Staff Engineer, Cloud Development
Semtech•Richmond, BC
•CA$120,000 - CA$134,000•Onsite
About The Position
This position involves the full lifecycle of software development, including requirement specification, design, implementation, testing, manufacturing support, and problem investigation of field-reported issues. The role also includes supervision of other team members and tracking project tasks to completion.
Requirements
- Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a Technology Diploma with relevant industry experience in backend and cloud-focused software development.
- Expert-level proficiency in one or more backend languages (Python, Java, or Go) for microservices, RESTful API development, and event-driven systems; familiarity with JavaScript/TypeScript for scripting and tooling is a plus.
- Strong hands-on experience with core AWS services including compute (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda), storage (S3, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB), and messaging (SQS, SNS); familiarity with AWS networking primitives (VPC, subnets, security groups, ALB/NLB, Route 53) is expected.
- Solid understanding of cloud networking fundamentals: VPC design, routing, DNS, load balancing, and TLS/mTLS.
- Proven experience designing distributed systems for high availability and fault tolerance, including auto-scaling strategies and graceful degradation patterns.
- Experience with at least one infrastructure-as-code tool (Terraform preferred; CDK or CloudFormation also accepted) and CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, or Jenkins.
- Comfortable with containerization (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS); able to build, deploy, and troubleshoot containerized workloads in production.
- Working knowledge of cloud security fundamentals: IAM least-privilege design, encryption at rest and in transit, Secrets Manager, and security group hygiene.
- Experience with observability tooling (CloudWatch, distributed tracing, structured logging) and the ability to diagnose and resolve production incidents independently.
- Familiarity with asynchronous messaging patterns (queues, pub/sub, event streaming) using services such as SQS, SNS, or Kafka; not required to have deep expertise in all of them.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment and deliver results with clear engineering tradeoffs documented and communicated.
- Works effectively both independently and within cross-functional teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to articulate architectural decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Able to manage competing priorities and deliver efficiently under pressure.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with JavaScript/TypeScript for scripting and tooling.
- Familiarity with AWS networking primitives (VPC, subnets, security groups, ALB/NLB, Route 53).
- Experience with hybrid connectivity (VPN or Direct Connect).
- Awareness of compliance frameworks (SOC 2, PCI-DSS) is a plus but not required.
Responsibilities
- Product Architecture & Design: Understand Airlink product applications, overall software architecture, review requirements, and develop software design specifications traceable to requirements.
- Software Development: Develop software traceable to design specifications in accordance with established coding conventions and quality standards.
- Testing & Quality Assurance: Perform design testing including unit, integration, performance, and reliability testing; participate in peer design and code reviews.
- Risk Management & Problem Solving: Identify and mitigate risks, eliminate liability exposure, investigate root causes, and resolve software defects.
- Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Provide mentorship and technical leadership for a functional team of 3-6 people; develop in-depth knowledge across all key Server product areas.
- Process Improvement: Lead continuous software development process improvements and ensure compliance with established development processes.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with 3rd party vendors, business partners, and participate in special interest committees (security, problem triage).
- Knowledge Transfer & Documentation: Assist in developing customer-facing documents, provide training to customer support teams, and create release notes.
Benefits
- A reasonable estimate of the pay range for this position is CAD $120,000 - $134,000.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
