Platform Engineer

// About Providius

Providius has been at the forefront of innovation in the Media & Entertainment industry for over a decade, delivering solutions to complex challenges in IP media and IT infrastructure within mission-critical environments.

Headquartered in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, we are a privately held company focused on building practical, reliable systems that solve real-world problems.

// Position Overview

We’re looking for a platform engineer to build and operate the systems our software depends on. You’ll own the pipelines, services, and infrastructure that take work from prototype to dependable, production-grade operation, with an emphasis on reliability, scalability, and performance.

This role is ideal for someone who is comfortable operating with autonomy, can work through ambiguity, and takes ownership of their work end to end. You’ll contribute hands-on, participate in architectural decisions, and help set the standards for how production systems are built and run.

// Duties and Responsibilities

• Build, operate, and maintain the pipelines, services, and infrastructure that support production workloads
• Take features and components from concept through deployment, owning them end to end
• Design for reliability, scalability, and performance under real-world conditions
• Develop and maintain testing, monitoring, and observability so issues are caught early
• Debug and resolve issues across the system, including production environments when needed
• Collaborate with teammates to break down problems, define requirements, and iterate on solutions
• Contribute to improving development workflows, tooling, and overall engineering practices

// Tech Stack

• Backend: Python, Java (Spring Boot), C and C++
• Python tooling: pydantic, FastAPI, asyncio, pytest
• Frontend: TypeScript, Angular
• Data: PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB
• Streaming and orchestration: Kafka, Flink
• Infrastructure: Linux (Ubuntu), Docker, CI/CD
• Tools: JIRA, Bitbucket

// Required Skills / Experience

• 5+ years of experience building and operating production software or data systems
• Strong fundamentals in computer science and software engineering
• Experience building and maintaining pipelines, services, or distributed systems
• Comfortable working across backend services, data, and infrastructure
• Experience with real-time, streaming, or high-throughput systems
• Experience working with machine learning or AI-driven systems, including integrating or operationalizing models
• Experience writing clean, testable, and maintainable code
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
• Effective communication and collaboration in a team environment

// Nice to haves

• Experience with high-availability and performance optimization
• Familiarity with workflow orchestration and scheduling
• Familiarity with streaming frameworks such as Kafka or Flink
• Familiarity with networking concepts (a strong plus in our domain)

// 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

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• Vision care