The work outlives you
Every system you ship is built for senior buyers, auditors, and the team that will inherit it. You will not spend a year on a feature your client cannot defend.
Careers
Build the systems regulated leaders will still defend ten years from now.
Careers at Wouessi
Build the systems regulated leaders will still defend ten years from now.
Wouessi is a senior digital studio for organizations who cannot afford a build-and-leave consultant. We hire the engineers, designers, and operators who want their work to compound, not just ship.
Why work here
Four reasons people stay at Wouessi past year three.
Senior, on the work, on day one
No junior-behind-senior pitching. No staff swap. The principal who scopes a mandate is in the standup. Mid-level engineers grow next to people who have shipped the same kind of system before.
Two languages, by choice
English, French, or split. We cover French certification when it matters for a regulated buyer. Bilingual is architecture here, not a perk.
A team that walks away from work
We have refused real revenue to keep our principles short. You do not need to bend on accessibility, sovereignty, or honesty to ship.
What you will actually work on
Three kinds of mandates. All shipped to regulated buyers.
AI and data with governance you can defend
RAG systems, agents, and evaluation frameworks for banks, ministries, and health systems where 'we trust the model' is not a regulatory answer.
Custom software and platforms
Citizen portals, claims triage, retention agents, internal tools. Web, mobile, API, and the operational tail that decides whether a launch is real.
Cloud, security, and managed delivery
Self-hosted Kubernetes, SOC 2-aligned controls, hand-back evidence as a side effect of how we ship, not a separate paperwork phase.
Who we hire
Three profiles. Apply even if your fit is partial; we read every message.
Senior practitioners
Five years plus shipping production systems in regulated, financial, public-sector, or healthcare contexts. Comfortable signing the scope, talking to procurement, and saying no when it matters.
Mid-level engineers ready to grow
Three to five years, strong fundamentals, hungry for the kind of mentorship that produces senior contributors in two years instead of seven.
Specialists
Security, AI governance, accessibility, technical writing, French-language editorial. Particularly when paired with a regulated industry track record.
Open invitations
We are not always recruiting for a specific seat. We are always interested in hearing from senior or specialist candidates whose work we would have to slow down to refuse. If your background fits the work above, send a one-page CV and a one-paragraph note on why Wouessi. We read every message; we reply within five business days.
The Wouessi Hiring Journey
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Seven stages. Three to five weeks. Mutual decision, not a screening funnel.
The Letter
Send a one-page CV and a one-paragraph note on why Wouessi. We do not run ATS scrapers. A Human Capital lead reads every letter personally and writes back within five business days, even when the answer is no.
The Why Call
Thirty minutes with a Human Capital lead. Not a screening. We talk about what draws you to Wouessi, not whether you can deliver. Skills can be taught; beliefs cannot. We check belief alignment first.
Meet the Department
Sixty minutes with two practitioners from the team you would join. They show you a real mandate they shipped. You ask the unfiltered questions. We answer.
The Craft Day
A short paid take-home, two to four hours of your time, three-hundred-dollar honorarium, tied to the kind of mandate you would actually run. Not a LeetCode trap. Not free spec work. Real work, real review, the result stays with you.
The Founder Sit
Forty-five minutes with Rod, our founder. Not a final test. A mutual decision point. He walks you through the runway, the risks, the next twelve months. You ask him anything.
Shadow a Standup
Optional, on your initiative. Spend a half-day shadowing a live Wouessi delivery standup. See how decisions actually get made before you sign. Candidates who take this step stay longer.
The Mutual Decision
Within ten business days of the Founder Sit, an offer or a clean no with the reasons. You have ten business days to accept. Reference calls happen inside your decision window, not before, so no one is pressured for someone who is not ready to say yes.
Compensation and benefits
We pay senior rates because we hire senior people. Compensation is benchmarked against Toronto and Arlington tech-firm bands, not big-four consultancy bands. Parental leave above statutory minimums in both countries. Real mental-health days. No on-call beyond rota. Bilingual professional development covered. Equity in the parent company for senior contributors after one year.
Tell us what you want to build.
A one-page CV, a one-paragraph note, your portfolio link if any. We read every application and reply in five business days, even when we are not actively hiring.