Remote Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable Infra & APIs

Thumbtack; Toronto; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in Toronto is seeking an experienced backend engineer to develop resilient services and reusable libraries. The ideal candidate will have 5 years of experience, proficiency in languages such as Go or Python, and a strong understanding of AWS and Linux. This role embraces diversity and is committed to equal opportunity. Competitive compensation and a supportive work environment are offered in this position.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in backend or systems engineering roles with exposure to high-scale production environments.
• Experience designing, operating, and troubleshooting services that handle critical user-facing traffic.
• Solid understanding of databases, caching, and messaging systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain resilient backend services that provide core application capabilities.
• Develop reusable libraries and frameworks for logging, monitoring, and service-to-service communication.
• Support platforms that create leveraged software for the entire engineering organization.

Skills

Backend experience

Proficiency in Go, Python, or PHP

Strong knowledge of AWS

Strong knowledge of Linux

Collaboration across teams

Tools

DynamoDB

Postgres

Redis

Kafka

Job description

A technology company in Toronto is seeking an experienced backend engineer to develop resilient services and reusable libraries. The ideal candidate will have 5 years of experience, proficiency in languages such as Go or Python, and a strong understanding of AWS and Linux. This role embraces diversity and is committed to equal opportunity. Competitive compensation and a supportive work environment are offered in this position.