Staff Software Engineer at Generac Power Systems | CAN | Rezi

Staff Software Engineer at Generac Power Systems

Staff Software Engineer

Generac Power Systems · CAN

1 months ago

Staff Software Engineer

Generac Power Systems · CAN

2 months ago
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About the Role

Join the Energy Software Engineering leadership team, reporting directly to the Sr Director of Engineering. This role collectively owns the software that keeps millions of homes comfortable, efficient, and connected, with a wide surface area, genuine ownership, and impactful building opportunities.

Responsibilities

  • Strengthen AI enablement foundations to accelerate adoption of agentic workflows within engineering teams.
  • Partner with principal and staff engineers to improve engineering practices.
  • Contribute to ecobee’s system architecture with battle-tested designs that have significant, long-lasting impact.
  • Take end-to-end ownership of full components within your domain of expertise, ensuring high standards in design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations.
  • Consistently deliver high-quality, maintainable code.
  • Lead by example in debugging tough, stack-wide issues, finding root causes, and implementing effective solutions.
  • Anticipate future challenges and propose technical solutions that prevent future roadblocks.
  • Participate in evaluating and recommending new technologies and frameworks for the product group.
  • Actively mentor other engineers, guiding them toward concrete goals and fostering a culture of feedback and knowledge sharing.
  • Lead or participate in design reviews, post-mortems, and code reviews.
  • Drive innovative improvements to processes and best practices across the engineering organization.
  • Contribute to novel solutions that influence ecobee’s engineering direction and deliver measurable, high-impact results.
  • Facilitate and lead discussions across squads, ensuring inclusive decision-making processes and cross-functional buy-in on technical solutions and business decisions.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor and leader within ecobee’s engineering community.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of owning and delivering complex, cross-domain projects at scale.
  • Experience in building agentic workflows in large-scale systems.
  • Expertise in system design, architecture, and the development of large-scale, high-availability and secure systems.
  • Experience optimizing database performance and system tuning, ensuring fast, reliable, and scalable database and application interactions.
  • Demonstrated ability to debug tough, stack-wide issues across multiple environments, finding root causes and implementing long-term fixes.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor, lead technical discussions, and contribute to a collaborative engineering culture.
  • Strong debugging skills, with experience solving complex, stack-wide issues that involve mobile devices and cloud-based services.
  • Hired candidate will be required to complete a background check.

Skills

  • Go
  • Java
  • TypeScript
  • C++
  • Python
  • Messaging queue processing (e.g., PubSub, RabbitMQ, Kafka)
  • Real-time data handling
  • Cloud platforms (GCP or AWS)
  • Database performance optimization
  • System tuning
  • Debugging
  • AI enablement
  • Agentic workflows
  • System design
  • Architecture
  • High-availability systems
  • Secure systems

Location

  • Toronto, ON
  • Remote

Work Type

  • Hybrid

Experience Level

  • 10+ years

Salary/Compensations

  • $160,000 - $214,100 CAD
  • Eligible for variable compensation including short term and long-term incentives.

Benefits

  • Medical plans
  • Dental plans
  • Vision plans
  • Life insurance
  • Long-term disability insurance
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Health savings accounts
  • Accrued paid time off
  • Paid Holidays (10 for Ontario, 11 for British Columbia)
  • RRSP retirement benefits

About the Company

  • ecobee introduced the world’s first smart Wi-Fi thermostat to help millions of consumers save money, conserve energy, and bring home automation into their lives.
  • We continue our pursuit to create technology that brings peace of mind into the home and allows people to focus on the moments that matter most.
  • We take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment, all while being part of the exciting, connected home revolution.
  • In 2021, ecobee became a subsidiary of Generac Power Systems.
  • Generac introduced the first affordable backup generator and later created the category of automatic home standby generator.
  • The company is committed to sustainable, cleaner energy products poised to revolutionize the 21st century electrical grid.
  • Together, we take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment.
  • We’re helping build the world of tomorrow with solutions that improve everyday life while making a positive impact on the planet.
  • Our products and services work in harmony to provide comfort, efficiency, and peace of mind for millions of homes and businesses.
  • We're a rapidly growing global tech company headquartered in Canada, in the heart of downtown Toronto, with an office in Leeds, UK, and remote ecopeeps in the US.
  • We get to work with some of North America and UK's leading professionals.
  • Our colleagues are proud to bring their authentic selves to work, confident that what we do is grounded in a greater purpose.
  • We’re always looking for curious, talented, and passionate people to join our team.
  • We believe power is a promise - a shared commitment to be there for others when it matters most.
  • For more than 65 years, we've turned big ideas into solutions that help protect homes, strengthen businesses and build a more resilient, efficient, sustainable energy future.
  • Ready to Power a Smarter World with us?
  • As one of the leaders and largest suppliers of power generation equipment and technology, the work we do touches millions of lives.
  • Employees at Generac are encouraged to be innovative and are valued as an integral part of our global team.
  • Our challenging goals develop knowledgeable employees dedicated to helping continue Generac’s success.
  • Generac provides individuals the opportunity to work in a fast-paced agile work environment where their work makes a difference in people’s lives and their own.

Equal Opportunity

  • The Company is committed to improving accessibility for Canadian with disabilities and to ensuring that all our employees and applicants have the support and the tools they need to succeed.
  • We have developed policies relating to human rights, accessibility, and accommodation, and provide all our employees with training on accessibility including under provincial legislation such as the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, either during orientation and/or on an ongoing basis.
  • If you feel you need accommodation in relation to a disability in the application process or in the future, or have a question or concern about our policies, please reach out to askHR@generac.com
  • We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.