About This Role
Join our Logistics Courier Pay Network team to help us lead, deliver, and care for our couriers and customers by building high-impact, real-time backend systems. As a Senior Backend Engineer within our Logistics domain, you will play a key role in designing and operating the services that power our courier network. You will own backend systems end-to-end, from data modelling to event flows, deployment, and production operations, and contribute to the architecture of an event driven platform.
Your mission is to deliver robust, performant, and observable backend services, working closely with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to ship features that couriers and the wider logistics platform rely on every day. You will champion modern backend practices, mentor peers, and help shape the future of backend engineering within the organization by combining deep backend expertise with a strong engineering mindset to deliver world-class distributed services at scale.
Location: Remote (Calgary, Toronto or Winnipeg)
Reporting to: Technology Manager
Key components of the position
•Building and operating production backend services at scale, with strong proficiency in Java (Quarkus, Spring Boot) and RESTful API design (gRPC, GraphQL, or AsyncAPI a plus).
•Deep experience in event driven architectures (Kafka, SQS, SNS), pub/sub, async processing, idempotency, and Domain Driven Design (DDD, bounded contexts, sagas, eventual consistency, outbox pattern).
•Hands-on expertise with relational (Aurora RDS, PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL (MongoDB, DynamoDB), caching (Redis), data warehousing (BigQuery), schema design, query tuning, and migrations.
•Production deployment on AWS/Azure using Kubernetes (EKS), with strong mastery of CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CloudFormation), GitOps, and performance/load testing (K6, Gatling, JMeter).
•Operational excellence using Datadog (or similar observability platforms) for metrics, logs, APM, and distributed tracing, working effectively in fast-paced, continuous delivery Agile environments.
•Active enthusiasm for AI-assisted development (Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code), making repos agent-ready (AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md), using AI agents for automated PRs/debugging, and applying prompt evaluation/governance.
•Collaborative mindset dedicated to partnering cross-functionally, driving backend engineering practices at scale, acting responsibly, and helping teammates excel through mentorship.
What will you bring to the team?
•5+ years of experience building and operating production backend services at scale with strong proficiency in Java (Quarkus, Spring Boot, or similar JVM frameworks).
•Deep experience with event driven architectures (Kafka, SQS, SNS) and solid grounding in Domain Driven Design (DDD) patterns for distributed systems.
•Hands-on experience with relational/NoSQL databases (Aurora RDS, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB) and production deployment on AWS/Azure using Kubernetes (EKS).
•Strong experience with observability tools (Datadog), RESTful API design, CI/CD pipelines (Terraform/CloudFormation), and automated performance/load testing frameworks.
•Collaborative mindset committed to driving engineering excellence, acting responsibly, and partnering cross-functionally across Agile software development cycles.
•Practical enthusiasm for AI-assisted development and agentic engineering, with hands-on experience leveraging tools and AI agents (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) to accelerate workflows, code generation, refactoring, and automated reviews.
What We Offer
•Team Vibes: Thrive in a collaborative culture where your ideas matter.
•Tasty Perk: Enjoy a monthly Skip spend allowance – treat yourself!
•More Time Off: Generous PTO with a buy and sell program with up to 5 extra days!
•Family First: Up to 20 weeks top up for parental leave.
•Premium Benefits: Flexible medical & dental insurance for you and your family.
•Keep Learning: Access world-class training resources to power your success.
•Perks Galore: Exclusive offers from Workperks from hundreds of top brands.
•Future Funded: RRSP contributions with diverse investment portfolios.
•We've Got You: Access paid sick time to care for yourself or your family when life happens & access to our well-being support programs.
•Digital Nomads: Enjoy the freedom to work from almost anywhere in the world for 4 weeks a year.
•Career Growth: Fuel your personal and professional evolution through dedicated mentorship, global mobility pathways, and a wellness-first culture rooted in true diversity and inclusion.
Note: All employees will be asked to sign a Consent for Disclosure of Personal Information in order to complete a background check. Job offers will be conditional upon results that the Company determines to be satisfactory.
Compensation range: $102,000.00 - $128,250.00. Final compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and internal equity.
