Senior Software Engineer

Makeship; Canada; Remote; CAD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental benefits from day 1

4 weeks of paid vacation

Virtual & in-person social events

$400 pre-tax home office setup allowance

Education assistance program

Job summary

A rapidly growing tech startup in Canada is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead complex technical initiatives and mentor junior engineers. The role requires full-stack development experience and leadership in project delivery, with a focus on building a reliable platform. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience, particularly in ecommerce-related technologies such as React and Go, and will thrive in a collaborative environment. Competitive compensation and excellent benefits offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 2 years in a senior/lead capacity.
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks and backend service design.
• Strong mentorship skills and a passion for helping others grow.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and delivery of complex features.
• Improve platform reliability and process.
• Mentor and support other developers in the team.

Skills

Full-stack development

Technical leadership

Strong mentorship

Ecommerce industry knowledge

Observability practices

Data modeling

Tools

React

NextJS

Go

Datadog

Figma

Tailwind

Job description

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Makeship empowers influencers, creators, and brands of all sizes to develop and launch limited‑edition products that matter to their fans. Leveraging our design, manufacturing, and marketing expertise, we work with our partners to bring their products to life through our community‑powered crowdfunding platform. Each product is given a window of 21 days to be funded by the community before we produce and ship to fans worldwide. We put our brand behind every product and guarantee quality and ethical sourcing.

We're profitable, have grown the team from 2 to 70 people in 5 years, and have a three‑year revenue growth of over 400%, ranking us 98th on The Globe and Mail’s Canada’s Top Growing Companies of 2024 list. We are also excited to announce that Makeship has officially been Great Place to Work‑Certified™ for 3 years in a row! Learn more about us at Makeship.com.

About the Role

As an early team member, you’ll play a huge role in shaping our culture, our process, and the future of Makeship. Every day, you’ll collaborate, learn more about the content creation space, and watch your work impact the company and the community! We want this to be the best work experience of your life, so we’ll pay you well, offer great benefits, invest deeply in your growth, and welcome you with our branded swag. You will also be joining one of Canada's fastest‑growing start‑ups!

What We Are Looking For

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to play a key part in building, scaling, and shaping Makeship’s platform as part of one of the fastest‑moving industries in the world. Working on a cross‑functional team, this position delivers high‑impact solutions that serve both creators and their fans.

This role combines deep technical expertise with leadership. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead complex technical initiatives, make architectural decisions that balance short and long‑term needs, and raise the bar for code quality and best practices across the team. Beyond writing code, you will improve platform reliability and resiliency, and drive investments in tooling, observability, and processes.

In this role, you also act as a mentor and role model — supporting the growth of peers and junior engineers, and fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Lead the technical design, development, and delivery of complex features and projects, ensuring high quality and scalability.
• Define and contribute to technical roadmaps in collaboration with engineering managers and product leaders.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while raising the bar for code reviews, testing, and overall engineering practices.
• Mentor and support other developers through coaching, knowledge sharing, pairing and delegating where appropriate.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and make pragmatic choices that balance technical needs with business priorities.
• Collaborate closely with the product manager, designer, and data analyst, on your team to ensure solutions align with user and business needs.
• Proactively identify and address technical debt, risks, and opportunities for platform improvement.
• Implement and refine best practices within the engineering team.
• Support system reliability by troubleshooting, debugging, and improving monitoring and observability practices.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 2 years in a senior/lead capacity.
• Full‑stack development experience with modern frontend frameworks (React, NextJS) and backend service design (Go or similar languages).
• Technical leadership, having guided and delivered complex projects from conception to production, making key architectural decisions and raising engineering standards.
• System architecture ownership with experience designing scalable, resilient systems while proactively managing technical debt and platform improvements.
• Strong mentorship and coaching skills and a passion for helping others grow in technical excellence and supporting continuous improvement.
• Ability to communicate technical ideas effectively across technical and non‑technical stakeholders while listening actively and fostering a culture of trust and collaboration.
• Demonstrated skills in debugging and resolving production issues under pressure while implementing monitoring and operational best practices.
• Ecommerce industry knowledge: experience with platforms like Shopify, understanding of payment processing, order management, and retail business workflows.
• Third‑party integration ownership: experience managing and optimizing vendor relationships and technical integrations for both product features and engineering tooling (analytics, monitoring, etc.).
• Observability practices: hands‑on experience with monitoring tools like Datadog, implementing alerting strategies, and building dashboards for system health and business metrics.
• Component architecture and design systems: experience building scalable frontend architectures, maintaining design systems, and collaborating with design tools like Figma and frameworks like Tailwind.
• Data modelling and integration: experience designing data models that integrate and standardize data from multiple third‑party sources, with understanding of schema design, data transformation patterns, and API data structures.

Benefits & Perks

• Work remotely anywhere in Canada and/or access any of our hubs.
• Health and dental benefits from day 1.
• 4 weeks of paid vacation (including paid time off on your birthday).
• An additional 1 week of paid time off during the winter holidays.
• Virtual & in‑person social events.
• 1:1 RRSP matching program up to 3%.
• $400 pre‑tax home office setup allowance.
• $65 pre‑tax monthly phone allowance.
• Maternity and parental leave top‑up program.
• Education assistance program.
• Employee referral program.
• Tenured rewards program.

Salary Band: $110‑130k CAD per annum. Individual salaries will be dependent on unique skills, experience and qualifications.

At Makeship we are committed to fostering an environment that welcomes people of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We are passionate about building an equitable and inclusive culture for our unique and diverse team of employees which makes us Makeship. As an equal‑opportunity employer, we value and embrace everyone's opinions and differences, and actively seek new Makeshippers who will work respectfully with our team, propelling our company and the community forward. If there are any accommodations we can provide to make your interview experience more accessible and inclusive, please let us know in your application.