Senior Software Engineer (Vancouver)

Overview EviSmart is building an AI‑powered Customer Experience Platform for the dental industry, a $40B global market spanning 28 countries. The company has grown 145% year‑over‑year in SaaS revenue and is looking for a Principal Engineer to define the technical foundation for a new product that will ship to customers across North America and Europe. Responsibilities Own the end‑to‑end technical design of the Customer Experience Platform, balancing short‑term delivery with long‑term scalability (“design for 100x, build for 10x”).

Work hands‑on with 2–3 engineers (30–50% IC) to bring system designs to production‑quality reality. Define API specs, data contracts, code quality guidelines, and architectural patterns for the team. Hold the line on >99.9% uptime.

Collaborate with Product and UX to translate customer workflows into maintainable, scalable systems. Benefits Hands‑on access to the full AI toolchain: Claude, Cursor, LLM‑powered workflows in production. Direct line to product, design, and the CEO.

No layers, no ticket queues between you and decision makers. 50% of variable compensation tied to measurable technical outcomes such as uptime, bug density, scalability gains. Collocated squad model: core team on‑site in Vancouver for rapid iteration. Transparent trajectory: Principal Engineer → Staff Engineer, in a company at 145% YoY growth.

Above‑market compensation for the right person; we do not negotiate down talent. Qualifications 7+ years in software development, with 3+ years in technical leadership or architecture including hands‑on IC time. Experience with distributed systems and modern web architecture: microservices, APIs, event‑driven patterns at scale.

Strong command of at least one major stack: Python, Node.js/React, Java/Spring, or Go (Python, Node.js, React are used). AI/ML integration experience: LLM APIs, agents, embeddings, document intelligence in production. Compliance and security mindset, with HIPAA or ISO27001 experience a plus.

Track record of designing for scale: systems that grew 10x to 100x without a full rewrite. Strong communicator able to translate architecture decisions for non‑technical stakeholders without oversimplifying. Leadership experience as a technical decision‑maker; B2B SaaS background, especially in retention or customer engagement products.

Experience leading migrations: data centres to cloud, monoliths to microservices, legacy to modern. Outcome‑based engineering performance model experience. Technical Stack & Ops Cloud: AWS or GCP; Frontend: React (UX Engineer lead); Data: PostgreSQL with future data‑warehouse integration; CI/CD: GitHub Actions with automated testing. #J-18808-Ljbffr