Founding Staff Software Engineer

Floqer; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A pioneering technology startup is looking for a Senior Staff Engineer to help scale their platform for a growing user base. This position involves architecting and implementing scalable solutions while working closely with the CTO. Candidates should have over 3 years of software engineering experience, particularly in cloud infrastructure and SaaS products. The company offers competitive salary and equity, along with health benefits and a vibrant startup culture.

Benefits

Health and Wellness benefits

Free lunches and unlimited snacks

Equity in the company

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on Software Engineering experience, ideally in startups.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure including compute, storage, and networking.
• Hands-on experience with SaaS products handling large-scale data ingestion.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement scalable solutions for growing datasets.
• Design and optimize database schemas and query performance.
• Conduct technical investigations for system bottlenecks.
• Collaborate on infrastructure improvements aligned with company goals.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies to improve platform capabilities.

Skills

Software Engineering

Cloud Infrastructure

Large-scale Data Management

Problem-solving

Job description

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At Floqer AI, we're on a mission to revolutionize how sales teams sell—helping them turn bold, creative go-to-market ideas into reality and push beyond human capabilities. Founded in June 2024, Floqer is rapidly growing and being used and loved by high growth enterprise teams like Perplexity, DXC and AngelList. Floqer is a VC-backed, high-growth startup with a small team of talented, passionate individuals set on making an impact.

Why work for Floqer?

• At Floqer, success equals customers that love and champion our product. Our customers love the product so much that they have become investors at Floqer and some of them have also joined the team to build Floqer.
• Growth is the culture at Floqer. It will be an opportunity to work with an early stage high growth start-up. You will be growing with the company.
• In addition to a competitive base salary, equity will be part of the total compensation package.
• Health and Wellness benefits
• Free lunches and unlimited snacks because we just focus on building!

Who are we looking for?

Floqer is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer who will be focused on scaling our Platform to meet our growing user base and use cases. You’ll be working closely with the CTO and Founding Team to scale our databases and computational resources and revolutionizing the way GTM teams access data. Someone in this role has expertise solving and tackling issues with large scale systems and performance enhancement. You're not scared of the start-up hustle.

Responsibilities

Architect and implement scalable solutions for rapidly growing datasets, ensuring reliability and performance under increasing user demand.

Design and optimize database schemas, indexing strategies, and query performance across distributed data stores.

Conduct deep technical investigations and root-cause analysis for system performance bottlenecks and failures.

Drive high engineering standards through mentorship, code reviews, and technical guidance across the team.

Collaborate cross-functionally to plan and prioritize infrastructure improvements aligned with company goals.

Evaluate and introduce new technologies, patterns, and tools that improve platform capabilities and developer productivity.

Required Qualifications

3+ years of hands-on Software Engineering experience. (bonus for experience in startups or high-growth product teams).

Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, including compute, storage, and networking resources.

Proven experience working on SaaS products that handle large-scale data ingestion, storage, and real-time read / write operations.

Proactive, ownership-driven mindset with a passion for solving problems and “Getting it Done”.

Sound like a good fit? Apply today!

Don’t meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyways. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we would still like to review your resume. You may just be the perfect candidate for this or other roles.

As Jobs once said : “Here is to the misfits, the crazy ones”.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Technology, Information and Internet

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