About Nakisa
Nakisa is a global leader in AI-powered enterprise software for Human Resources, Financial Management, and Commercial Real Estate (CRE). Our cloud platform powers mission-critical operations for 1,100+ organizations in 135 countries and serves millions of users.
We are building the next wave of enterprise applications with Nakisa AI. Our products use retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with secure API integrations to large language models. Customer data stays private and auditable, and we never use client data to train third-party models. This privacy-first design gives enterprises trustworthy AI they can run in production.
What sets us apart is a single platform that connects these functions on shared data models, a focus on high-stakes, compliance-heavy workflows, and a culture anchored in Fairness, Integrity, Service, and Humility. Recognized among Canada’s top employers, we offer hybrid work, supportive leaders, and clear growth paths. Join us to ship reliable, privacy-first AI at global scale.
About the role
As a Software Developer on our Platform Engineering team, you will help design, build, and maintain the cloud-native services and tools that power Nakisa's product portfolio for Fortune 1000 companies around the world. Working within an Agile team, you will contribute to features that improve the deployment, monitoring, and visibility of our microservices, and support the continuous integration and deployment pipelines that our development teams rely on every day. You will collaborate closely with Product, QA, and DevOps as part of our continued shift toward NoOps-driven, cloud-native delivery, growing your full stack and platform engineering skills along the way.
What you'll be doing
- Design, develop, and maintain backend services and their corresponding frontend components for our cloud platform.
- Contribute to features for our identity and access management platform, supporting security and compliance requirements.
- Help build tools and integrations that improve the monitoring, logging, and visibility of microservices and distributed systems.
- Support and help maintain CI/CD pipelines, contributing to a smoother, more reliable build, test, and deployment process.
- Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code that follows established best practices and design patterns.
- Collaborate with Product, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver high-quality software on schedule.
- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and sprint planning, and take ownership of assigned tasks and features.
- Use AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT/Codex) to improve development speed and code quality.
- Continuously build your skills and help bring new tools, technologies, and best practices to the team.
What you bring
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 2+ years of experience in software development, including a minimum of 1 year working with Java.
- Proficiency in full stack development: backend development using Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs, and frontend development using Vue.js (or similar frameworks such as React or Angular).
- Experience with SQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or others).
- Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns.
- Experience building scalable, high-performance applications using microservice architecture.
- Familiarity with version control systems (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Knowledge of front-end build tools (Webpack, Babel, or similar) and state management libraries (Vuex, Pinia, or similar).
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug both front-end and back-end issues.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to work well in an Agile environment.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Working proficiency in spoken and written English is required to perform the essential duties of this role, including participating in code reviews, design discussions, sprint ceremonies and production-incident coordination with development, QA and DevOps colleagues based outside Quebec, and writing technical documentation shared with those teams.*
- Nakisa’s R&D, QA and DevOps teams are distributed across Canada and internationally, and this role collaborates with them daily.
Nice-to-haves
- Proficiency in data modeling, ETL pipelines, and database management (SQL, NoSQL).
- Experience with data engineering tools such as Apache Flink, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Apache Confluent, or Apache Airflow.
- Experience with data visualization and frontend libraries such as ECharts, Plotly, D3.js, or similar.
- Understanding of the HR or Financial domain space.
- Experience with Python or Rust.
What's in it for you?
- Work on cutting-edge, cloud-native platform technology
- Build solutions that address high-stakes enterprise challenges in lease accounting, workforce intelligence, and organizational design for some of the world’s largest organizations.
- Be part of a company that values continuous learning, innovation, and professional growth.
Why Nakisa?
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Flexibility: Hybrid work (1–2 days in our downtown Montréal office).
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Time off: Starting at 3 weeks’ vacation, a paid week off at year end, an extra paid summer day off, personal and volunteer days, and generous sick leave.
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Health & wellness: Comprehensive health, dental, and life insurance including telemedicine from day one.
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Financial security: RRSP matching up to 4% from day one and a home internet allowance.
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Active lifestyle: Free gym access in our downtown office building and half-price Bixi membership.
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Social perks: Regular events to unwind with colleagues such as game nights, summer picnic, holiday party, excursions, and more.
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Career growth: Mentorship, education assistance (80% up to $1,500 per year) and reimbursement of role-relevant professional dues.
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Culture: A supportive, values-driven team with leaders who care.
🚀 Make your impact at Nakisa.
If building privacy-first AI for global enterprises motivates you, apply today and help shape the future of enterprise software.
- Location: Montréal (hybrid).
- Visa or relocation: not available.
- Hiring process: recruiter conversation, hiring manager interview, and a panel or skills assessment depending on the role.
- Apply even if not a perfect match: potential and drive matter here.
Apply today.
AI-assisted recruitment:
Nakisa uses AI-assisted tools, including BrightHire and Greenhouse, throughout our recruitment process. Our first-round interview is conducted by an AI interviewer (BrightHire), and later interviews with our team are recorded and transcribed to support accurate note-taking. AI-generated outputs, including transcripts, summaries, and structured scoring aids, support our hiring team and are reviewed by people. All hiring decisions are made by people based on job-related criteria.
If you need an accommodation at any stage, or have questions about how your data is processed, contact privacyofficer@nakisa.com
