Senior Software Engineer

BuildOps; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Negotiate base salary + annual bonus

Generous equity grant

Comprehensive benefits package

Flexible PTO

Work from home stipend

Company events and team-building activities

Job summary

BuildOps is seeking a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to enhance our software platform tailored for commercial contractors. You will be responsible for building and maintaining both backend and frontend systems. The ideal candidate should have over 5 years of experience in a SaaS environment, with solid skills in JavaScript, React.js, Node.js, and GraphQL.

This role offers a flexible hybrid work schedule, generous salary and equity options, along with a comprehensive benefits package. Join us in revolutionizing the commercial contracting industry!

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a SaaS engineering role.
• Strong experience developing with React.js and Node.js.
• Ability to work in a hybrid schedule.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the backend platform with real-time systems.
• Write clean, well-tested, and reusable code.
• Provide technical mentorship to team members.

Skills

Modern JavaScript/ECMAScript

React.js

Node.js

GraphQL

Technical writing

Communication skills

Education

BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science or related fields

Tools

Jest

Material-UI

CI/CD

Job description

At BuildOps, we’re building a groundbreaking software solution, purpose-built to support today’s commercial contractor. From helping our customers to manage their service all the way to project management, we’re breaking the mold and building a team that invests in our mission statement. We love driven, self-motivated folks that thrive in fast-paced environments. Could you be our next hire?

As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer, your primary focus will be to help continue to build and enhance our industry-leading platform. We are looking for a motivated, self-starter who can work in a distributed team environment. The day-to-day responsibilities are broad, and you will ultimately be responsible for shipping high-quality software that powers the commercial contracting industry.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain our backend platform with real-time, event-driven systems, services, and features
• Build and maintain our frontend platform using React framework
• Write quality code with high test coverage and documentation
• Develop, support, and improve our GraphQL and REST APIs
• Promote, teach, and enforce our documentation standards
• Propose recommendations, build prototypes, and provide feedback
• Work in tandem with the QA engineering team to ship quality and high-precision software
• Co-own the short and long-term technical vision of your squad with your teammates
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineers within your team and others
• Help improve the technical quality of our work through regular technical design, code reviews and automated testing
• Share your technical knowledge and expertise
• Communicate effectively with engineers, product managers, customers, partners, and other leaders

What We Look For

• 5+ years of experience in an engineering role, ideally in a fast-paced SaaS environment (designing APIs, integrations, platforms, and tools used by other engineers)
• Write modern JavaScript/ECMAScript code that is clean, well-tested, and reusable
• Strong experience working with React.js to develop and test applications/components that work optimistically in a production environment
• Strong experience working with Node.js and GraphQL
• Prior knowledge or ability to quickly learn Material-UI, CI/CD environments, and Python for back-end development preferred
• Familiarity with Jest, unit testing, debugging, profiling, performance monitoring
• As an individual contributor, you are a role model for junior engineers and will help shape your squad’s technology decisions while contributing alongside them
• Strong communication and technical writing skills
• BS, MS or PhD from a top university in computer science, engineering or related fields
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule – Monday/Friday WFH, Tuesday - Thursday, in office

What We Offer

• Negotiable base salary + annual bonus
• Generous equity grant, become an owner in our company!
• A comprehensive benefits package
• Flexible PTO and hybrid work schedules
• Work from home stipend
• Hubs in Los Angeles, Toronto, and Raleigh with hybrid work schedules with lunch provided for in-office days
• Company events like BBQs and team-building activities, both in-person and virtual
• Fast-paced, collaborative, and dynamic work environment
• Opportunities for growth and career advancement
• Chance to work with cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions
• The chance to get in on the ground floor and build something truly groundbreaking for ourselves and our amazing customers

About BuildOps

Join BuildOps, the largest commercial trade platform in the country, as we transform the multi-billion dollar commercial contracting industry!

We’re not just talking incremental improvements—we’re talking a full-scale revolution, empowering the hardworking heroes who build and maintain the infrastructure that keeps our world running. See why contractors choose Buildops here.

This is your chance to be part of a rocketship. We’re fresh off a $1 billion valuation and a $127M Series C funding round (part of over $275M raised to date) led by industry-leading investors like Meritech Capital, BOND, and SE Ventures, backed by Schneider Electric, Reuters, TechCrunch, LA Business Journal. Our latest investors join our team of industry heavyweights like Next47, former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, former Salesforce President Gavin Patterson, and Boost Mobile CEO Stephen Stokols. Their investment is fueling our aggressive growth and our commitment to equipping contractors with AI-driven tools to conquer chaos, boost efficiency, skyrocket profitability, and ultimately, deliver exceptional service.

At BuildOps, we’re changing the game and doing the best work of our careers. You’ll be a key player in a company that’s truly making a difference for the backbone of our economy. If you’re ready to tackle big challenges, work with a passionate team, and build something extraordinary, BuildOps is the place for you.