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Senior Software Developer

Taiv logoTaivYC W20
AI-native
TypeFull-time
WorkplaceRemote
SenioritySenior
SponsorshipNo visa sponsorship
LocationWinnipeg, Canada / Remote (US)
Posted11/2/2026
Engineering

Who We Are:

Taiv is a fast-growing tech startup located in Winnipeg, Canada. Taiv uses AI to make business TV more fun, engaging, profitable, and easier to manage, starting with bars and restaurants. We've built proprietary tech that uses computer vision to watch live TV and improve the content with contextually-aware commercials, content, and games. Our tech also automates the manual AV tasks that venues have to do every day, to make bar management easier, standardized, and more profitable. We're venture-capital backed and graduated from Y Combinator, the world's top tech accelerator, in winter 2020. Program alumni include Airbnb, Instacart, DoorDash, etc. (www.ycombinator.com/topcompanies).

Who We're Looking For:

We're looking for senior software developers who work hard and want to get in early and grow with the company. We develop hardware, firmware, web, android, and ML. Your role will be mostly focused on Android, web, and backend, but we're a small team and everyone wears a lot of hats. There's always room to grow in whichever area you enjoy the most! You'll have lots of responsibility and ownership of the projects that you work on and be integral in solving our toughest problems and building systems that will scale to millions. You'll also mentor less experienced developers on the team, pairing on hard problems and giving the kind of feedback that makes the next pull request better.

Our Tech:

We have really cool tech. We build our own hardware and use a heuristics-based computer vision approach for classification. We're the first company in the world that can detect TV commercials accurately. Our detection algorithm runs on our custom-designed TV box that we manufacture. We have thousands of boxes deployed in over 5,000 venues and are installing more every day. We also have several web apps built in React that are used by our customers, as well as for internal operations.

You will be a great fit if you have strong skills in these areas:

  • JSX/TSX (React and React Native)

  • TypeScript

  • Android development

  • C/C++

  • OpenCV

  • Computer Vision

  • Adept with Unix

You don't need to know all of these, but what you don't know, be ready to learn quickly!

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of professional software development experience

  • A track record of owning systems end to end, not just closing tickets

  • Understanding of industry standard software development cycles and best practices

  • Hardworking & a fast learner

  • Loves startups and wants their work to have an impact

  • Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

  • Located in Winnipeg or willing to relocate

Nice to Haves:

  • Experience with OpenCV & computer vision

  • Experience building and operating IoT fleets

  • Experience mentoring developers or leading a small team

  • Entrepreneurially minded

  • Experience working with major cloud providers

  • Strong understanding of performance critical video and machine learning pipelines

Perks:

  • Employee stock options

  • 100% employer-covered health benefits

  • Flex-time & unlimited paid vacation

  • Gym membership

  • Free parking

  • Catered lunches 3x per week

  • Dog-friendly office

  • Hybrid work model

Job Details:

  • Job type: full time

  • Compensation dependent on experience

  • Schedule: Monday to Friday

  • Ability to commute: can reliably commute to the office (required)

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Taiv

The Missing Layer of Sports Media | Digital video and live sports advertising in venues across the US

Taiv connects venues and advertisers by putting the right content on TVs in the moments people notice most with best-in-class targeting, execution, and measurement. Brands and agencies get premium access to the moments people actually watch. Ads run inside live sports and other high-attention TV moments across bars, restaurants, and more. It’s bought like CTV or linear TV, but targeted down to the venue, market, sport, team and game. Venues use Taiv to take control of their TVs. A small box behind each screen fills the commercial breaks with the venue’s own promotions, engaging content, and more relevant ads. Every screen is managed from one place, whether it’s one location or a hundred. It’s all made possible by Taiv’s AI, which detects live TV commercial breaks in real time. The moment the game cuts to commercial, the screen switches over, and when the break is done, it switches straight back. Taiv started in a Winnipeg sports bar in 2018, when our founders noticed the TVs were r

Private companyDebtYC W20Hiring fast
Founded2018
HQWinnipeg, Canada
Size51–200 employees
IndustryAdvertising Services
Latest fundingDebt · Jul 7, 2026

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