Lead Backend Engineer: Python & Distributed Cloud Systems

Ouster; Toronto, Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading lidar technology company is seeking a passionate software engineer to enhance their cloud infrastructure and distributed systems. In this role, you will design, architect, and maintain a scalable system while developing robust backend applications primarily in Python. Ideal candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science and extensive experience with distributed system design. The position is open to applicants in Ottawa and Toronto.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in coding for production software applications.
• 8+ years of experience in distributed system design with focus on scalability.
• Extensive experience in designing and implementing backend applications using Python.
• Strong familiarity with developing in Linux environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, build and maintain a complex distributed system at scale.
• Develop robust Python code to support product functionalities.
• Collaborate on developing microservices to generate traffic analytics.
• Architect solutions to satisfy requirements.

Skills

Python

Distributed system design

Cloud infrastructure

Docker

GitLab Pipelines

Terraform

Kubernetes

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Postgres

GCP technologies

C++

Rust

Go

TCP

GRPC

MQTT

Job description

A leading lidar technology company is seeking a passionate software engineer to enhance their cloud infrastructure and distributed systems. In this role, you will design, architect, and maintain a scalable system while developing robust backend applications primarily in Python. Ideal candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science and extensive experience with distributed system design. The position is open to applicants in Ottawa and Toronto.