Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer

Department: Engineering

Location: Calgary, Toronto

Who we are

Validere is the enterprise intelligence platform for the energy industry. Our all-in-one platform empowers energy companies to make smarter decisions by streamlining operations with integrated data, automation, and predictive insights.

Over 50 of the world’s leading energy companies rely on Validere’s technology and multidisciplinary experts to improve their operations and navigate complex compliance requirements with clarity and ease. The company has offices in Toronto and Calgary.

Who you are

You’re an experienced and capable Full Stack Software Engineer who loves both technical challenges and team leadership. Our ideal Lead is strong in these key factors:

• Software Engineering Expertise: You have a breadth of experience building and delivering software applications. You have at least 7-10 years of experience in the industry, ideally within dynamic settings like startups or high-growth organizations.

• Full Stack: You’re at home in user interfaces (web and mobile), APIs, and databases. You know how to translate concepts from one layer to the other. You have an eye for UI/UX design as well as database design.

• Technical Leadership: You help your teammates solve problems, model desirable behaviours, value others’ contributions, and enable everyone’s combined success.

• Ownership Mentality: You have a deep-rooted sense of responsibility and ownership, paired with the drive to see projects through to their successful conclusion. This is one of our most treasured traits and what we look for most in candidates.

• Analytic Mindset: You know how to diagnose and solve problems. You challenge assumptions, especially your own. You gather evidence and draw conclusions from it.

• Thinking Beyond the Technology: You have a strategic mindset that connects engineering decisions to business value, focusing on creative solutions that support the overall company vision.

• Pragmatic Attitude: You can assess the trade-offs between different possibilities. You advocate for what you think is best and understand how all factors influence the final decision. You’re willing to try something new and can evaluate how well it worked.

• AI Realist: You eagerly leverage agentic LLM-based tools when they provide value and know how to account for their limitations.

• Continuous Learning:You’re curious and always increasing your knowledge base and skill set.

• Agile Approach: You're no stranger to Agile/Scrum frameworks, thriving in rapid iteration cycles and fast-paced development environments. You know how to productively deal with uncertainty.

• Educational Background and/or Hands-On Experience: You have at least a Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. Alternatively, you have deep and relevant hands-on expertise acquired on the job.

• Collaboration & Communication: You can successfully engage with both technical and non-technical audiences, effective in both written and verbal modes.

• Experience With Our Tech Stack: You’ve built applications using these technologies, or equivalents:

  • React

  • React Native

  • Expo

  • Node.js

  • TypeScript / JavaScript

  • Python

  • PostgreSQL

  • Snowflake

  • AWS Lambda

  • AWS ECS

  • AWS Bedrock

  • DataDog

  • Auth0

  • CircleCI

  • Terraform

What you will do

• Feature Development: Spearhead the design and development of innovative consumer-facing features, ensuring a seamless and intuitive user experience.

• Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner closely with our Product, Delivery, and IT teams, aligning on project feasibility, direction, and delivery timelines.

• End-to-End Architecture: Play a pivotal role in architectural decisions, crafting frontend, backend and middleware solutions for holistic feature implementation.

• Quality: Engage actively in code reviews and quality assurance, championing best practices and high coding standards to maintain the integrity and quality of our codebase.

• Team Leadership: Mentor and guide fellow engineers, fostering a culture of growth, innovation, and excellence.

This role will report to our Technical Lead Manager, Engineering.

What we offer

• Competitive compensation

• Stock options (at Validere, we're all owners)

• Generous time-off with parental/family leave

• Quarterly Employee Wellbeing Days

• Hybrid work environment: 1 day per week work-from-home

• Professional development budget to master your craft

• Comprehensive health and dental benefits

• Great Place to Work Certified

• An inclusive, ego-free environment where diversity of people and thought is valued

• Opportunity to impact the trajectory of a fast-growing tech company

Our shared values

• Deliver the highest value

• Remove friction

• More scalable, everyday

• Be fair & transparent

Validere is an equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability status. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the interview process and beyond. We are committed to providing an inclusive, open, and diverse work environment.

At Validere, we utilize Dover as our applicant tracking system for both applicants and sourced candidates. However, all candidates are thoroughly reviewed and advanced by our dedicated internal recruitment team, ensuring a personalized and attentive hiring process. It’s important to note that we do not employ additional AI tools in this process; our evaluation is entirely manual, focusing on the unique qualifications and experiences of each candidate.

The annual salary range for this position is between $150,000 and $225,000; actual total compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and location.