Platform Software Engineer (Ottawa)

Collage; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Flexible working hours

Career growth in AI/renewables

Job summary

BluWave-ai is seeking software developers for its full‑time Ottawa-based role, hybrid work, offering exposure to platform architecture, devops, and cloud infrastructure across our SaaS products.

You'll own design, development, and support of platform tools (IAM, high availability, security) and help ensure the platform's reliability while mentoring teammates and collaborating across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• Experience operating distributed products with high uptime.
• Experience with config-as-code tools and paradigms.
• Experience with PostgreSQL databases and schemas.
• Hands-on experience with CNCF tools (Kubernetes, Helm, Istio).
• Experience with IaaS and cloud infrastructure.
• Strong written and spoken communication in a distributed team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee platform architecture and devops across product lines.
• Design, develop, and support platform tools and services (IAM, high availability).
• Ensure high uptime and reliability of the SaaS platform.
• Improve monitoring and alerting.
• Estimate work, mentor team members.

Skills

Distributed architecture evaluation

Kubernetes

Istio

PostgreSQL

IaaS

Config as code

Communication

Tools

Open Policy Agent

Grafana

Prometheus

Graylog

Auth0

Azure IaaS

Job description

Engineering Full Time Ottawa, ON Hybrid $50,000 - $70,000 CAD per year

At BluWave-ai our mission is to deliver innovative AI solutions to accelerate the transformation towards renewable energy. We apply AI to increase the use of clean energy in smart grids and microgrids with distributed energy resources and demand response. We are driving the transition to electrification of transportation as the grid becomes the local gas station.

We are looking for software developers that are inspired by generalizing designs at all layers to handle different types of data to join us to build our software-as-a-service platform.

We invite you to read our story on our About Us page, our products pages , and we'll shared some info about our technology stack when we meet!

About the role

This role is responsible for all aspects of the platform of our system of which all our product lines are built on top of. It will give exposure to architecture, devops, cloud infrastructure, databases, scalability and reliability of all products that operate on top of the platform.

The role's responsibilities include:

• Stakeholder to review and mentor key design aspects of the product lines that venture into new territory or needs of the platform
• Design, develop, and support tools, and services of the platform, including the areas of: Identity and Access Management (IAM), High-availability, Fault-tolerance, Scalability, IaaS, security consciousness, and operations
• Ensure a high-uptime of the SaaS platform
• Continuous improvement on Monitoring and Alerting
• Analyze, scope, review, and estimate activities
• Be the subject matter expert of your ownership areas
• Mentor less experienced team members

Your Knowledge, Experience, and Skills

Required:

• Outstanding ability to rapidly mentally play out good and bad consequences of deployment architectures designs after it runs over time
• 2 years of varied experience operating or hosting distributed products that have high uptime
• Experience with config-as-code tools and paradigms
• Experience with operating PostgreSQL databases and their schemas
• Advanced experience using and operating CNCF paradigms and tools at small scale, or equivalent tools. Particularly: kubernetes, helm, istio
• Experience with IaaS
• Clear verbal and written communication and the ability collaborate effectively in a geographically dispersed working environment

Considered an asset:

• Experience with Azure IaaS
• Advanced experience with microservices architecture in a Container environment
• Experience with Auth0
• Experience with Graylog
• Experience with Grafana, Prometheus
• Experience with Apache Ni-Fi
• Experience with Open Policy Agent

What you will gain

• Knowledge, skills, and professional networking in one of the most exciting and positively impactful technology domains that is an intersection of machine learning, data science, electrical engineering, and software
• Startup experience and ground floor opportunities for growth in a team that includes PhD Smart Grid Engineers, Data Scientists, recent grads, and seasoned business professionals
• Competitive compensation
• High quality of life and career in Canada's National Capital Region

Perks of working at BluWave-ai

• Hybrid work environment with flexible working hours
• Deliverable-focused work environment, where clear goals and outcomes drive our projects and success
• Benefit from 2-4 weeks of vacation annually, plus up to 7 weeks paid sabbatical after 5 years of service
• Employee Stock Option Plans
• Take advantage of reduced gym membership fees at the City of Ottawa and enjoy a complimentary gym membership in Summerside, PEI.
• Company supported patent filings, ensuring that your innovative ideas are protected and recognized

Diversity makes us stronger. BluWave-ai provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, nation origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, or ordinances.

Authorization to work in Canada will be required for this position.