Principal Software Engineer - Canada (Vancouver)

Principal Software Engineer - Canada (Vancouver)

13 Aug
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Equal Opportunity Ventures
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Vancouver

13 Aug

Equal Opportunity Ventures

Vancouver

Since then, we’ve grown by joining forces with Snagajob, the largest hourly job board in the U.followed by Seasoned, the leading platform for restaurant hiring. Each acquisition has brought JobGet closer to the frontline, making the platform faster, smarter, and more effective. Join talent network Principal Software Engineer - Canada Software Engineering Posted on Aug 3, 2026 Teamwork - We make time to help colleagues across JobGet succeed.

Innovation - We’re a team of creative, outside‑the‑box thinkers who thrive in a continuously evolving workplace. To us, innovation is about questioning the status quo and always striving to do things better. We are looking for an exceptional and ambitious engineer who enjoys architecting systems, working in an agile start‑up development environment, and leveraging AI to redefine engineering velocity. you will bridge the gap between engineering and the broader business, translating long‑term goals into technical reality while modeling the engineering best practices that elevate our entire organization.

As part of our tight‑knit team, you thrive in building scalable, flexible systems with an emphasis on improving maintainability.

Shape Technical Strategy: Proactively partner with leadership to bridge the gap between engineering and the broader business to ensure technical strategies and roadmaps directly support and accelerate overarching business goals.

Drive

Cross‑Functional Priorities: Collaborate with product and development managers to surface trade‑offs and ensure engineering priorities are communicated persuasively across the organization. Align impact across a multi‑product, multi‑team workplace, identifying opportunities for platform consolidation and technical consistency.



you are empowered to make significant technical decisions and drive projects end‑to‑end with limited oversight. Hands‑On Execution & Technical Excellence Rigorous Testing & Validation: Lead by example in code quality by defining testing standards and utilizing AI to generate robust test suites and edge‑case discovery that ensure comprehensive coverage.

Personally identify and execute fixes for deep‑seeded bottlenecks, architectural bugs, and performance issues that impact system stability. Evaluate and integrate emerging AI‑powered tools to enhance operational efficiency and developer productivity. Maintain a high bar for execution by mastering AI‑augmented coding practices to write, refactor, and deploy code with unprecedented speed and quality.

Architectural

Oversight & Quality System Design & Scalability: Lead architectural evaluations and design reviews to ensure systems remain flexible and scalable as the business grows. Maintain code quality, organization, and automation across the broader engineering organization.

Technical Multiplier: Elevate the engineers around you through rigorous code reviews, design feedback, and modelling mature, thoughtful engineering judgment.

Lead Technical Discussions: Move teams to decisions, ensuring the best ideas surface regardless of where they originate.

Foster Accountability: Champion a culture of quality, where engineers take pride in end‑to‑end ownership, technical excellence, and proficiency in leveraging AI tools.



10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a demonstrated track record of leading and executing technically complex, high‑impact initiatives from inception through delivery. ~ Recent experience working on a small, agile team contributing to all phases of the software development lifecycle in a start‑up environment. ~ NET and TypeScript codebases. ~ Experience creating database schemas that represent and support business processes. ~ Strong understanding of object‑oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms. ~ Strong experience with AWS platforms, including an understanding of their capabilities and limitations. ~ Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks. ~ Proven ability to operate across organisational lines, you are comfortable influencing without authority, building consensus among diverse teams, and driving decisions that require alignment across product, engineering, and business stakeholders. ~ Deep software engineering fundamentals, with experience in multi‑product architectures. ~ Experience working in an environment shaped by acquisitions or rapid growth, with an appreciation for the technical and cultural complexity that comes with it. ~ A track record of making well‑reasoned technical decisions, you evaluate options carefully, push back on the first solution when a better one exists. ~ Able to clearly communicate to both technical and non‑technical audiences. ~ A bias for ownership, you take projects seriously from start to finish, hold yourself accountable for outcomes, and proactively identify and resolve risk before it becomes a problem. ~ Flexible time off Remote‑first Flexible work hours - our employees are in multiple time zones Medical & dental plans Parental leave

📌 Principal Software Engineer - Canada (Vancouver)
🏢 Equal Opportunity Ventures
📍 Vancouver

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