Software Engineer (Backend)

#CareersThatKickSaas! TrueContext is an Ottawa-founded company that is building more than just a low-code app platform — we’re enabling organizations to make a real-world difference. Our intelligent field service workflow platform empowers teams to collect, share, and act on data in real time, whether they’re in the office or out in the field. We help reduce risk, improve safety, protect the environment, support frontline workers, and ensure compliance — all while increasing productivity and clarity across entire

organizations.

Our customers use TrueContext to replace paper processes, gain live visibility into operations, enforce safety and regulatory standards, and unlock powerful insights that drive safer, more sustainable, and more efficient ways of working. Thousands of users rely on our platform every day, submitting millions of forms, preserving lives and assets, and helping businesses run more responsibly.

Join us and help deliver innovation that matters — not just features, but impact.

About the Team

The backend team is at the core of our engineering group. We handle many concerns across the organization including building new features in the product, building APIs to support our mobile applications and our form builder application, site reliability engineering and aiding our support team to help our customers.

We are a flexible group that loves to try new ideas, learn from failures, and celebrate successes together. We are very excited to add another Software Engineer to our team.

Who are you?

As the ideal candidate, you have a strong technical foundation, excellent communication skills and a thirst for knowledge. You love to learn new things; you have a curiosity and willingness to experiment with new technologies. You’re no stranger to collaboration and thrive in a team setting. When faced with challenges, you are resourceful and capable of moving the needle forward. In your next role, you are looking to accelerate your professional growth and contribute to a highly functioning team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build new roadmap features in the core TrueContext product (Java, Spring, JavaScript, MySQL, AWS), with opportunities to contribute across the full stack
• Actively participate in an agile team that deploys to production daily
• Engage in development practices: code reviews, pair programming, writing automated tests, retrospectives on CI/CD and SRE trends
• Improve site reliability, security, and performance
• Leverage modern development tools and practices (New Relic, SumoLogic, Snyk, Docker, Junie, to name a few)
• Constantly learn new things and deliver impactful changes to our product on a regular basis
• Be part of a team that cares deeply about the work we do and the people we work with

Skills and Qualifications:

• Strong Java skills, knowledge of relational databases, and web application development
• Experience with the following or similar: Spring framework, JavaScript, MySQL
• Experience with any cloud platform; we use AWS
• A knack for solving tough problems with strong technical instincts and decision-making
• A desire to continuously learn and improve
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Bonus points if you have React or Frontend experience as well

Some Extra Benefits:

• Company-wide & team social events
• Wellness yearly allowance
• Annual learning allowance
• Great time off benefits (4 weeks of vacation + 2 True2ME days + 1 TrueCrewCares day)
• Summer FriYAYs (every other Friday off from Victoria Day until Labour Day)
• Catered lunches 2x per week
• An amazing office space with plenty of snacks, drinks, and space to collaborate
• Hybrid work environment (3 days a week in the office)

Help us to shape the future of the field service industry – where technology drives safety, sustainability, and human impact. Apply now.