Original job description
Citylitics delivers predictive intelligence on where, how, and why infrastructure investments will occur across North America.
Infrastructure includes the foundational systems that shape our quality of life: water, transportation, transit, roads and highways, broadband, and power. It represents a multi-trillion-dollar market and a 20+ year megatrend in North America.
Citylitics transforms millions of documents across more than 40,000 cities, utilities, and public agencies into real-time market signals and high-value sales intelligence. Leading infrastructure vendors, engineering firms, and construction companies use the platform to identify and pre-position for major infrastructure opportunities earlier, helping them build relationships, shape project priorities, and influence scope before projects move to formal procurement.
Citylitics combines a network of AI agents, fine-tuned models, a proprietary infrastructure signals graph, and daily human-in-the-loop quality assurance workflows to deliver highly nuanced and reliable sales intelligence. The platform integrates seamlessly with CRMs, ERPs, and data lakes, embedding actionable insights directly into sales workflows so teams can prioritize the right pursuits and build stronger pipelines.
Our mission is to improve how infrastructure investments get made so critical needs can be addressed earlier and communities benefit from stronger, more resilient infrastructure.
Join Citylitics to work in a meaningful industry that will matter for decades to come while helping grow a company at the forefront of applied AI. We operate with a Results-Driven Mentality and a commitment to Raise The Bar, in a collaborative environment where Teamwork Makes the Dream Work as we tackle big challenges and celebrate wins together.
This position will be hybrid based out of our Toronto office.
Vacancy Status:
This position is for an existing and active vacancy that Citylitics is currently seeking to fill.
Who Are We Looking For?
We are seeking a highly motivated software developer with experience in building full stack web applications. Defining data models, developing robust backend APIs, and integration in dynamic web frontends. The ideal candidate will be proficient in both backend and frontend technologies, and capable of designing and implementing scalable and efficient systems.
What Will You Accomplish?
Data-driven:
Apply Data Modeling techniques to optimize databases/APIs
Write optimized SQL to analyze and validate datasets
Design-driven:
Draft Design Documents and conduct Technical Demos for stakeholders with clear and concise written/oral communication
Sequence product behaviors into courses of backend/frontend implementation with accurate complexity estimations
Introduce clean, well tested and documented code
Growth-driven:
Reduce tech debt alongside product initiatives, referencing evolving industry standards
Adopts new technologies/best practices to drive the codebase and business forward
Requirements
5+ years of experience in software engineering (web applications, distributed systems, data platforms):
Django Rest Framework, React Query, Typescript
Container workflows (k8s / Helm), CICD, API telemetry/monitoring
Database Design/Denormalization, Cloud Architecting(GCP)
Technical communication and planning skills (design documentation, diagraming, cost/performance analysis):
Demonstrates excellent complexity-estimation, problem-solving, organizational, and analytical thinking
Demonstrates ability to communicate to stakeholders of different technical background
Organized and process oriented, strong understanding of agile methodologies and the software development life cycle
Proficient with modern development/management tooling (AI Agents, VSCode, JIRA, Git & Unix, Cloud terminal, etc)
Strong understanding of IAM concepts, including Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and identity governance.
What Gives You an Edge:
Leads by example:
Technical demonstrations leading to new technology adoption within your team’s existing stack
High quality code reviews and context-updated feature tickets
Led or key involvement in the design of a project/system that shipped
Exemplifies modern development practices, leveraging GenAI workflows in daily work
Bachelor’s degree ir certificate in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
Benefits
This is a rare opportunity to influence positive change within one of the biggest societal challenges of our generation: sustainable public infrastructure
You get to support a disruptive solution with a compelling value proposition into an industry that is eager to hear from you and in a market with no direct competition.
We live at the cross section of infrastructure, scaleup and data science/AI. There is no other team like us in Toronto.
There is no corporate bureaucracy here. You will accomplish more here in a few months than what you would in a few years at a large, entrenched technology company.
We believe that Data and AI will play an outsized role in our future, so we equip every team member with access to Generative AI tools and our full Data Universe to enhance their productivity and encourage innovation through experimentation.
We are proud to offer every CityZen an internal mentorship program, in-role professional growth, skill-based development & learning, and internal promotion opportunities.
We work hard, we play together, we win as a team! We are on a mission to solve infrastructure while savoring the moment and celebrating the little details along the way.
