Portfolio Software Engineer
Beacon Software12 hours ago
Responsibilities
- Work directly in the codebases of two or three portfolio companies at a time.
- Help teams ship features faster and teach them development practices they can continue using independently.
- Investigate production incidents, identify root causes, and implement fixes.
- Review technical designs before implementation begins.
- Identify and automate manual business processes.
- Interview candidates and help portfolio companies establish hiring processes.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience across several technology stacks.
- Strong independent judgment and the ability to prioritize high-impact work without a predefined backlog.
- Initiative, comfort with frequent context switching, and the ability to work with three or more companies in a week.
- Ability to build trust and collaborate effectively with engineers at supported companies.
- Daily experience using AI coding tools and the ability to teach those tools to others.
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About Beacon Software
Beacon Software acquires, operates, and grows vertical market software businesses serving Main Street sectors, offering permanent ownership rather than buy-to-flip exits and shared product, AI, and go-to-market resources. It builds an AI-native platform and provides in-house engineering to modernize portfolio products while keeping each company’s brand and customers intact. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Toronto, the company is privately held and focuses on niche operational software across the real economy.