Software Engineer III - Python

Emburse; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider in Toronto is seeking an experienced software engineer proficient in Python to develop and enhance services for expense and AP management products. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field and a minimum of 4 years of software engineering experience, working in an Agile environment. Key responsibilities include developing features, debugging, and producing quality documentation. Join a team that values collaboration and feedback for continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience with large-scale or distributed web applications.
• Familiarity with OS X and Linux environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance centralized services and UIs.
• Involved in all stages of the development cycle.
• Review code and provide constructive feedback.

Skills

Python

AWS services

CI/CD pipelines

Git

Agile methods

REST APIs

JSON services

Debugging

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

About the Company

At Emburse our mission is to help make our users’ lives – and their businesses – better. We are dramatically transforming how organizations manage corporate expenses and invoices. We humanize work by automating manual tasks and saving users’ time, so they can focus on what matters most – their family, community, or more rewarding work. We help CFO’s give their employees a simple and amazing experience while ensuring compliance and reducing costs. Our solutions are tailored for companies from start‑ups and SMBs to enterprises such as Microsoft, Pinterest, Bosch, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Estee Lauder. We have more than 18,000 customers and 12 million users globally.

As part of the Emburse Payments team, you will develop and enhance centralized services and UIs that connect our expense management and AP management products to our payment partners and payment systems across the globe. You will be involved in all stages of the development cycle, from evaluating new feature requests to designing, building, testing and deploying product enhancements, to post‑production support.

Essential Functions

Technical

• Self‑sufficient in at least one large area of the codebase
• Mastery of at least one language and developing mastery of multiple other languages, frameworks and tools
• Identifies viable alternative solutions and presents them
• Understanding of relational databases, development frameworks, and commonly used industry libraries.
• Understanding of testing and integration testing techniques
• Moderate understanding of how a handful of key sub‑systems interoperate
• Ability to read and understand existing code and offer recommendations for improvement
• Understanding of OWASP

Process

• SDLC processes are followed, including adopting agile‑based processes/meetings, peer code‑reviews, and technical preparations required for scheduled releases.
• Understands product roadmap and how one contributes to the overall objectives.
• Capability of prioritizing tasks.
• Estimates their own work.
• Learns and applies secure software development practices, reviews code for vulnerabilities and raises awareness of secure programming practices.

Impact

• Fixes bugs of moderate complexity and demonstrates proficient debugging skills
• Reviews code for team members, providing in‑depth comments
• Develops new features or enhancements with minimal supervision
• Delivers medium level refactoring
• Implements unit testing and integration testing where needed
• Produces quality technical documentation
• Makes technical documentation/knowledge base contributions and technical team presentations

Required Skills

• Experience with Python in a distributed web application development environment (e.g. microservices, APIs, DB integration, queues, topics, caches, containers, serverless).
• Experience with AWS services and APIs, or equivalent cloud vendor experience.
• Experience working in OS X and Linux environments.
• Experience designing and building JSON or REST services and APIs.
• Experience with source control such as Git.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment methodologies.
• Experience working in an Agile software development environment (e.g. scrum).
• Experience working with 3rd party APIs, workflow and integration architectures.
• Experience with large‑scale or distributed web applications.

Communication

• Gives constructive feedback to team members
• Understanding of industry jargon and business concepts
• Raises roadblocks and updates estimations as needed

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent years’ experience

Experience

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in software engineering

How We Hire

We value great candidate experiences and commit to providing a transparent interview process and responsive communication. Qualified candidates will be asked to complete a short technical screening, after which interviews are scheduled with several engineers at Emburse. During the interview process, you'll have the opportunity to speak openly with engineers about their experiences working at the company. We're productive with decisions and usually complete the interview process with a candidate within two weeks.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Emburse provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Emburse complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.