Senior Backend Engineer
TLDR
Own end-to-end features for customer-facing products within a growth-focused team, driving impact from design to production.
The Role: Senior Software Engineer
Embedded within the Growth team, you will play a key role in building and scaling customer-facing products, from the public website to the member portal and mobile app.
You will contribute to high-impact initiatives that directly support business growth, while owning your developments end-to-end in a fast-moving, product-driven environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build & Scale: Develop and maintain high-performance platforms supporting coworking and flex-space operations, ensuring scalability and reliability.
- Architecture & Systems Design: Partner with Product and Digital teams to design robust, future-proof systems that reduce technical debt and eliminate data silos.
- Production Excellence: Deliver resilient solutions with a strong focus on stability, ensuring seamless deployments with no disruption to users.
- Full-Stack Collaboration: Bridge backend complexity with user-facing needs, contributing across the stack when required.
- Ownership & Impact: Take full ownership of features from design to production, with frequent releases and direct visibility on impact.
- Mentorship & Best Practices: Promote clean code, testing, and documentation standards while supporting team growth.
We are looking for a product-oriented engineer who thrives in a high-impact, collaborative environment and takes ownership beyond simple task execution.
- Experience: 5–7+ years of backend development in production environments using Node.js (JavaScript/TypeScript).
- Database Expertise: Strong experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB preferred).
- Async & Distributed Systems: Experience designing asynchronous workflows using message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, AWS SNS/SQS).
- Cloud Environment: Hands-on experience with AWS ecosystems (EC2, S3, SNS, SQS, Elastic Beanstalk is a plus).
- Versatility: Ability to work across the full stack when needed in a flexible engineering environment.
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Communication: Strong ability to translate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with real-time data systems or event-driven architectures
- Exposure to scalable SaaS platforms
- Interest in AI-driven or data-centric product environments
- Compensation: Competitive base salary with bonus potential, based on experience.
- Work Model : Hybrid – 1 day per week on-site (Wednesdays) at the Saint-Denis office in Montreal.
- Health Benefits: Comprehensive health insurance plans.
- Time Off: Generous and flexible paid time off.
- Wellness: Access to wellness programs and initiatives.
- Professional Development: Dedicated budget to support learning and growth.
- Retirement Plan: Employer-supported retirement savings plan.
Benefits
Health Insurance
Comprehensive health insurance plans.
Learning Budget
Dedicated budget to support learning and growth.
Retirement savings plan
Employer-supported retirement savings plan.
Paid Time Off
Generous and flexible paid time off.
Remote-Friendly
Hybrid – 1 day per week on-site (Wednesdays) at the Saint-Denis office in Montreal.
Wellness Stipend
Access to wellness programs and initiatives.
1perTInent inc builds all-in-one HR software solutions that automate and streamline human resource processes for organizations. Their innovative platform is highly customizable with 22 modules, ensuring they meet the diverse needs of clients across 18 countries. With a strong focus on research and development, 1perTInent is dedicated to evolving its product to align with market standards and client requirements.