Core Functions of the Role
Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain full-stack applications that distribute high-value information to our customers.
Develop backend services and APIs using Kotlin/Java, Spring, and related technologies.
Build modern frontend experiences using React, Vite, and TypeScript.
Apply sound component architecture, state-management, asynchronous data-fetching, accessibility, and render-performance practices.
Work with relational and NoSQL databases, Elasticsearch, and large datasets.
Participate throughout the Agile development lifecycle, including sprint planning, design sessions, development, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement.
Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality client experiences.
Contribute to code reviews, technical design, engineering standards, and improvements to team practices.
About You
2+ years of professional software development experience for mid-level candidates or 6+ years for senior-level candidates.
Strong computer science and software engineering fundamentals through a CS-related degree or equivalent professional experience.
Strong proficiency in Kotlin and Java, with experience building server-side applications using Spring or an equivalent framework.
Strong proficiency building React/Vite applications with TypeScript.
Strong understanding of relational and NoSQL databases, query languages, and data best practices.
Knowledge of HTTP, REST, and API design and development.
Familiarity with state management and asynchronous data-fetching patterns such as TanStack Query.
Attention to frontend component architecture and render performance.
Working knowledge of accessibility standards such as WCAG/ARIA.
Experience with automated testing, including unit and integration/end-to-end testing.
Experience with Git or other source-control software.
AI-Augmented Software Development
- Use AI to understand unfamiliar codebases, research technologies, plan implementations, write and modify code, develop tests, debug problems, refactor systems, and automate repetitive work.
- Critically evaluate AI-generated solutions, recognize incorrect assumptions, validate implementations, and know when direct engineering investigation is the better approach.
- Experience with repository-level agent instructions, reusable agent workflows, MCP integrations, custom tooling, or agentic development processes is a plus.
Additional Experience We'd Value
- AWS
- Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code technologies
- Docker or other container technologies
- CI/CD pipelines
- Elasticsearch or other search technologies
- Microservices and distributed systems
- Event-driven architectures
- Linux, command-line tooling, and Bash
- Large-scale or data-intensive applications
For Senior-Level Candidates
Strong system-design and architectural judgment.
Ownership of systems from design through production.
Ability to evaluate scalability, reliability, performance, maintainability, security, and cost tradeoffs.
Ability to diagnose complex problems across distributed systems.
Ability to turn ambiguous requirements into clear technical approaches.
Thoughtful code and design review skills.
Ability to mentor engineers and improve team effectiveness.
- Awesome Extended Health Care Plan
- Dental Care
- Life & Disability insurance
- Health spending accounts
- Unlimited Vacation Leave
- 12 Paid Holidays
- $3,000 Employee Referral Program
- Employer contribution to VRSP
- Rewards and recognition programs
Skills Required
- Live and work within Quebec province
- 2+ years of professional software development experience for mid-level candidates or 6+ years for senior-level candidates
- Computer science or software engineering fundamentals demonstrated through a related degree or equivalent professional experience
- Strong proficiency in Kotlin and Java
- Experience building server-side applications using Spring or an equivalent framework
- Strong proficiency building React and Vite applications with TypeScript
- Understanding of relational and NoSQL databases, query languages, and data best practices
- Knowledge of HTTP, REST, and API design and development
- Familiarity with state management and asynchronous data-fetching patterns such as TanStack Query
- Knowledge of frontend component architecture and render-performance practices
- Working knowledge of accessibility standards such as WCAG and ARIA
- Experience with automated unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
- Experience with Git or other source-control software
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, or comparable coding agents
- Experience with AWS
- Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code technologies
- Experience with Docker or other container technologies
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with Elasticsearch or other search technologies
- Experience with microservices and distributed systems
- Experience with event-driven architectures
- Working knowledge of Linux, command-line tooling, and Bash
- Experience with large-scale or data-intensive applications
- Strong system-design and architectural judgment for senior-level candidates
- Experience owning systems from design through production for senior-level candidates
- Ability to evaluate scalability, reliability, performance, maintainability, security, and cost tradeoffs for senior-level candidates
- Ability to diagnose complex problems across distributed systems for senior-level candidates
- Ability to translate ambiguous requirements into clear technical approaches for senior-level candidates
- Code and design review skills for senior-level candidates
- Ability to mentor engineers and improve team effectiveness for senior-level candidates
What We Do
Leadership Connect is a data-driven decision intelligence company focused on policy & procurement in the public sector. We combine deep research expertise and cutting-edge technology to help clients win business and influence policy across a wide range of specialties and verticals. We work with nearly every U.S. government agency, many S&P 500 companies, and leading organizations in media, consulting, law, banking, and the not-for-profit world. We help everyone from marketing and business development teams to senior leaders prep for important meetings, uncover existing relationships, and build new ones. Our clients trust their reputations to the quality of our data. With our proprietary 24-step information collection process that employs technology and human validation, we continuously identify the key decision makers and influencers you care about most and put them at your fingertips. Clients access Leadership Connect through the web, apps, and data integrations. Only in Leadership Connect: - Leadership Connect is the world's only service that connects bills to legislative staff. - Navigate complex government organizations: Federal, State & Local. - Stakeholder Mapping. See how your organization is connected to another. View a person’s strongest relationships, including family, former coworkers, and members of the same association, to get warm introductions
