Staff Software Engineer
Beacon Software3 months ago
Toronto, CanadaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Deploy into Beacon portfolio companies to identify, design, and deliver high-impact technical initiatives.
- Analyze portfolio company codebases to identify value creation opportunities and technical debt reduction strategies.
- Refactor, modernize, and scale existing systems using current best practices and frameworks.
- Build AI-powered features and products that drive measurable business growth.
- Architect scalable backend and API services using Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby, etc.
- Develop modern, performant frontends using React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
- Collaborate with product and business leaders to translate commercial goals into technical roadmaps.
- Contribute to internal engineering playbooks and best practices across Beacon’s platform.
- Mentor and support technical teams within portfolio companies to lift engineering standards.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a full-stack or backend engineer, ideally in a startup or high-growth environment.
- Strong foundation in software engineering best practices, including code quality, testing, and deployment.
- Command of one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, TypeScript, Ruby).
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and modern DevOps practices.
- Comfort working across diverse architectures—from monoliths to microservices.
- Curiosity and versatility to dive into unfamiliar codebases and domains.
- Familiarity with AI integration, LLMs, and data-driven applications.
- Strong systems-thinking mindset and a bias for simplicity.
- Proven ability to deliver autonomously with high ownership.
- Excellent communication skills and collaborative spirit.
- Commercial mindset, curiosity about business models, and how software creates enterprise value.
- Desire to grow into a technical leader or founder role.