CivTiq
Lead SWE | ON SITE TORONTO
hn · location n/a · $130,000 – $210,000
Jose is a founding engineer with proven ability to own full technical stacks, make architecture decisions, and ship production systems at scale - core requirements for this role. He has relevant experience with PostgreSQL, TypeScript/Node.js, and multi-region infrastructure (emergency response systems at scale, education platform across 10+ countries), plus demonstrated comfort inheriting and extending complex codebases. However, he lacks explicit experience with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, PIPEDA, MFIPPA) and Canadian data residency requirements, and the role emphasizes government IT evaluation which isn't evident in his background.
Hook: Your founding engineer background and experience shipping high-stakes systems (emergency response, education across borders) align perfectly with building enterprise-grade municipal infrastructure where bugs have legal consequences.
Missing: SOC 2 compliance and audit experience, PIPEDA/MFIPPA regulatory experience, Government IT procurement and evaluation processes, Canadian data residency and localization implementation, On-site Toronto relocation willingness (currently California-based)
Posting
CivTiq | Lead SWE | ON SITE TORONTO | $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