Senior Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Design and develop the cloud-native Stream Governance platform, a multi-tenant, highly available, and scalable service for Kafka and real-time data.

• Take ownership and lead the comprehensive design and implementation of intricate backend services within a cloud-native, microservices-based framework.

• Guide projects from the initial requirements and design stages through implementation, deployment, and ongoing operational management in production.

• Make architectural and technical decisions that carefully consider reliability, scalability, performance, and operability.

• Tackle complex technical challenges with high standards, provide specialized technical guidance to the team, and mentor/support fellow engineers through code and design reviews.

• Assess and improve the effectiveness of our platform's technology stack, ensuring alignment with industry trends and the adoption of cutting-edge solutions.

• Assume responsibility for the development, management, and maintenance of a mission-critical service with a 99.99 SLA operating across 100+ AWS, GCP, and Azure regions.

• Collaborate across engineering teams and with other key stakeholders to devise and implement the overall roadmap for delivering an exceptional Data Streaming Platform.

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, inclusive collaboration, and high technical standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 4 years of industry experience in designing, building, scaling, and operating backend systems in a production environment.

• In-depth proficiency in at least one major backend programming language (e.g., Java, Go, C/C++, or Python) along with strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and system design.

• Practical experience with distributed systems, including event-driven architectures, high-throughput services, or large-scale data pipelines, with a solid understanding of consistency, fault tolerance, and performance trade-offs.

• Extensive experience managing production services in a public cloud (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including containerized workloads (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Expertise in cloud-native technologies, encompassing networking and security, along with experience in an on-call rotation.

• Proven experience in leading and mentoring technical teams.

• A history of technical leadership: driving projects, influencing architectural decisions, and coordinating work across multiple engineers or teams.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, capable of aligning stakeholders, clearly explaining complex concepts, and driving decisions.

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity offerings