Software Engineer

We’re hiring a Staff Software Engineer to join a high-growth, AI-driven software company building cutting-edge products at scale.

This is a high-impact role where you’ll design and build core backend systems powering multiple product lines.

• *About the role**

As a Staff Engineer, you will:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend APIs and services
• Work on core platform architecture used across products
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, data, and engineering teams
• Contribute to technical decisions and system design at scale
• Help drive high-quality engineering standards and best practices
• *Core requirements
• 6+ years of experience as a backend or backend-leaning engineer
• Strong experience with Node.js and TypeScript (or similar backend technologies)
• Proven experience building scalable systems and APIs
• Experience working with asynchronous / event-driven architectures
• Strong database design and data modeling experience
• *Nice to have
• Experience integrating AI/ML services (OpenAI or similar) into products
• Experience working with 3rd party APIs (e.g. Meta API)
• Ability to work across the stack when needed
• *Ideal background
• Experience in startups or high-growth environments (0–200 employees)
• Proven track record of building products from 0 → 1 (MVP to production)
• High ownership and ability to operate autonomously
• Experience working with non-technical stakeholders or clients
• Founder or founding engineer experience is a strong plus
• *Soft skills
• Clear communication and ability to explain technical concepts simply
• Collaborative, low-ego, and proactive mindset
• Strong problem-solving and product thinking
• *What to avoid (not a fit)
• Only frontend or internal tooling experience
• Background mainly in large corporations (500+ employees, banks, consulting firms)
• Frequent job hopping (~1 year per role)
• Experience primarily with outdated technologies
• *Compensation & benefits
• Salary: CA$150K – CA$250K
• Equity package
• Fully remote work
• 20 days PTO
• Full healthcare coverage
• Work-from-home stipend
• Wellness stipend
• Internet stipend
• Team offsites + annual company retreat