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Senior Full-Stack Engineer
hybrid
Toronto, Ontario, Canada .
full-time . January 20, 2025
Toronto, Ontario, Canada .
full-time . January 20, 2025
Description
Job Title: Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Location: Hybrid - Flexible - Est Time Zone
Position Type: Full-time
Starting date: As soon as possible
About Alvéole
Alvéole leverages bees on over 2,200 commercial buildings to help companies increase tenant satisfaction and engagement, earn green building credits, and monitor real estate’s impact on nature and biodiversity. At Alvéole, we believe in doing work that makes an impact - no matter what position you hold in the organization. We are a passionate workforce of 115+ individuals, working across 50+ cities in Canada, the United-States and Europe. We believe that commercial real estate is uniquely positioned to make a positive impact on biodiversity and it’s our mission to unlock that potential.
About the product
Alvéole’s Nature-Related Risk Platform helps commercial real estate stakeholders assess and manage nature-related risks linked to biodiversity loss and ecosystem health. The platform evaluates risks across operations, capital markets, insurance, and regulatory areas, providing insights into ecosystem health, land impacts, resource use, and pollution. It aligns with TNFD standards, enabling users to benchmark, prioritize, and monitor risks, disclose findings to investors, and improve sustainability strategies to future-proof their portfolios.
About the role
As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer at Alvéole, you’ll be at the forefront of building our Nature-Related Risk Platform product and driving technical decisions. This role demands hands-on development, problem-solving, and collaboration across the stack, from intuitive user interfaces to scalable back-end services and geospatial features. You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver a product that delights our users. We value engineers who take ownership, bring innovative ideas to the table, and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable full-stack features for the Nature-Related Risk Platform.
- Drive technical decisions related to architecture, performance optimization, and scalability.
- Contribute to infrastructure setup, deployment processes, testing and monitoring.
- Participate in and lead design and code reviews to ensure quality, performance, and maintainability.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Lead proof-of-concept and prototyping efforts to validate new ideas and approaches.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to deeply understand user needs, translating them into innovative features that deliver real value.
Experiences and skills required
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience in full-stack web development, with significant hands-on experience using JavaScript and TypeScript for both front-end and back-end development. You should have a proven track record of building scalable, maintainable, and user-friendly applications.
- Expertise with Node.js for server-side application development, including designing and implementing APIs and integrating with various services and databases.
- Proficiency with declarative UI libraries like React, including state management, component-based architecture, and modern front-end development workflows.
- Hands-on experience with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL, including schema design, query optimization, and troubleshooting performance bottlenecks. Experience with advanced database features, such as geospatial extensions (e.g., PostGIS), is a strong plus.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, balancing competing priorities. You should be adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity in experimental and iterative development processes.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with Python, particularly in areas like data processing, scripting, or geospatial analysis.
- Knowledge of geospatial technologies, including working with geospatial data formats, geospatial databases like PostGIS, or visualization tools such as PostGIS or QGIS.
- Strong foundation in mathematics or statistics, especially in areas relevant to risk analysis, modeling, or sustainability-related metrics.
- Experience with machine learning, including developing or implementing models to analyze complex datasets or predict outcomes.
- Familiarity with financial modeling, such as assessing risk factors, forecasting, or analyzing the economic impact of various scenarios.
- Experience working with advanced data pipelines, including ETL processes, real-time data streams, or distributed data systems.
- Interest in nature and biodiversity, with a passion for sustainability and a desire to contribute to technology that supports environmental stewardship and risk mitigation.
Benefits
- An attractive salary
- Generous and flexible PTO policy (minimum of 4 weeks per year)
- Comprehensive health insurance benefits from Day 1
- Work for a company that is at the forefront of the ESG movement, driving change and positive impact in urban landscapes
- Regular company events to gather, connect, and have fun with peers
- Flexible working options
- Regular company events to gather, connect, and have fun with peers
- Access to a beautiful office space at Mont-Royal Metro (the best view of Montreal!)) for Montreal
Alvéole’s impact-driven Culture is centered around its values:
→ We do meaningful work
→ We grow together
→ We share our passion
→ We push boundaries
→ We choose optimism
We don’t believe in values for the sake of having them. Alvéole is full of diverse experiences and perspectives, but by necessity our values are what we all have in common - they are what bind us together as an organization, and they are a non-negotiable commitment to doing things differently. Our values illustrate the ‘how’ behind our approach to work, and we use them as a compass to keep ourselves on the path that will lead us to success the ‘right’ way. Values hold us accountable to the culture we’ve set out to build for our team members, and the impact we’ve committed to making with our product.
Our commitment to Inclusion & Belonging
At Alvéole, we embrace diversity as a core part of our identity and success. We foster an inclusive environment where individuals from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives feel valued. Our team’s unique talents create a vibrant, innovative workplace where everyone can be their authentic selves. We actively seek to attract and retain a diverse workforce, celebrating differences that strengthen us. We encourage applicants needing accommodations to contact talent@alveole.buzz