Senior Software Engineer II (Full Stack), Analytics & Automation (Remote Canada) at Optro

Matcha; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Bonus program

Flexible vacation

Birthday time off

Team get-togethers

Employee groups

Job summary

Optro is seeking a senior software engineer in Canada to lead large, strategic projects and mentor other engineers. You will architect scalable systems and drive feature development from concept to production, collaborating with product, design, and ops teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on coding in Python/Node.js and modern front-end work with React/Ember, in a fast-growing SaaS environment with a strong customer focus.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building web applications.
• Experience with Django or Rails and REST APIs.
• Experience writing software tests and maintaining code quality.
• Ability to guide delivery across multiple developers.
• B.S., M.S., or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship product features end-to-end.
• Mentor fellow engineers and lead architecture decisions.
• Write clear design documentation and ensure code quality.
• Develop backend APIs in Python and Node.js.
• Work on front-end in React, Vue, Ember.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Agile lifecycle.

Skills

8+ years experience

REST APIs

Software design

Mentoring

Debugging

Python

Node.js

React

TypeScript

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

B.S./M.S./PhD in CS

Tools

Django

Rails

React

Ember

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Who We Are

Having surpassed $300M ARR and continuing to grow, Optro helps enterprises transform risk into opportunity through its AI-powered GRC Intelligence Platform. More than 50% of the Fortune 500, including 7 of the Fortune 10, leverage our award-winning technology to move their businesses forward with greater clarity and agility. And our customers love us: Optro is top-rated on G2.com and Gartner Peer Insights.

At Optro, we inspire each other to innovate and are proud of what we are producing. We spend each day thinking of new ways to help our customers and contribute to the greater good of our company and our surrounding communities. We are all about assisting each other and breaking through barriers to create the most loved audit, risk, ESG, and InfoSec platform by our customers. This is how we have become one of the 500 fastest-growing tech companies in North America for the seventh year in a row, as ranked by Deloitte!

Why This Role is Exciting

We are looking for a highly motivated senior software engineer who can lead large, strategic, and complex projects. This position demands a high level leadership, mentoring other engineers and helping to design and architect scalable solutions. In this role, you will face a huge array of challenges - from building scalable systems to designing new product features. Our ideal candidate is someone who loves to collaborate with others but can also work independently to take an idea from concept to implementation. We're a hardworking, energetic team that is passionate about our customers and believes that to be successful we should never stop learning: learning about our customers, our product, and how to build better software.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and ship product features end-to-end

• Ability to write clear and well defined design documentation

• Mentor fellow engineers

• Lead application architecture decisions

• Troubleshoot, debug and resolve software bugs

• Implement back-end APIs in Python and Node.JS

• Work on our React, Vue, Ember SPA front-ends

• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers

• Participate in an Agile software development life cycle

• Write well-designed, maintainable & testable code

• Be product-minded and think about the customer

• Work with Python, Django, TypeScript, Node.JS, React, Ember, Docker, PostgreSQL, Terraform, Kubernetes, etc.

• Contribute to open-source projects

Attributes of a Successful Candidate

• 8+ years of experience developing web based applications

• Experience guiding high quality work through delivery across multiple developers

• Experience with a web framework such as Django or Rails

• Experience with a modern front-end framework (React, Vue, Ember, Angular, etc.)

• Experience writing REST / JSON APIs (Swagger / OpenAPI Spec)

• Experience writing software tests

• Ability to solve technical problems independently

• B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent

• Motivation to work hard and always be learning

Preferred Skills

• Experience with infrastructure as code tools, such as Terraform

• Experience with Node.JS and modern ES6 or TypeScript

• Experience with React or Ember.JS

• Experience with cloud computing platforms, such as AWS

• Experience working on SaaS web applications

• Bonus: Docker or Kubernetes experience

Perks (Canada)

• Launch a career at one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in North America and EMEA!

• Live your best life (LYBL)! $200/mo (USD) for anything that enhances your life

• Comprehensive employee health and life insurance coverage

• Competitive compensation & bonus program

• Statutory vacation + Flexible vacation

• Time off for your birthday & volunteering

• Employee resource groups

• Opportunities for team and company-wide get-togethers!

*perks may vary based on eligibility/location

Our Company Values

• Customer obsession: It starts and ends here. Consistently ask yourself how what you’re doing creates value for our customers. It’s a mindset.

• Gritty resilience: Make it happen. Find a way. Move fast, stay positive, and do what it takes.

• Drive innovation: Create the future. Continuously improve what exists and invent what’s next.

• Win, together: One team. No silos, no egos. Drive to be the best and support each other’s success.

• Growth mindset: 10x, not 10%. Think in orders of magnitude, not increments. Seek feedback, learn, and improve.

Please note that background checks are required. Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. This role may have access to highly sensitive data, including employee data, customer data, company financials, and proprietary product information.

We love building strong partnerships, but please note that Optro cannot accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Any submissions without a signed agreement in place will not create a fee obligation.

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