Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Responsibilities

• Drive cross-functional collaboration with Product, Design, and QA to deliver critical engineering initiatives.
• Lead the design and implementation of features and services within the core Java platform, from conception through deployment.
• Define and champion engineering best practices and contribute to technical designs, proposals, and long-term architectural decisions.
• Mentor and coach engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and high standards for quality and security.
• Develop maintainable software with comprehensive test coverage and improve testing and CI/CD strategies.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and foster knowledge sharing.
• Champion AI-native engineering practices using AI coding assistants while maintaining rigorous security and code-quality standards.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software development experience.
• Experience designing and building scalable, high-performance server-side features using Java and Spring.
• Expertise with high-performance PostgreSQL or MySQL environments, including schema design and query optimization.
• Experience designing, building, and securing RESTful APIs for large-scale systems.
• Knowledge of caching, asynchronous processing, and multithreading.
• Understanding of design patterns, scalability patterns, security engineering, and object-oriented principles.
• Experience in agile environments, CI/CD, and automated testing.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence technical direction.
• Proficiency with AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot while maintaining code quality and security.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Nice to Have

• Identity and Access Management protocols and technologies, including FIDO, U2F, WebAuthn, SSO, SAML, OAuth, and federation.
• Cybersecurity principles, secure coding practices, CISSP, or Security+.
• ReactJS experience.
• gRPC API development.
• Microservice architecture.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual base salary for candidates in Canada: $170,000–$220,000 CAD.
• Equity, bonus, health, dental, and vision insurance, RRSP matching, healthcare spending, telemedicine, and paid leave, including PTO and parental leave, may be offered in accordance with applicable plans and policies.