Salt is a North American marketing agency that creates connected experiences through creative, digital & media innovation.

ROLE: SOFTWARE ENGINEER Salt is a North American marketing agency that creates connected experiences through creative, digital & media innovation. Our mission is to “Earn The World’s Attention” and Salt is built to find, develop, execute, and amplify the ideas that are worthy of our clients’ audiences. We’re looking for people who are as smart as they are kind because we believe the right talent and the right culture help us do what’s right for our clients.

Join us as a Software Engineer building the next generation of AI products. This hands‑on engineering role combines Platform Engineering, Security, and Software Development to create the cloud platform that powers our applications at scale. You'll spend approximately 50% of your time building secure, automated, and reliable infrastructure, and the other 50% developing innovative product features - working with the latest cloud, AI, and developer technologies to deliver solutions used across the organization.

You will build, secure, and operate modern cloud-based applications and AI platforms, developing new product features while helping ensure our infrastructure is secure, scalable, and reliable. Working closely with product and engineering, you will develop new product features while managing cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, application security, and production operations across our AI platforms. Infrastructure & Data Platform Engineering Develop integrations with social media platforms, enterprise systems, and external APIs/MCPs.

Improve platform reliability, monitoring, logging, and performance. Build and maintain data pipelines supporting AI products. Ensure data quality, governance, and secure data handling. DevOps & Security Implement secure deployment practices and automated quality gates.

Perform vulnerability assessments, dependency management, and security testing. Support penetration testing, remediation,



and security hardening initiatives. Ensure products follow secure coding standards and compliance requirements.

Software Engineering

Design, develop, and maintain full-stack web applications and APIs. Build scalable backend services and up-to-date frontend experiences. Participate in architecture, code reviews, and technical design discussions.

Reliable data pipelines powering AI products. High-quality software delivered on schedule. Bachelor's degree in computer science, or a related technical field. ~2–3 years of experience in software development, cloud infrastructure, or platform engineering. ~ Hands‑on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Cloud Build), Docker, and cloud infrastructure management. ~ Working knowledge of application security, including secure coding, IAM, OAuth/SSO, secrets management, vulnerability remediation, and security best practices. ~ Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across product, engineering, infrastructure, and security teams in an Agile environment. ~ Experience integrating APIs, building automation workflows (e.g., n8n), and working with AI/LLM platforms such as Gemini, Vertex AI, OpenAI, or Claude. ~ Familiarity with UX flows and writing specs/SOPs. ~ Hybrid setup, up to 28 paid days off and winter holiday shutdowns Comprehensive Coverage: Health, dental, and vision plans, plus Salt Bucks to spend on what matters to you—wellness, RRSPs, or extra time off.

Legendary team trips, seasonal socials, and Salt Swag that reps your squad. Referral and new business bonuses, exclusive lifestyle perks, and personalized wellness options. Diversity fuels our thinking.

Inclusion drives our impact. Individual compensation within this range is determined based on job-related factors such as experience, skills, level of responsibility, internal equity, and business needs. Salt XC is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting and retaining the most qualified employees regardless of race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age or disability. #

📌 Telecommute Software Application Specialist (Toronto)
🏢 SALT XC
📍 Toronto