Software Engineer II, Backend

Role overview Build and operate backend software that supports customer-facing financial products and services. As a Software Engineer II, you’ll break larger projects into deliverable stages, collaborate with product and analytics partners, and help keep services reliable as they scale. Team placement follows the interview process.

Responsibilities - Break projects into smaller tasks and deliver them in phases with guidance from technical leads and managers. - Collaborate with product, design, and analytics colleagues to explore solutions, explain technical constraints, and weigh tradeoffs. - Write clear, maintainable, well-tested code that connects multiple software components to solve product needs. - Monitor service metrics, support availability and on-call operations, and escalate issues when needed. - Review code, debug across a large codebase, and contribute to team hiring and development activities.

Requirements - At least 1.5 years of software engineering experience. - Experience designing, building, and launching backend systems, with proficiency in Python or Kotlin. - Familiarity with distributed systems and tools such as AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes. - Ability to turn a business problem into a solution spanning multiple software components. - Comfortable navigating an established codebase, debugging other people’s code, and giving constructive code review feedback. - Strong written and verbal communication for collaboration with a distributed engineering team, along with an active approach to seeking feedback and growing skills.

Benefits and work setup This role is remote within Canada and open to residents of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, or Saskatchewan. The company describes itself as remote-first; new hires are invited to in-person onboarding. Benefits include fully subsidized medical coverage for employees and dependents, monthly technology and wellness stipends, flexible time off and holidays, and an employee stock purchase plan.