Senior Backend Engineer

SimplyAnalytics; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A data analytics firm is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to develop and maintain a data visualization application. This role supports 100% remote work across Canada and requires expertise in PHP, PostgreSQL, API design, and Linux. The firm values quality code and collaboration, offering a supportive environment for professional growth. Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years of professional experience and a passion for analytics. Interested applicants must reside in Canada.

Benefits

Flexible work hours

Professional development days

Work-life balance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience on large, structured code bases using PHP.
• Thorough understanding of API design principles.
• Advanced relational database and data manipulation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop features for our web application.
• Develop data processing related tools and features.
• Write high-quality, clean, scalable, and maintainable code.
• Contribute ideas for new features or improvements.
• Assist colleagues through code-review and collaboration.

Skills

Software development experience with PHP

API design principles

Linux CLI usage

Relational database skills

PostgreSQL experience

Tools

PostGIS

Python

AWS services

Job description

The Company

SimplyAnalytics is a powerful spatial analytics and data visualization application used by thousands of business, marketing, and academic researchers in the United States and Canada. It comes pre‑packaged with 200,000+ data variables and allows our users to create maps, charts, tabular reports, and crosstabs. We are passionate about creating outstanding software, and we believe in test‑driven development, continuous integration, and code review.

As a smaller company, each of our developers has an important role to play – at SimplyAnalytics, you are not just another cog in the wheel, you are an integral member of our team. You will be working on valuable features and making key decisions that impact the direction of the product and the satisfaction of our users. In addition, we provide an excellent work‑life balance, with 100% remote work, 20 personal days off, flexible work hours, a collaborative work environment, and quarterly “professional development days” to explore and share your interests with the rest of the team.

The Role

We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to take on an important role in the development and maintenance of our cutting edge analytics and data visualization application. You'll be developing and maintaining production‑quality in‑house tools and customer‑facing features within a large shared code base.

Our stack is modern vanilla PHP and Postgres/PostGIS, with Python for data processing. We use modern software development practices such as static typing and analysis, as well as automated testing.

The ideal candidate is a self‑starter, has a high level of attention to detail, is comfortable asking questions, enjoys working with talented colleagues, and has an interest in analytics and data visualization.

This is a 100% remote position, our developers can live and work anywhere in Canada. This is a full‑time salaried position. When applying, please include a human written cover letter (do not submit an AI generated cover letter if you would like us to consider your application).

Please only apply if you are currently living in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop features for our web application
• Develop data processing related tools and features
• Write high‑quality, clean, scalable, and maintainable code
• Contribute ideas for new features or improvements to existing features
• Assist colleagues through code‑review, collaboration, and troubleshooting

Required

• 5+ years of professional software development experience on large, structured code bases using PHP
• Thorough understanding of API design principles
• Comfortable using Linux CLI
• Advanced relational database and data manipulation skills
• 2+ years of professional experience with PostgreSQL

Bonus

• Professional experience with Python
• Experience using AWS services
• Familiarity with PSR standards
• Experience with geospatial demographic, business, marketing, or health data
• Experience with PostGIS
• Experience with data orchestration platforms (e.g., Airflow, Dagster, or Prefect)
• Experience with Psalm, Mypy or other static analyzers