BuildOps
Senior Software Engineer
Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$148k-$197kDetected 53 days ago
JavaScriptTypeScriptPythonReactBackend DevelopmentCode ReviewRedisElasticsearchAWSCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesKafkaData EngineeringDesign SystemsValuationCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoring
About the role
- This role is a strong fit for someone who enjoys owning meaningful technical problems end to end, navigating ambiguity with sound judgment, and helping raise the bar for engineering quality across the team.
- Currently, this excludes the following states: Alaska, Hawaii, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
- This list is based solely on operational and compliance considerations and is reviewed from time to time as our footprint grows.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain high-quality product features and systems across frontend and backend applications
- Own projects through the full lifecycle, from technical design and implementation through rollout, monitoring, and long-term maintenance
- Partner with product managers, designers, and engineers to translate ambiguous problems into clear technical plans and well-scoped milestones
- Build user-facing experiences and supporting APIs that work well across client, service, and data boundaries
- Improve the performance, scalability, and resilience of the products and systems your team owns
- Contribute to design reviews, technical discussions, and architecture decisions with clear thinking and sound judgment
- 5+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems at scale
- You'll partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Design to solve complex problems, improve reliability and usability, and deliver software that creates real customer and business impact.
- You should be energized by building in a fast-moving environment, mentoring others, and using AI as a practical force multiplier in your day-to-day work.
- 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.
Requirements
- Experience owning projects with meaningful ambiguity and making good technical decisions with incomplete information
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify root causes and simplify systems over time
- A track record of mentoring teammates and helping raise the quality bar on engineering teams
- Comfort working in a fast-paced startup environment where priorities evolve and strong judgment matters
Nice to have
- Experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, or other modern application stacks
- Experience with React or similar frontend frameworks
- Experience with cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Docker, or infrastructure-as-code tooling
- Familiarity with Kafka, Redis, Elasticsearch, or other event-driven and high-throughput systems
- Experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms
- Experience using Claude Code or similar AI coding agents in day-to-day development workflows
- Solve meaningful technical problems with clear customer and business impact
- Join a team that values ownership, speed, quality, and thoughtful collaboration
Compensation
- $148,000 - $197,000 base salary range + annual bonus + stock options
Benefits
- Generous equity grant, become an owner in our company!
- A comprehensive benefits package
- Flexible PTO and hybrid work schedules
Company info
- What We're Looking For
- At BuildOps, we're building software purpose-built for commercial contractors.
- From service to projects, we help our customers run the workflows that keep buildings, businesses, and critical infrastructure operating.
- We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help build and scale the product experiences and systems behind that mission.
- In this role, you'll work across frontend applications, backend services, APIs, and integrations that power high-impact workflows for our customers.
- 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, <a class="c-link" href="https://labusinessjournal.com/featured/firm-gets-unicorn-status/" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="http
- Opportunities for growth and career advancement
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