Senior Software Engineer, Back-End

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About the role

  • Senior Software Engineer focusing on backend systems for an e-commerce startup. Responsible for designing and building services that support core workflows and operations.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain backend services that power core business workflows
  • Own projects end-to-end, from early design through production and iteration
  • Design APIs and data models that are clear, stable, and easy to work with
  • Work across systems (orders, inventory, logistics, data) to solve complex, interconnected problems
  • Make thoughtful tradeoffs between speed, scalability, and maintainability
  • Improve system reliability through monitoring, testing, and debugging
  • Contribute to engineering standards, code reviews, and documentation

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software development experience, 2+ Years of Python experience
  • 5+ years of experience with data structures and algorithms
  • Familiar with infrastructure, monitoring, and CI/CD practices
  • Familiar with the following technologies:
  • A Python web framework
  • Testing frameworks
  • Containerized workloads (Docker)
  • Relational database (Postgres preferred) and SQL
  • Focus on communication and documentation
  • Experience designing stable, scalable, and well-documented APIs

Benefits

  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • Comprehensive health, vision, and dental care
  • 401k with company match (US)
  • Employee discount on merchandise
  • Opportunity to work at a Y-Combinator backed startup with a dedicated and experienced founding team

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

DockerPostgresPythonSQL

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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