Principal Developer

Diagram; Montreal; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Principal Developer to shape technology vision and mentor teams. The role involves strategic alignment, architecture evolution, and hands-on contributions, while promoting best practices in a collaborative environment. With a focus on sustainability, this position offers generous benefits including remote options and comprehensive health insurance.

Benefits

Generous health benefits

Flexible schedules

Opportunity to work remotely

4 weeks of vacation

Summer hours

Beautiful office in Old Montreal

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Proven experience in a leadership role within a SaaS organization.
• Deep knowledge of microservices and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Align technology roadmap with business objectives.
• Lead design and evolution of architecture.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to enhance delivery.

Skills

System Design

Architecture

Technical Leadership

Mentoring

Tools

Python

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Angular

React

Job description

We’re looking for aPrincipal Developer to join Novisto! In this role, you will play a key role in shaping our long-term technology vision, guiding our engineering teams through architectural excellence, and helping modernize our platform to support continued growth and scale. You’ll be a force multiplier driving cross-team technical alignment, mentoring technical leaders, and ensuring our systems remain robust, maintainable, and secure.

Your responsibilities will include:

Strategic Alignment

• Align Novisto’s long-term technology roadmap with business objectives, influencing key architectural and technical decisions across the organization.

Architecture & Platform Evolution

• Lead the design and evolution of our architecture, promoting modularization, modernization, and reusability of core components.

• Facilitate cross-team architectural reviews and provide technical guidance to ensure cohesion and sustainability.

Technical Leadership

• Mentor Tech Leads and senior developers to elevate engineering maturity across the organization.

• Establish and uphold engineering best practices in architecture, testing, security, and documentation.

Innovation & Delivery Enablement

• Evaluate emerging technologies and lead the adoption of tools and frameworks that improve developer efficiency and product delivery.

• Partner with Platform Engineering, QA, and Security to align on holistic software delivery strategies.

Hands-On Contribution

• Act as a senior-level contributor in the most complex or strategic initiatives where architectural direction or problem-solving is critical.
  
  

What we’re looking for:

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of large-scale system design.

• Proven experience in a Principal Developer, Staff Engineer, or similar senior technical leadership role, ideally within a SaaS or product-driven organization.

• Deep knowledge of backend and frontend architecture, including microservices, APIs, and distributed systems.

• Expertise in at least one major programming language (Python strongly preferred).

• Familiarity with frontend frameworks (Angular, React) and modern DevOps tooling (Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines).

• Strong experience with relational and non-relational databases.

• Experience in a multi-cloud environment (GCP and Azure).

• Demonstrated ability to mentor senior engineers and drive architectural consensus.
  
  

What we offer:

• Join an early-stage, well-financed company

• Advance Novisto’s purpose of contributing to the sustainability of the economy, environment, and society by empowering companies to make better decisions and disclosures through our ESG data management software

• Contribute your knowledge and insights to increase awareness and knowledge of sustainability

• Generous health benefits (100% Insurance coverage & access to Dialogue's telemedicine app)

• Flexible schedules & opportunity to work remotely

• 4 weeks of vacation

• Summer hours

• If you prefer to work at the office, we have a beautiful office in Old Montreal, close to downtown and steps away from a metro (subway) station