Principal Developer

Principal Developer Role at Novisto

We’re looking for a Principal Developer to join Novisto! In this role, you will play a key role in shaping our long-term technology vision, guiding our engineering teams through architectural excellence, and helping modernize our platform to support continued growth and scale. You’ll be a force multiplier driving cross-team technical alignment, mentoring technical leaders, and ensuring our systems remain robust, maintainable, and secure.

Your responsibilities will include:

Strategic Alignment

• Align Novisto’s long-term technology roadmap with business objectives, influencing key architectural and technical decisions across the organization.
• Lead the design and evolution of our architecture, promoting modularization, modernization, and reusability of core components.
• Facilitate cross-team architectural reviews and provide technical guidance to ensure cohesion and sustainability.

Technical Leadership

• Mentor Tech Leads and senior developers to elevate engineering maturity across the organization.
• Establish and uphold engineering best practices in architecture, testing, security, and documentation.

Innovation & Delivery Enablement

• Evaluate emerging technologies and lead the adoption of tools and frameworks that improve developer efficiency and product delivery.
• Partner with Platform Engineering, QA, and Security to align on holistic software delivery strategies.

Hands-On Contribution

• Act as a senior-level contributor in the most complex or strategic initiatives where architectural direction or problem-solving is critical.

What we’re looking for:

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of large-scale system design.
• Proven experience in a Principal Developer, Staff Engineer, or similar senior technical leadership role, ideally within a SaaS or product-driven organization.
• Deep knowledge of backend and frontend architecture, including microservices, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Expertise in at least one major programming language (Python strongly preferred).
• Familiarity with frontend frameworks (Angular, React) and modern DevOps tooling (Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines).
• Strong experience with relational and non-relational databases.
• Experience in a multi-cloud environment (GCP and Azure).
• Demonstrated ability to mentor senior engineers and drive architectural consensus.

What we offer:

• Join an early-stage, well-financed company.
• Advance Novisto’s purpose of contributing to the sustainability of the economy, environment, and society by empowering companies to make better decisions and disclosures through our ESG data management software.
• Contribute your knowledge and insights to increase awareness and knowledge of sustainability.
• Generous health benefits (100% Insurance coverage & access to Dialogue's telemedicine app).
• Flexible schedules & opportunity to work remotely.
• 4 weeks of vacation.
• Summer hours.
• If you prefer to work at the office, we have a beautiful office in Old Montreal, close to downtown and steps away from a metro (subway) station.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Software Development

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