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About Achievers

The Achievers Employee Experience Platform is more than a thank you program. Our recognition platform inspires employees to recognize everyone, everyday, and everywhere – driving results that matter. With almost 4 million global users, the Employee Experience Platform empowers employees in over 170 countries. Visit us at www.achievers.com to learn more and check out our platform in action here. Join our team of A-players who bring passion to our purpose and believe that meaningful change can create extraordinary outcomes.

Our commitment to you:

At Achievers, we hire you for you because we value the unique perspective and individuality that each person brings to our team. We are committed to creating an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace where you belong, and your contributions are celebrated. Together, we achieve more by combining our unique strengths, fostering collaboration, and inspiring each other to reach new heights.

The opportunity:

Join our Framework Team which plays a critical role at the intersection of infrastructure, security, and developer experience and works closely with our SRE and InfoSec teams to ensure our platform is secure, scalable, and productive. The Framework Team consistently works behind the scenes to deliver high-impact results, helping streamline development across product teams through reusable, scalable tooling.

• Platform Identity Management: ensure robust, centralized identity and access control mechanisms across the platform, enabling secure and seamless user experiences.
• Platform Productivity: build and maintain internal tooling, shared libraries, and core services, which reduce friction for other engineering teams and contribute to the overall engineering velocity.
• API gateway: contribute to the team efforts inowning and evolving the API gateway which supports efficient data access across services.
• Foundation Services: maintain and improve low-level services that many parts of the platform depend on, making your work the backbone of system reliability.
• Collaborate proactively with InfoSec to ensure that platform-wide security standards are embedded into our core architecture.
• The tech stack you`ll be using to solve complex challenges: primarily Python, Go, GraphQL, Kubernetes, GCP.
• Follow and contribute to engineering best practices, standards, and guidelines.

• 3+ years professional backend development experience in Agile enterprise-level environment.
• A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and takes initiative.
• Proficient programming skills in Python/Go as well as relational and NoSQL databases such as MySQL and MongoDB.
• Passion for continuously learning and staying up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies.
• A team player looking to work with experienced technical leaders who provide ongoing mentorship and coaching.
• Experience with GCP, GraphQL, and Kubernetes is advantageous.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or related field.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Why you’ll love working at Achievers:

We are passionate about disruptive technology that’s rooted in science, research and data.

We understand the value of employee success in the workplace and have been recognized in numerous publications for our contributions to HR, for technical excellence, and for our outstanding workplace culture!

We foster an environment of connection, security, and community. You’ll feel at home, without reservation.

We believe in moving quickly, failing fast, and adapting to change.

We enjoy coming to work every day because we believe in our product and love our culture.

We’re committed to achieving excellence in everything we do.

Benefits & Perks for permanent full time employees:

Competitive Pay

Parental Leave Top-up

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RRSP Matching

️ Flexible Vacation

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Full access to the LinkedIn Learning Library

Internal Mentorship Program

Employee-Led Employee Resource Groups

A beautiful office space located in Liberty Village, Toronto

Participation in our Points-based Employee Recognition Program

Opportunities for professional development and career growth

Our work environment:

Achievers is a hybrid-first company located at 99 Atlantic Ave in Liberty Village, Toronto. Our hybrid work experience is designed to cultivate an engaging employee experience, where pioneering research intersects with cutting-edge technology. We strongly believe that collocating teams increases the chance to innovate together, foster passive learning, create spontaneous connections, and promote better communication.

Achievers does not offer employment to prospects without first ensuring that qualified candidates speak directly with the hiring manager and a member of our HR team. All qualification will be done face-to-face, whether that is in person or over Zoom. Achievers does not send out offers of employment without meeting candidates and does not offer employment via text. If you are requested for any personal information via text and/or without having met a member of our hiring team in person, please disregard.

Our employees are a diverse and inclusive team of passionate, hardworking individuals. Achievers is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating an environment where our employees can do the best work of their lives. We encourage all qualified candidates from all backgrounds and experiences to apply to join our A-Player family.

Achievers is committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any accommodations for your interview, such as assistive technology, wheelchair accessibility, or alternative formats of materials, please let us know. We are happy to make necessary arrangements to support your needs.

Achievers does not use AI to make hiring decisions. When you apply to work with us, a real person reads your application—every time. We believe in thoughtful, human-centred hiring, and we think your experience, personality, and potential can’t be judged by an algorithm. That’s why we keep it personal and take the time to get to know each qualified candidate.