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Senior Software Developer

Winnipeg, MB
Hybrid
Posted Sep 1, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week

Job summary

You will develop and maintain Android, web, and backend systems while taking ownership of end-to-end projects. Additionally, you will mentor less experienced developers and collaborate on solving complex technical challenges.

Job details

WHO WE ARE: Taiv is a fast-growing tech startup located in Winnipeg, Canada. Taiv uses AI to make business TV more fun, engaging, profitable, and easier to manage, starting with bars and restaurants. We've built proprietary tech that uses computer vision to watch live TV and improve the content with contextually-aware commercials, content, and games. Our tech also automates the manual AV tasks that venues have to do every day, to make bar management easier, standardized, and more profitable. We're venture-capital backed and graduated from Y Combinator, the world's top tech accelerator, in winter 2020. Program alumni include Airbnb, Instacart, DoorDash, etc. (www.ycombinator.com/topcompanies [http://www.ycombinator.com/topcompanies]). WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR: We're looking for senior software developers who work hard and want to get in early and grow with the company. We develop hardware, firmware, web, android, and ML. Your role will be mostly focused on Android, web, and backend, but we're a small team and everyone wears a lot of hats. There's always room to grow in whichever area you enjoy the most! You'll have lots of responsibility and ownership of the projects that you work on and be integral in solving our toughest problems and building systems that will scale to millions. You'll also mentor less experienced developers on the team, pairing on hard problems and giving the kind of feedback that makes the next pull request better. OUR TECH: We have really cool tech. We build our own hardware and use a heuristics-based computer vision approach for classification. We're the first company in the world that can detect TV commercials accurately. Our detection algorithm runs on our custom-designed TV box that we manufacture. We have thousands of boxes deployed in over 5,000 venues and are installing more every day. We also have several web apps built in React that are used by our customers, as well as for internal operations. You will be a great fit if you have strong skills in these areas: * JSX/TSX (React and React Native) * TypeScript * Android development * C/C++ * OpenCV * Computer Vision * Adept with Unix You don't need to know all of these, but what you don't know, be ready to learn quickly! REQUIREMENTS: * 5+ years of professional software development experience * A track record of owning systems end to end, not just closing tickets * Understanding of industry standard software development cycles and best practices * Hardworking & a fast learner * Loves startups and wants their work to have an impact * Bachelor's Degree (preferred) * Located in Winnipeg or willing to relocate NICE TO HAVES: * Experience with OpenCV & computer vision * Experience building and operating IoT fleets * Experience mentoring developers or leading a small team * Entrepreneurially minded * Experience working with major cloud providers * Strong understanding of performance critical video and machine learning pipelines PERKS: * Employee stock options * 100% employer-covered health benefits * Flex-time & unlimited paid vacation * Gym membership * Free parking * Catered lunches 3x per week * Dog-friendly office * Hybrid work model JOB DETAILS: * Job type: full time * Compensation dependent on experience * Schedule: Monday to Friday * Ability to commute: can reliably commute to the office (required)

What you’ll do

Requirements

Candidates must have 7+ years of professional software development experience and a strong track record of system ownership. Proficiency in technologies like React, TypeScript, and C++ is highly valued, along with the ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment.

Benefits

• Employee stock options • Health benefits • Flex-time • Unlimited paid vacation • Gym membership • Free parking • Catered lunches • Dog-friendly office