Principal Software Engineer - SaaS / Agentic - (BC, AB, ON)

Sycle LLC

$120K — $150K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Vancouver, BC
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, focusing on PHP (Laravel), Node.js, and modern frontend frameworks like React.
  • 8+ years in API/RESTful web service design and CI/CD pipeline development.
  • Expertise in orchestrating parallel, multi-agent workflows, including setting enterprise rules for autonomous output generation.
  • Strong knowledge of automated testing frameworks, including Playwright, with experience in defining robust failure scenarios.
  • Accountability for system integrity and performance, ensuring high quality in the production environment.
  • Exceptional communication skills for conveying complex concepts to diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Drive architecture and technical vision for complex software projects, establishing foundational patterns for AI agents.
  • Champion and curate the organizational digital knowledge base, ensuring modern, secure coding practices.
  • Establish guardrails and auditing frameworks to ensure compliance with relevant healthcare regulations.
  • Design systemic prompts and orchestration workflows to resolve and prevent systemic errors in multi-agent operations.
  • Mentor and lead engineering teams in transitioning towards agent orchestration and quality verification.
  • Collaborate with Product Owners and cross-functional teams to translate business objectives into technical execution plans.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive personal health plan (Medical, Dental, Vision).
  • RRSP matching and Internet subsidy.
  • 3+ weeks of paid time off plus paid statutory holidays.
Full Job Description
The Opportunity

We are seeking a visionary Principal Software Engineer to define, architect, and lead our transition from traditional manual development to a highly automated, AI-driven agentic ecosystem.

As a Principal Engineer, you will not just manage agents; you will architect the entire multi-agent framework, establish organizational guardrails, and lead the technical vision for our next-generation SaaS platform. You will balance deep hands-on expertise in distributed systems with advanced AI orchestrations-shifting the engineering paradigm from manual syntax creation to high-level systemic oversight, verification, and cross-functional leadership.

Tech Stack & Tools
  • Languages/Frameworks: PHP (Laravel), Node.js (Next.js/Nestjs), React, Open-Source Technologies
  • Architecture: AWS, Microservices, Distributed Systems, RESTful APIs/Webservices
  • AI Tooling & Orchestration: Windsurf, Claude 4.6+, GPT 5.4+, LangChain/Semantic Kernel, and Custom Agentic Frameworks.

Key Pillars of Responsibility
  • Visionary & System Architect: Drive the overall architecture and technical direction of complex software projects. Design the foundational patterns that allow AI agents to safely interact with our core PHP/Node microservices and distributed AWS infrastructure.
  • Enterprise Context Stewardship: Champion and curate the organizational "Digital Brain." Architect robust RAG pipelines and knowledge repositories to ensure autonomous agents generate modern, secure, and performant code while strictly avoiding deprecated legacy patterns.
  • Guardrail & Compliance Authority: Serve as the ultimate authority for system integrity. Establish automated frameworks and auditing practices to ensure all outputs (human or AI) strictly adhere to HIPAA compliance, healthcare security standards, and optimal performance benchmarks.
  • Agent Ecosystem Multiplier: When systemic errors occur, you "fix the ecosystem." Design systemic prompts, configuration rules, and orchestration workflows so that edge cases and logical faults are permanently mitigated across parallel agent streams.
  • Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Lead by example. Foster a high-performance engineering culture by mentoring junior, mid, and senior engineers on how to pivot from traditional coding to successful agent orchestration and rigorous output verification.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product Owners, Executives, and cross-functional teams to translate complex business objectives and Gherkin/BDD specifications into automated technical execution plans.

Skills & Requirements
  • Core Engineering Mastery: 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, featuring deep expertise in PHP (Laravel), Node.js, and modern frontend frameworks like React.
  • Advanced Architecture: 8+ years of experience in API/RESTful web services design, OOPS design patterns, CI/CD pipelines, and database optimization (SQL/NoSQL).
  • Agentic Leadership & Orchestration: Proven ability to move beyond basic LLM chatting to orchestrate parallel, multi-agent workflows, setting enterprise-level "rules of the road" for autonomous code, test, and documentation generation.
  • Rigorous Verification Oversight: Expert-level understanding of automated testing frameworks (e.g., Playwright). Proven capability in defining robust failure scenarios to guarantee system resilience before code reaches human review.
  • Accountability & Governance: A profound commitment to systemic integrity, taking 100% responsibility for the safety, scalability, and quality of the production environment, regardless of how the code was generated.
  • Communication & Influence: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with a proven track record of explaining complex architectural and AI concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Bonus Points
  • Direct experience engineering software within the Healthcare or Practice Management space.
  • Formal certifications or advanced coursework in Generative AI, LLM fine-tuning, or Agentic workflow development.
  • Active contributions to open-source projects or public technical forums focusing on AI automation.

What Success Looks Like
  • Architectural Velocity: Achieving a massive, measurable multiplier in feature delivery across the organization by scaling automated, multi-agent development pipelines.
  • Precision at Scale: Guiding engineering teams to configure agents so that first-draft code seamlessly satisfies complex business logic and passes the vast majority of automated tests.
  • Flawless System Integrity: Maintaining a 0% critical-defect rate in production while managing highly distributed, parallel workstreams.
  • Culture Shift: Successfully upskilling traditional developers into elite Agentic Architects, establishing a positive and forward-thinking team environment.

Benefits
  • Comprehensive personal health plan (Medical, Dental, Vision).
  • RRSP matching and Internet subsidy.
  • 3+ weeks of paid time off plus paid statutory holidays.

Join us in building the future of audiology care. If you are a seasoned engineering leader ready to pioneer the next frontier of AI-driven software development, please apply.

Note: We are only hiring in BC, AB or ON where we already have teams.

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