Staff Software Engineer

Who We Are; What We Do; Where We’re Going

Role Overview
We’re looking for a seasoned Staff Software Engineer who thrives on technical depth and broad influence. You’re as comfortable designing architecture as you are shipping code, and you care deeply about developer experience, scalability, and performance. You’ve likely led modernization efforts, built shared frameworks or design systems, and enjoy helping others adopt better patterns at scale.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Artifacts Knowledge Team, you’ll play a pivotal role in defining our cloud-native data enrichment service, ensuring it meets the demands of performance, reliability, and future growth. You’ll collaborate closely with Senior Engineers, Technical Leads, and Product Managers to architect robust solutions, drive informed design decisions, and champion best practices. Beyond technical leadership, you’ll actively mentor and empower the team—multiplying their skills and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role: Part Architect, Part Builder, and Part Mentor. You’ll lead by example, designing a scalable data enrichment service, and guiding engineering teams toward better patterns, tooling, and practices.

NOTE: Candidates must reside in Canada.

Why You’ll Love This Role?

• You’ll solve meaningful technical challenges. From architecture to developer experience, you’ll tackle problems that blend scale, complexity, and usability.
• You’ll join a culture that values autonomy and trust. We empower experienced engineers to make decisions, move quickly, and see their work make a measurable difference. No ivory towers.
• You’ll shape and drive the architecture of new services that unlock meaningful insights and help our customers do their most important work.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in: Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 8+ years of professional experience in Software Engineering.
• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, delivering, and optimizing solutions on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), with demonstrated expertise in scalability, performance, observability, and cost optimization.
• Proficiency in several of C#/ASP.Net Core, Python, PowerShell, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Open Telemetry, SQL, and ElasticSearch
• Demonstrable depth and breadth of expertise across multiple domains (e.g. systems design, networking, distributed systems, cloud-scale development and operations, architecture, performance-optimized algorithms).
• Proven ability to establish credibility with all levels, with technical and non-technical audiences, and to influence teams to support change management initiatives.
• Strong aptitude for learning and teaching others about new technologies.
• A proven track record of shipping pragmatic solutions, balancing technical vision with delivery.
• Excellent mentorship and leadership skills, with the ability to guide and challenge senior developers.
• Clear and confident communication: you can explain tradeoffs, document patterns, and build trust across Engineering, Product, and UX.
• Comfortable leading by example: rolling up your sleeves to prototype ideas and prove out new patterns, then scaling those patterns widely through evangelism and mentorship.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation).

Nice To Have

• Experience with domain‑driven design and modular architecture.
• Understanding of AI systems, including LLM architectures, token generation and MCP frameworks.
• Enthusiasm for using agentic AI and other modern practices as a key part of the SDLC (Claude, Cursor, Codex).

Compensation & Benefits

The Compensation range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. Please note that the actual compensation may vary depending on location and job-related factors such as qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills. If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location and you are selected for an interview, the Talent Acquisition Partner can share more information with you. If the compensation structure for the role includes an incentive component (i.e. most Sales roles) the range below represents total target compensation (TTC) (base salary + variable).

$140,000 - $190,000 CDN a year

Salary range (min - max)

Position Type: Current Vacancy

Magnet is proud to offer benefits such as:

- Generous time off policies

- Competitive compensation

- Volunteer opportunities

- Reward and recognition programs

- Employee committees & resource groups

- Healthcare and retirement benefits

How We Work

At Magnet Forensics, we take a hybrid-flexible approach to support your productivity and work-life balance. If you’re within a comfortable travel distance to one of our offices, you’ll occasionally join us in person. How often you’ll come in depends on your department and team needs, typically ranging from weekly to monthly. These in-person moments help us build stronger connections, spark new ideas, and celebrate our successes together. Most days, you can choose what works best for you, while staying in tune with your team’s goals.

We’re excited to welcome you to our team and look forward to achieving great things together - both in the office and wherever you work best!

The Most Important Thing

All offers of employment at Magnet are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a background check. All background checks will be conducted in accordance with all applicable laws. Magnet will consider each position’s job duties, among other factors, in determining what constitutes satisfactory completion of the background check. Refusal to consent to a background check may be grounds for revoking an offer of employment.

US Applicants: Magnet Forensics participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.