Staff Software Developer, Backend

Summary

Join our engineering team at Syndio to collaborate on challenges at a fast-paced startup and help companies achieve fairness in the workplace by designing, developing, and deploying impactful backend features across our platform.

Requirements

• Software Development Experience: Extensive experience in building reliable, performant, and maintainable backend systems, with a focus in the following: authorization and permissions, systems design, and API development
• Programming Proficiency: Strong skills in backend development with proficiency in Go, utilizing gRPC and Protobuf
• Cloud Architecture: Experience in designing and architecting applications on cloud platforms, such as GCP, AWS, or Azure (we use GCP)
• Data Management: Strong experience with data model and schema design using technologies such as PostgreSQL, Redis, and Cloud PubSub
• API Development: Thorough knowledge of API architecture and development
• System Scalability: Experience with optimizing backend architectures for resource efficiency, scalability, and maintainability
• Communication Skills: Effective communication capabilities for interacting with both technical and non-technical teams
• Team Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to work with cross-functional teams in a collaborative environment

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and deploy impactful backend features across our platform
• Collaborate with software developers, product managers, and designers to design, develop, and maintain mid to large features and services to deliver exceptional user experiences- both internally and externally
• Mentor junior through senior team members, share your expertise, and advocate and lead technical initiatives that drive our strategic goals
• Build and improve software that directly helps organizations achieve workplace equity

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation. For this role our base salary is targeted at $160-200k CAD
• Syndio Equity
• 20 days annually. We encourage our team to recharge when they need to, plus paid sick & safe time, compassion leave, and voting leave
• Pension Contribution
• Remote-First (within commuting distance of Calgary)