Intermediate Full-Stack Developer (Contract)

About Us

BGC Engineering Inc. (BGC) is an international applied earth sciences professional services firm. We are proud of our talented team of over 800 employees spanning the fields of Engineering Geoscience Software Geomatics Data Science Accounting Administration Health & Safety and Human Resources. Alongside our clients and industry partners BGC works collaboratively as One Team dedicated to solving the worlds most critical applied earth science hasoffices locatedacross Canada the United States Chile the Dominican Republic and Australia.

Our flat management structure creates a culture of innovation excellence and transparency and a casual dynamic and inclusive work environment. BGC prides itself on offering training and mentoring opportunities to further our employees professional growth as well as social and wellness activities that contribute to the connection and wellbeing of our team.

We believe in One Team Excellence Curiosity Common Sense and Clarity.

The Role

We are looking for an Intermediate Full-Stack Developer to join the Structura team on contract. Structura is BGCs commercial cloud platform for automated interpretation of acoustic and optical televiewer data used by major mining operators and geotechnical consultants around the world. The product is in active use and growing; youll be shipping features that customers depend on not just prototyping.

Youll work directly with our lead developer and a small team of geotechnical engineers and data scientists. Your day-to-day will focus on the React front end and the FastAPI Python backend building and testing new features refining UX and supporting the product roadmap. The ML/inference layer is owned by our domain experts so deep ML experience isnt required (though curiosity about applied geoscience is welcome).

This is a hybrid position based in Vancouver requiring one day per week in the office. It is being offered as a 6-month contract with the potential for extension.

Responsibilities

• Design and build new features across the Structura front end (React/TypeScript) and API (FastAPI/Python)
• Collaborate with our lead developer on architecture code reviews and technical direction
• Partner with geotechnical engineers and data scientists to translate domain needs into product features
• Contribute to UX and visual design of data-heavy interfaces (interactive logs QA tooling structural data displays)
• Maintain code quality through testing reviews and pragmatic refactoring
• Support deployment performance and security work as needed

Required Education Experience & Competencies

Required:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience
• 4 years of professional software development experience ideally in SaaS or commercial product environments
• Strong Python backend skills (FastAPI or similar)
• Solid React TypeScript experience comfortable owning front-end work end-to-end
• Experience with cloud deployment (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP transferable)
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and modern CI/CD workflows
• Comfortable working in a small collaborative team where youll help shape decisions

Nice to have:

• Azure-specific experience (Container Apps Blob Storage Key Vault Entra ID)
• SQL or similar document database experience
• Experience building data-visualization or data-heavy interfaces
• Familiarity with scientific geospatial or ML-adjacent software
• Interest in geoscience mining or earth sciences

Company Benefits

BGC offers our employees the following:

• Our One Team culture supporting health wellness safety and diversity
• Flat management structure
• Flexible workplace with office and home arrangements
• Social and wellness activities
• Casual and professional work environment

Compensation

The estimated hourly rate for this position is $60-80 CAD per hour however pay will be commensurate with job-related knowledge skills and experience.

As a contractor you will submit monthly invoices to BGC including itemized details of services hours worked and reimbursable expenses from the prior month. You are responsible for all applicable taxes insurance (including workers compensation where applicable) and required licenses and are not eligible for employee benefits. Services performed will be covered under BGCs professional liability insurance subject to standard policy terms and exclusions.

Equity Diversity and Inclusion

BGC Engineering Inc. strives to create a workplace where equity diversity and inclusion are embedded throughout our workplace culture and practices. Join us in our commitment to honour individuality ensure fairness and create a welcoming environment for everyone. As an equal opportunity employer we encourage applications from all candidates including those experiencing inequity such as racialized individuals Indigenous People women people of diverse sexual orientations identities and expressions veterans individuals with disabilities people of all faiths nationalities marital status ages and family status. For assistance or accommodation with your application please contact us at

Disclosures

(1) At BGC we use Artificial Intelligence to streamline parts of the recruitment process however all decisions about candidate selection and advancement continue to be made by our hiring team.

(2) This opportunity reflects an existing role within the organization that is being filled due to internal team changes.

(3) This posting will remain open until the position has been filled.

(4) Privacy Notice: By submitting an application you are consenting to BGC Engineering Inc. using and storing provided information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment.

Required Experience:

Manager