Senior II Software Engineer
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JobgetherBackend infrastructure
Based in Canada; Work remotely from CanadaFull-TimeSenior
SalaryCA$120,400–CA$216,600 per year for the specified U.S.-based candidate category in the original posting; compensation for Canadian candidates may differ based on location, experience, and other relevant factors. The applicable Canadian salary range should be confirmed during recruitment.
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Job Details
- Experience
- At least 10 years of relevant professional experience
- Required Skills
- PythonFlaskCI/CDDistributed Systems
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree.
- At least 10 years of relevant professional experience.
- Extensive backend development experience using Python, Flask, SQLAlchemy, and relational databases.
- Deep understanding of RESTful API design, HTTP protocols, API versioning, and secure API development.
- Experience architecting and delivering scalable backend systems with high throughput, low latency, and strong reliability.
- Experience with Git-based development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, and containerization technologies.
- Understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing, and fault-tolerant service design.
- Experience implementing automated testing strategies and integrating observability tools into production systems.
- Knowledge of authentication mechanisms, rate limiting, defensive validation, circuit breakers, and backend security and resilience practices.
- Familiarity with AI development tools, agentic workflows, transformer architectures, and background processing systems.
- Ability to lead technical discussions, conduct design reviews, mentor engineers, and promote consistent engineering standards.
Responsibilities
- Architect, design, develop, and evolve scalable, high-throughput, low-latency REST APIs and backend service layers using Python and Flask.
- Design database schemas and optimize queries using SQLAlchemy and relational database technologies.
- Lead technical design reviews and establish backend engineering standards and best practices.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and provide technical guidance.
- Implement authentication, rate limiting, and observability capabilities across distributed backend services.
- Design fault-tolerant services using circuit breakers, defensive validation, and resilient error handling.
- Define API contracts, versioning strategies, architecture patterns, and integration workflows with cross-functional teams.
- Contribute across the product lifecycle, including planning, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
- Support delivery through Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, and containerization technologies.
- Explore and apply AI tooling, agentic workflows, transformer architectures, and background processing systems.
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