Intermediate Backend Engineer, AMER

Design, implement, test and ship backend features in Ruby on Rails, Go or other modern languages with minimal guidance. Write maintainable, secure, observable and performant production code. Develop and maintain APIs, background jobs, integrations and data models. Add and improve automated test coverage across unit, integration and end-to-end tests. Investigate failures, identify technical debt and propose improvements. Use AI tools productively in day-to-day engineering work and collaborate asynchronously with teammates across time zones.

Professional experience building and shipping production backend applications. Strong fundamentals in programming, APIs, databases, testing, debugging and performance. Ability to take a feature from clarification through delivery independently. Sound judgment on security, reliability, performance and maintainability trade-offs. Strong written communication suited to remote, asynchronous collaboration. Practical experience with AI coding tools. Must be located in Canada or the United States.