Senior Software Engineer, Core Experience

Role Overview

This role sits at the core of a high-scale consumer platform, focused on improving how users discover products, navigate content, and complete purchases through highly reliable backend systems. You will design and evolve the services that power personalized shopping experiences, ensuring seamless interaction between customer intent and large-scale product catalogs.

What You Will Do

Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend systems that support core user shopping and discovery experiences. Develop new features that enhance personalization, recommendations, and content discoverability across web and mobile platforms.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will directly impact user experience, shaping how millions of customers interact with the platform every day. The role blends backend architecture ownership with product thinking, requiring strong technical depth and a passion for building systems that adapt to user behavior.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience with a proven track record of delivering scalable production systems
• Strong proficiency in backend programming languages such as Go, Ruby, or similar
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, API design, and backend architecture principles
• Experience with GraphQL-based services and modern backend development practices
• Strong experience with databases such as PostgreSQL and search systems like AWS OpenSearch
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Datadog or similar)
• Experience working in data-driven environments, ideally with exposure to ML-powered systems or recommendation engines
• Strong problem-solving skills, unit testing practices, and attention to system reliability and quality
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and data teams
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with a base salary range of approximately $168,000 – $177,500 USD (location-dependent within Canada)
• Equity grants and annual refresh stock opportunities
• Flexible remote-first work model across eligible Canadian provinces
• Comprehensive health, dental, and wellness benefits
• Strong focus on work-life balance through flexible scheduling
• Opportunity to work on large-scale systems impacting millions of users daily
• Collaborative, cross-functional engineering culture with strong emphasis on experimentation and innovation
• Inclusive and diverse workplace committed to equity and belonging