Lead a software engineering team in developing automation and modeling products for construction; ensure quality and performance while mentoring engineers.
Promise Robotics is a rapidly growing venture-backed technology startup with a mission to help the building industry to harness automation toward producing more affordable and sustainable buildings. Our world-class team combines AI, Industrialized Robotics, and construction under one roof to develop the most advanced robotic products for the construction of highly efficient and sustainable buildings.
You may be a good fit if:
- Have a passion for leading industry-changing solutions with significant social, economic, and environmental impact
- Desire to play a founding role and reap the benefits as part of a growth-stage startup with significant upside
- Enjoy building not only the technology but also high-performing teams and companies
- Are committed to continuous learning at the intersection of several industries
What you will do:
- Lead, coach, and grow a team of software engineers working on modeling automation, and platform services.
- Own delivery for key modeling automation initiatives, balancing technical excellence, timelines, and business priorities.
- Partner closely with Product Management to translate requirements into clear technical plans and roadmaps.
- Guide architecture and design decisions for systems supporting BIM modelling, BIM data management, and related computational algorithms, and automated workflows.
- Ensure engineering best practices across code quality, testing, documentation, and CI/CD.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with robotics, production, platform, and construction teams to ensure solutions are production-ready.
- Identify technical risks and drive continuous improvement in performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Support hiring, onboarding, and performance development of team members.
What you will need to succeed:
- 10+ years of hands-on software development experience, including 4+ years in a people leadership or technical management role.
- Bachelor/Graduate degree in Computer Science or Computer/Electrical Engineering or related technical fields
- Strong background of writing clean code with object-oriented, statically typed language in the C-family (eg. C#)
- Experience working with modeling systems, rule engines, computational design, or complex domain logic (BIM, CAD, GIS, or similar domains are a strong asset).
- Extensive experience in Python and/or C# programming
- Experience working with DevOps pipelines (Git, Jenkins, Azure, etc.)
- Experience with software design and development in a test-driven environment
- Knowledge of Machine Learning, Data Mining or Artificial Intelligence algorithms
- Organized, focused and persistent with the ability to work to the plan and meet delivery dates
- Being an excellent problem solver and quick learner
- Experience working in Agile or iterative development environments.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
- Passion for mentoring engineers and building high-performing, inclusive teams.
- Experience in construction technology, robotics, manufacturing, or automation-heavy environments.
- Familiarity with BIM tools (e.g., Revit), digital twins, or model-based workflows.
- Exposure to geometry processing, parametric modeling, or design automation.
- Startup or scale-up experience.
- hands-on experience building and deploying production applications powered by AI/LLM models
Preferred:
Benefits:
Competitive salary: we believe in data-driven, equitable compensation decisions. We recently completed a compensation review and implemented salary bands that enable us to pay mid to above-average Canadian salaries across various industries.
Stock options: everyone has a stake in our company.
Holistic benefits: we have a comprehensive benefits package that includes paramedical, dental, vision, and drug coverage for you and your dependents, as well as a health care spending account. These benefits start right from Day 1.
Flexible personal days and vacation policies: we care deeply about the well-being of our team.
Open, collaborative, and supportive culture: you will be part of an incredibly high-performing and collaborative team changing the future of an industry!
Relocation assistance package (if required)
Promise Robotics is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, and gender identity.
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