Staff Software Developer, Backend

Summary

Join Syndio, a Series C technology company, as a Staff Backend Software Developer and contribute to building smarter compensation strategies. You will design, develop, and deploy impactful backend features, own complex technical challenges, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. This role offers the opportunity to mentor junior team members, drive technical initiatives, and build software that promotes workplace equity. Syndio provides a remote-first work environment (within commuting distance of Calgary, Alberta, Canada) and offers competitive compensation, equity, paid time off, and a pension contribution. The ideal candidate possesses 8+ years of experience in building enterprise SaaS applications, strong backend development skills in Go and Python, and extensive experience with cloud platforms like GCP. Syndio values a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Requirements

• Software Development Experience : 8+ years of experience building reliable, performant, and maintainable enterprise SaaS applications
• Programming Proficiency : Strong backend development skills in Go and Python, utilizing gRPC and Protobuf
• Cloud Architecture : Extensive experience designing and architecting applications on cloud platforms, such as GCP, AWS, or Azure (we use GCP)
• AI/ML : Comfortable working with and integrating AI services into user-facing applications. Advocate of AI usage to aid development
• 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 best practices
• System Scalability : Experience with optimizing backend architectures for resource efficiency, scalability, and maintainability
• Process Leadership: Adept at supporting and optimizing the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), ensuring teams effectively use tools and processes to enhance productivity and quality
• 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
• Own complex technical challenges, balancing speed of delivery with long-term system health and scalability
• Drive the evolution of our technical architecture, ensuring our systems are built for scale and future innovation
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven history integrating with third-party systems and external platforms
• Experience integrating AI services into user-facing applications

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation. For this role our base salary is targeted at $160-185k CAD. Final offer amounts are determined by factors such as experience and expertise
• Syndio Equity. So you can share in Syndio’s success
• 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)