Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Veeva Systems, Inc.; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 130,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and basicLife

PTO and holidays

Retirement programs

1% charitable giving program

Job summary

Veeva Ostro, part of Veeva Systems, is seeking a Backend Engineer to design and deliver scalable backend services powering our SaaS platform. You will balance rapid delivery with long-term code health, building impactful features while maintaining clean architecture and rigorous testing.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product and engineering teams, performance optimization, and evaluating new backend technologies to improve practices. This position supports flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience shipping production code for B2B or B2C SaaS products.
• 5+ years of deep expertise in Python and frameworks like Django.
• Strong proficiency with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale high-performance APIs for Veeva Ostro's SaaS platform.
• Partner cross-functionally to design and ship new features.
• Provide technical feedback on product roadmaps and feature scoping.
• Champion quality through peer reviews, unit testing, and clean architecture.
• Optimize application and database performance to handle growth.
• Evaluate emerging backend technologies to improve engineering practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve live system issues to maximize uptime.

Skills

Python

Django

PostgreSQL

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Job description

Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $3B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead.

At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company – we made history in 2021 by becoming a public benefit corporation (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors.

As a Work Anywhere company, we support your flexibility to work from home or in the office, so you can thrive in your ideal environment.

Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.

The Role

At Veeva Ostro, we are transforming how life sciences connect with the people whoneed their innovations most. Every day, we help millions live healthier lives by bridgingthe gap between those who make medicines, treatments, and diagnostics and thosewho take them.

What You'll Do

As a Backend Engineer, you will design and deliver scalable backend services that power Veeva Ostro's SaaS platform. In this role, you’ll balance high-velocity delivery with long-term code health, building impactful features while championing clean architecture, rigorous testing, and low technical debt.

• Architect and scale high-performance APIs for Veeva Ostro's SaaS platform
• Partner cross-functionally to design and ship new features
• Provide technical feedback on product roadmaps and feature scoping
• Champion quality through peer reviews, unit testing, and clean architecture
• Optimize application and database performance to handle growth
• Evaluate emerging backend technologies to improve engineering practices
• Troubleshoot and resolve live system issues to maximize uptime

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience shipping production code for B2B or B2C SaaS products
• 5+ years of deep expertise in Python and frameworks like Django
• Strong proficiency with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL
• Excellent communication and cross-functional teamwork skills

Interviewing with Veeva

We value your time and believe in a transparent hiring process. Here is the process you can expect.

• Within 3 days, you will receive a link to a personality assessment administered by a third party.
• Once you complete the assessment, our team will review your full application package and follow up via email with our decision.
• If moving to the interview stage, the process is as follows:
  1. A conversation with the hiring manager
  2. A practical case exercise
  3. A final conversation with our group's Senior Leader.
• Once all interviews are complete, the manager will be in touch with a final decision.

Perks & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• PTO and company-paid holidays
• Retirement programs
• 1% charitable giving program

Compensation

• Base pay: $130,000 - $225,000 CAD
• The salary range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential base salary range for this role. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual and base our offer on your unique qualifications, experience, and expected contributions. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation in addition to base salary, such as variable bonus and/or stock bonus.

Veeva's headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world.

Veeva is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us at [e-mail].