Staff Software Developer

Firstbase; Montreal; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Montreal is seeking a Staff Developer to join the core Devs.AI team. As a critical individual contributor, you will design and build full-stack AI products and implement complex AI pipelines, collaborating with senior engineers. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in software development, strong full-stack skills, and experience in AI applications. This is an opportunity to work in an innovative environment where diversity and inclusion are valued.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proficient in Typescript and full-stack development.
• Hands-on experience building AI-powered applications.

Responsibilities

• Design and build end-to-end AI-powered applications.
• Optimize complex RAG pipelines and LLM integrations.
• Implement features for workflow management and orchestration.

Skills

Full-Stack Technical Depth

AI Application Expertise

Architectural Leadership

Operational Excellence

Tools

Typescript

React

Next.js

MySQL

Redis

LangChain

LangGraph

Job description

About AppDirect

Become a digital, global citizen and enable the new generation of digital entrepreneurs around the world. AppDirect offers a subscription commerce platform to sell any product, through any channel, on any device - as a service. We power millions of subscriptions worldwide for organizations. We do this by our values-driven culture—one that enables you to Be Seen, Be Yourself, and Do Your Best Work.

About You

We are looking for a Staff Developer to join the core Devs.AI team. This is a critical Individual Contributor (IC) role that operates with extreme autonomy in a "startup-within-a-startup" environment, focusing on solving the hardest technical problems in enterprise AI application development. Devs.AI is AppDirect's most strategic initiative, focused on building the next generation of AI-driven enterprise tools.

You are a Staff full-stack developer with deep experience in application-layer AI. You thrive on architectural challenges, operate effectively in a high-velocity release environment, and are passionate about shaping the future of AI tooling. You will collaborate daily with the most senior engineers in the company, driving technical strategy and execution.

We are looking for someone that brings a fresh perspective and new ideas, and contributes their ideas and personality to the collective group. If you are an individual that is excited to take on new challenges, technologies, and adventures we are looking for you!

What you’ll do and how you’ll make an impact

• Design and Build Full-Stack AI Products: Ship end-to-end, AI-powered applications (frontend and backend) that will be used directly by our enterprise clients.
• Architect and Implement Core AI Pipelines: Design, implement, and optimize complex RAG pipelines and robust LLM tool integrations to enable sophisticated agent capabilities.
• Drive Strategic Product Features: Be a primary contributor to key Devs.AI products, including:
  • App Builder: Contribute to the development of our low-code agent builder platform.
  • Agent Studio & Agentless Chat Backend: Build scalable and performant backends for agent management and conversational AI.
  • MCP Integrations: Rapidly develop and deploy new integrations using the Model Context Protocol.
• Own Workflow Orchestration: Implement complex features for workflow management, including scheduling, triggers, and sophisticated approval flows.
• Set Architectural Direction: Operate with significant technical ownership, contributing to the core architectural decisions that will shape the Devs.AI platform and technology stack for years to come.

What we’re looking for

• Experience & Level: 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Full-Stack Technical Depth:
  • Demonstrated ability to drive projects across the full stack.
  • Strong experience with Typescript, React, and Next.js.
  • Proficiency with backend data technologies like MySQL and Redis.
• AI Application Expertise:
  • Strong, hands-on experience building production-grade AI-powered applications (application-layer AI).
  • Expertise designing and implementing RAG pipelines.
  • Experience with LLM tool integrations and orchestration tools like LangChain or LangGraph.
• Architectural Leadership: Deep expertise in complex system design, architectural thinking, and API development.
• Operational Excellence: Proven ability to operate effectively and autonomously in a fast-moving, high-shipping environment, working seamlessly with senior/principal-level peers.

At AppDirect, we believe that innovation thrives in an environment that houses diversity of excellence, experience and thought. We respect each AppDirector as their own fingerprint; unique with no one alike. We foster an environment of inclusion without regard to race, religion, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity enabling AppDirectors to embrace their uniqueness to do their best work. As such, we strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities.

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