Software Engineer
Providius builds software and infrastructure that powers mission-critical media and operational technology workflows. For over a decade, we’ve helped broadcasters, content producers, and media organizations run reliable, high-performance systems using IP-based media and modern IT infrastructure. Headquartered in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, our privately held company is dedicated to engineering products and solutions that "just make sense."
Our team works closely with technical partners and customers to solve real-world problems in a rapidly evolving industry. We focus on building practical solutions and supporting systems that need to perform under pressure.
Position Overview
We’re looking for a software engineer to join our development team. You’ll work across our platform, from backend services to user interfaces, helping build systems that need to be reliable, scalable, and performant.
This role is ideal for someone with strong fundamentals, a collaborative mindset, and a desire to continuously learn. You’ll contribute to production systems, participate in architectural decisions, and grow alongside a team that values practical, well-engineered solutions.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Design, build, and ship features end-to-end, from concept through deployment
- Work across the stack as needed—backend services, APIs, frontend interfaces, and supporting infrastructure
- Develop and maintain testing strategies, including unit tests, integration tests, and test tooling (e.g., mocks, simulation environments)
- Collaborate with teammates to break down problems, define requirements, and iterate on solutions
- Contribute to improving development workflows, tooling, and overall engineering practices
- Debug and resolve issues across the system, including production environments when needed
- Continuously build domain knowledge in media and networking systems to inform better engineering decisions
- Ability to take ownership of features and see them through to completion
The balance of this work will vary depending on the project and your strengths, but ownership and follow-through are consistent expectations
Tech Stack
- Backend: Java (Spring Boot), Python, Some components in C and C++
- Frontend: TypeScript, Angular
- Data: PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB
- Infrastructure: Linux (Ubuntu)
- Tools: JIRA, Bitbucket