Senior Software Engineer, Back-End (Remote Canada)
Short Story6 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 stable, scalable, and well-documented APIs and data models.
- Work across orders, inventory, logistics, and data systems to solve interconnected problems.
- Balance speed, scalability, and maintainability in technical decisions.
- 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.
- Experience with a Python web framework, testing frameworks, Docker, relational databases, and SQL.
- Experience designing stable, scalable, and well-documented APIs.
- Familiarity with infrastructure, monitoring, and CI/CD practices.
- Strong communication and documentation focus.
- Preferred: test-driven development experience.
- Preferred: experience as a tech lead for an engineering team of 3+ people.
- Preferred: experience running large-scale distributed systems.
- Preferred: experience in sprint-based environments.
Benefits
- Generous paid time off.
- Comprehensive health, vision, and dental care.
- 401k with company match for US employees.
- Remote work in the US or Canada, or in-person work in San Francisco.
- Employee discount on merchandise.
- Opportunity to work at a Y Combinator-backed 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.