Staff Backend Engineer

COREL

2d • CA$110,000 - CA$124,000 • Remote

About The Position

We’re looking for an experienced Staff Backend Developer to help us change the way the world works, with anytime, anywhere, any-device productivity. Here, you’ll lead the architectural vision and technical strategy for our core systems, focusing heavily on high-level design, cloud apps architecture, and system boundaries.

The top creative and technical minds could work anywhere. So why are so many of them choosing Parallels? Here are three reasons:

1. This is the moment. It’s an exciting time at Parallels, with strong leadership, a refreshed brand, and a whole new approach to changing the way the world works. We’re at the forefront of a movement, and we want you to ride this wave with us.
2. We want you to be you. Too often, companies tell you about their culture and then expect you to fit it. Our culture is built from the people who work here. We want you to feel safe to be who you are, take risks, and show us what you’ve got.
3. It’s your world. We know you have a life. We want to be part of it, but not all of it. At Parallels, we’re serious about empowering people to work when, how, and where they want. Couch? Sweatpants? Cool with us. We believe that happy employees mean happy customers. That’s why we hire amazing people and get out of their way.

Requirements

• Extensive Backend Experience with a proven track record in principal or architect-level roles designing complex, distributed systems.
• Extensive experience designing, building, and scaling distributed backend systems and microservices architectures.
• Expert-level knowledge of Python internals, memory management, and advanced frameworks (Django, FastAPI).
• Deep expertise in SQL/NoSQL databases at scale (schema design, complex query optimization, sharding, replication, caching) and ORM tools (Django, SQLAlchemy).
• Mastery of asynchronous processing and message-broker/streaming platforms (RabbitMQ, Kafka, Celery).
• Expert-level experience with observability, distributed tracing, and APM tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) to diagnose systemic bottlenecks.
• Production expertise with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid foundation in designing RESTful APIs, authentication protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML)
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Azure as a cloud platform.
• Experience designing and implementing GraphQL APIs.
• Experience with Kubernetes or other orchestration tools
• Polyglot background (e.g., experience with Golang, Rust, or C++ for performance-critical domains).

Responsibilities

• Build scalable, fault-tolerant backend systems to support evolving product needs.
• Participate in designing and leading the strategic decomposition of a mature Django application into scalable, asynchronous microservices.
• Design scalable, reliable systems that span multiple engineering teams, working closely with DevOps and Product.
• Establish, enforce, and iterate on engineering best practices, API design standards, and deployment protocols.
• Partner directly with Product leadership and Staff/Principal peers to map high-level business objectives to concrete technical execution and capacity planning.
• Elevate the engineering organization by actively mentoring both junior and senior developers, fostering knowledge sharing, and conducting rigorous architecture reviews.
• Stay current with backend and cloud technologies, evaluate and adopt new technologies to continuously improve system efficiency.
• Documentation & Mentorship: Document architecture and mentor junior engineers to foster knowledge sharing.

What This Job Offers

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