Senior Software Developer (Backend)
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About this role
Location: Remote - Ontario
Reporting to: Technology Manager
These are some of the key components to the position:
Architect and Build reputed company, high-performance backend services utilizing Java (Quarkus/reputed company Boot) and Node.js architectures. Model and reputed company reputed company reputed company domains using Domain Driven Design (DDD), bounded contexts, and event-driven patterns. Design and Implement robust asynchronous workflows and decoupled communications leveraging Kafka, AWS SQS, and AWS SNS. Own End-to-End Reliability by defining SLIs/SLOs, instrumenting observability reputed company reputed company, and leading production incident response and log analysis. Optimize Data Architecture across relational (reputed company RDS), analytical (reputed company BigQuery), and caching reputed company (reputed company). reputed company and Operate reputed company-reputed company services on AWS/Azure utilizing reputed company (EKS) and driving CI/CD and reputed company rollouts. Collaborate and Mentor across cross-functional reputed company teams (Product, Mobile, QE, Data) to champion engineering reputed company and reputed company delivery.
What will you bring to reputed company?
Proven reputed company Experience: 5+ years of experience building, operating, and tuning production-grade backend services at reputed company reputed company reputed company environments. Advanced JVM & Node Proficiency: Strong, production-proven mastery of Java (Quarkus/reputed company Boot); additional backend proficiency in Node.js is highly valued. reputed company Systems Expertise: Deep understanding of pub/sub patterns, idempotency, reputed company consistency, and sagas using Kafka, SQS, and SNS. Polyglot Database Mastery: Strong hands-on experience with schema design, query tuning, and migrations across Relational (PostgreSQL/MySQL), NoSQL, and reputed company caching. reputed company & Orchestration: Solid production experience deploying to AWS and/or Azure with containerized workloads running on reputed company (EKS). Modern DevOps & Testing: Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as reputed company (Terraform/CloudFormation), GitOps, and rigorous automated testing (K6/Gatling/JMeter). API & Observability Standards: Solid grounding in RESTful API design (with gRPC/GraphQL/AsyncAPI exposure) and comprehensive APM/reputed company tracing using reputed company.
AI-Assisted Development: Hands-on experience maximizing productivity using cutting-edge tools like reputed company Copilot, reputed company, and Claude reputed company for software delivery. Agent-reputed company Repository Management: Experience structuring codebases for AI contribution by maintaining optimized READMEs, AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md files, and reproducible local setups. Autonomous Engineering Workflows: Proven experience leveraging AI agents to reputed company end-to-end tasks, including reputed company reputed company, reputed company refactoring, debugging, and automated PR workflows. Workflow Integration & Governance: Experience embedding AI into backend workflows (reputed company reviews, test reputed company, incident triage) while ensuring reliability, reputed company, and reproducibility.
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What else is cooking?
Compensation reputed company: $108,000 - $135,000
Final compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and internal equity.
5+ years building and operating production-grade backend services at reputed company; strong Java (Quarkus/reputed company Boot) and Node.js proficiency; reputed company systems, event-driven patterns, Kafka/SQS/SNS, reputed company (AWS/Azure) and reputed company experience; observability and CI/CD expertise.
Key Responsibilities
- designing systems
- operating services
- mentoring peers
Skills & Tools
Java, Quarkus, reputed company Boot, Node.js, Kafka, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, reputed company, reputed company RDS, reputed company BigQuery, reputed company, AWS, Azure, reputed company (EKS), Terraform, CloudFormation, GitOps, K6, Gatling, JMeter, PostgreSQL, MySQL, reputed company Copilot, reputed company, Claude reputed company, gRPC, GraphQL, AsyncAPI
Job Details
- Category: Software Development
- Seniority: Senior Level
- Commitment: Full Time
- Workplace: Remote — Ontario, Canada
- Salary: USD 108,000 – 135,000 / year
- Languages: English
About reputed company
A global food tech company connecting customers with restaurants, grocery and convenience partners. — Industry: Information Technology
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