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:
• Hands-on experience working with ORMs, but also writing/optimizing SQL queries for analyzing/validating data
• Design-driven:
• Clear and concise written/oral communication via technical documentation and demos
• Backend and frontend development, able to sequence product behaviors into courses of technical implementation
• Code is clean and well covered with automated tests
• Growth-driven:Continue to expose yourself to evolving industry standards, and be persistent in reducing tech debt and adopting new technologies/best practices to drive the codebase and business forward

• 1-2+ years of experience in software engineering (web applications, distributed systems, data platforms):
• React / Typescript / Django, or similar full stacks
• Container-based workflows (k8s / Helm), CICD, telemetry/monitoring
• Database Design/Normalization, Cloud Architectures (GCP or AWS)
• 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 software development/management tooling (VSCode, JIRA, Git & Unix Commands, GitHub Copilot …etc)
  

Bonus Qualifications / 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 was strongly involved in the design of a project/system that recently shipped
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Exemplifies modern web development practices

• Opportunity to work for one of the top 15 innovative analytics startups in Canada revolutionizing data intelligence
• 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.