Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer

• Title of Role: Staff Software Engineer
• Location: Canada, remote
• Company Stage of Funding: Private Equity — Health Care
• Office Type: Remote
• Salary: $180K–$220K

Company Description

We're representing a mission-driven healthcare technology platform dedicated to connecting travel nurses with short-term job opportunities that align with their skills and lifestyle goals. This company empowers healthcare professionals to make informed career decisions while helping staffing agencies efficiently source qualified candidates. By integrating healthcare and technology, they are addressing significant challenges in the industry and enhancing the job search experience for nurses.

What You Will Do

• Architect, design, and deliver complex software systems that are crucial to the platform's core functionality.
• Drive technical strategy and establish engineering standards across teams, influencing software development at scale.
• Lead the development of scalable and maintainable backend systems while collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into engineering solutions.
• Mentor and elevate the skills of senior and mid-level engineers through code reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and technical debt, ensuring system reliability and efficiency.
• Contribute to the hiring process and help shape the engineering culture of a remote-first team.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and make informed build-vs-buy decisions to keep the platform competitive.

Ideal Candidate Background

• 6–10 years of professional software engineering experience, with a proven track record in delivering impactful systems at scale.
• Strong foundation in software architecture, system design, and distributed systems, particularly in backend development.
• Experience working on consumer-facing or marketplace platforms where performance and reliability are critical.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders and work autonomously in a remote environment.
• Passion for building products that positively impact people's lives and careers.

Preferred

• Experience with messy, unstructured client data feeds and normalizing them for platform use.
• Proven leadership in the design and implementation of robust data ingestion or processing systems.
• Familiarity with modernizing or streamlining ingestion systems in a high-growth environment.

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation for this role ranges from $180K to $220K, with flexibility to work remotely from anywhere. The company is committed to fostering an inclusive, high-performing team and invests in the growth and well-being of its engineers.