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title: 'Python Automation Developer, Network Security at RAVL'
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# Python Automation Developer, Network Security at RAVL

- **Company:** RAVL
- **Location:** Toronto, Canada
- **Employment:** contract
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-07-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/ravl_io/241f2ce4-83c5-4eb1-bc23-8060dddea896

## Job description

At RAVL, we connect strategy with execution, care deeply about the people we work with, and measure success by the lasting impact we leave behind. Our purpose is to build a team that puts real, sustainable business outcomes at the core of everything we do.

We're looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer to join our team on a short-term contract engagement. In this role, you'll build automation solutions that improve operational efficiency, strengthen security controls, and enhance the user experience. You'll collaborate with cross-functional engineering and infrastructure teams to develop scalable applications and automation capabilities that support critical technology operations.

If you enjoy solving complex technical challenges, building reliable automation, and working across the full technology stack, we'd love to hear from you.

What does success look like in this role?

- Design, develop, and maintain automation solutions using Python and modern full stack development practices.
- Build scalable applications that improve operational efficiency and automate security and infrastructure workflows.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, define technical specifications, and deliver high-quality software solutions.
- Develop new features to support evolving business and project needs.
- Integrate applications with REST APIs and other enterprise services.
- Ensure application reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability through clean, well-tested code.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines using Git, Jenkins, and modern DevOps practices.
- Maintain compliance with security standards and support timely remediation of identified vulnerabilities.
- Support Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) processes by implementing automation that improves monitoring, operational consistency, and service reliability.
- Participate in technical discussions, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement initiatives as new technologies and services are introduced.

Sounds great, but do my skills fit?

- Professional experience developing applications using Python or equivalent programming languages.
- Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Experience building, testing, and troubleshooting automation solutions using REST APIs.
- Experience working with Git, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps practices.
- Understanding of authentication and security protocols such as OAuth.
- Experience developing intuitive and user-friendly interfaces.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting abilities.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, time management, and prioritization skills.

## Nice to Have Skills

- Experience conducting peer code reviews.
- Experience creating test plans and automated test cases.
- Experience building dashboards or visualizations using Python or JavaScript libraries.
- Experience supporting infrastructure automation, security operations, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) environments.

Mindset Traits

- You take ownership and deliver high-quality work with minimal oversight.
- You enjoy solving complex technical problems through automation.
- You value clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
- You collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
- You embrace continuous learning and seek opportunities to improve systems and processes.
- You communicate clearly and proactively in fast-paced delivery environments.

Why join RAVL?

- Flexible, client-aligned work model with autonomy and accountability.
- Opportunity to work on meaningful, enterprise-scale technology initiatives.
- Collaborative, supportive team focused on continuous learning and technical excellence.
- Exposure to modern engineering, automation, cloud, and DevOps practices.
- A culture committed to helping technologists Build. Better.

## Equal Opportunity & Accessibility

RAVL is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and accessible workplace. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and provide accommodations throughout the hiring process upon request.

## About RAVL

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: RAVL is a boutique advisory and engineering firm that helps North American financial services institutions build better technology through full-stack product development, AI modernization, cloud platform engineering, and DevSecOps.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Partnership; venture-backed with a 2025 round led by MML Capital Partners)
- **Headquarters**: Toronto, Ontario, Canada (East York; 6 Annesley Avenue, M4G 2T6), with a presence in the United States
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Founded by four partners; leadership includes Rick Davidson (Chief Executive Officer), Dominic Wallace (Chief Technology Officer), Sean Quinn (Chairman), and Ryan Kehl (Partner)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: IT Services and IT Consulting; specialized in Financial Services technology (FSI)
- **Target customers**: Enterprise financial services institutions in North America (banks, insurers, capital markets firms), plus organizations undertaking legacy modernization, cloud transformation, and AI adoption
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "To be a true partner to our clients by building better technology that drives meaningful, long-lasting business outcomes." (Byline: "RAVL Builds. Better.")

## Products & Services
RAVL operates across three core delivery models plus an AI-focused methodology:

- **Advise (Strategize & Solution)**: Architecture design, business/technology capability mapping, business casing, cost optimization, customer journey mapping, governance, operating models, process improvement, technical assessments/root-cause analysis, technology selection, and technology strategy & roadmaps.
- **Build (Engineer & Deliver)**: Solutions architecture, cloud engineering, DevSecOps, platform engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, application development, AI & Machine Learning, and Infrastructure as Code.
- **BuildX (Sustain. Upskill. Empower.)**: Outcome-based delivery where clients can hire a subset of the RAVL team to extend the engagement. Combines cloud/platform engineering, software engineering, mentorship, and hands-on learning journeys.
- **AI / Leap Left (AI-first SDLC)**: RAVL's approach to AI-first software development lifecycle — aligning people, workflows, governance, and engineering systems to accelerate delivery while managing everything surrounding code creation.

Technical specialties include: full-stack digital product development, AI systems modernization (legacy-to-modern platform transformation), microservices & APIs, DevSecOps & developer experience, cloud platforms & tooling, and site reliability engineering.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding — venture round announced 2025-01-24, with 1 investor, led by MML Capital Partners; specific amount not publicly disclosed
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: MML Capital Partners (lead investor)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Headcount grew ~45.9% YoY (+34 employees, from ~54 to 88)
  - Monthly headcount growth at time of data: +3.8%
  - LinkedIn followers grew +32.9% yearly, to ~4,140
  - 22 active job postings (quarterly job posting trend: +57.1%)
  - Acquired New Helio, expanding capabilities
  - Workforce distributed across Canada (86) and the United States (2), with deep hiring from top consultancies and financial institutions (CGI, Capco, TD, Scotiabank, McKinsey & Company, Slalom)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep FSI domain fluency**: Decades of combined experience from North America's leading financial services institutions and top global consulting/engineering firms (McKinsey, Capco, TD, Scotiabank, etc.)
- **"Build. Better." execution bias**: Strategy work that is designed for real-world execution rather than slide-deck deliverables
- **End-to-end ownership**: Covers everything from advisory/strategy through build, cloud/platform engineering, DevSecOps, SRE, and AI modernization — not just code delivery
- **BuildX talent model**: A differentiated engagement model where clients can hire the team, enabling continuity and knowledge transfer rather than the traditional consultancy "hand-off"
- **Leap Left AI-first SDLC methodology**: A proprietary approach to AI-first software delivery that addresses the non-coding constraints (people, workflows, governance) around modern engineering
- **High employee satisfaction**: 4.8/5.0 employer rating (15 reviews) with culture rated 4.9 and career development rated 4.8 — a differentiator when attracting technologists

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling its AI-powered modernization and Leap Left methodology across financial services clients
- Continuing to build national (Canadian) and US presence through strategic hiring — particularly in technical roles (50 of ~88 employees are technical) and senior consulting talent
- Growing through selective acquisitions (e.g., New Helio) to expand advisory/engineering capacity
- Strengthening the BuildX model to deepen long-term client partnerships and talent development
- Building a "Talent Pool" pipeline for future hires, indicating proactive workforce planning around continued growth

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Rated 4.8/5.0 overall on employer review platforms — with Culture at 4.9, Career Development at 4.8, Work-Life Balance at 4.6, and Compensation at 4.6
- **Work model**: Hybrid workspace (combination of remote and on-site work) at the Toronto HQ
- **Growth environment**: 45.9% YoY headcount growth, 22 open positions, and heavy investment in mentorship and hands-on learning journeys (BuildX)
- **Engineering-led**: Technical staff make up ~46% of the workforce — engineers are core to the business, not an adjunct
- **Compensation benchmarks** (publicly listed salaries): Associate Engineer ~CAD 54,691/year; Consultant ~CAD 120,749/year; Principal Consultant ~CAD 223,802/year
- **Notable perk**: AI tools are used to support parts of the hiring process (resume review, response analysis), yet final decisions are human-driven — reflecting their AI-first but human-judgment approach
- **Impact**: Opportunity to work on mission-critical modernization and AI transformation projects for North America's leading financial institutions

## Sources
1. [ravl.io](https://www.ravl.io/)
2. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/ravl_io)
3. [ca.linkedin.com](https://ca.linkedin.com/company/ravl-io)
4. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/ravl)
5. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/ravl)

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