Software Engineer

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including system design, algorithms, testing, debugging, and code review.

  Demonstrated ability to lead technical direction and mentor peers in a collaborative team environment.

  Comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-moving problem spaces where best practices are still emerging.

  Hands-on experience with AI-powered developer tooling and coding assistants, such as:

  • GitHub Copilot and Copilot Workspace - AI pair programming, CLI workflows, and task-oriented development
  • Claude Code - agentic CLI for autonomous software engineering tasks
  • OpenAI Codex / ChatGPT - LLM-based code generation and explanation
  • Cursor - AI-native code editor with inline generation and multi-file editing

  Experience with agentic tooling concepts such as plugins, agents, skills, or hooks.

  Experience building with agent SDKs, large language models (LLMs), prompt engineering, or AI orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, LlamaIndex, or similar).

  Familiarity with agentic AI development patterns, including multi-step reasoning, tool/function calling, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and human-in-the-loop workflows.

  Experience evaluating and using emerging AI developer tools, and translating insights into team-wide best practices.

  Background in developer tooling, build systems, CI/CD pipelines, or engineering systems at scale.

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Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $85,000 - CAD $166,800 per year.

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Ce poste sera ouvert pendant au moins cinq jours et les candidatures seront acceptées de façon continue jusqu’à ce que le poste soit pourvu.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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