Staff Engineer

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world's manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that's you we would love to have you join us

Job Description

The Staff Engineer is a senior individual contributor who drives scalability and architectural consistency across multiple engineering teams. Being a bridge between Engineering Managers, Architects, and domain teams, you will ensure agreement between priorities and technical execution. Staff Engineers are hands-on technical leaders who influence through expertise rather than authority. You will excel when priorities shift and be able to balance near-term delivery with long-term architectural direction. You will report to Manager of Software Engineering. For the right candidate, this role can be worked remotely from any location in Canada.

Your Responsibilities:

• Partner with Engineering Managers and Architects to shape and refine technical roadmaps aligned with team goals.
• Ensure architectural consistency and scalability across domains.
• Represent engineering in discussions, balancing technical trade-offs with product needs.
• Collaborate across teams to resolve complex technical bottlenecks.
• Lead or advise on design reviews, architectural discussions, and implementation planning.
• Support projects that span multiple teams or services.
• Participate in incident management and root cause analysis, driving long-term preventative solutions.
• Identify opportunities for automation, process optimization, and developer efficiency.
• Promote best practices in observability, CI/CD, testing, and deployment.
• Reassess and adapt technical plans to evolving product or our needs.
• Balance short-term delivery with long-term architectural health.
• Mentor engineers, encouraging a culture of learning and new ideas.
• Ensure systems are designed for reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Address technical debt and modernization opportunities.
• Partner with QA and DevSecOps to uphold performance, security, and compliance standards.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Years of Relevant Work Experience.
• Legal authorization to work in the Canada is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with 2+ years in senior or Staff-level technical leadership.
• Experience designing and delivering complex, scalable, cloud-native systems (AWS preferred).
• Experience with distributed systems, micro-services, and event-driven architecture.
• Experience driving modernization, observability, and automation projects.

What We Offer:

• Health Insurance including Medical and Dental
• Health Care Spending Account (HCSA – dependent on the plan chosen)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Retirement plans
• Paid Time off
• Volunteering Time off
• Employer Savings Plan Matching (includes RRSP, TFSA, and EPSP)
• Employer Paid DC Pension
• Maternity and Parental Leave Top-Up
• Fitness Reimbursement Program
• Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation.

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

For this role, the Base Salary Compensation is $118,160 - $177,240 CAD Annual with an annual target bonus of 5 % of base salary. Our benefits for the US can be found here . Actual pay will be based on factors such as skills, knowledge, education, and experience.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans.

If you are an individual with a disability and you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact our services team