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Lead Software Engineer at CivTiq

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Lead Software Engineer at CivTiq

Location: Toronto, ON (On-site)
Compensation: $130,000 – $180,000 CAD + Founder-level equity
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About the Role

CivTiq is building enterprise-grade, white-label reporting infrastructure for municipal governments across North America. We are led by a founder with 3x successful exits.

Responsibilities

  • Technical Leadership: Own full technical decision-making processes.
  • Architecture: Design and maintain multi-tenant cloud architecture supporting Canadian data residency requirements.
  • Compliance: Lead the buildout of our compliance framework, including SOC 2, PIPEDA, MFIPPA, and other security standards relevant to Canadian municipal procurement.
  • Team Growth: Manage technical hiring as the team expands.
  • Stakeholder Management: Represent the technical platform to government IT evaluators.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure or backend engineering.
  • Direct exposure to multi-tenant architecture, data residency, and uptime SLA commitments.
  • Proven experience shipping production systems where bugs have legal or compliance consequences.
  • Hands-on experience with SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PIPEDA, or equivalent regulated environments.
  • Ability to review and challenge AI-generated code and architectural decisions; must be comfortable using AI tools without blindly trusting them.
  • Proficiency in inheriting and working with an existing TypeScript, Node.js, and PostgreSQL codebase.
  • Located in Toronto or willing to relocate.

How to Apply

Please reach out to ben [at] civtiq [dot] com.

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