Senior Software Developer (full stack)

Founded and based in Richmond, BC, Ideon Technologies uses the energy from supernova explosions in space to image deep beneath the Earth’s surface. The world pioneer in cosmic-ray muon tomography, Ideon has developed the REVEAL™ Subsurface Intelligence Platform™, comprising an advanced suite of proprietary data-generation hardware, software, AI-powered services, and multi-physics fusion that provide x-ray-like visibility deep underground and unlock the exponential power of integrated spatial data.

By transforming muon data into reliable 3D density maps, Ideon helps geologists identify, map, characterize, and monitor mineral deposits with confidence. This reduces risk and cost of traditional methods, while saving time, optimizing return, and minimizing environmental impact across the mining value chain. In turn, this is helping accelerate the world’s transition to low-impact mining and transform how companies recover the critical minerals required to power the global shift to clean energy – improving peoples’ lives and enhancing economic prosperity.

We are a dynamic tech scale-up of nearly 70 employees. We are a team that is entrepreneurial by nature and focused on doing things right to deliver great customer outcomes. And we are committed to seeking out the best brains and the most exceptional humans, wherever they come from and however they happen to be packaged.

The Role

As we continue to grow, we are seeking a full-stack Senior Software Developer

who will report to the Director, Software Engineering and collaborate closely with a team of full-stack software developers, data scientists, geoscientists, applied scientists, and IT infrastructure/DevOps professionals.

Working in an Agile environment, you will leverage your expertise to shape the future of our cloud-based software solutions. This is a hands-on role, and you will spend significant time developing, optimizing, and maintaining code across the stack.

You will focus on the following activities:

- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance cloud-based applications and services.

- Architect and implement APIs and integrations to enable seamless data exchange and interoperability between systems.

- Collaborate closely with software developers and other team members to integrate AI and ML models into production environments.

- Optimize cloud infrastructure for improved performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.

- Lead code reviews, mentor junior developers, and foster adherence to best practices in software engineering.

- Proactively troubleshoot and resolve complex technical challenges to ensure robust system reliability.

- Stay current with emerging technologies, assessing and recommending innovative solutions to meet evolving business needs.

Success in the role looks like:

- Enhanced Cloud Infrastructure

: Demonstrable improvements made in the scalability, performance, and efficiency of our cloud-based solutions.

- Technical Leadership in Software Development Lifecycle

: An exemplary ability to lead and manage the full software development lifecycle of Agile software development projects—from initial design through to successful implementation, deployment and evaluation.

Priorities in the first few months will include:

1. Technology Onboarding

: Rapidly familiarize yourself with Ideon's technology stack, development practices, and data workflows.

2. Strategic Development

: Contribute to architectural decisions and roadmap planning for upcoming software initiatives.

3. Immediate Contributions

: Identify and implement quick wins to enhance system performance, integration efficiencies, and the user experience.

Qualifications

Must-haves

 – You’ll need the following to move forward in the hiring process (and be successful in the role).

- 8+ years of professional software development experience, particularly focused on scalable cloud-based services.

- Education: degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of training and experience.

- Programming skills: expertise in Python with exceptional coding, debugging, and optimization abilities.

- Cloud technologies: Extensive experience with Azure cloud services (e.g., Azure Functions, App Services, Cosmos DB, Azure ML, Kubernetes).

- Experience designing RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.

- Knowledge of database technologies, including SQL and NoSQL databases.

- DevOps: strong familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker containerization, and orchestration with Kubernetes.

- Technical leadership capabilities, including mentorship of more junior developers.

- Excellent communication skills in English; able to effectively collaborate across cross-functional teams.

- Legally eligible and currently documented to work full-time in Canada.

Nice-to-haves

 – While it would be nice to if you had some of the below, we’re happy to train, coach and share our experience.

- AI/ML knowledge: practical experience integrating AI and ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn) into production environments.

- Familiarity with big data processing frameworks and tools (e.g., Spark, Databricks).

- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or ARM templates.

- Geoscience knowledge: familiarity with geoscience workflows or geospatial data visualization in geology, mining, or related fields.

We also look for the following from

all new Ideon team members

:

- Experience or excitement for working in a tech scale-up; happy to wear a few hats and learn on the fly.

- An ambitious, can-do attitude; you get that we’re doing challenging work and are excited to dive in.

- Enthusiastic and confident to take initiative and be adaptable in an agile, fast-paced environment.

- Solid teamwork skills; you’re accountable to yourself and your team and will jump in to help where you can.

- Creative solutioning mindset with great problem-solving skills.

- Insatiable curiosity paired with a drive to deliver.

- Able to work well under pressure and to meet committed deadlines.

- Great interpersonal skills; able to build relationships with colleagues, customers, and external stakeholders.

- Able to contribute something “extra” to our culture beyond the work that you do, like wowing people with your home-baked goods, sharing improv comedy skills, or organizing sports games.

More Role Details

Location

: Our office is located at #150 - 4611 Viking Way, just off the No. 6 Road exit on the east-west connector in Richmond, BC, Canada. Lots of free parking is available and a bus stop is one block away.

This is a 

hybrid

 role. We love seeing folks in the office 2+ times a week; you’re welcome to work from home the remainder of the week or come into the office all 5 days if you prefer. Our “be an adult” approach means you have the flexibility to determine your in-office schedule while factoring in the positive impact of face-to-face connection and communication with your leader and teammates.

Hours of work

: 8 hrs/day, M-F. Typical working hours are 9AM-5PM-ish pacific time; some employees shift slightly earlier or later based on business and personal needs. As Ideon is a high technology company, you may be asked to be flexible with your hours due to business requirements.

What We Offer

Salary

: The annual salary range for this role, in Canadian dollars, is 

$115,000 - $145,000

. Early equity option allocations upon hire plus the opportunity to earn performance-based option allocations annually are also highlights of our total rewards package.

- An opportunity to work with a dynamic tech scale-up. You will contribute to advancing a ground-breaking solution that generates significant economic and environmental benefit.

- Financial support for accreditation membership, exams, continuing professional development (i.e. P.Eng, P.Geo, CPA, CPHR).

- Tuition support ($2500/year).

- Extended health and dental benefits, employee assistance program, and health/personal spending accounts to cover things that may not fall into other categories (i.e. exercise classes, transit, daycare, pet insurance).

- Minimum 3 weeks paid time off to start, including an annual paid closure between the Christmas and New Year’s stat holidays.

- 5 paid sick days + other leaves per employment standards legislation.

- For hybrid roles, 2 weeks/year work-from-almost-anywhere.

- Parental leave top-up.

- Employee referral bonus.

- Casual dress – we like our jeans and hoodies (but if a prom dress makes you happy, go for it).

- Free parking & tasty snacks at the office!

- While we work hard, we also sprinkle social events and learning opportunities into our days (in person and virtually).

Ideon’s salary ranges are determined by role and level and are benchmarked against companies of similar size and stage in the Vancouver, BC, Canada market. The range reflects the minimum and maximum new employee salary. It is not typical for a new employee to be hired at the top of the range; as experienced as someone may be they likely won’t have the directly related experience unique to working at Ideon. In exceptional circumstances, though, where a person has the knowledge, skills, and experience to exceed those needed for the position, we may consider compensating at the top of the range. In the application process you will be asked to provide your salary expectations.