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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold\">About ANVIL</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">ANVIL is a trusted partner in the defence industry, delivering cutting-edge solutions that enhance military capabilities and operational effectiveness. We extend our expertise to public safety, law enforcement, and national security organizations, accelerating mission-critical decision-making through analytical tools, automations, and game-changing machine learning capabilities. ANVIL helps organizations discover, manage, enrich, fuse, and exploit the information available to them in support of Information Dominance and Decision Advantage.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Job Type: </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Full Time Remote (Hybrid option available for those in the Ottawa area - 55 Murray Street Office)</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Total Compensation:</span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"> CAD $105,000.00 - $145,000.00 base salary - Placement within range based on experience and qualifications</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Vacancy Status: </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">This posting is for an existing vacancy at ANVIL. We are actively hiring for this role</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold\">Role (Description)</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">As an </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Intermediate Backend Engineer</span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">, you will play a critical role in designing, building, and maintaining the server-side systems that power our mission-critical software. You will develop reliable and well-structured APIs, model and manage data with care, and ensure that the services you build are robust, observable, and easy for other engineers to reason about and integrate with.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">You will work closely with engineering and product teams to define data contracts, shape API design, and deliver backend capabilities that underpin complex analytical and operational workflows. In this role, you will bring a thoughtful approach to type consistency and data integrity, contribute to event-driven and streaming architectures, and collaborate across the stack to ensure that the systems you build meet the reliability standards that mission-critical environments demand.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">We are looking for a well-rounded engineer with genuine experience across the backend stack. This would be someone who understands not just how to build an endpoint, but how data flows through a system, where it can break down, and how to design services that hold up under real-world operational pressure.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">This is a full-time position based in Ottawa / Remote. Eligible candidates must either possess or be eligible to obtain a Government of Canada Top Secret security clearance.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold\">Required Qualifications</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Security Clearance</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\"> Eligible for Government of Canada Top Secret security clearance</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Experience</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">3+ years of hands-on experience in backend engineering, with production-grade work in </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Python</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Demonstrated experience designing and building REST APIs, including thoughtful handling of resource modelling, error responses, versioning, and documentation</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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Our workplace is not just a job; it's a community of like-minded people working together to make a positive impact on the world we live in.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Compensation &amp; Benefits</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Competitive salaries</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Flexible health benefits package through Equitable</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Industry-leading employer retirement contributions match</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Work Environment</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Hybrid work model combining remote flexibility with meaningful in-person collaboration</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Modern office in the historic Carriageway building in beautiful downtown Ottawa</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Access to downtown amenities, transit, and Ottawa's vibrant cultural scene</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">What You'll Experience</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Work alongside dedicated professionals who value excellence and collaboration</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Contribute to building the team behind technologies with real-world security impact</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Ground-floor opportunity to shape people operations as ANVIL scales</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Join a culture where your expertise and ideas matter</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Application Process</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">To apply for this role, please submit your CV and cover letter. 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Accommodations are available on request for candidates participating in all aspects of the selection process.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Use of AI in Recruitment: </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">ANVIL does not use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for this position. All applications are reviewed by members of our recruitment team.</span></p>",
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