--- title: 'Senior Full Stack Engineer at AltaML' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-full-stack-engineer-altaml-calgary-snnt7mkc0sye' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # Senior Full Stack Engineer at AltaML - **Company:** AltaML - **Location:** Calgary, Canada - **Compensation:** $110k–$140k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-09-10 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/altaml/13d3af4f-e28e-4c75-aeb9-5b189bb8fcf9 ## Job description About The Role: As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key individual contributor role in designing, developing, and maintaining production-ready tools and products for the Brilliant Harvest platform, with a strong focus on ETL pipelines for data extraction and ingestion. Working closely with our Head of AI, you will help expand and improve our Document Ingestion and RAG-based AI Assistant — from data pipelines to LLM integration. You'll participate in brainstorming, design reviews, code reviews, and architecture evolution discussions, and contribute to the analysis of business requirements, technical design recommendations, and effort estimation. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, loves solving complex problems, and is excited about taking ideas from concept to production in a domain where AI is transforming a legacy industry. What You'll Do: - Design, develop, document, and maintain prototypes and products - Design, develop, document, and maintain ETL tools for data extraction and ingestion and products - Work with our AI Architect to expand and improve on our Document Ingestion and RAG based AI Assistant - Participate in brainstorming, design reviews, code reviews and architecture evolution discussions - Contribute to the analysis of business requirements, prepare design and implementation recommendations, and estimate development effort - Review and comment on the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs - Work collaboratively and professionally in cross functional teams to achieve our goals - Contribute to continuous practice improvements What You Bring: - 4+ years of experience as a full stack developer or backend developer with strong ETL skills - Efficient use of LLM tooling - Proficient in C#, with a good knowledge of the .net core ecosystems - Strong Experience with Entity Framework core - Unit and API testing with xUnit, Postman, or others - Working in an agile environment (e.g. Azure DevOps) - Proficient understanding of GIT - Able to write clean, readable, and easily maintainable code - Experience taking an idea from conception to production. - Experience developing applications using an LLM API like GPT - ## Experience with frameworks like LangChain and VectorDBs Bonus Points: - ## Experience with Python - ## Experience with React Native - Experience with Typescript, Redux Toolkit, CSS, Node.js - ## Experience with Micro Services Architecture - Application caching with Redis Cache - Docker, Kubernetes Why Join Us? Be part of a high-performing team led by Remi Schmaltz, an entrepreneur with decades of experience launching and growing agriculture businesses. Remote-first role with a flexible work environment. A front-row seat to how AI is changing the way equipment dealers, farmers, and contractors work. A collaborative culture that values growth, learning, and impact. Competitive compensation, ESOP, and benefits. ## About AltaML ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: AltaML builds vertical agentic AI solutions that improve decision-making, reduce risk, and unlock new revenue streams by turning data into operational action. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed and Series A rounds, plus recent government grants) - **Headquarters**: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - **Founded**: 2018 - **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Artificial Intelligence / Software Development - **Target customers**: B2B – enterprises and government organizations in energy & resources, financial services, forestry & agriculture, health, and manufacturing - **Mission**: To reimagine what’s possible with AI by giving teams the tools to optimize processes, reduce risks, and unlock new growth – building a future-ready business. ## Products & Services - **AltaForge**: Proprietary agentic AI development platform that streamlines the entire lifecycle from idea to production, with built-in governance, observability, and control. - **AI Navigator**: A guided service to help organizations cut through AI hype, identify practical opportunities, and focus on high-impact use cases. - **AI Foundations**: Hands-on training program that builds AI literacy and essential skills across teams. - **Agentic AI Lab**: A structured lab for exploring and validating agentic AI workflows and identifying where agents can deliver operational value. - **GovLab**: A specific lab designed for government teams to responsibly experiment with and adopt AI, emphasizing transparency and accountability. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available - **Key Metric (Private)**: Total funding of ~$6.25M (Seed $3.0M; Series A undisclosed amount in 2019; Grants including $3.2M from The Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund in 2020 and an additional grant from the Canadian Space Agency in 2025) - **Annual Revenue**: ~$15M (estimated) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: The Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund, Canadian Space Agency, Amii (Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute), and deep ties with University of Alberta, University of Calgary, and University of Waterloo - **Growth Signals**: - 111 employees (+1.6% YoY) - 19 active job postings with +171.4% quarterly growth in listings - Offices in Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, and Waterloo - Strong talent pipeline from top Canadian universities and companies like Microsoft, Deloitte, and Amazon ## Competitive Advantages - **Vertical AI expertise**: Deep knowledge of energy, agriculture, health, and manufacturing pain points, enabling tailored solutions that outperform generic AI. - **AltaForge platform**: Proprietary agentic engine that delivers auditable, enterprise-grade AI with built-in governance – moving beyond experiments to production. - **Academic & government partnerships**: Close collaboration with Alberta’s AI ecosystem (Amii) and federal agencies, providing credibility and talent access. - **Proven methodology**: End-to-end support from feasibility assessment through deployment and ongoing optimization. ## Strategic Focus - **Agentic AI leadership**: Scaling the use of autonomous AI agents that act on data rather than just producing dashboards. - **Vertical expansion**: Deepening pre-built solutions in energy, financial services, and government, while entering new industries through the GovLab and Agentic AI Lab. - **Talent pipeline**: Leveraging relationships with top universities (U of Alberta, U of Waterloo) to recruit and upskill AI talent. - **Product-led growth**: Using AltaForge to accelerate time-to-value for clients and reduce friction in AI adoption. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: AltaML emphasizes small bets, fast learning, and “better together.” They don’t hire for fit; they hire to add. Every full-time employee receives a professional development fund and an individual development plan. - **Work policy**: Hybrid environment – team members can work from home or in any of the four Canadian offices. No rigid 9-to-5; you set your hours based on deliverables. - **Benefits**: Comprehensive package including matching GRSP, health spending account, additional mental health services, and more. - **Engineering culture**: Developers are expected to work in an “AI-native” way, using tools like Claude and agentic coding platforms as core parts of their craft. Technical roles include a technical interview or assessment that is “fun, we promise.” - **Growth**: Fast-paced startup with clear career development plans and a growing team (19 open positions as of the latest data, including roles like Software Engineering Manager, Full Stack Engineer, and Lead AI Engineer). ## Sources 1. [altaml.com](https://altaml.com/) 2. [altaml.com/careers](https://altaml.com/careers/) 3. [linkedin.com/company/altaml](https://linkedin.com/company/altaml) 4. [jobs.lever.co/altaml](https://jobs.lever.co/altaml/) 5. 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