Back End Engineer

A fast-growing, Toronto-based private equity firm is expanding its engineering team and is seeking a Junior Backend Engineer. The firm specializes in delivering structured solutions that accelerate liquidity across private equity portfolios.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain backend services and microservices supporting in-house private equity SaaS platforms and analytics tools.
• Develop scalable, reliable backend applications using Python and modern software engineering practices.
• Work closely with Product, Frontend, and Backend Engineering to design APIs, data flows, and technical solutions.
• Translate complex business and financial requirements into clean, maintainable backend services.
• Contribute to the architecture and development of new products and features in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment.
• Integrate APIs, data services, and emerging AI-driven capabilities into production applications.
• Troubleshoot, optimize, and continuously improve backend systems for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Have the opportunity to contribute across the technology stack and gain exposure to modern cloud, AI, and full-stack development practices.

Qualifications:

• 1–5 years of experience building production-grade software applications, ideally with a focus on backend development.
• Strong hands-on experience with Python and object-oriented programming.
• Experience building or contributing to microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and clean code principles.
• Experience with databases and data-driven applications, ideally with SQL and/or NoSQL technologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to take ownership of work in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.
• Experience at a reputable technology company or engineering-driven organization is preferred.
• Exposure to AI development tools and emerging technologies is preferred.
• Full-stack development experience is a nice-to-have.