Software Engineer

Citylitics delivers predictive intelligence on local utility & public infrastructure markets.

What is Infrastructure? It is the roadways you rely on to safely get to Grandma's house, it's the potable water that comes out of your kitchen tap that you wash your family's food with and it's the energy that heats our homes and powers our digital lifestyles.

Every year, trillions of dollars are spent on all areas of infrastructure to maintain our quality life and move our economy forward. However, our infrastructure is no longer equipped to meet the needs of the future. We hear about infrastructure failures, whether bridge collapses, power blackouts, or water main breaks, every day in the news. Climate change and extreme weather events are disrupting the basic infrastructure we took for granted for years.

Citylitics is solving the hardest data problems in infrastructure while building the sales intelligence platform that enables a faster, more transparent, and more efficient infrastructure marketplace. We turn millions of unstructured documents into high value intelligence feeds and datasets that are available on an intuitive user experience. Our goal is to enable solution providers to connect with cities with relevant infrastructure needs in a faster and more digital way than historic market channels. As more companies adopt our platform, cities & utilities will be able to access solutions that deliver on the promise of moving towards a more resilient, sustainable, and equitable infrastructure future.

Who Are We Looking For?

We are seeking a highly motivated software developer with experience in building full stack web applications. Defining data models, developing robust backend APIs, and integration in dynamic web frontends. The ideal candidate will be proficient in both backend and frontend technologies, and capable of designing and implementing scalable and efficient systems.

What Will You Accomplish?

• Data-driven:
• Apply Data Modeling techniques to optimize databases/APIs
• Write optimized SQL to analyze and validate datasets
• Design-driven:
• Draft Design Documents and conduct Technical Demos for stakeholders with clear and concise written/oral communication
• Sequence product behaviors into courses of backend/frontend implementation with accurate complexity estimations
• Introduce clean, well tested and documented code
• Growth-driven:
• Reduce tech debt alongside product initiatives, referencing evolving industry standards
• Adopts new technologies/best practices to drive the codebase and business forward

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering (web applications, distributed systems, data platforms):
• Django Rest Framework, React Query, Typescript
• Container workflows (k8s / Helm), CICD, API telemetry/monitoring
• Database Design/Denormalization, Cloud Architecting(GCP)
• Technical communication and planning skills (design documentation, diagraming, cost/performance analysis):
• Demonstrates excellent complexity-estimation, problem-solving, organizational, and analytical thinking
• Demonstrates ability to communicate to stakeholders of different technical background
• Organized and process oriented, strong understanding of agile methodologies and the software development life cycle
• Proficient with modern development/management tooling (AI Agents, VSCode, JIRA, Git & Unix, Cloud terminal, etc)
• Strong understanding of IAM concepts, including Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and identity governance.
  

What Gives You an Edge:

• Leads by example:
• Technical demonstrations leading to new technology adoption within your team’s existing stack
• High quality code reviews and context-updated feature tickets
• Led or key involvement in the design of a project/system that shipped
• Exemplifies modern development practices, leveraging GenAI workflows in daily work
• Bachelor’s degree ir certificate in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

• This is a rare opportunity to influence positive change within one of the biggest societal challenges of our generation: sustainable public infrastructure

• You get to support a disruptive solution with a compelling value proposition into an industry that is eager to hear from you and in a market with no direct competition.
• We live at the cross section of infrastructure, scaleup and data science/AI. There is no other team like us in Toronto.
• There is no corporate bureaucracy here. You will accomplish more here in a few months than what you would in a few years at a large, entrenched technology company.
• We believe that Data and AI will play an outsized role in our future, so we equip every team member with access to Generative AI tools and our full Data Universe to enhance their productivity and encourage innovation through experimentation.
• We are proud to offer every CityZen an internal mentorship program, in-role professional growth, skill-based development & learning, and internal promotion opportunities.
• We work hard, we play together, we win as a team! We are on a mission to solve infrastructure while savoring the moment and celebrating the little details along the way.