You are a strong senior full-stack software engineer with a proven track record of shipping and operating production systems at scale. You bring strong technical judgment, a high bar for quality, and the ability to lead complex initiatives end to end. You are comfortable working across frontend and backend systems, influencing architecture, and guiding teams through ambiguity.

At Rival, AI is central to how we build and how our product evolves. In this role, you are expected to lead AI-enabled feature development, own AI-focused epics, and elevate the team’s capabilities in modern AI-assisted development and AI product delivery. You understand how modern web applications are designed, built, and deployed in cloud environments. You are comfortable operating within AWS-based systems and take ownership of the reliability, scalability, and maintainability of the software you deliver.

As a Senior Software Engineer at Rival, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of high-impact features across our product platform, with a strong emphasis on AI-enabled capabilities. You will own outcomes end to end, mentor engineers, strengthen engineering standards, and collaborate closely with Product, UX, QA, and stakeholders to deliver well-scoped, reliable, and scalable solutions.

Who are we? 

When you join Rival Group, you’re not just accelerating your career—you’re also helping shape the future of customer insights and market research.

We’re a forward-thinking, results-driven organization obsessed with helping innovative brands get closer to their customers in a way that feels fresh, organic, and fun. Rival Technologies, the tech arm of our business, is the world’s best conversational research platform and one of Vancouver’s fastest-growing tech companies. 🚀 Reach3 Insights, our consulting side, is an award-winning 🏆 market research agency with offices in Chicago, Toronto, and Vancouver. Together, we’re helping brands like Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s, Dell Technologies, REVOLT TV, and Roblox get better insights they can use to deliver better products, create more impactful marketing campaigns, and improve the end-to-end customer experience.

Our customers LOVE our tech and services. We’re growing fast—and we’re inviting great people to join us on the ride 🎢

If making measurable, immediate impact while having fun sounds like your jam, then we invite you to apply! 👇

What you’ll do:

• Lead the design, development, testing, and release of production features across the Rival product suite
• Own feature epics from discovery and architecture through implementation,
  rollout, and iteration
• Build across frontend and backend systems in a modern JavaScript and TypeScript stack
• Partner with Product and Design to shape requirements, clarify trade-offs, and drive execution plans for complex initiatives
• Set and uphold a high bar for code quality, performance, security, reliability, and user experience
• Improve test coverage, CI reliability, tooling, and overall developer experience
• Drive technical design reviews and produce clear written design documentation
• Identify risks and dependencies early and communicate mitigation strategies
• Debug and resolve issues across the full stack, including cloud environments and production systems
• Influence architectural decisions and long-term technical direction
• Raise the bar through thoughtful code reviews, mentorship, and coaching
• Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and overall team development

AI and Modern Development Practices

Rival encourages engineers to thoughtfully leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and quality.

• Apply strong judgment to AI behavior, correctness, privacy, security, and reliability risks
• Design evaluation strategies for AI features using test suites, human review, metrics, and monitoring
• Establish best practices for AI integration, including guardrails, validation,
  observability, and maintainability
• Use AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering speed and quality
• Collaborate cross-functionally on AI requirements such as telemetry, user feedback loops, and model performance tracking

What You'll Have:  

• 7+ years of professional experience building and operating production software systems
• Strong full-stack expertise across frontend and backend development
• Demonstrated experience leading complex technical initiatives or epics end to end
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including architecture, testing strategy, performance, and reliability
• Experience building or integrating AI-enabled product features such as LLM workflows, retrieval systems, agent-style architectures, or automated decision support
• Ability to evaluate and improve AI feature quality using structured testing, monitoring, and feedback mechanisms
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working in cloud-based environments, preferably AWS
• Familiarity with serverless and or microservices architectures from an application perspective
• Ability to reason about and debug issues across the full stack

Technology Stack & Tools

• Languages & Runtime: JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js
• Frontend: React, Redux, Next.js, Styled Components
• Backend & APIs: Express, GraphQL
• Data & Storage: PostgreSQL, Redis or Valkey, MongoDB
• Messaging & Search: Kafka, Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
• Cloud: AWS (application-level experience); CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform (working knowledge, no infrastructure ownership)
• Testing: Cypress, Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright, Vitest, Cucumber
• Engineering & Collaboration Tools: Atlassian Jira and Confluence, with a solid understanding of Agile workflows, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, and Scrum ceremonies

Why us for your next career adventure?  

💵 Fair compensation

We’re committed to pay equity/fair pay practices and closing the gender salary gap. 

• In determining salary, Rival Technologies considers many factors including the successful candidate’s skillset and experience as well as internal equity. The salary range for this position is $120,000 to $150,000, with the upper portion typically reserved for tenured employees who have developed extensive job knowledge and expertise within the company.

Our compensation package also includes:

• Home office, Internet and Cellphone stipends
• RRSP plan with employer matching
• Parental leave top up

💆‍♂️ Flexibility and time off

• Hybrid working model and home office benefits
• Comprehensive paid time off that covers vacation, sick, and personal days. 

🩺 Health and wellness

• Extended health and dental plan
• Health spending account
• Generous sick, personal, and mental health days
• $1,000 annual mental health benefits with Canada Life

🤝 A great place to work you can be proud of

According to a survey of our employees conducted by an independent agency:

• 91% of our people believe management practices are equal and impartial
• 86% have pride in their work and the organization
• 91% agree that their teammates are friendly, supportive and welcoming

Our values at Rival:

• Courage
• Results
• Energy
• Kinship

The not-so-fine-print 🧐

If you think you’re a good fit, please connect with us ASAP with your resume. You must be eligible to work in Canada to be considered for this role. At Rival, we value the unique qualities and experiences that each candidate brings to the table. We believe in a personal approach to hiring and take the time to thoroughly review each resume ourselves. Rest assured, we do not use AI or automated systems to review or filter resumes. Every application is carefully reviewed by our hiring team to ensure a fair and personalized evaluation process. If you don’t see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on the posting above, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that individuals in underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion. Rival provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, age, ancestry, gender, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Rival is also committed to fostering a culture of belonging, which includes ensuring an accessible work environment and employment practices. If you require accommodation at any point in the selection process, please email peopleteam@rivalgroup.io

Finally, we know from time to time emergencies happen and you may need to reschedule an interview — we understand and encourage you to be in communication without worrying about losing the opportunity or your credibility.

Please note given our security and compliance certifications, final applicants will be required to undergo a background check.

No recruiters and no phone calls, please!

ROLE OVERVIEW:

As a Full-Stack Developer, you will architect and build custom web applications across multiple client engagements, owning both the backend API layer and the frontend. A defining aspect of this role is working with AI as a logic layer within applications: integrating LLM APIs for validation, decision-making, classification, and content generation. You make strong technical decisions around authentication, security, state management, and performance, and you bring cloud engineering awareness for edge computing, CDN delivery, and serverless environments. This is not a traditional manual coding role. You orchestrate AI development tools, primarily Claude Code, through strategic prompting and rigorous review, taking full ownership of what ships.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Architect and build custom web applications using Node.js (Nest.js, Express, Hono), Python (FastAPI, Flask), and Next.js/React.
• Design and build RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs that serve multiple frontends and integrate with third-party services.
• Integrate AI and LLM APIs as a core logic layer, building intelligent features such as validation, classification, content generation, and decision support.
• Implement authentication, authorisation (JWT, OAuth, RBAC), and security across applications.
• Design and manage database layers (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, cloud-managed equivalents), including schema design, migrations, and query optimisation.
• Architect with cloud-native patterns: edge functions, CDN configuration, serverless deployments, and caching strategies.
• Write and maintain automated tests across the full stack: unit (Vitest/Jest), API/integration, component (React Testing Library), and E2E (Playwright/Cypress).
• Orchestrate AI development tools (Claude Code) through strategic prompting, ensuring high-quality, production-ready output.

EXPERIENCE

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong backend proficiency across Node.js (Nest.js, Express, Hono) and Python (FastAPI, Flask), with TypeScript and Python as working languages.
• Strong Next.js and React experience.
• Experience integrating AI/LLM APIs as an application logic layer: validation, classification, content generation, and decision-making within business workflows.
• Database design and management: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, cloud-managed services (Cloud SQL, RDS, ApsaraDB).
• Authentication and authorisation patterns (JWT, OAuth, RBAC) and API security.
• Cloud engineering: edge functions, CDN configuration, serverless architecture, container orchestration.
• Full-stack test automation: unit, API/integration, component, and E2E testing.
• Performance optimisation: caching, query optimisation, code splitting, monitoring.
• REST and/or GraphQL API design.
• Demonstrated ability to orchestrate AI development tools through strategic prompting and quality oversight.

TECHNOLOGIES

Deep understanding of the following technologies is essential:

• Node.js, TypeScript, Nest.js, Express, Hono, Python, FastAPI, Flask.
• Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS.
• PostgreSQL, MongoDB, cloud-managed database services.
• Authentication: JWT, OAuth, RBAC.
• Cloud and edge: Alibaba Cloud, GCP, AWS, Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge, Lambda.
• AI/LLM API integration and orchestration.
• Testing: Vitest/Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress, API testing.
• Docker, CI/CD, Git, Claude Code.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in a consulting or agency environment across multiple concurrent client engagements.
• Apollo GraphQL Server for federated or schema-first APIs.
• Event-driven patterns (webhooks, message queues, real-time notifications).
• Multi-model AI strategies (routing between LLMs based on task requirements).
• Graph databases (Neo4j) or vector databases (pgvector, Pinecone).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi).
• Export/print workflows (PDF generation, report exports).

WHO YOU ARE

You are a full-stack developer who takes ownership of the complete application, from API design and database schema through to the frontend. You treat security, performance, and data integrity as first-class concerns. You are comfortable working with AI as a logic layer, and you understand cloud-native architecture well enough to make informed decisions about edge computing, caching, and deployment. You thrive in a consulting environment, adapting to new domains and communicating clearly with technical teams and client stakeholders.

WHAT APPNOVATION HAS TO OFFER 

• Challenging and rewarding work with real impact
• Direct Access to Cutting-Edge AI Platforms
• Diverse and Inclusive Culture 
• Growth opportunities for personal and professional development
• A collaborative and innovative work environment where your ideas are valued
• Exposure to exciting projects and high-profile clients
• Supportive work environment with access to company leaders
• Hybrid working model

ROLE OVERVIEW:

As a Full-Stack Developer, you will architect and build custom web applications across multiple client engagements, owning both the backend API layer and the frontend. A defining aspect of this role is working with AI as a logic layer within applications: integrating LLM APIs for validation, decision-making, classification, and content generation. You make strong technical decisions around authentication, security, state management, and performance, and you bring cloud engineering awareness for edge computing, CDN delivery, and serverless environments. This is not a traditional manual coding role. You orchestrate AI development tools, primarily Claude Code, through strategic prompting and rigorous review, taking full ownership of what ships.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Architect and build custom web applications using Node.js (Nest.js, Express, Hono), Python (FastAPI, Flask), and Next.js/React.
• Design and build RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs that serve multiple frontends and integrate with third-party services.
• Integrate AI and LLM APIs as a core logic layer, building intelligent features such as validation, classification, content generation, and decision support.
• Implement authentication, authorisation (JWT, OAuth, RBAC), and security across applications.
• Design and manage database layers (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, cloud-managed equivalents), including schema design, migrations, and query optimisation.
• Architect with cloud-native patterns: edge functions, CDN configuration, serverless deployments, and caching strategies.
• Write and maintain automated tests across the full stack: unit (Vitest/Jest), API/integration, component (React Testing Library), and E2E (Playwright/Cypress).
• Orchestrate AI development tools (Claude Code) through strategic prompting, ensuring high-quality, production-ready output.

EXPERIENCE

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong backend proficiency across Node.js (Nest.js, Express, Hono) and Python (FastAPI, Flask), with TypeScript and Python as working languages.
• Strong Next.js and React experience.
• Experience integrating AI/LLM APIs as an application logic layer: validation, classification, content generation, and decision-making within business workflows.
• Database design and management: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, cloud-managed services (Cloud SQL, RDS, ApsaraDB).
• Authentication and authorisation patterns (JWT, OAuth, RBAC) and API security.
• Cloud engineering: edge functions, CDN configuration, serverless architecture, container orchestration.
• Full-stack test automation: unit, API/integration, component, and E2E testing.
• Performance optimisation: caching, query optimisation, code splitting, monitoring.
• REST and/or GraphQL API design.
• Demonstrated ability to orchestrate AI development tools through strategic prompting and quality oversight.

TECHNOLOGIES

Deep understanding of the following technologies is essential:

• Node.js, TypeScript, Nest.js, Express, Hono, Python, FastAPI, Flask.
• Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS.
• PostgreSQL, MongoDB, cloud-managed database services.
• Authentication: JWT, OAuth, RBAC.
• Cloud and edge: Alibaba Cloud, GCP, AWS, Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge, Lambda.
• AI/LLM API integration and orchestration.
• Testing: Vitest/Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress, API testing.
• Docker, CI/CD, Git, Claude Code.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in a consulting or agency environment across multiple concurrent client engagements.
• Apollo GraphQL Server for federated or schema-first APIs.
• Event-driven patterns (webhooks, message queues, real-time notifications).
• Multi-model AI strategies (routing between LLMs based on task requirements).
• Graph databases (Neo4j) or vector databases (pgvector, Pinecone).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi).
• Export/print workflows (PDF generation, report exports).

WHO YOU ARE

You are a full-stack developer who takes ownership of the complete application, from API design and database schema through to the frontend. You treat security, performance, and data integrity as first-class concerns. You are comfortable working with AI as a logic layer, and you understand cloud-native architecture well enough to make informed decisions about edge computing, caching, and deployment. You thrive in a consulting environment, adapting to new domains and communicating clearly with technical teams and client stakeholders.

WHAT APPNOVATION HAS TO OFFER 

• Challenging and rewarding work with real impact
• Direct Access to Cutting-Edge AI Platforms
• Diverse and Inclusive Culture 
• Growth opportunities for personal and professional development
• A collaborative and innovative work environment where your ideas are valued
• Exposure to exciting projects and high-profile clients
• Supportive work environment with access to company leaders
• Hybrid working model

 Software Engineering Intern- Test Automation

Company: Digs

Location: Hybrid (HQ: Vancouver, WA)

Job Type: Internship 

Duration: 12 weeks 

About Digs

Digs is building the future of collaboration between builders and homeowners. Our platform uses artificial intelligence to organize, surface, and share the information that matters most during a home build—making the entire experience more transparent, connected, and intuitive.

We’re a team of experienced entrepreneurs, operators, and builders who care deeply about craft. We move fast, think long-term, and hold a high bar for what we build. If you’re curious, motivated, and excited about creating meaningful technology from the ground up, you’ll fit right in.

At Digs, you won't be working on throwaway sandbox projects. We expect you to hit the ground running and ship real production code from day one. This is a greenfield opportunity: we have a solid foundation in place but no dedicated QA team, so you'll have real autonomy to shape how testing works at Digs. Your primary focus will be on test automation, but you'll also contribute across the full stack.

Want to know what drives us? Explore our Digs Principles.  

What You'll Do

• Write and maintain end-to-end tests using Playwright, covering critical user workflows across desktop and mobile.

• Expand test coverage into untested areas — new features, edge cases, error scenarios, and multi-user workflows.

• Build and maintain Page Object Models, test fixtures, and reusable test utilities that make it easy for the rest of the team to write reliable tests.

• Monitor and reduce test flakiness, improving the signal-to-noise ratio in our CI pipeline.

• Improve test data management — building factories, seeders, and isolation patterns that keep tests fast and reliable.

• Adopt and help shape our agentic coding practices — our team embraces tools like Cursor, Copilot, and Claude Code to accelerate development.

You Might Also Get To Work On

• Researching, evaluating, and integrating emerging AI-powered testing tools and frameworks.

• Designing and implementing visual regression testing to catch unintended UI changes before they ship.

• Optimizing our CI/CD test pipeline — improving parallelization, execution time, and failure reporting.

• Contributing to frontend and backend feature work, bringing a testing mindset to every feature you touch.

Who You Are

• You recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related field (or have equivalent practical experience) and are looking for a runway to transition into a full-time role.

• You are passionate about software quality and find satisfaction in catching bugs before users do.

• You have coursework or project experience writing automated tests of any kind — unit, integration, or end-to-end.

• You think critically about how software can break, not just how it should work, and naturally consider edge cases, race conditions, and failure modes.

• You are a self-starter who is comfortable charting your own path — this role won't have a QA manager handing your test plans, so you'll need to identify what to test and how.

• You are a highly collaborative, self-motivated communicator who thrives in ambiguity, takes ownership of your work without waiting for instructions, and isn't afraid to say "I don't know yet" while moving fast.

• You are comfortable participating in virtual meetings and in-person collaboration at our Vancouver, WA HQ

Bonus Qualities You Might Have

• Experience with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or other end-to-end testing frameworks.

• Experience with React, TypeScript, or Node.js in a project or coursework setting.

• Interest in or exposure to AI-powered testing tools and agentic test automation.

• Startup experience: proven ability to move fast on a small engineering team.

• Experience or interest in the home building, home remodeling, construction, or real estate industries.

The Details:

This internship position is set to begin in April 2026 and will last 12 weeks, with a commitment of approximately 30 hours per week. The compensation ranges from $20 to $25 per hour, depending on experience. The internship will be hybrid, with in-person and remote components, conducted at our Vancouver, WA headquarters and via platforms such as Google Meet and Zoom. We will provide all necessary equipment, including a laptop, to ensure you have everything needed to succeed in this role. 

How to Apply:

If this role excites you and you feel aligned with our Principles, please submit your application via LinkedIn or the Digs Careers Page. 

Note: This internship position may lead to future employment opportunities, subject to performance and business needs.

Digs is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. 

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.