Senior Software Engineer - Data and Platform

HRB; Canada; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading remote company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and maintain robust backend APIs. The role involves collaborating with teams to enhance integrations and drive engineering advancements. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in Node.js, TypeScript, and a strong understanding of data architecture.

Qualifications

• 10+ years building and maintaining large-scale software applications.
• Experience with asynchronous message queue systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain high-quality backend APIs and services.
• Identify and resolve errors, performance issues, and devex problems.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Communication

Problem Solving

AI/ML

Tools

MongoDB

Azure

Job description

As a Senior Software Engineer on our Platform team, you’ll design, implement, and maintain robust, high-quality backend APIs and services. Your work will directly impact our core operations and enable teams across the company to leverage our data across multiple product lines. We work primarily in Node, TypeScript, Azure, and MongoDB - and any other simple tools that get the job done.


We are a fully remote company but we work closely as a team. We are looking for someone with heavy overlap with EST (Toronto is a plus!)

What You’ll Do

• Scope, design, and implement resilient, performant, and high-quality backend solutions.
• Work closely with fellow engineers to deliver complex backend features and integrations.
• Maintain and enhance existing integrations, making sure our systems scale with Motion’s growth and anticipate future product solutions.
• Identify and resolve errors, performance issues, and devex problems in our codebase.
• Drive engineering advancements.

Sample Projects

• Build a unified API for our insights data to be used by other development teams
• Store insights and metrics from our data providers at scale

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years building and maintaining large-scale software applications.
• Proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript
• Strong experience with asynchronous message queue systems
• Experience with MongoDB or other document-based databases.
• Solid understanding of data modeling, ETL concepts, and simplifying data architecture.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a knack for translating complex technical issues into clear business impacts.
• Interest in AI/ML
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with evolving requirements and priorities
• Proven success working in a remote startup environment.
• A pragmatic approach to tackling challenging problems, with a deep interest in understanding and solving business needs.
• Nice-to-have: Experience in the AdTech industry.