Software Engineer, Infrastructure (TOR)

Tensec; Toronto; On-site; CAD 169,000 - 396,360; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free lunch and dinner in the office

Flexible PTO

Quarterly team offsites

Job summary

Tensec is seeking an experienced backend engineer in Toronto to build the infrastructure required for rapid scaling. Key responsibilities include managing Elasticsearch infrastructure on Kubernetes, defining core infrastructure with Terraform, and implementing observability for performance insights. The role offers a hybrid work environment alongside free meals, flexible PTO, and team offsites, all within a mission-driven culture focused on ownership and customer obsession.

Qualifications

• Experience in building self-hosted Elasticsearch infrastructure.
• Proficient in defining infrastructure using Terraform for reproducible environments.
• Ability to set up a dedicated staging environment for safer releases.

Responsibilities

• Build infrastructure for scaling the engineering organization.
• Manage Elasticsearch on Kubernetes for real-time search capabilities.
• Implement observability and tracing to enhance performance debugging.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

Elasticsearch

Observability and tracing

Job description

Location

Toronto

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

Engineering

Compensation

• CA$169 – CA$396,360 • Offers Equity

What We Offer

• A mission-driven culture with low ego, high ownership, deep customer obsession, and exceptional talent density
• Free lunch and dinner in the office
• Flexible PTO
• Quarterly team offsites

What We're Looking For

We’re looking for an experienced backend engineer to build out the infrastructure required to rapidly scale up our engineering organization.

• Built self-hosted Elasticsearch infrastructure on Kubernetes, enabling real-time search across millions of alerts and associated metadata.
• Defined core infrastructure using Terraform (IaC), allowing reproducible, version-controlled environments and faster onboarding for new engineers.
• Stood up a dedicated staging environment, enabling safer releases, feature validation, and automated integration testing before production rollouts.
• Introduced observability and tracing (metrics, logging, distributed tracing), improving our ability to debug performance issues and maintain reliability at scale.