Staff Backend Engineer building search and recommendation systems for Affirm’s pay - over - time marketplace. Setting technical strategy and scaling distributed backend systems across Affirm’s shopping platform.
About the role
- Backend Engineer designing APIs and integration architecture for EvenUp's AI-powered legal-tech platform. Improving client portal experiences and application performance from Toronto or San Francisco hubs.
Responsibilities
- Engage in the full project lifecycle across the stack, from conception to deployment and iteration
- Collaborate with backend engineers, product owners, and designers to develop efficient, innovative solutions
- Gather requirements from stakeholders and translate them into technical solutions
- Design and develop interfaces and integration architecture
- Document technical interface requirements and convert specifications into technical designs
- Solve problems using programming skills across multiple coding languages and frameworks
- Optimize application performance and responsiveness
- Enhance EvenUp's integration engine and help shape future innovations
Requirements
- Over 3 years of hands-on, relevant experience crafting applications and services
- Experience integrating with third-party vendors
- Experience designing and implementing efficient and dependable integration frameworks
- Skilled in crafting RESTful APIs adhering to industry best practices and standards
- Solid grasp of software development fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and design patterns
- Familiarity with SOAP, REST, and GraphQL protocols
- Familiarity with server-side languages such as SQL
- Ability to communicate technical ideas or issues in easy-to-understand and actionable terms
- Experience with React/Typescript, AI, legal tech, and social impact projects is a bonus
- Ability to work in-person at least 3 days a week from the Toronto or San Francisco office hub
Benefits
- Choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance plans for you and your family
- Additional insurance coverage options for life, accident, or critical illness
- Flexible paid time off
- Sick leave
- Short-term and long-term disability
- 10 US observed holidays
- Canadian statutory holidays by province
- Home office stipend
- 401(k) for US-based employees
- RRSP for Canada-based employees
- Paid parental leave
- Local in-person meet-up program
- Equity
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