Civtiq

Lead SWE for on-site Toronto role building enterprise-grade white-label reporting infrastructure for municipal governments, with $130k–$210k CAD and founder-level equity.

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Toronto$130,000–$210,000 full-time lead

Skills

cloud infrastructurebackend engineeringmulti-tenant architecturedata residencyuptime SLA commitmentsTypeScriptNode.jsPostgreSQLSOC 2PIPEDAMFIPPAsecurity standardscode reviewtechnical communication with government evaluatorsISO 27001HIPAAAI-assisted code reviewexperience with regulated environments

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enterprise software government software municipal technology reporting infrastructure compliance

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Lead SWE | ON SITE TORONTO MUST BE ON SITE. REMOTE WILL BE IGNORED | $130,000 – $210,000 CAD | FOUNDER-LEVEL EQUITY | Founder with 3x successful exits| We are building enterprise-grade, white-label reporting infrastructure for municipal governments across North America.
Full technical decisions
Multi-tenant cloud architecture supporting Canadian data residency requirements Compliance framework buildout: SOC 2, PIPEDA, MFIPPA, security standards relevant to Canadian municipal procurement
Technical hiring as team grows
5+ years in cloud infrastructure or backend engineering with direct exposure to multi-tenant architecture, data residency, and uptime SLA commitments
Shipped production systems where a bug has legal or compliance consequences
Hands-on with SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PIPEDA, or equivalent regulated environments
Can review and challenge AI-generated code and architectural decisions. Not threatened by AI tooling, not blindly trusting it
Can represent the technical platform for government IT evaluators
Comfortable inheriting existing TypeScript / Node.js / PostgreSQL codebase
Located in Toronto or willing to relocate
ben [at] civtiq [dot] com

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