Software Developer - DevOps
Practice Better
At Practice Better, we believe health and wellness practitioners deserve a platform that fully supports both their clients and their business. That’s why we’re building the #1 all-in-one EHR designed specifically for holistic health practitioners, giving them the tools to seamlessly run their practice, deliver personalized care, and scale their impact.
Founded in 2016 and built by practitioners, for practitioners, we’ve grown into a global platform serving tens of thousands of health and wellness professionals in 70+ countries. In 2023, we acquired That Clean Life, the leading nutrition planning software, expanding our commitment to root-cause, holistic care.
We’re on a mission to empower health and wellness practitioners to transform lives—without having to choose between great client care and business growth. And we’re just getting started.
Location: Candidate must be located in Canada. Our office is located in Toronto, ON, Canada, but the role is remote/hybrid/flexible.
Reports to: Director, Engineering
About the role:
We are seeking a motivated Software Engineer with an interest in DevOps and Security to join our growing Engineering team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to grow your DevOps and security skills while applying your software development background to build and maintain our cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment processes that support our all-in-one practice management platform and emerging agentic AI solutions. You'll also play a key role in implementing security best practices and maintaining compliance with security frameworks such as ISO standards. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Product, and Design) to ensure reliable, scalable, and secure systems that enable our development teams to deliver innovative results to our customers efficiently.
If you are a driven, results-oriented Software Engineer who is curious about infrastructure, automation, DevOps practices, and security, and thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to expand your skill set.
What you'll do:
- Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles for applications and agentic AI solutions
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, reliable, and automated deployments for traditional applications and AI workloads
- Implement and maintain security best practices across infrastructure, applications, and AI systems
- Monitor system performance, availability, and security across all environments including AI solution deployments
- Support compliance initiatives with security frameworks such as ISO 27001 and other industry standards
- Implement and maintain containerization strategies using Docker and orchestration platforms
- Manage and optimize AWS cloud resources, including cost optimization and resource scaling
- Establish and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems for proactive issue detection across applications and AI systems
- Remediate security issues and vulnerabilities for infrastructure, applications, and AI solutions
- Automate repetitive tasks and processes to improve team efficiency and reduce human error
- Collaborate with development teams to improve application and AI solution deployability, observability, and security
- Participate in incident response and post-mortem analysis to continuously improve system reliability
- Maintain backup and disaster recovery procedures with security considerations
- Support multiple environments (development, staging, production) with consistent and secure configurations for all solutions
- 2-4+ years experience in software development with interest in or exposure to DevOps and security practices
- Strong programming skills (C#, TypeScript, or similar languages preferred)
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) or eagerness to learn
- Familiarity with version control systems (Git) and collaborative development workflows
- Basic understanding of containerization concepts (Docker) or willingness to learn
- Interest in automation, infrastructure, deployment processes, and security
- Understanding of security fundamentals or eagerness to learn about application and infrastructure security
- Interest in agentic AI and AI solution deployment
- A problem-solver who's excited to tackle infrastructure challenges
- An engineer who can identify bottlenecks and work towards implementing solutions
- You consider yourself a craftsperson who values automation, documentation, and reproducible processes
- You thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments
- You are a strong communicator who can explain technical concepts to diverse audiences
- Open to constructive feedback and continuous learning
- You believe in "automate everything" and "fail fast, learn faster" principles
- Ability to work effectively under pressure during incidents and deployments
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)
- CI/CD pipeline experience (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
- Monitoring and logging tools experience (DataDog, CloudWatch, ELK stack, or similar)
- Understanding of networking, security, and database administration concepts
- Experience with .NET application deployment and optimization
- API development and microservices architecture experience
- Database administration and optimization (MongoDB, SQL)
- AWS or other cloud platform certifications
AWS (Lambda, S3, SQS, ECS, CloudWatch), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/OpenTofu), CI/CD (Jenkins/GitHub Actions), Monitoring (DataDog), .NET & NodeJS applications, MongoDB, Docker, Windows & Linux
Our Perks and Benefits:
- Unlimited Vacation: We believe you can be highly productive and still have plenty of time for life outside of work.
- Generous health benefits plan: Coverage starts from Day 1 and includes vision & dental.
- RRSP/401K matching program for retirement savings.
- Sprout Family: Receive personalized support for the family-building process, accessing top-quality care. Schedule a consultation with Sprout's Team for guidance, education, coaching, and assistance in finding a top provider, addressing medical, legal, or regulatory concerns throughout your journey. Currently for Canadian Employees Only
- Inkblot: Access to one of Canada's leading digital mental health companies, focusing on offering secure online video counselling through our corporate mental health programs and individual counseling services. Currently for Canadian Employees Only
- Choose your device: Are you Team Windows or Apple? You shouldn't have to compromise, especially if you work more efficiently on a specific operating system. When you join us, you get to pick!
- Home Office Allowance: $500/year to ensure your home office is set up for optimal comfort and productivity.
- Health & Wellness Allowance: $750/year to support your health & wellness-related goals and hobbies.
- Learning & Development Allowance: $1000/year to explore a new skill, attend a conference, read some new books, etc.
- Fully Remote: Work from the comfort of your own home with the choice to access our downtown Toronto office for a change of scenery.
- Events & Free Lunches: We prioritize weekly team bonding and monthly company-wide social events with a lunch stipend. We pride ourselves on maintaining a culture where everyone feels engaged, inspired, and excited to come to work every day.
Practice Better is an equal-opportunity employer. When you apply for a role at Practice Better, your application will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We are committed to providing accommodations for applicants with disabilities during the application and interview process. If you require assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know.
We know there is no perfect applicant for any role. So, whatever your path, we’re glad it brought you here. We encourage you to apply if you think you’re right for the role.