Staff Software Engineer

ecobee introduced the worlds first smart Wi-Fi thermostat to help millions of consumers save money conserve energy and bring home automation into their lives. That was just the beginning. We continue our pursuit to create technology that brings peace of mind into the home and allows people to focus on the moments that matter most. We take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment all while being part of the exciting connected home revolution.

In 2021 ecobee became a subsidiary of Generac Power Systems. Generac introduced the first affordable backup generator and later created the category of automatic home standby generator. The company is committed to sustainable cleaner energy products poised to revolutionize the 21st century electrical grid. Together we take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment.

Were helping build the world of tomorrow with solutions that improve everyday life while making a positive impact onthe planet. Ourproducts and serviceswork in harmonytoprovide comfort efficiency and peace of mind for millions of homes and businesses. While were proud of what weve done so far theres still a lot we can doand you can be part of it.

Were a rapidly growing global tech company headquartered in Canada in the heart of downtown Toronto with an office in Leeds UK and remote ecopeeps in the US. We get to work with some of North America and UKs leading professionals. Our colleagues are proud to bring their authentic selves to work confident that what we do is grounded in a greater purpose. Were always looking for curious talented and passionate people to join our team.

Who Youll Be Joining:

Youll join the Energy Software Engineering leadership team alongside five Engineering Managers reporting directly to the Sr Director of Engineering. The team collectively owns the software that keeps millions of homes comfortable efficient and connected. Your fingerprints will be across the full stack: the mobile experiences that customers interact with on a daily basis the utility integrations powering smarter energy grids the smart building tools that help property managers operate at scale the APIs that a growing ecosystem of third-party developers builds on and the connectivity and platform services that hold it all together. The scale is real the problems are hard and the impact on peoples lives is tangible. If youre looking for a role where the surface area is wide the ownership is genuine and theres always something worth building this is it!

This role follows a hybrid schedule with in-office work required on Wednesdays and Thursdays from our Toronto office to support collaboration and flexibility to work remotely for the remainder of the week.

How Youll Make an Impact:

• Strengthen our AI enablement foundations to accelerate adoption of agentic workflows within our engineering teams.
• Partner with principal and staff engineers to improve our engineering practices.
• Architectural Impact: Contribute to ecobees system architecture with designs that have been battle-tested resulting in significant long-lasting impact within a specific domain. Solutions are expected to integrate elegantly with ecobees broader enterprise architecture and align with company-wide standards.
• Ownership & Delivery: Take end-to-end ownership of full components within your domain of expertise ensuring that their design implementation testing deployment and operations meet high standards. These components will likely interact with systems in other domains requiring careful consideration of cross-team dependencies.
• Code Quality & Debugging: Consistently deliver high-quality maintainable code. Lead by example in debugging tough stack-wide issues finding root causes and implementing effective solutions.
• Forward-Thinking & Strategic Initiatives: Anticipate future challenges and propose technical solutions that prevent future roadblocks. Participate in evaluating and recommending new technologies and frameworks for the product group.
• Mentorship & Collaboration: Actively mentor other engineers guiding them toward concrete goals and fostering a culture of feedback and knowledge sharing. Lead or participate in design reviews post-mortems and code reviews.
• Innovation & Impact: Drive innovative improvements to processes and best practices across the engineering organization. Contribute to novel solutions that influence ecobees engineering direction and deliver measurable high-impact results across multiple teams and domains.
• Cross-team Collaboration: Facilitate and lead discussions across squads ensuring inclusive decision-making processes and cross-functional buy-in on technical solutions and business decisions. Serve as a trusted advisor and leader within ecobees engineering community.

WhatYoullBringto the Table:

• 10 years of experience in software engineering with a proven track record of owning and delivering complex cross-domain projects at scale.
• Experience in building agentic workflows in large-scale systems
• Expertise in system design architecture and the development of large-scale high-availability and secure systems.
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages and frameworks including Go Java TypeScript C Python etc.
• AI forward thinker who models how an AI-First engineer could work
• Expertise in messaging queue processing (e.g. PubSub RabbitMQ Kafka) and real-time data handling.
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS.
• Experience optimizing database performance and system tuning ensuring that database and application interactions are fast reliable and scalable.
• Demonstrated ability to debug tough stack-wide issues across multiple environments finding root causes and implementing long-term fixes.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor lead technical discussions and contribute to a collaborative engineering culture.
• Strong debugging skills with experience solving complex stack-wide issues that involve mobile devices and cloud-based services.

Just so you know: The hired candidate will be required to complete a background check

Generac is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role based in Toronto ON is $160000 - $214100 CAD. This compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidates relevant work experience skills certifications and geographic location. This role is eligible for variable compensation including short term and long-term incentives.

This position includes a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical dental and vision plans; life long-term disability flexible spending and health savings accounts accrued paid time off paid Holidays (10 for Ontario 11 for British Columbia) and RRSP retirement benefits

The Company is committed to improving accessibility for Canadian with disabilities and to ensuring that all our employees and applicants have the support and the tools they need to succeed. We have developed policies relating to human rights accessibility and accommodation and provide all our employees with training on accessibility including under provincial legislation such as the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2005 either during orientation and/or on an ongoing basis. If you feel you need accommodation in relation to a disability in the application process or in the future or have a question or concern about our policies please reach out to

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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.