Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Remote within Canada

This is a remote position.

The founding team has a track record of building successful companies, and several team members have previously worked together. This has created a strong culture built on trust, execution, and shared conviction. The broader team is highly focused on bridging the gap between emerging AI capabilities and real-world product delivery.

The company operates as a remote-first organization with a distributed team of roughly several dozen employees and has raised significant venture funding, experiencing rapid growth over a short period.

Role Overview

As a senior engineer, you will contribute across the stack with a primary emphasis on backend systems. This includes designing, building, and maintaining scalable services and APIs, as well as contributing to product features end-to-end.

The current technology environment includes modern JavaScript frameworks, strongly typed languages, API-driven architectures, and a mix of relational and non-relational databases deployed on a major cloud provider.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement reliable, scalable backend systems.

• Collaborate with other engineers to deliver complex product capabilities.

• Maintain and extend integrations while ensuring systems can scale with growth.

• Diagnose and resolve performance issues, bugs, and developer experience challenges.

• Contribute to ongoing improvements in engineering practices and architecture.

Example initiatives may include improving how users interpret performance data, building unified data access layers, and handling large-scale ingestion of external data sources.

Requirements

Ideal Background

• Several years of experience building and maintaining production-grade software systems.

• Familiarity with modern web technologies and backend frameworks (exact stack is flexible).

• Interest in incorporating AI tools into development workflows.

• Experience with asynchronous processing systems or message queues.

• Exposure to document-oriented databases or similar data storage systems.

• Strong understanding of data modeling and data pipeline concepts.

• Ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

• Open to candidates from diverse educational and professional paths.

What Makes Someone Successful Here

• Ownership mindset with accountability for decisions and outcomes.

• Pragmatic approach focused on delivering value rather than perfection.

• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

• Strong individual contributor who also collaborates effectively within a team.

Benefits

What the Company Offers

• Competitive compensation, including equity and comprehensive benefits.

• Flexible remote work with optional access to physical office hubs.

• Strong growth trajectory backed by experienced founders and external funding.

• Meaningful impact on product direction and company evolution.

• Collaborative, low-ego team environment.

The team stays connected through a mix of virtual collaboration tools and periodic in-person gatherings, including regular meetups and annual retreats.