Senior Software Engineer, Back-End (Remote Canada)

Short Story

6d • Remote

About The Position

Short Story is an award-winning, technology-powered retailer dedicated to petite women 5'4" and under. As a fast-growing startup, we're revolutionizing retail with a data-driven learning system that leverages customer feedback to create tailored products. We're building a company with intention and purpose. Our culture thrives on data insights, exceptional commitment to fit, and the urgency to move quickly on what matters. The engineering team is fast-moving and builds the systems that power our customer experience, warehouse operations, and data platform. We value engineers who take ownership, move quickly, and are comfortable figuring things out as they go. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll design and build the services that power our core workflows, from order processing to logistics and internal operations. You’ll own meaningful parts of the system end-to-end, making decisions about data models, APIs, and system behavior. You’ll work closely with product, frontend, and operations to ensure what we build is reliable, scalable, and actually solves the problem.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience
• 2+ Years of Python experience
• 5+ years of experience with data structures and algorithms
• Familiar with infrastructure, monitoring, and CI/CD practices
• Familiar with the following technologies: A Python web framework, Testing frameworks, Containerized workloads (Docker), Relational database (Postgres preferred) and SQL
• Focus on communication and documentation
• Experience designing stable, scalable, and well-documented APIs

Nice To Haves

• Test-driven development (TDD) experience
• Tech Lead for an engineering team of 3+ people
• Proven track record running large-scale distributed systems
• Worked in sprint-based environments

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services that power core business workflows
• Own projects end-to-end, from early design through production and iteration
• Design APIs and data models that are clear, stable, and easy to work with
• Work across systems (orders, inventory, logistics, data) to solve complex, interconnected problems
• Make thoughtful tradeoffs between speed, scalability, and maintainability
• Improve system reliability through monitoring, testing, and debugging
• Contribute to engineering standards, code reviews, and documentation

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental care
• 401k with company match (US)
• Employee discount on merchandise
• Opportunity to work at a Y-Combinator backed startup with a dedicated and experienced founding team

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed