Staff Software Engineer

Your Role

We’re looking for a seasoned Staff Software Engineer who thrives on technical depth and broad influence. You’re as comfortable designing architecture as you are shipping code, and you care deeply about developer experience, scalability, and performance. You’ve likely led modernization efforts, built shared frameworks or design systems, and enjoy helping others adopt better patterns at scale.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Cloud Engine Team, you’ll play a pivotal role in scaling our cloud-native data processing engine, ensuring it meets the demands of performance, reliability, and future growth. You’ll collaborate closely with Senior Engineers, Product Managers, and UX Designers to architect robust solutions, drive informed design decisions, and champion best practices. Beyond technical leadership, you’ll actively mentor and empower the team—multiplying their skills and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role: Part Architect, Part Builder, and Part Mentor. You’ll lead by example, designing a scalable data processing system, modernizing legacy codebases, and guiding engineering teams toward better patterns, tooling, and practices.

NOTE: Candidates must reside in Canada or The United States.

Why You’ll Love This Role?

• You’ll solve meaningful technical challenges. From architecture to developer experience, you’ll tackle problems that blend scale, complexity, and usability.
• You’ll join a culture that values autonomy and trust. We empower experienced engineers to make decisions, move quickly, and see their work make a measurable difference. No ivory towers.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in: Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 8+ years of professional experience in Software Engineering.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP), with a track record of improving scalability, performance, monitoring and cost-efficiency.
• Proficiency in several of C#/ASP.Net Core, Python, PowerShell, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Open Telemetry, SQL, and ElasticSearch.
• Demonstrable depth and breadth of expertise across multiple domains (e.g. systems design, networking, distributed systems, cloud-scale development and operations, architecture, performance-optimized algorithms).
• Proven ability to establish credibility with all levels, with technical and non-technical audiences, and to influence teams to support change management initiatives.
• Strong aptitude for learning and teaching others about new technologies.
• A proven track record of shipping pragmatic solutions, balancing technical vision with delivery.
• Excellent mentorship and leadership skills, with the ability to guide and challenge senior developers.
• Clear and confident communication: you can explain tradeoffs, document patterns, and build trust across Engineering, Product, and UX.
• Comfortable leading by example: rolling up your sleeves to prototype ideas and prove out new patterns, then scaling those patterns widely through evangelism and mentorship.

Nice To Have Skills:

• Experience in delivering compelling technical narratives and plans to an executive audience.
• Deep understanding of AI systems including: LLM architectures, token generation, and token/context management & Multi-modal and multi-context processing (MCP) frameworks.
• Enthusiasm for using agentic AI and other modern practices as a key part of the SDLC (!)

Compensation & Benefits:

• The Compensation Range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. Please note that the actual compensation may vary depending on location and job-related factors such as qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills. If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location and you are selected for an interview, the Talent Acquisition Partner can share more information with you. If the compensation structure for the role includes an incentive component (ie. most Sales roles) the range below represents total target compensation (TTC) (base salary + variable).

Compensation Range:

MIN: $154,000 - MID: $220,000 - MAX: $264,000 USD

MIN: $137,900 - MID: $197,000 - MAX: $236,400 CAD

Magnet Forensics is proud to offer Benefits such as:

• Generous Time Off Policies
• Competitive Compensation
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Reward and Recognition Programs
• Employee Committees & Resource Groups
• Healthcare and Retirement Benefits

The Most Important Thing

We’re looking for candidates that can provide examples of how they have demonstrated Magnet CODE in their previous experiences:

CARE – We care about each other and our mission to make a difference in the world.

OWN – We are accountable for our results – while never forgetting to act with integrity, empathy, and respect.

DEDICATE – We put our heart and soul into meeting the needs of our customers and helping them serve the people they protect.

EVOLVE – We are constantly innovating and exploring new ways to work together to make an impact with our work.

Here at Magnet Forensics, we are committed to continuous learning and are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. This commitment will be reflected in our hiring processes and embedded in our values and how we treat one another. If you’re interested in this role, but do not meet all of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply anyways.

Magnet Forensics is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law. We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and work environment. Accommodation is available to all applicants upon request throughout the hiring process. Please contact aoda@magnetforensics.com should you require any accommodations.

All offers of employment at Magnet are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a background check. All background checks will be conducted in accordance with all applicable laws. Magnet will consider each position’s job duties, among other factors, in determining what constitutes satisfactory completion of the background check. Refusal to consent to a background check may be grounds for revoking an offer of employment.

US Applicants: Magnet Forensics participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.