Senior Backend Engineer - SaaS Platform, AWS & REST APIs

Apertera (formerly Alexa Translations); Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Birthday Off

6 Personal/Sick Days

Hybrid Work Model

Learning & Growth Opportunities

Team Recognition & Awards

Job summary

Apertera is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to advance our SaaS backend and platform architecture. You will build scalable, secure services using Python (Django) and contribute to front-end work with React when needed.

We value strong backend expertise, experience with production SaaS, and collaboration across the stack. AWS, CI/CD, and modern testing practices are part of our daily workflow.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong backend development with Python, Django.
• C#/.NET experience is a strong asset.
• Experience building RESTful APIs and cloud deployments (AWS).

Responsibilities

• Backend & Platform Development: Write clean, maintainable code in Python (Django) and/or C#/.NET.
• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs.
• Design and implement new platform features in collaboration with product/engineering teams.
• Write tests and support CI/CD pipelines and deployments.

Skills

Python

Django

C#

REST APIs

AWS

CI/CD

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Unit Testing

React

Entity Framework

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE

Tools

Docker

AWS ECS/Kubernetes

Git

Job description

Apertera is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to advance our SaaS backend and platform architecture. You will build scalable, secure services using Python (Django) and contribute to front-end work with React when needed.

We value strong backend expertise, experience with production SaaS, and collaboration across the stack. AWS, CI/CD, and modern testing practices are part of our daily workflow.