Software Engineer - New Graduate

Company Description
PicksHub is an early-stage Canadian sports media and technology startup building a modern platform for sports fans who want more than scores and headlines.
We combine editorial coverage, analysis, transparent model-based predictions, and digital products designed to make following sports more useful, engaging, and accountable.
We’re still early, which means the people joining now will have significant influence over how the product, engineering culture, and company evolve.
Role Description
PicksHub is looking for a Founding Software Engineer to help build the technical foundation of the company.
This is a hands-on role for someone who wants significant ownership early in their career and is excited by the opportunity to build products from the ground up.
You’ll work across the stack, contribute to architectural decisions, ship user-facing features, improve internal systems, and help shape the engineering standards we use as the company grows.
We are especially interested in strong new graduates and early-career engineers who may not have years of industry experience but have demonstrated that they can build, learn quickly, and take ownership.
What You'll Work On
Build and ship features across the PicksHub web and mobile products
Design and maintain backend services, APIs, and data systems
Improve performance, reliability, and scalability
Work closely with product and editorial teams to turn ideas into working software
Help make technical and architectural decisions
Build internal tools that improve how PicksHub operates
Contribute directly to the long-term technical direction of the company
What We're Looking For
Strong software engineering fundamentals
Experience building real projects, whether through internships, school, open source, startups, or personal work
Comfort working across frontend and backend systems
Ability to learn new technologies quickly
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
High level of ownership and independence
Interest in startups, sports, media, or consumer technology
A Computer Science degree or similar background is helpful, but not required if you can demonstrate strong technical ability.
We care more about what you can build than how many years you’ve worked.
Compensation
This is a full-time paid position with a target salary of $80,000 CAD per year, depending on experience and fit.
As an early founding hire, there may also be opportunities for additional upside and greater responsibility as PicksHub grows.
Who This Role Is For
This role is particularly well suited to ambitious new graduates or early-career engineers who want more responsibility than they would typically get at a larger company.
If you want to work on meaningful production systems, ship quickly, influence technical direction, and grow alongside an early-stage startup, we’d like to hear from you

Work arrangement
Yes