Senior Software Developer, Developer Platform
- Waterloo, ON
- Hybrid
- Posted Sep 3, 2026
- 1 position
$146,500–$164,500 / year
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- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience level
- Senior · 5+ years
- Minimum education
- Bachelor’s degree
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
Job summary
You will own the technical design and implementation of platform capabilities while guiding junior developers and setting high standards for code health. Additionally, you will collaborate with the team to build scalable, cloud-native infrastructure that supports the software development lifecycle.
Job details
Who We Are Verily Health is a data platform and technology company purpose-built to power AI-enabled precision health solutions that accelerate research and improve care for individuals and communities. Uniquely positioned at the intersection of technology, data science, and healthcare, Verily transforms multimodal health data into insights, models, and actions that make healthcare more personalized, predictive, and precise. Description The Developer Platform team is responsible for building cloud-native, self-service developer infrastructure that enables the software development lifecycle for over 600 engineers at Verily. We furnish a speedy, delightful, scalable, and secure developer journey through integrated capabilities in AI, IDE extensions, application templates, developer portals, CI/CD and other functional areas. We are a product-oriented, highly-effective, world-class platform development team that has a large positive impact on the product development process at Verily. As part of this team, you will work closely with developers who have worked on successful projects like Kubernetes, Istio, and Firebase. Responsibilities Own the technical design and implementation for a significant platform capability or set of capabilities. Design and develop capabilities that leverage state-of-the-art cloud-native open source components (e.g. Kubernetes, VSCode, Backstage, Terraform) and cutting-edge AI. Scope tasks and set priorities for other team members contributing to your objectives. Drive execution through high-quality implementation and set an example of best practices in code health and production (e.g. monitoring, frequent releases, reliable CI). Facilitate a rapidly growing team and organization by guiding junior developers, setting high standards in design reviews, providing input into roadmaps, prioritization of user-facing features, and team processes. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent practical experience in software engineering with 5+ years experience developing and maintaining reliable, scalable, and secure products and services in production in Go, Python, TypeScript or similar programming languages. Prior experience with cloud technologies: Google Cloud Platform/Amazon Web Services/Azure or other cloud providers, GitHub Actions, VSCode, Kubernetes, Backstage or related tools. Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and system design with strong analytical and debugging skills. Strong communication skills in scenarios like deriving requirements from customers, articulating the scope of a problem, or documenting a proposed system design. Preferred Qualifications Experience in building with LLMs to solve business problems. Strong working knowledge of microservices, software delivery platforms, DevSecOps, continuous integration, and release management processes. Familiarity working in a centralized developer platform team. Passionate about developer experience with a high empathy for users. The Canada base salary range for this full-time position is CAD 146,500–164,500 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Verily is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. For our EEO Policy Statement, please click here. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form. Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada. Verily is currently unable to offer employment-based visa or work permit sponsorship for this position. AI and Automated Decision-Making Notice We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help screen and/or assess applications for this role. These tools analyze information you provide (for example, your résumé or answers to application questions) to support our hiring team’s review. If you have questions about our use of AI in recruitment or require an accommodation, please contact pact@verily.com.
What you’ll do
You will own the technical design and implementation of platform capabilities while guiding junior developers and setting high standards for code health. Additionally, you will collaborate with the team to build scalable, cloud-native infrastructure that supports the software development lifecycle.
Requirements
Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience, with at least 5 years of software engineering experience. Proficiency in Go, Python, or TypeScript and experience with cloud platforms like GCP, AWS, or Azure is required.
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity
Listed skills
- Kubernetes · Preferred
- CI/CD · Preferred
- Go · Preferred
- TypeScript · Preferred
- Terraform · Preferred
- Python · Preferred
Other relevant skills
Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.
- Go
- Python
- TypeScript
- Kubernetes
- Cloud-native
- Terraform
- Backstage
- VSCode
- CI/CD
- System design
- Microservices
- DevSecOps
- LLMs
- Software engineering
- Release management
- Data structures
- Istio
- Empathy
- Team Processes
- Cloud-Native Computing
- Business Problems
- Platform Design And Development
- Go (Programming Language)
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Edge Intelligence
- Technical Design
- Programming Languages
- Research
- Artificial Intelligence
- Algorithms
- Amazon Web Services
- Electrical Engineering
- Microsoft Azure
- Decision Making
- Communication
- Computer Science
- Continuous Integration
- Data Structures
- Debugging
- Software Development Life Cycle
- Equities
- Github
- Scalability
- Python (Programming Language)
- New Product Development
- Open Source Technology
- Release Management
- Firebase
- Self Service Technologies
- Software Engineering
Job areas
- Technology
- Software
- Engineering
- Data & Analytics
- Healthcare
- Software Developer
- Platform Engineer
- Software and Applications Developers and Analysts Not Elsewhere Classified
- Validation Engineers
- Industrial Engineers
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