Staff Software Applications Engineer 010257

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Title of position: Staff Software Systems Engineer

Position type: Full time

Location: Thornhill, Toronto, Canada

Position reports to: Senior Manager of Applications Engineering

Final date to receive applications: Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis and this posting will remain open until filled.

Work authorization: Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the country where the role will be performed.

What we're looking for:

• This is a critical role for our engineering organization. We're seeking a self-driven engineer who:

  - Takes ownership of CI/CD infrastructure and proactively identifies improvements that accelerate our engineering velocity

  - Balances technical depth with practical business outcomes

  - Stays current with Dev Ops best practices and emerging technologies

  - Partners with developers to remove build and deployment friction

  - Builds solutions that scale with the organization's growth

About You:

• Strong Communication:
  You can clearly articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
• Collaborative Mindset:
  You work effectively with development, operations, and product teams across multiple time zones
• Documentation Excellence:
  You create clear, maintainable documentation for systems and processes
• Problem Solver:
  You approach challenges with creativity and persistence, diagnosing and resolving complex issues until they are fully resolved
• Tenacious Follow-Through:
  You demonstrate strong initiative and commitment to seeing issues through to completion
• Mentor & Educator:
  You enjoy helping junior team members grow and improving team capabilities
• Detail-Oriented:
  You understand the importance of build system integrity and reliability
• Distributed Team Ready:
  You're comfortable working in a distributed team environment across multiple time zones with strong async communication skills

Required

Skills & Experience:

• CI/CD & Build Automation
  • CI/CD Platforms:
    Advanced proficiency with Jenkins (Declarative and Scripted Pipelines)
  • Build Tools:
    Hands-on experience with Maven and Gradle with strong scripting knowledge
  • Scripting
    
    Languages:
    
    Expert-level proficiency in Bash and Groovy
  • Version Control:
    Strong Git Hub experience; proficiency with Git workflows, branching strategies, merge management, and pull request review processes
• AI & Emerging Technologies
  • AI/ML agent integration in CI/CD workflows
  • Experience with Git Hub Copilot for code generation and automation scripting
  • Familiarity with Claude.ai or similar large language models for documentation and problem-solving
• Cloud & Infrastructure
  • Cloud Platforms:
    Hands-on experience with AWS or other public cloud platforms (Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
  • Containerization:
    Working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes container-based architecture and deployment
  • Infrastructure-as-Code:
    Working knowledge of Ansible ,
    Terraform , and Helm for deployment automation
  • Git Ops practices and tools (ArgoCD, Flux)
• Artifact & Release Management
  • Artifact Management:
    
    Experience with artifact repositories such as Artifactory &
    Nexus
  • Release automation and deployment strategies
  • Incident response and build failure triage
• Dev Ops & System Knowledge
  • Linux:
    Solid knowledge of Linux environments and command-line operations

Education & Experience:

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering , or related technical field required
• Experience:
  
  8+ years of total experience with 5+ years of hands-on experience in build and release engineering roles
• Background:
  Demonstrated expertise in designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines at scale

Equal Employment Opportunity