What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer II - Scale Team position at Jobgether?
This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer II - Scale Team in Canada.
This role sits within a high-impact engineering group responsible for building and evolving core platform infrastructure that supports large-scale, production-critical systems. You will work across backend and frontend surfaces to deliver reliable, scalable services that power customer-facing capabilities such as billing, access control, usage reporting, and enterprise-grade authorization. The environment is fully distributed, highly collaborative, and grounded in strong engineering ownership, autonomy, and trust. You will contribute to both greenfield initiatives and the modernization of existing systems, with significant influence on architecture and technical direction. The role combines deep backend engineering with meaningful full-stack contributions in a fast-moving product environment. It is ideal for engineers who enjoy solving complex distributed systems challenges while shaping developer experience and system design at scale.
\n- Design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems and APIs using Go, with a focus on performance, clarity, and maintainability
- Contribute to full-stack development using React and TypeScript to deliver end-to-end product features
- Collaborate with product and design teams in a triad model from discovery through delivery
- Own services in production, including participation in on-call rotations and incident response
- Define engineering patterns, contribute to technical strategy, and lead complex cross-team initiatives
- Mentor engineers and support a culture of high-quality engineering and continuous improvement
Requirements:
- Strong experience designing and building backend systems using Go or other strongly typed languages
- Experience with distributed systems, APIs, system design, and backend architecture principles
- Professional experience with React and TypeScript in production environments
- Demonstrated ownership of features from design through production and maintenance
- Experience supporting production systems, including debugging and incident response
- Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical leadership within teams
- Strong communication skills and ability to work in cross-functional environments
- Experience implementing authentication/authorization systems (RBAC, OAuth, SSO, SAML)
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools is a strong plus
Benefits:
- Competitive salary between 251,900 – 283,000 CAD depending on experience
- Generous equity and employee-friendly stock program
- Unlimited PTO
- Fully remote-first culture across Canada
- Home office, co-working, and internet stipends
- Full health coverage, including dependents
- Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- Annual learning and development budget
- Distributed-first, high-trust engineering culture
How Jobgether works:
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!
Why Apply Through Jobgether?
Data Privacy Notice: By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Jobgether will process your personal data to evaluate your candidacy and share relevant information with the hiring employer. This processing is based on legitimate interest and pre-contractual measures under applicable data protection laws (including GDPR). You may exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, objection) at any time.
#LI-CL1