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Staff / Principal Software Engineer

  • Hybrid
  • CA$80 - CA$85 per hour

Full Time

Current Vacancy

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Staff/Principal Software Engineer to design and build scalable distributed systems supporting AI/ML platforms, backend services, and edge computing. This is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for architecting solutions, developing production-quality software, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance, cloud-native applications.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable distributed systems from concept through production.

  • Develop backend services and APIs using Java Spring Boot.

  • Build data processing pipelines supporting AI/ML inference and feature engineering.

  • Design edge computing and CDN-based solutions for low-latency processing.

  • Architect cloud-native solutions on AWS.

  • Define integrations with third-party platforms, APIs, and authentication services.

  • Establish best practices for system architecture, observability, scalability, and reliability.

  • Collaborate with Data Science, Product, and Engineering teams to deliver AI-enabled platforms.

  • Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity.

  • Lead technical design discussions and mentor other engineers through hands-on development.

Job requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience.

  • Strong Java & Spring Boot experience.

  • AWS and distributed systems expertise.

  • Experience with AI/ML data pipelines or inference platforms.

  • Edge computing/CDN experience.

  • Experience using GitHub Copilot or other AI coding tools.

  • Strong architecture and system design skills.

Nice to Have

  • JavaScript/TypeScript

  • Python

  • Databricks

  • Microservices, event-driven architecture

  • JWT, OAuth2, PKI

Hybrid
  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CA$80 - CA$85 per hour

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