Software Engineer, Async Platform

United States Digital Space LLC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 108,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & dental

Mental health benefits

Family building benefits

Child care & pet benefits

Health Care Savings Account

RRSP with company match

Flexible paid time off

Parental leave

Commuter benefits

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Toronto is seeking an experienced software infrastructure engineer to maintain and scale our asynchronous platform. You will design, deploy and operate tooling and systems to improve reliability, performance, and capacity planning in a hybrid work environment.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years building large-scale infrastructure and distributed systems, expertise with Go or Python, and experience on AWS/GCP/Azure with knowledge of SQS, Kafka or Kinesis.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience building software development, automation and systems engineering teams.
• Experience building large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks; knowledge of SQS, Kafka and Kinesis is a bonus.
• Experience developing in Go, Python, or other object-oriented programming languages.
• Experience working with cloud-based environments such as AWS/GCP/Azure.
• Committed to reducing technical debt and maintaining clean code and configurations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and analyze metrics from operating systems, control planes, and applications to assist in fault detection and performance improvement.
• Design, develop and deploy tooling and systems that continually improve reliability, scalability and efficiency of our platform.
• Balance feature development speed and reliability with service-level objectives.
• Operate and improve our Infrastructure using industry best practices and tools.
• Participate in design and production readiness reviews, platform management and capacity planning ceremonies with cross-functional teams.
• Document Infrastructure operations processes and insights, identify repeatable actions and automate repetitive tasks.
• Participate in on-call rotations, respond to incidents and support other teams to mitigate customer-impacting events.

Skills

Go

Python

Distributed systems

Cloud environments

SQS

Kafka

Kinesis

AWS

GCP

Azure

Tools

SQS

Kafka

Kinesis

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

At the company, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

We are building and maintaining a highly scalable asynchronous platform that empowers our organization to handle critical business cases. As a software engineering team, our mission is to create robust and innovative solutions that drive the success of our business and deliver unparalleled value to our customers.

We adopt Infrastructure as Code practice to automate the provisioning and configuration of our resources, which helps reduce manual configuration and improve consistency.

Our team culture is built on collaboration, open communication, and a supportive environment where each member's ideas are valued and contributions are recognized. We believe in the importance of fostering a positive workplace culture that inspires innovation and creativity.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and analyze metrics from; operating systems; control planes; and applications to assist in fault detection and performance enhancement
• Design, develop and deploy tooling and systems that continually improve the reliability, scalability and efficiency of our platform
• Balance feature development speed and reliability with service-level objectives
• Operate and improve our Infrastructure using industry best practices and tools
• Participate in design and production readiness reviews, platform management and capacity planning ceremonies with cross-functional teams
• Document Infrastructure operations process and insights, identify repeatable actions and ruthlessly automate repetitive tasks
• Participate in our teams on-call rotations, respond to incidents and support other teams mitigate customer impacting events

Experience:

• 5+ years experience working on teams responsible for software development, automation and systems engineering
• Experience building large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks. Knowledge with SQS, Kafka and Kinesis is a bonus.
• Experience developing in Go, Python, or other object-oriented programming languages
• Experience working with a cloud-based environments such as AWS/GCP/Azure
• Take pride in reducing technical debt; you pay attention to small details, and you value keeping code/configuration clean and maintainable.

Benefits:

• Extended health and dental coverage options, along with life insurance and disability benefits
• Mental health benefits
• Family building benefits
• Child care and pet benefits
• Access to a the company funded Health Care Savings Account
• RRSP plan with company match to help save for your future
• In addition to provincial observed holidays, salaried team members are covered under the company's flexible paid time off policy. The policy allows team members to take off as much time as they need (with manager approval). Hourly team members get 15 days paid time off, with an additional day for each year of service
• the company is proud to support new parents with 18 weeks of paid time off, designed as a top-up plan to complement provincial programs. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible.
• Subsidized commuter benefits and the company ride credits

the company is committed to creating an inclusive workforce that fosters belonging. the company believes that every person has a right to equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, pardoned record of offences, or any other basis protected by applicable law or by Company policy. the company also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind. Accommodation for persons with disabilities will be provided upon request in accordance with applicable law during the application and hiring process. Please contact your recruiter if you wish to make such a request.

the company highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule - Team Members will be expected to work in the office at least 3 days per week, including on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. the company considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks the company offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid

The expected base pay range for this position in the Toronto area is CAD $108,000 - CAD $135,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.

the company may use artificial intelligence to screen applicants, however, the company employees make the ultimate selection and hiring decisions.

This job fills an existing vacancy.