Staff Software Developer, Backend Platform
You will set technical direction and lead large scale initiatives that improve backend systems. You will design and guide adoption of platform capabilities such as service frameworks, static analysis systems, and developer tooling. You will collaborate with infrastructure and security teams to plan and execute platform improvements. You will mentor engineers and contribute to planning and execution of major platform investments. You will be based in Toronto with in person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.
Responsibilities
- Define and lead large scale initiatives that improve backend development systems including frameworks tooling and shared libraries
- Design long term technical solutions that support scalability reliability and maintainability across backend services
- Guide the evolution of core tooling such as static analysis formatting systems and service scaffolding used across the codebase
- Partner with engineering teams such as infrastructure security and product engineering to plan and execute platform improvements
- Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance that improves code quality system design and development practices
Requirements
- Extensive experience building and scaling backend systems using Go and Python
- Deep knowledge of backend frameworks such as Django or comparable systems in Go
- Experience designing internal platforms developer tooling or shared infrastructure used by multiple teams
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical projects and influence engineering direction across teams
- Committed to improving developer workflows system quality and maintainability through thoughtful design
Benefits
- Challenging high impact work to grow your career
- Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact bonus programs and equity ownership
- Top tier benefits to fuel your work including supplemental health insurance ancillary insurance and mental health support programs
- Lifestyle wallet a highly flexible employer paid benefits spending account expenses beyond traditional benefits such as wellness childcare learning and more
- Time off to recharge including company holidays paid time off sick time paid volunteer time off parental leave and more
- Exceptional office experience with catered meals events and comfortable workspaces
- Monthly commuter stipend to help offset in office commuting costs