Senior Software Developer (Backend)

Takeaway•Rosser, MB

1d•CA$108,000 - CA$135,000•Remote

About The Position

We are looking for a Senior Software Developer (Backend) to join our Scheduling Hybrid Network team. If you are passionate about building scalable, resilient distributed systems and thrive in a fast paced, high scale environment, this role is for you. As a Senior Backend Developer 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. In short, you’ll combine deep backend expertise with a strong engineering mindset to deliver world class distributed services at scale.

Requirements

5+ years of experience building, operating, and tuning production-grade backend services at scale within Agile environments.
Strong, production-proven mastery of Java (Quarkus/Spring Boot); additional backend proficiency in Node.js is highly valued.
Deep understanding of pub/sub patterns, idempotency, eventual consistency, and sagas using Kafka, SQS, and SNS.
Strong hands-on experience with schema design, query tuning, and migrations across Relational (PostgreSQL/MySQL), NoSQL, and Redis caching.
Solid production experience deploying to AWS and/or Azure with containerized workloads running on Kubernetes (EKS).
Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation), GitOps, and rigorous automated testing (K6/Gatling/JMeter).
Solid grounding in RESTful API design (with gRPC/GraphQL/AsyncAPI exposure) and comprehensive APM/distributed tracing using Datadog.
Hands-on experience maximizing productivity using cutting-edge tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code for software delivery.
Experience structuring codebases for AI contribution by maintaining optimized READMEs, AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md files, and reproducible local setups.
Proven experience leveraging AI agents to drive end-to-end tasks, including code generation, complex refactoring, debugging, and automated PR workflows.
Experience embedding AI into backend workflows (code reviews, test generation, incident triage) while ensuring reliability, security, and reproducibility.

Nice To Haves

Node.js proficiency
gRPC/GraphQL/AsyncAPI exposure
Terraform/CloudFormation
K6/Gatling/JMeter

Responsibilities

Architect and Build scalable, high-performance backend services utilizing Java (Quarkus/Spring Boot) and Node.js architectures.
Model and Evolve complex distributed domains using Domain Driven Design (DDD), bounded contexts, and event-driven patterns.
Design and Implement robust asynchronous workflows and decoupled communications leveraging Kafka, AWS SQS, and AWS SNS.
Own End-to-End Reliability by defining SLIs/SLOs, instrumenting observability via Datadog, and leading production incident response and log analysis.
Optimize Data Architecture across relational (Aurora RDS), analytical (Google BigQuery), and caching layers (Redis).
Deploy and Operate cloud-native services on AWS/Azure utilizing Kubernetes (EKS) and driving CI/CD and progressive rollouts.
Collaborate and Mentor across cross-functional Agile teams (Product, Mobile, QE, Data) to champion engineering excellence and continuous delivery.