Staff Software Developer

Team: IT

Location: Canada

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities:

• Own complex technical challenges and architect scalable, performant, and reliable solutions.
• Write clean, maintainable, production-quality code using technologies such as Go, Scala, TypeScript, React, and GraphQL.
• Diagnose and resolve complex production issues across distributed systems, identifying root causes and implementing lasting fixes.
• Partner with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver features that provide meaningful customer value.
• Apply AI-enabled engineering techniques, intelligent tooling, automation, and data-informed debugging to solve complex problems and improve delivery.
• Lead by example through code reviews, technical guidance, mentorship, and promotion of strong development and testing practices.
• Identify and implement improvements across the codebase, systems, infrastructure, and developer workflows.
• Collaborate across teams to maintain consistency in implementation, performance, reliability, and user experience.
• Create reusable tools, libraries, frameworks, and other solutions that improve developer productivity.
• Share technical context, review designs, and help unblock other engineers.
• Contribute to observability and operational excellence through logging, tracing, metrics, and alerting practices.
• Address performance bottlenecks and scalability challenges in high-traffic systems.

Requirements:

• Extensive hands-on software engineering experience with a strong track record of solving complex technical problems through code.
• Deep knowledge of system design, software architecture, clean coding practices, debugging, and production engineering.
• Experience building and operating scalable, high-traffic or distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in one or more relevant programming languages, particularly Go, Scala, or TypeScript.
• Familiarity with modern observability practices and tools for logging, tracing, metrics collection, and alerting, such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, or Datadog.
• Experience building developer tooling, frameworks, or reusable engineering solutions that improve development velocity.
• Strong understanding of performance optimization, scalability, reliability, and production troubleshooting.
• Practical experience using AI-enabled tools and techniques to improve engineering workflows and solve difficult technical challenges.
• Ability to work effectively with product managers, designers, and engineers across functions and teams.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly.
• Demonstrated mentoring ability through pairing, code reviews, knowledge sharing, and thoughtful technical feedback.
• Self-directed approach with the ability to independently drive projects from initial concept through production delivery.
• Interest in open-source projects, side projects, or other ways of continuously developing technical expertise.
• Familiarity with technologies such as React, GraphQL, Kafka, Kubernetes, and AWS is beneficial.

Benefits:

• Salary range of $160,000–$208,000 CAD.
• Stock options for full-time employees.
• Comprehensive health and dental benefits.
• Wellness spending account.
• GRSP matching program.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Paid parental leave.
• Remote working subsidies.
• Fully distributed work environment with flexibility to work from home or another suitable location.
• Opportunities for continuous learning, professional development, and career growth.
• Collaborative environment with opportunities to influence engineering practices and technical direction.