Software Developer Infrastructure
Job Summary
You are an engineer who believes that reliability isnt just a goal to strive toward; its the absolute bar you set. You want to build the best systems in the world achieve the highest uptime in the industry and you hold yourself to that standard every day. You take your responsibilities seriously and thrive in an environment where the work is genuinely high-stakes and rewarding.
You will be part of the foundation that everything else at Geotab is built on building and continually improving the core platform that services over 6 billion API requests per day. You will make hands-on code changesspanning both application code and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)to enhance the systems that every engineering team relies on to build ship and scale their products.
Specifically you will:
- Manage mission-critical applications: Take real ownership over systems that matterincluding the reverse proxy the core API gateway and the platform registrywhere downtime is immediately noticed by a global fleet of connected vehicles.
- Modernize the platform: Help revolutionize the system by rebuilding core applications and services to run in Kubernetes.
- Collaborate and lead: Work closely with senior engineers across the company to help shape exactly how Geotab builds and operates infrastructure at scale.
Were in the middle of a major migration to Kubernetes moving the most mission-critical services at Geotab into a modern cloud-native architecture on the cloud. Youll have real ownership over systems that matter:
- Help migrate production services into Kubernetes this involves both application and IaC code changes
- Build AI-enhanced observability and monitoring systems that keep 6B daily requests running reliably
- Design intelligent alerting that separates signal from noise so on-call means resolving real problems not chasing false positives
- Define and track SLIs and SLOs for the applications at the heart of the Geotab platform
- Build dashboards runbooks and automated tooling
- Participate in post-incident reviews (PIRs) to identify root causes propose and implement systemic long-term reliability improvements
- 2 years of software development experience in C# or a comparable object-oriented language
- Hands-on Kubernetes experience deploying workloads debugging in production
- Cloud platform experience (GCP AWS or Azure)
- Strong Linux and distributed systems fundamentals
- Solid engineering practices: code review testing Git
- Solid grasp of core networking concepts including load balancing DNS mTLS and HTTP/S
- Observability tooling experience (Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry or similar)
- Familiarity with SRE practices SLOs error budgets toil reduction
- Experience operating systems at high scale (100M requests/day)
- PostgreSQL or SQL Server database experience
- Prior experience participating in an on-call rotation for mission-critical production systems
- Along with your resume please include a brief cover letter (one page maximum) that answers the following two questions:
- What attracts you most to this specific role at our company
- Describe a time you solved a complex problem relevant to this position.
We use AI heavily across our entire engineering workflow writing and reviewing code debugging production issues drafting documentation and building solutions faster than was possible before. Were looking for someone who sees AI as a force multiplier and wants to stay ahead of how its reshaping the way software is built and operated. Experience with AI-assisted development (Copilot Claude Cursor or similar) is a plus; optimistic curiosity with AI is a must.
Flex working arrangements
Home office reimbursement program
Baby bonus & parental leave top up program
Online learning and networking opportunities
Electric vehicle purchase incentive program
Competitive medical and dental benefits
Retirement savings program
*The above are offered to full-time permanent employees only
The annual base salary for this position is the expected annual salary for this role and may be subject to change. Geotab offers various perks and benefits and other compensation components that an individual may be eligible for. The actual base salary for this position depends on a variety of factors such as but not limited to skills qualifications education and overall experience including the location the applicant lives while performing the job. This also includes equity with other team members and alignment with local market data. All offers of employment are contingent upon proof of eligibility to work and the individuals ability to pass a background check.
Hiring Range
$85500 - $105600 CAD
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Our GPS fleet tracking & management system equips thousands of fleets worldwide with technology to automate, track and manage a truly optimized operation.