Top Benefits
Unlimited vacation, minimum 3 weeks, more on request.
Above-average pay plus equity.
Health: medical, dental, vision, life, parental leave.
About the role
- Reporting to the Manager of Data Platform, the Staff Backend Engineer will play a critical role in the evolution of our Spark based data platform
- You’ll lead development efforts for our complex, data-rich platform features while being an example to the team of code quality and thoughtful software design
- You will be working on the most challenging code at Forma
- Engineers on this team construct our rules-based calculating engine for processing sales commissions
- This might sound simple if you have never been exposed to sales comp plans, it is not! We are low on meetings, high on accountability
- Most of the team are in EST time zone but we have a few located in PST and Central as well. We are far from maintenance / progressive evolution in many areas, there is a lot of room to make a big impact in the overall design
- Technologies we use:
- Backend: Python, Django, Postgres
- Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions
Benefits
- Unlimited + Min. Vacation: All Formadillos (cute, right?) are required to take a minimum of three weeks vacation. If you need more, just ask!
- Meaningful Compensation: In addition to being paid above the industry average, you’ll join in Forma.ai’s success with our employee equity plan.
- Healthcare with Benefits: Enjoy a healthcare benefits package that includes extended medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and paid parental leave.
- Learning & Development: Access the resources you need to grow in your personal and professional life with a yearly training stipend.
- Flexible Working: North American employees can work from where they are most productive, whether that’s in our Toronto HQ, from home, or a combination of both.
- Growth & Opportunity: Our rapid growth and novel approach is an opportunity to gain the kind of unique experience you can build a career on.- Thrive in a detail-oriented collaborative environment with Product, Engineers, and Analytics teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Prior experience designing and building complex backend solutions. We use Python, but the language is less important than the skillset
- Deep appreciation for building end-to-end customer facing products with a strong sense of customer empathy
- History of reducing ownership cost and improve reliability and observability in a product
- Big plus if you have a background working with Spark, or other ETL tools / frameworks
- Interest in being involved in Forma.ai’s product direction along with establishing best development practices and processes from design to deployment , while maintaining our software solution
- Solid background in schema design and data modelling, SQL and ideally some NoSQL solutions
- You’re encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description. There are many paths to a successful career and we’re looking forward to reading yours- Currently, Forma.ai does not use artificial intelligence as part of our recruitment process, specifically but not limited to the screening, filtering and shortlisting of applicants
- We thank all candidates for their interest however only qualified applicants will be shortlisted
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About Forma.ai
Software Development
51-200
Forma.ai is a ground-breaking Sales Performance Management platform that fully integrates sales planning with rapid (and scalable) incentive compensation management.
Creating a single, complete source of truth with your data, our platform consolidates the planning and administration of territories, quotas, and incentives with all of their dependencies.
Trusted by innovators like Autodesk, Stryker, and Trustpilot, we're the only SPM platform on the market rapidly accelerating rule-building for incentive compensation plans with templates and a proprietary, collective data model.
Now global sales teams, revenue operations leaders, and compensation teams can collaboratively plan and deploy even the most complex SPM strategies at speed and scale.
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Top Benefits
Unlimited vacation, minimum 3 weeks, more on request.
Above-average pay plus equity.
Health: medical, dental, vision, life, parental leave.
About the role
- Reporting to the Manager of Data Platform, the Staff Backend Engineer will play a critical role in the evolution of our Spark based data platform
- You’ll lead development efforts for our complex, data-rich platform features while being an example to the team of code quality and thoughtful software design
- You will be working on the most challenging code at Forma
- Engineers on this team construct our rules-based calculating engine for processing sales commissions
- This might sound simple if you have never been exposed to sales comp plans, it is not! We are low on meetings, high on accountability
- Most of the team are in EST time zone but we have a few located in PST and Central as well. We are far from maintenance / progressive evolution in many areas, there is a lot of room to make a big impact in the overall design
- Technologies we use:
- Backend: Python, Django, Postgres
- Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions
Benefits
- Unlimited + Min. Vacation: All Formadillos (cute, right?) are required to take a minimum of three weeks vacation. If you need more, just ask!
- Meaningful Compensation: In addition to being paid above the industry average, you’ll join in Forma.ai’s success with our employee equity plan.
- Healthcare with Benefits: Enjoy a healthcare benefits package that includes extended medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and paid parental leave.
- Learning & Development: Access the resources you need to grow in your personal and professional life with a yearly training stipend.
- Flexible Working: North American employees can work from where they are most productive, whether that’s in our Toronto HQ, from home, or a combination of both.
- Growth & Opportunity: Our rapid growth and novel approach is an opportunity to gain the kind of unique experience you can build a career on.- Thrive in a detail-oriented collaborative environment with Product, Engineers, and Analytics teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Prior experience designing and building complex backend solutions. We use Python, but the language is less important than the skillset
- Deep appreciation for building end-to-end customer facing products with a strong sense of customer empathy
- History of reducing ownership cost and improve reliability and observability in a product
- Big plus if you have a background working with Spark, or other ETL tools / frameworks
- Interest in being involved in Forma.ai’s product direction along with establishing best development practices and processes from design to deployment , while maintaining our software solution
- Solid background in schema design and data modelling, SQL and ideally some NoSQL solutions
- You’re encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description. There are many paths to a successful career and we’re looking forward to reading yours- Currently, Forma.ai does not use artificial intelligence as part of our recruitment process, specifically but not limited to the screening, filtering and shortlisting of applicants
- We thank all candidates for their interest however only qualified applicants will be shortlisted
Not the right fit? Search for Backend Engineer jobs in Toronto, Canada
About Forma.ai
Software Development
51-200
Forma.ai is a ground-breaking Sales Performance Management platform that fully integrates sales planning with rapid (and scalable) incentive compensation management.
Creating a single, complete source of truth with your data, our platform consolidates the planning and administration of territories, quotas, and incentives with all of their dependencies.
Trusted by innovators like Autodesk, Stryker, and Trustpilot, we're the only SPM platform on the market rapidly accelerating rule-building for incentive compensation plans with templates and a proprietary, collective data model.
Now global sales teams, revenue operations leaders, and compensation teams can collaboratively plan and deploy even the most complex SPM strategies at speed and scale.