Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Software Developer with Software Architect capabilities to join our engineering team in Ottawa. In this hands‑on technical leadership role you will design and build high‑performance, resilient cloud‑native applications and next‑generation AI agentic platforms on GCP and Azure, drive best‑in‑class DevOps practices, and mentor engineers across the full stack.

• Architect, build, and deploy mission‑critical, highly available applications on Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure.
• Design and manage containerized microservices using Kubernetes, including networking, ingress, service mesh, and Helm charts.
• Develop full‑stack software in Python and Go, implementing modern client‑server patterns, REST/gRPC APIs, and event‑driven architectures.
• Create and evolve AI agentic platforms with Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, gateways, and Agent‑to‑Agent orchestration.
• Define and enforce enterprise‑grade authentication and authorization frameworks (OAuth2, OIDC, mTLS, SPIFFE/SPIRE, RBAC/ABAC).
• Apply IP networking expertise to design resilient hybrid network topologies, SDN, VPC/VNet peering, and traffic security.
• Provide technical leadership, conduct code and architecture reviews, and mentor engineering teams.
• Champion modern DevOps, GitOps, and CI/CD automation (ArgoCD, Flux, Terraform, Pulumi).
• Implement observability, telemetry, and distributed tracing using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Collaborate with product and research groups to translate AI and automation requirements into scalable solutions.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering with end‑to‑end system architecture responsibilities.
• Hands‑on experience deploying complex multi‑service applications on GCP and Azure.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes ecosystem (Helm, Operators, CNI, Istio/Envoy).
• Advanced programming skills in Python and Go; experience with TypeScript/Node.js, Java, or C++ is a plus.
• Strong full‑stack web development background (REST, gRPC, async/event‑driven design).
• Solid IP networking knowledge (OSI layers, TCP/IP, VPC/VNet peering, routing, security policies).
• In‑depth understanding of OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT, mTLS, and RBAC/ABAC for autonomous agents.
• Practical experience with AI agentic concepts, MCP servers/clients, and LLM tool augmentation.
• Familiarity with IaC tools (Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible) and multi‑agent orchestration frameworks (LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI).

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