Senior Software Engineer, Back-End (Remote Canada)
Short Story3 months ago
Remote, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain backend services for core business workflows.
- Own projects end-to-end from early design through production and iteration.
- Design clear, stable, and maintainable APIs and data models.
- Work across orders, inventory, logistics, and data systems to solve interconnected problems.
- Balance speed, scalability, and maintainability when making technical tradeoffs.
- Improve system reliability through monitoring, testing, and debugging.
- Contribute to engineering standards, code reviews, and documentation.
- Collaborate with product, frontend, and operations teams.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software development experience.
- 2+ years of Python experience.
- 5+ years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
- Familiarity with infrastructure, monitoring, and CI/CD practices.
- Experience with a Python web framework, testing frameworks, Docker, relational databases such as Postgres, and SQL.
- Experience designing stable, scalable, and well-documented APIs.
- Strong focus on communication and documentation.
- TDD experience is preferred.
- Experience serving as a Tech Lead for an engineering team of 3+ people is preferred.
- A proven track record running large-scale distributed systems is preferred.
- Experience working in sprint-based environments is preferred.
Benefits
- Generous paid time off.
- Comprehensive health, vision, and dental care.
- 401(k) with company match for US employees.
- Remote work available in the US or Canada, or in-person work in San Francisco.
- Employee discount on merchandise.
- Opportunity to work at a Y Combinator-backed early-stage startup with an experienced founding team.
Tech Stack
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About Short Story
Short Story is the premiere personal styling service for petite women 5’4” and under. The industry forgot about petites. We didn’t. We’re an award-winning, tech-powered retailer on a mission to deliver standout style, perfect fits, and magical moments of discovery without endless try-ons or hemming drama. Powered by data and rapid feedback loops, built with heart, and curated by humans, we’re flipping retail on its head. We move fast, test relentlessly, and build with empathy—obsessing over fit, quality, and what customers actually want. We’re not just selling clothes—we’re engineering a better retail model. At Short Story, fit isn’t an afterthought. It’s the whole story.