Software Engineer II

Hirebridge; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Open vacation policy

WFH flexibility

2 weeks company closure

401k & RRSP programs

Mental health benefits

Financial wellness

Parental leave

Job summary

WorkTango is seeking a Software Engineer II to join our collaborative engineering team. You’ll design, build, and deploy features with Node, React, Express, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, and other modern technologies.

You’ll contribute to engineering best practices, review code, write tests, and help shape platform architecture. If you enjoy solving hard problems and mentoring teammates, this is a great place to grow.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of software development experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Desire to innovate, collaborate and learn.
• Advocate for CI, unit testing, and automated deployments.
• Experience with agile processes (Scrum).
• Proficiency in TypeScript on Node.js.
• Experience with ORMs and data storage (PostgreSQL, Mongo).
• Frontend familiarity with React or Vue.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy scalable web applications as part of a team.
• Assist in defining and championing engineering best practices.
• Write maintainable, low-latency, high-availability code.
• Integrate data storage and management solutions.
• Integrate user-facing elements and implement application logic.
• Write reliable unit and smoke tests.
• Review others’ code and contribute to quality.
• Influence product direction with technical insights.
• Support customers by improving the platform based on needs.
• Collaborate with Architecture to drive Platform Architecture.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

React

GraphQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

ORMs

CI/CD

Unit testing

Security/compliance

AI coding tools

Cloud (GCP/AWS)

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

TypeORM

Sequelize

Apollo Server

GraphQL

AWS

GCP

React

Node.js

TypeScript

Job description

Software Engineer II

Overview of the role: We’re looking for a Software Engineer with a passion for collaboration, problem-solving, and software development. As a Software Engineer, you’ll be responsible for designing, building, and deploying features while working with the members of WorkTango’s engineering team. You’ll be using Node, React, Express, Postgres, GraphQL and other modern technologies.

The awesome stuff you’ll do in this role:

• Design, build, and deploy scalable web applications as part of a team.
• Assist in defining and championing engineering best practices.
• Write maintainable, extensible, low-latency, and high-availability performance-minded code.
• Integration of data management and storage solutions.
• Integration of user-facing elements and implement application logic.
• Write reliable unit tests and smoke tests.
• Review others’ code.
• Influence our product’s direction with your ideas and technical expertise.
• Support our customers by understanding their needs and improving our platform to meet them.
• Collaborate with the Architecture group to help drive the direction of our Platform Architecture.

What you’ll need to be successful in this role:

• Minimum 3 years of application development experience required.
• Ability to operate independently on assigned work in a project and communicate technical problems concisely.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• A strong desire to innovate, experiment, collaborate and learn.
• High standards for quality and attention to detail.
• Advocate for modern software engineering practices - continuous integration, unit testing, and automated deployments.
• Experience with agile software development processes - scrum.
• Proficiency with TypeScript on Node
• Proficiency with integration of data storage solutions and ORMs - PostgreSQL, Mongo, TypeORM, Sequelize, etc.
• Familiarity of GraphQL experience with Apollo Server a plus.
• Experience using modern cloud provider GCP, AWS, etc.).
• Understanding of security compliance concerns.
• Understanding of frontend technologies and modern UI frameworks - React, Vue, etc.
• Experience developing production applications with understanding of fundamental design principles behind scalable applications.
• Proficiency using agentic AI tools for writing software (i.e. Claude Code, Codex, etc.).

If you’ve reached this point in the job description and feel you’re still not sure if you should apply...Just do it! You may not have 100% of all those bullets listed above - and that's okay! We know there are no perfect applicants. If you’re feeling like you’re not going to fit in with our teams - that’s not okay. One of our company values is “Work Together, Tango Together” - we believe in a diverse experience that allows us to build off the momentum of each other, so however you identity and whatever background you bring with you, we strongly encourage you to submit your application if this is a role you can be passionate about doing every day!

When you work at WorkTango, we provide competitive benefits to make your life better both in and out of the office, which include: Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance; Open vacation policy; Flexible WFH policy; 2 weeks of all-company closure; 401k & RRSP programs; Mental Health benefits; Financial Wellness benefits; Generous Parental Leave; EAP & more!

At WorkTango, diversity and inclusion are fundamental to how we grow and operate our business. We’re building a diverse workforce that cultivates and supports all individuals. We believe a culture of equality creates a stronger work environment for all employees and that we are all accountable for encouraging and celebrating diverse voices. WorkTango commits to promote and recognize principles of fairness, equity, and social justice in relation to, and across, intersections of race, age, color, disability, faith, religion, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, social class, economic class, ethnicity, gender identity, gender expression, and all other identities represented among our diverse membership.