Software Engineer II

SurveyMonkey; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading survey platform in Ottawa is seeking a Junior Software Engineer (Backend) to join their User team. You will support authentication and authorization while working closely with cross-functional teams to enhance user account management. The role requires a passion for backend development, especially using Python and web frameworks such as FastAPI and Flask. This opportunity offers a hybrid work model with collaboration in person every two weeks.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in backend application development.
• Experience with Python and web frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, Pyramid.
• Basic knowledge of SQL databases, experience with Elasticsearch a plus.
• Understanding of Restful APIs.
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git preferred).

Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining user and team management services.
• Contribute to core authorization platform for permission management.
• Support and improve authentication workflows.
• Collaborate with frontend and backend teams.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.

Skills

Backend application development

Python

FastAPI

Flask

Restful APIs

Git

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Kafka

Job description

Overview

SurveyMonkey is the world’s most popular platform for surveys and forms, built for business—loved by users. We combine powerful capabilities with intuitive design, serving every use case—from customer experience to employee engagement, market research to payment and registration forms. With built-in research expertise and AI-powered technology, it’s like having a team of expert researchers at your fingertips. Trusted by millions—from startups to Fortune 500 companies—SurveyMonkey helps teams gather insights and information that inspire better decisions, create experiences people love, and drive business growth.

SurveyMonkey believes in-person collaboration is valuable for building relationships, fostering community, and enhancing our speed and execution in problem-solving and decision-making. As such, this opportunity is hybrid and requires you to work from the SurveyMonkey office in Ottawa 1 day every 2 weeks.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for a motivated Junior Software Engineer (Backend) to be part of the User team in Canada. The User team is responsible for supporting Authentication & Authorization within the SurveyMonkey product, as well as providing backend services for managing user accounts and teams. We are looking for a talented engineer who has a passion for AuthN + AuthZ, and invested in ensuring our user’s account state is maintained. All while working alongside many other teams to provide customer value in our extensive product portfolio.

What you’ll be working on

• Building and maintaining our user and team management services across multiple data-regions
• Contribute to our core authorization platform, which contains centralized business logic around permission management
• Support and improve our authentication workflows
• Collaborate with many of the other frontend and backend teams who need additional features in the user/team space
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
• Identify and fix bugs as well as optimizing performance issues
• Participate in code reviews and implement feedback
• Foster a culture of collaboration, testing, code reviews, and mentorship to help the team reach their full potential

We’d love to hear from people with

• 2+ years of experience in backend application development
• Experience with Python and web frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, Pyramid
• Basic knowledge of SQL databases, experience with Elasticsearch a plus
• Understanding of Restful APIs
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git preferred)
• Basic understanding of software design patterns
• Expertise in designing and building world-class services and APIs
• Experience with Kubernetes, Helm Charts, and Terraform a plus
• Experience with messaging and streaming frameworks like Kafka, Apache Spark, etc. a plus
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with both co-located and remote engineers and cross-functional partners
• A growth/data mindset in approaching challenges

SurveyMonkey is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We celebrate the unique differences of our employees because that is what drives curiosity, innovation, and the success of our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.