Software Engineer

Providius•Hamilton, ON

17d•Onsite

About The Position

We’re looking for a software engineer to join our development team. You’ll work across our platform, from backend services to user interfaces, helping build systems that need to be reliable, scalable, and performant. This role is ideal for someone with strong fundamentals, a collaborative mindset, and a desire to continuously learn. You’ll contribute to production systems, participate in architectural decisions, and grow alongside a team that values practical, well-engineered solutions.

Requirements

2–5 years of experience building and shipping software in a professional environment
Strong fundamentals in computer science and software engineering
Ability to take ambiguous problems and turn them into working, maintainable solutions
Comfortable working across different parts of a system (backend, frontend, testing, or infrastructure)
Experience writing clean, testable, and maintainable code
Solid understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL or similar)
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
Effective communication and collaboration in a team environment

Nice To Haves

API design and backend best practices
Experience with microservices or distributed systems
High-availability and performance optimization
Test-driven development and automated testing
Familiarity with networking concepts (a strong plus in our domain)

Responsibilities

Design, build, and ship features end-to-end, from concept through deployment
Work across the stack as needed—backend services, APIs, frontend interfaces, and supporting infrastructure
Develop and maintain testing strategies, including unit tests, integration tests, and test tooling (e.g., mocks, simulation environments)
Collaborate with teammates to break down problems, define requirements, and iterate on solutions
Contribute to improving development workflows, tooling, and overall engineering practices
Debug and resolve issues across the system, including production environments when needed
Continuously build domain knowledge in media and networking systems to inform better engineering decisions
Ability to take ownership of features and see them through to completion