24 Oct
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Ribbit
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Burlington
Note: the Careers page is under maintenance; Let your outstanding résumé (cover letter and design portfolio encouraged but optional) do the talking. We develop technology that enables uncrewed gate-to-gate operations, having completed hundreds of autonomous flight hours on different aircraft, flown 10K+ hours in simulation, and secured flight authorities for remotely and optionally piloted flight. From defending sovereignty to delivering food and medical supplies, we are a trusted partner that businesses and governments rely on to test, operate, and deploy affordable autonomous aircraft.
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We believe that technology should be developed for and with the customer. In 2023, we signed our first federal contract with the Government of Canada, during which we performed Canada’s first autonomous gate-to-gate flight between two airports. Since then, we have won several additional contracts, including contracts with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the Department of National Defence (DND) spanning platform, mission, and collaborative autonomy.
We pride ourselves on knowing the customer better than themselves, serving them better than anyone else, and ensuring they succeed in a world with everyone else.
We also deployed Canada's first optionally piloted aircraft with a military callsign. We are now building novel autonomous aircraft for DND and Canada's allies, aligning our immediate defence clients with a backlog of interest across northern wholesalers, public safety agencies, freight forwarders, and humanitarian organizations. Our team has years of experience with piloting, commercial drone operations, and autonomous mobile robotics—we're concentrating the world's best software, robotics,
and aeronautical expertise to pursue our mission of making air transportation accessible to everyone.
The Autonomy team builds the software that flies the aircraft, whereas the recent Web Interfaces team builds software that lets operators tell the aircraft where to go, see what they are doing, and step in when it matters. As manager of the interfaces team, you will build the team from the ground up: hiring the engineers, setting the direction for the web GUI and the services behind it, and writing code alongside the team while it is small.
Early on you will prototype new functionality, own the ambiguous work, and set the patterns others build on, with the balance shifting toward leadership as the team grows
Set the technical direction for the Interfaces stack, including system architecture, the roadmap for the GUI and the services behind it, and set the bar for quality, review processes, and documentation
Coordinate the team to deliver high-quality software: scope the work, sequence it against flight-testing and customer commitments, and communicate progress, risk, and trade-offs honestly
Participate in field testing during flight trials, demonstrations, and pilot projects alongside the deployment team, taking what you learn and using it to inform the Interfaces roadmap The architecture, conventions, tooling, and review practice foundations are set while they are still cheap to change
Quality has risen, through test strategies, CI/CD,
and a sensible approach to technical debt The software holds up in production under real flight operations
Permanent Full-Time, starting December 2026
This is a hybrid role involving remote work and on-site presence to support field tests—you must be in the Greater Toronto Area or willing to relocate
3 weeks of vacation upon joining, comprehensive health and wellness plans)
You must be eligible to hold a Government of Canada security clearance at the Reliability or Secret level, and pass security assessment for the Controlled Goods Program
Experience managing software engineers, including hiring, providing feedback, and performance reviews
Proficiency in software engineering: you have shipped production web software as a senior engineer and want to continue writing and reviewing code
Experience working as an engineer on an early-stage team or product, where architecture, processes, and hiring was initiated rather than inherited A track record of delivering against external commitments, such as customer deployments, field trials, or certification milestones
Experience with real-time or data-intensive systems alongside a working understanding of the trade-offs they involve
Experience working alongside various teams including hardware, testing, or deployment, where software schedules depend on physical systems and flight windows
Clear and concise writing for both technical and non-technical audiences alike
Preferred And Bonus Qualifications Include Experience With Aviation, robotics, defence, AVs, or another domain where software failure has physical consequences
Hands-on experience with React and TypeScript, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD
Real-time GUIs for data-intensive applications, such as geospatial/GIS tools or ground control stations
📌 Software Engineering Manager - Web Interfaces (Burlington)
🏢 Ribbit
📍 Burlington