Senior Backend Engineer – Integrations, Platform

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and sustain bidirectional data integrations with governmental and enterprise partners.

• Create dependable asynchronous processing utilizing queues, retries, idempotency, and eventual consistency.

• Proactively manage duplicates, missing dependencies, and validation errors.

• Reduce manual support tasks via backend services, Lambda functions, and internal tools.

• Implement structured logging, metrics, tracing, and alert notifications.

• Troubleshoot production systems, including code not originally authored by the engineer.

• Establish reusable integration standards and frameworks.

• Collaborate with external vendors regarding API modifications and coordinated deployments.

• Enhance knowledge and improve the platform's intricate bidirectional synchronization architecture.

• Develop and deploy automation that minimizes manual intervention.

• Create runbooks and internal tools designed for non-technical team members.

• Assess the impact of automation on support tickets, intervention duration, data consistency, and error rates.

• Engage in architecture discussions and platform strategic planning.

• Provide mentorship to engineers on integration reliability best practices.

• Deliver technical deep-dive presentations to the engineering team.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5 to 8+ years of senior-level, hands-on experience in backend, platform, or integration engineering.

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js.

• Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining complex data integrations at an enterprise or government scale.

• Solid understanding of asynchronous workloads and processing.

• Experience in developing reliable, production-quality backend systems.

• Excellent debugging skills utilizing logs, metrics, and tracing.

• Proficient with at least one SQL or NoSQL database in a production environment.

• Ability to work effectively within a fully remote setting.

• Availability for at least 5 to 6 hours of daily overlap with the EST-based team.

• Legally authorized to work in Canada or the United States.

• Willingness to undergo a background check if necessary.

• Openness to occasional travel for off-site events, conferences, and team meetings.

• AWS experience is an advantage, particularly with Lambda, EventBridge, and SQS.

• Azure experience is considered transferable.

• Frontend or full-stack development experience is a plus.

• Background in financial, banking, or similarly intricate data integrations is a bonus.

• Experience with GraphQL API design, MongoDB, or DynamoDB for asynchronous state management is a plus.

• Familiarity with legacy enterprise or government systems is an advantage.

• Experience in multi-tenant architecture is a bonus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Collaborate directly with the founding team.

• Enjoy unlimited paid time off (PTO).

• Comprehensive health care benefits.

• Access to a career development budget.

• Technology reimbursement options.

• Flexible schedules built on trust.

• Remote work opportunities across the US and Canada.

• Optional access to the Toronto office.

• Up to quarterly travel for off-site events and team gatherings.