Staff Software Engineer

Your Contributions Across A Range Of Projects

• Architecting and building enterprise-grade APIs and establishing patterns for platform-level features (web and mobile).
• Pioneering and launching new, complex integrations with critical data suppliers.
• Shaping the strategic direction and overseeing the end-to-end productionization of complex data models to deploy mission-critical attributes and scores across our platform.
• Defining and evolving core platform architecture to support multiple product use cases and ensure long-term scalability.

In The First Month, You'll

• Land your "new hire" ticket in the first week and directly contribute to at least one high-impact roadmap feature.
• Thoroughly understand our software development lifecycle and overarching technical strategy.
• Quickly grasp our business model, product offerings, and customer value proposition, understanding their strategic implications for engineering.
• Build rapport with the team and key stakeholders, understanding our working style, mission, and core values.

In The First Quarter, You'll

• Lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives, delivering with speed and end-to-end ownership, often navigating ambiguity.
• Actively shape and make profound contributions across team norms (e.g., refining project plans, elevating code review standards, optimizing QA processes, improving on-call rotations).
• Forge strong collaborative relationships across engineering, product, design, data science, and other partner teams to drive cohesive development of complex projects.
• Deepen knowledge of critical product artifacts and proactively identify significant opportunities for architectural or systemic improvement.
• Develop a clear understanding of how engineering strategically impacts our business and product roadmap at a macro level.

In The First Year, You'll

• Lead highly complex initiatives end-to-end, translating significant ambiguity into clear, actionable milestones to achieve both short and long-term organizational goals.
• Influence and implement our company's technical roadmap and strategic direction in close partnership with engineering and product leadership.
• Establish critical best practices, drive long-term technical vision, and advocate for architectural shifts to simplify and scale our entire product platform.
• Become a recognized subject matter expert across product verticals and foundational systems, adept at translating broad product requirements into impactful technical strategies.
• Significantly strengthen our engineering culture by championing open dialogue and feedback, and providing instrumental mentorship to uplift overall technical acumen.

Your Profile & Expertise

• 10+ years of relevant experience, including high-growth or early-stage startups.
• Deep fluency in modern software technologies and architectural patterns, with the ability to quickly learn and ramp into our tech stack.
• A visionary and adaptive leader, adept at defining clarity and driving solutions through highly complex and ambiguous challenges in a rapidly evolving, fast-paced environment.
• Exceptional collaborator, able to effectively influence and communicate across technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior leadership.

Compensation & Benefits

• $212,500 - $260,200 USD per year
• $190,000 - $233,489 CAD per year
• The above compensation ranges are dependent on individual experience, skills, education, location, and qualifications. We consider all elements of compensation to be a part of the value we provide to Novans. This may include base salary, equity grants, incentive compensation for eligible roles, professional development, flexible PTO.