Job Description

Lead, mentor, and build the future of location intelligence.
About Localintel
At Localintel, our diverse team of inventors and builders is pioneering a new category of data-driven location intelligence solutions. Our SaaS products are used by hundreds of government customers across North America, including Invest in Canada, the British Columbia and Alberta provincial governments, and the cities of Vancouver, Washington DC, and Seattle. Founded in 2016, Localintel is venture-backed, growing, and expanding into new verticals. If you believe in making an impact every day by tackling new and exciting challenges with the help of amazing colleagues, then our team is the perfect fit. For more information, visit www.ecdev.org.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to play a leading role in shaping the future of our location intelligence SaaS platform. You will design and deliver complex systems across backend, frontend, and data layers while mentoring engineers and driving technical excellence. This is a high-impact role for someone who enjoys solving challenging problems, influencing architecture, and building technology that delivers real-world value.
Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of scalable, secure, and maintainable software systems across backend, frontend, and data components
• Write and maintain high-quality production code, ensuring best practices and coding standards are met
• Mentor and guide engineers through code reviews, technical discussions, and hands-on collaboration
• Drive architectural decisions and establish engineering best practices to ensure long-term quality and performance
• Partner with product management and design teams to define requirements and deliver customer-focused solutions
• Lead software projects, manage timelines, and ensure successful delivery from concept through deployment and post-launch support
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical challenges, balancing trade-offs between performance, scalability, and efficiency
• Contribute to the improvement of engineering processes including automation, CI/CD pipelines, and system monitoring

Qualifications
Your greatest strengths are leadership, curiosity, and the ability to inspire excellence in others. You thrive on collaboration, creative problem-solving, and delivering exceptional results. You also have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering, with a Master's degree preferred
• 5+ years of professional software development experience. Applied research or experience in engineering data-intensive enterprise software systems is considered an asset
• Proven ability to design, build, and deploy complex enterprise applications across frontend, backend, and data layers
• Strong understanding of software engineering concepts including object-oriented design, databases, data modeling, concurrency, and algorithmic complexity
• Advanced knowledge of SQL, relational data modeling, and database design
• Experience leading projects or teams and mentoring other engineers
• Proficiency in Python plus one of Java or C#
• Hands-on experience developing enterprise web applications, RESTful APIs, and data-driven services
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across disciplines
• A proactive, improvement-oriented mindset focused on quality, scalability, and continuous learning

What We Offer

• Impactful work that helps communities grow and thrive
• Collaborative environment where knowledge sharing and mentorship are encouraged
• Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, health spending account, paid sick leave, and vacation
• Career growth opportunities to lead, innovate, and make a lasting impact in a growing technology company

Location
This position is based in Vancouver, BC. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada and should be able to commute and work from our downtown Vancouver office on a daily basis. We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Skills Required