across multiple Canadian locations. Open job 31460 and note the cities before you apply.

How should a software engineer write a resume for this job?

Lead with systems you built, a time you separated experimental work from routine delivery, and any writing or interview practice. Add SR&ED only if you have it. A sample block is on this page. Adapt it. Do not copy it.

Can I apply through Credit Index?

Yes. Upload a PDF on this page. Maya quotes what you wrote, forwards the resume, and does her best to alert the right person. You can also use the employer link. Do not send two different stories.