Position : Staff / Principal / Lead Software Engineer (Remote - Canada)
We’re looking for an experienced software engineering expert to help us design and deliver scalable, cloud-native solutions as part of a small, high-performing team. You can join us remotely from anywhere in Canada or work onsite in our Ottawa office - your choice.
As a Staff / Principal / Lead Engineer, you won’t just write code - you’ll help shape product strategy, set technical direction, and mentor others. If you’re passionate about modern architecture, love solving hard problems, and want to have a real impact on product and culture, we want to talk.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Drive design and architecture of scalable, resilient systems across our product suite.
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers and UX Designers to define and deliver elegant solutions to customer problems.
- Lead proof-of-concept development and evaluate new technologies or architectural approaches.
- Mentor and pair with other engineers to level up the team’s capabilities.
- Oversee large refactoring efforts and guide the resolution of complex, system-level technical issues.
- Participate in code reviews and support production systems as needed.
What You Bring
- Hands-on expertise with services like Lambda, S3, API Gateway, SQS, and similar.
- Proven ability to lead engineering projects and influence architecture and technical direction.
- Comfort working across the stack, from front-end components to infrastructure automation to database modeling.
- A strong sense of ownership - you drive initiatives from inception to production.
- Experience in fast-paced, product-focused environments, with a bias toward delivering value quickly.
- Bonus : Experience with ElasticSearch, CI / CD pipelines, security best practices, and DevOps fundamentals.
- Tooling : GitHub (incl Actions), AWS SAM & CDK, CloudWatch
Why You’ll Love Working Here
- Autonomy & Impact : Small team, big responsibilities. You’ll influence everything from architecture to user experience.
- Modern Tech : We move fast, embrace serverless, and experiment with new technologies.
- Customer Focused : We care deeply about solving real-world problems for our users.
- Continuous Learning : We invest in growing our people, not just our product.
- Flexible Work : Work remotely from anywhere in Canada, or join us in Ottawa.
- Deliver Fast, Deliver Well : Ship frequently, learn constantly.
- Own It : From concept to production - you’re accountable.
- Move With Curiosity : Try things, test assumptions, and evolve.
- Customer First : We succeed when our customers succeed
Compensation
100,000.00 - $160,000.00per year
Know someone who would be a perfect fit? Let them know!