Remote Junior Full-Stack Engineer, Real-Time Chat

Yelp; Calgary; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five star benefits

Fully remote role across Canada

Job summary

Yelp is hiring for an entry-level Full Stack Engineer on the Chat Platform. You will build Server Driven UI components for chat experiences across Android, iOS, and Web, write Python and TypeScript code, and contribute to streaming APIs and client SDKs to deliver real-time chat interactions.

You'll work with cross-functional teams, participate in code reviews, and help instrument the platform for reliability and observability in a fully remote role across Canada.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• Proficiency in Python and TypeScript.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, system design, and writing clean, tested, maintainable code.
• Familiarity with client-server architecture.
• Ability to ramp quickly on an unfamiliar codebase and ask good questions.
• Clear written and verbal communication; cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Build and extend Server Driven UI components that render chat experiences dynamically across Android, iOS, and Web.
• Write, test, and ship production-grade code in Python and TypeScript across the chat platform stack.
• Contribute to streaming APIs and client SDKs that deliver real-time chat interactions to consumers and businesses.
• Partner with chat features and chat intelligence teams to translate emerging product requirements into platform capabilities.
• Instrument chat flows with metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting to maintain reliability at scale.
• Participate in code reviews, on-call rotations, and incident response to build operational instincts over time.
• Investigate production issues and contribute fixes across a complex system spanning multiple services and client surfaces.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Algorithms

Data structures

System design

Client-server architecture

Code reviews

Debugging

Education

BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience

Tools

React

Flask

Job description

Yelp is hiring for an entry-level Full Stack Engineer on the Chat Platform. You will build Server Driven UI components for chat experiences across Android, iOS, and Web, write Python and TypeScript code, and contribute to streaming APIs and client SDKs to deliver real-time chat interactions.

You'll work with cross-functional teams, participate in code reviews, and help instrument the platform for reliability and observability in a fully remote role across Canada.