Senior Backend Engineer — Scalable Cloud Platform

LotusFlare, Inc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A cloud-native technology company is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer in Toronto to develop and enhance the backend infrastructure for their innovative digital commerce platform. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of software engineering experience, particularly in Lua, Java, and Scala, with strong skills in scalable distributed systems. This role involves collaborating with product teams and taking ownership of code development. Enjoy competitive salary, flexible working hours, and numerous growth opportunities while working with top engineers.

Benefits

Competitive salary package

Paid lunch (In the office)

Yearly bonus

Training and workshops

Truly flexible working hours

Top-of-the-class engineers to learn from and work with

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience as a Software Engineer.
• Experience with complex time-critical issues.
• Worked on a product with a large user base.
• Passion for scalable, highly available distributed systems.
• Code should be reusable, maintainable, and well documented.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the software development lifecycle.
• Handle production incidents or outages.
• Collaborate closely with product and other engineering teams.
• Take ownership of the code and applications you write.

Skills

Software Engineering

Lua

Java

Scala

Amazon Web Services

Azure

NoSQL databases

HTTP Protocol

RESTful services

Kafka

Job description

A cloud-native technology company is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer in Toronto to develop and enhance the backend infrastructure for their innovative digital commerce platform. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of software engineering experience, particularly in Lua, Java, and Scala, with strong skills in scalable distributed systems. This role involves collaborating with product teams and taking ownership of code development. Enjoy competitive salary, flexible working hours, and numerous growth opportunities while working with top engineers.