Senior Software Engineer - Backend (Python)

Flywheel; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital commerce solutions provider is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Backend to join their innovative team in Toronto. In this role, you will work with cutting-edge technologies like Django and ReactJS to enhance their Perpetua product, delivering creative solutions for eCommerce businesses and collaborating in a supportive and dynamic environment. With competitive compensation and opportunities for professional growth, you'll help shape the future of digital marketing.

Benefits

Flexible vacation time

Learning and development opportunities

Parental leave and benefits

Volunteering opportunities

Engaging and supportive culture

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience in web-based technologies.
• Strong experience with Python frameworks like Django or Flask.
• Experience navigating large codebases.

Responsibilities

• Build end-to-end features in our core platform across marketplaces.
• Contribute to system design and architecture across back-end microservices.
• Work closely with a team of engineers to deliver solutions.

Skills

Python

Django

Algorithms

Data Structures

Tools

Postgres

GCP

AWS

ReactJS

Typescript

Job description

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About Flywheel

Flywheel's suite of digital commerce solutions accelerate growth across all major digital marketplaces for the world's leading brands. We give clients access to near real-time performance measurement and improve sales, share, and profit. With teams across the Americas, Europe and APAC, we offer a career with real impact, endless growth opportunities and the support you need to be the best you can be.

About Flywheel

Flywheel's suite of digital commerce solutions accelerate growth across all major digital marketplaces for the world's leading brands. We give clients access to near real-time performance measurement and improve sales, share, and profit. With teams across the Americas, Europe and APAC, we offer a career with real impact, endless growth opportunities and the support you need to be the best you can be.

The Opportunity

In this role, you will support our Perpetua product, which focuses on the seller and SMB market segment within the Flywheel portfolio. Perpetua provides growth optimization and reporting technology for the world’s smartest eCommerce businesses. Through the platform, brands and sellers create goals based on strategy and rely on Perpetua’s best-in-class, always-on optimization to execute tactically.

As a Senior Software Engineer - Backend with Perpetua you will be contributing to web applications written in Django Python and ReactJS / Typescript to bring a great Perpetua experience to our users. Amazon Ads is a $40B business today and every retailer on the planet is replicating the Amazon playbook, we’ve already transformed the way businesses approach e-commerce and online advertising and we’re ready to continue growing.

What You'll Do:

• You will build end-to-end features in our core platform across marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart, and Instacart.
• You will help us build deeper workflows into retail media platforms from across the globe.
• You will contribute to system design and architecture across our back-end microservices primarily deployed on GCP. From how we ingest and process terabytes of data every day to how data flows through our systems to power our platform.
• You will work closely with a team of 4-5 engineers, a product manager, and a designer to deliver a smooth experience to our customers.
• You will support the wider engineering organization by identifying areas of improvement, proposing RFCs, seeking feedback early and often, iterating over your ideas, and co-creating something better than you could have done by yourself.
  
  

Who You Are:

• 5+ Years of software engineering experience in web-based technologies at a product company.
• You have strong experience with Python frameworks such as Django/Flask, relational databases such as Postgres, and the cloud either GCP or AWS.
• You are not afraid to go deep on the rest of the stack. You are comfortable with navigating a large codebase across dozens of repositories.
• You’ve worked closely in teams of ~5 engineers before, solving hard problems collaboratively, and working tightly with your immediate peers as well as across teams.
• Strong experience in algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis.
• You are comfortable navigating vague problems and creating clarity from uncertainty and communicating it clearly to your peers.
• We believe in taking ownership from start to end. You pride yourself on your ability to take complex problems and iterate on them until you find a simple solution.
  
  

Working at Flywheel

We are proud to offer all Flywheelers a competitive rewards package and unparalleled career growth opportunities and a supportive, fun and engaging culture.

• We have office hubs across the globe where team members can go to feel productive, inspired, and connected to others - team members go into Hub Offices 3x a week
• Flexible vacation time
• Great learning and development opportunities
• Benefits that help you live your best life
• Parental leave and benefits
• Volunteering opportunities
• If you’re looking to connect with teammates on a topic of inclusion and identity, chances are there’s an ERG for that.
• So you know: The hired candidate will be required to complete a background check
• Learn more about us here: Life at Flywheel
  
  

The Interview Process:

Every role starts the same, an introductory call with someone from our Talent Acquisition team. We will be looking for company and values-fit as well as your professional experience; there may be some technical role-specific questions during this call.

Every role is different after the initial call, but you can expect to meet several people from the team 1:1 and there might be further skill assessments in the form of a Take Home Assignment/Case Study Presentation or Pair Programming/Live Coding exercise depending on the role. In your initial call, we will walk you through exactly what to expect the process to be.

Inclusive Workforce

Flywheel Commerce Network’s goal is to create a culture where all individuals of all backgrounds feel comfortable in bringing their authentic selves to work. We want all people to feel included and empowered to contribute fully to our vision and goals. Flywheel Commerce Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify. All applicants will receive fair consideration for employment. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Food and Beverage Services

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