Software Engineer

Providius builds software and infrastructure that powers mission-critical media and operational technology workflows. For over a decade, we’ve helped broadcasters, content producers, and media organizations run reliable, high-performance systems using IP-based media and modern IT infrastructure. Headquartered in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, our privately held company is dedicated to engineering products and solutions that "just make sense."

Our team works closely with technical partners and customers to solve real-world problems in a rapidly evolving industry. We focus on building practical solutions and supporting systems that need to perform under pressure.

Position Overview

We’re looking for a software engineer to join our development team. You’ll work across our platform, from backend services to user interfaces, helping build systems that need to be reliable, scalable, and performant.

This role is ideal for someone with strong fundamentals, a collaborative mindset, and a desire to continuously learn. You’ll contribute to production systems, participate in architectural decisions, and grow alongside a team that values practical, well-engineered solutions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship features end-to-end, from concept through deployment
• Work across the stack as needed—backend services, APIs, frontend interfaces, and supporting infrastructure
• Develop and maintain testing strategies, including unit tests, integration tests, and test tooling (e.g., mocks, simulation environments)
• Collaborate with teammates to break down problems, define requirements, and iterate on solutions
• Contribute to improving development workflows, tooling, and overall engineering practices
• Debug and resolve issues across the system, including production environments when needed
• Continuously build domain knowledge in media and networking systems to inform better engineering decisions
• Ability to take ownership of features and see them through to completion

The balance of this work will vary depending on the project and your strengths, but ownership and follow-through are consistent expectations

Tech Stack

• Backend: Java (Spring Boot), Python, Some components in C and C++
• Frontend: TypeScript, Angular
• Data: PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB
• Infrastructure: Linux (Ubuntu)
• Tools: JIRA, Bitbucket

Requirements

Required Skills / Experience

• 2–5 years of experience building and shipping software in a professional environment
• Strong fundamentals in computer science and software engineering
• Ability to take ambiguous problems and turn them into working, maintainable solutions
• Comfortable working across different parts of a system (backend, frontend, testing, or infrastructure)
• Experience writing clean, testable, and maintainable code
• Solid understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL or similar)
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
• Effective communication and collaboration in a team environment

We value people who are easy to work with, bring a sense of humour, and take pride in what they build. You don’t need to have experience in all areas, we value people who can learn quickly and adapt

Nice to haves

• API design and backend best practices
• Experience with microservices or distributed systems
• High-availability and performance optimization
• Test-driven development and automated testing
• Familiarity with networking concepts (a strong plus in our domain)

Benefits

Why join Providius:

• Work on systems that operate in real-time, high-stakes environments
• Small team with high ownership and direct impact
• Opportunity to grow into architecture and technical leadership

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Dental care
• Extended health care
• On-site parking
• Vision care

Work Location: In person