Keep in mind that the layoffs earlier this year have still had a huge impact on the job market for software engineers. Many companies moved their hiring bar higher and have gotten more selective over their canidates. 2 years ago, if you pretty much had a pulse you could have jumped fields (yes, some jobs did require specialized knowledge).

Many Canadian companies are not doing "interesting" things so I can understand the perspective of being at the long end of the funnel on sprint tasks for a product that might not be getting huge marketing wins. You've already taken the first step at figuring out what's interesting to you. As others have said, start learning about some topic areas find the meetups over those topics and start networking and getting to know people in the field.

Lastly, interviewing is a skill.