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Staff Backend Engineer

Faire11 days ago
Toronto
CA$131,017 - CA$180,148/yearly
Staff

Top Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare
Paid vacation, holidays, and company-wide "Faire Fundays"
Monthly credit toward wellness programs

About the role

Who you are

  • You enjoy solving challenging engineering problems related to speed, developer efficiency, and scalable architecture
  • You’re experienced working with a variety of cross-functional partners, managing expectations on timelines and scope, while bringing high priority projects from 0 to 1
  • You want to be responsible for long-term technical planning across a number of teams
  • You’re interested in experimenting with using AI tooling to significantly improve how we drive large-scale refactors and restructures of our code base
  • Experience in solving complex scaling and latency problems
  • Strong programming skills, including experience with the following
  • Kotlin, Java 16
  • JUnit, Hibernate, Guice, Jersey
  • Relational Databases
  • Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across functions, teams, and seniority levels
  • Experience in developing strategy and roadmap, and in leading execution autonomously

What the job involves

  • As a Staff Backend Engineer in the Value pillar, you'll be instrumental in accelerating product development and platform reliability
  • Your initial focus will be extracting key retailer data from our monolithic codebase into dedicated services, significantly increasing developer velocity
  • You'll also partner closely with engineers on our new fulfillment program for Brands
  • You'll lead both project planning and hands-on execution, supported by a diverse team of experienced and newly hired engineers, offering a strong balance of product context and fresh perspectives
  • Identify new opportunities for our eng-org, overseeing complex multi-phase projects across multiple teams and platforms from concept all the way to implementation
  • Optimize backend systems for peak performance and scalability, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, fast, and scalable code
  • Develop a strong point of view on how services and data should be organized at Faire in order to support both engineering velocity and website speed
  • Mentor fellow engineers, sharing industry best practices in back-end development

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare
  • All of our offices have been designed with local in mind—from our architects to our coffee blends
  • Paid vacation time, holidays, and company-wide “Faire Fundays.”
  • Including a monthly credit toward your wellness-related programs
  • Generous parental and family leave, as well as fertility support benefits
  • Including free access to Modern Health therapists and resources
  • Faire will match up to US$250 of your charitable donations, every year
  • Whether you want to grow as a leader, hone your craft, or explore a new discipline, our career framework allows space for you to explore

About Faire

Software Development
1001-5000

Empowering brands and retailers to strengthen the unique character of local communities.