Full Stack Engineer

Feathery; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and equity

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Unlimited PTO

Office snacks and lunches

Company offsite to connect and recharge

Job summary

Feathery, based in Toronto, is looking for a Full Stack Engineer to enhance their core product capabilities. This role involves designing and building end-to-end features across frontend and backend systems, developing APIs, and optimizing user interfaces. Candidates should have 3–6+ years of experience and strong skills in JavaScript, TypeScript, and frameworks like React.

Feathery offers competitive compensation, health benefits, and a supportive team environment, emphasizing ownership and personal growth.

Qualifications

• 3–6+ years of experience building full stack applications.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks.
• Experience with backend frameworks such as Node.js, Django, or similar.
• Experience designing APIs and working with distributed systems or asynchronous processing.
• Familiarity with AWS and cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design and build end–to–end features across frontend and backend systems.
• Develop APIs and services that power core product functionality.
• Build intuitive, responsive, and high–performance user interfaces.
• Own features from concept through production.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Node.js

Django

AWS

API design

Distributed systems

Tools

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

About Feathery

Feathery automates data intake workflows for insurance and wealth management firms. Industry leaders rely on Feathery to power mission‑critical workflows like underwriting, client onboarding, and automated account openings. With rapid revenue growth and expanding enterprise demand, we’re scaling our engineering team to support increasingly complex, data‑intensive workflows across our platform.

Why We’re Hiring

As Feathery grows, both the complexity of our backend systems and the sophistication of our frontend product experience are increasing. We’re hiring a Full Stack Engineer to help build and scale core product capabilities end‑to‑end.

About The Role

This is a high‑ownership role that blends:

• Full stack product development (frontend + backend)
• System design and API development
• UI/UX implementation and performance optimization
• Cross‑functional collaboration with product and design

What You’ll Do

Full Stack Product Development

• Design and build end‑to‑end features across frontend and backend systems
• Develop APIs and services that power core product functionality
• Build intuitive, responsive, and high‑performance user interfaces
• Own features from concept through production

Backend Systems & Infrastructure

• Build and scale backend services for workflow automation and data processing
• Develop asynchronous pipelines and distributed systems for handling large volume of data
• Work with AWS services and queueing systems (e.g., SQS) to support scalable infrastructure
• Ensure reliability, performance, and observability across systems

Frontend Experience & Performance

• Implement user interfaces using modern frameworks (e.g., React)
• Optimize frontend performance, responsiveness, and usability
• Collaborate with design to deliver polished, accessible user experiences
• Contribute to frontend architecture and component systems

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Partner with product and design to define and build new features
• Work with other engineers to integrate APIs and data models effectively
• Contribute to product planning, technical scoping, and architecture decisions
• Help translate customer needs into scalable technical solutions

About You

• 3–6+ years of experience building full stack applications
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React)
• Experience with backend frameworks such as Node.js, Django, or similar
• Experience designing APIs and working with distributed systems or asynchronous processing
• Familiarity with AWS and cloud infrastructure
• Strong understanding of performance, scalability, and reliability
• Experience shipping features end‑to‑end in a collaborative environment
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, high‑growth startup environment
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Bonus

• Experience building workflow tools, internal platforms, or data‑heavy applications
• Familiarity with document processing, OCR, or AI/ML integrations
• Experience with drag‑and‑drop interfaces or complex frontend state management
• Experience optimizing systems for high throughput and low latency
• Background in financial services or other regulated industries
• Experience at a high‑growth B2B SaaS company

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and equity
• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• Unlimited PTO
• Downtown Toronto office location
• Office snacks and lunches
• A supportive, low‑ego team that values ownership and growth
• Company offsite to connect and recharge

Feathery is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. We’re committed to building an inclusive team and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.