Established in Canada in 2015, Valsoft has grown to a global portfolio of 118+ companies, acquiring and developing vertical market software companies, enabling each business to deliver the best mission-critical solutions for customers in their respective industries. A key tenet of Valsoft’s philosophy is to invest in well-established businesses and foster an entrepreneurial environment that molds companies into leaders in their respective industries. Valsoft looks to buy, hold and create value through long-term partnerships with existing management.
Requirements
What You’ll Do
- Build user-facing features in React/Next.js and hook them to back-end APIs you write in TypeScript (Node) or Python (FastAPI).
- Craft and version prompts; experiment with tools like LangChain to chain calls and log outputs for review.
- Use AI pair-programming tools (Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, etc.) to speed up coding, refactors, and test generation.
- Spin up deployments via Vercel / Fly.io or GitHub Actions, debug when things inevitably break, and celebrate the green check-mark.
- Join product brainstorms—your side-project instincts are welcome.
- Keep an eye on basic metrics (load time, error rate) and squash bugs before users tweet them.
Why You’ll Love It
- Ship real stuff fast – small team, weekly releases, instant user feedback.
- Play with cutting-edge toys – OpenAI, Anthropic, or custom LLM endpoints, vector stores, and AI code editors (Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot).
- Mentorship that matters – direct pairing with a senior lead; you’ll see how product decisions are made, not just tickets.
- Clear growth path – successful product launch will lead to a clear path to mid-level within ~18 months. What You’ll Do
- Build user-facing features in React/Next.js and hook them to back-end APIs you write in TypeScript (Node) or Python (FastAPI).
- Craft and version prompts; experiment with tools like LangChain to chain calls and log outputs for review.
- Use AI pair-programming tools (Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, etc.) to speed up coding, refactors, and test generation.
- Spin up deployments via Vercel / Fly.io or GitHub Actions, debug when things inevitably break, and celebrate the green check-mark.
- Join product brainstorms—your side-project instincts are welcome.
- Keep an eye on basic metrics (load time, error rate) and squash bugs before users tweet them.
Must-Haves
- Solid grasp of JavaScript/TypeScript and React plus comfort in either Node or Python back-end work.
- Comfort with AI code editors—show us a commit, video, or repo where you actually used one.
- Basic Git workflows: branch → PR → merge, and you know why CI turns the build red. • Familiarity with any deploy flow (Vercel button, Fly.io, Heroku, GitHub Actions, etc.).
- Curiosity for how products delight users, not just how code compiles.
- Proven fluency in working with REST/GraphQL APIs—comfortable crafting and parsing JSON payloads, debugging requests with Postman/Insomnia or browser dev-tools, and handling error codes/retries.
- Hands-on experience iterating prompts in tools like ChatGPT, Cursor, or Windsurf. You can show how prompt tweaks changed an LLM’s output to match a specific product need.
Nice-to-Haves
- LangChain, LlamaIndex, or any RAG experiment on your GitHub.
- Vector database dabbling (pgvector, Pinecone).
- A side project people outside your family have used.
Our Stack
React 18 • Next.js • Node 20 • FastAPI • OpenAI & Anthropic APIs • Postgres + pgvector • Vercel • Fly.io • GitHub Actions • Cursor & Windsurf for daily coding
Closing date for this role is 18th August 2025