Staff Reliability Engineer (PHP) – Remote-First

NMI; Remote; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Canada is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to enhance reliability engineering functions. The role involves designing reliability frameworks and improving operational maturity across platform services. Ideal candidates should have over 8 years of experience in software systems with strong capabilities in PHP and backend services. This position offers a competitive salary and an inclusive culture, dedicated to diversity and equity.

Benefits

Competitive annual salary + bonus

Health and Dental Coverage

Company-paid Life and Disability insurance

11 paid holidays

Annual Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in complex software systems.
• Strong experience in PHP and backend services.
• Excellent understanding of distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design reliability-focused frameworks and tooling.
• Drive initiatives for proactive engineering.
• Establish observability practices.

Skills

Building and operating production-grade software systems

Developing backend services in PHP

Designing reliability solutions

Conducting incident response and post-incident reviews

Deploying and operating services in cloud environments

Using AI-powered development and operational tools

Tools

Datadog

New Relic

Job description

A leading technology firm in Canada is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to enhance reliability engineering functions. The role involves designing reliability frameworks and improving operational maturity across platform services. Ideal candidates should have over 8 years of experience in software systems with strong capabilities in PHP and backend services. This position offers a competitive salary and an inclusive culture, dedicated to diversity and equity.