Senior Backend Engineer - FinTech Platform

Rippling; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 221,000 - 389,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company in Toronto is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Financial Product team. The role involves designing and implementing backend services to power their financial system, ensuring reliability and security at scale. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience with Python or Go and expertise in distributed systems architecture and data modeling. The position offers competitive salary, benefits, and equity, with a focus on in-office collaboration.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Benefits

Equity

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a production environment using a high-scale backend language.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems architecture and relational database performance.
• Strong understanding of CS/algorithms fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement core backend services and APIs.
• Ensure systems are built for high-volume scale, reliability, and security.
• Mentor engineers on backend best practices.

Skills

Python

Go

Distributed systems architecture

Data modeling

Performance optimization

Communication skills

Job description

A tech company in Toronto is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Financial Product team. The role involves designing and implementing backend services to power their financial system, ensuring reliability and security at scale. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience with Python or Go and expertise in distributed systems architecture and data modeling. The position offers competitive salary, benefits, and equity, with a focus on in-office collaboration.