Senior backend engineer building scalable services for Ground News, a platform comparing news sources and media bias. Owning backend features, reliability, and safe production rollouts.
About the role
- Backend Engineer responsible for core backend systems and internal tooling at Top Hat. Enhancing performance and reliability in mission-critical codebases used across product teams.
Responsibilities
- Own core backend systems, libraries, and internal developer tooling
- Improve performance, reliability, and architectural improvements with high downstream impact
- Ensure code quality and technical standards for the system surface area owned
Requirements
- 2+ years of industry, research, or graduate-level experience
- Experience in large codebases with complex algorithms and data structures
- Programming on Linux/BSD/MacOS
- Python (FastAPI, Django)
- SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
- Distributed Systems
- Profiling & Optimization
- Nice to Haves: TypeScript/JavaScript (React), Cloud Experience (AWS, GCP, etc.), Observability (OpenTelemetry, Datadog, etc.), Infrastructure-As-Code (Terraform, Ansible, etc.), Troubleshooting TCP/DNS/HTTP/SMTP/etc., Database Administration, Maintenance & Scaling, Designing APIs for Customers
Benefits
- Competitive health benefits that start on day one
- Innovative PTO policy with lots of time and space for self-care
- Professional learning and development for all role levels
- A team that cares deeply for customers and for each other
- A noble mission that creates meaningful, fulfilling work
- Flexible, remote first work environment
- Our winning strategy and market potential
- An awesome and welcoming Toronto HQ
- A chance to work with new tech like generative AI—and see the customer impact
- A management team focused on performance, growth, engagement and connection
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