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Senior Software Engineer

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about 12 hours ago
Toronto, CanadaSenior
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Base Salary

$148k - $197k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain high-quality product features and systems across frontend and backend applications.
  • Own projects through the full lifecycle, from technical design and implementation through rollout, monitoring, and long-term maintenance.
  • Partner with product managers, designers, and engineers to translate ambiguous problems into clear technical plans and well-scoped milestones.
  • Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code with a strong bias toward simplicity, reliability, and long-term extensibility.
  • Build user-facing experiences and supporting APIs that work well across client, service, and data boundaries.
  • Design systems with observability and reliability in mind, including metrics, dashboards, alerting, and health checks.
  • Improve the performance, scalability, and resilience of the products and systems your team owns.
  • Proactively identify technical risks, cross-team dependencies, and sources of toil before they become execution bottlenecks.
  • Contribute to design reviews, technical discussions, and architecture decisions with clear thinking and sound judgment.
  • Mentor less-experienced engineers through code review, technical guidance, and example-setting.
  • Help strengthen engineering culture by sharing knowledge, improving standards, and contributing to a collaborative, high-accountability environment.
  • Leverage AI tools thoughtfully across development, debugging, documentation, and workflow acceleration.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems at scale.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience building product features across frontend and backend systems.
  • Experience building reliable APIs, services, and user-facing applications in a modern production environment.
  • Strong software design instincts, including how to decompose complex business problems into maintainable technical solutions.
  • Solid understanding of databases, data modeling, and tradeoffs across relational databases.
  • Experience working with modern web application patterns and building polished customer-facing product experiences.
  • Experience owning projects with meaningful ambiguity and making good technical decisions with incomplete information.
  • Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and drive alignment with stakeholders beyond your immediate team.
  • Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify root causes and simplify systems over time.
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills, especially in design docs, technical tradeoff discussions, and stakeholder updates.
  • A track record of mentoring teammates and helping raise the quality bar on engineering teams.
  • A strong sense of ownership, urgency, and accountability for both shipping and operating software successfully.
  • Comfort working in a fast-paced startup environment where priorities evolve and strong judgment matters.
  • Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering throughput, learning speed, and quality of execution.
  • B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field from a top university.
  • Ability to work a hybrid schedule with work from home on Monday and Friday and in-office collaboration Tuesday through Thursday.

Benefits

  • Generous equity grant, become an owner in our company!
  • A comprehensive benefits package.
  • Flexible PTO and hybrid work schedules.
  • One-time work-from-home allowance.
  • Hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, and Raleigh with hybrid work schedules and lunch provided for in-office days.
  • Company events and team-building activities, both in-person and virtual.
  • Fast-paced, collaborative, and dynamic work environment.
  • Opportunities for growth and career advancement.
  • Chance to work with cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions.
  • The chance to get in on the ground floor and build something truly groundbreaking for ourselves and our amazing customers.