BuildOps
Senior Software Engineer
$148K–$197K
Toronto, Ontario, Canada +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Location
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Los Angeles, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems at scale.
- Education
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field from a top university.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be located in a U.S. state where BuildOps is registered and able to support employment; currently excludes Alaska, Hawaii, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
About the job
Builds and operates full-stack product features, services, APIs, and integrations for commercial contractors, with ownership from design through maintenance.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and maintain frontend and backend features and systems across the full project lifecycle.
- Improve reliability, performance, scalability, and observability; monitor and maintain systems after rollout.
- Collaborate across Product, Design, and Engineering, make technical decisions, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- Strong experience building production software across frontend and backend systems, including APIs, services, and user-facing applications.
- Experience with databases, data modeling, relational database tradeoffs, and modern web application patterns.
- Demonstrated project ownership, cross-functional collaboration, technical judgment, debugging, and mentoring.
- Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools; B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field from a top university; ability to work the stated hybrid schedule.
Nice to have
- Experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, React, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Docker, or infrastructure-as-code.
- Experience with Kafka, Redis, Elasticsearch, AWS, integrations, data pipelines, SaaS, or Claude Code.
Pay
$148,000 - $197,000 base salary range (USD)
Tools
TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, React, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, Redis
AI focus
Use AI-assisted development tools for development, debugging, documentation, and workflow acceleration; Claude Code or similar AI coding agents are a plus.
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