Senior Platform Engineer (Python)

A Few Notes: Profitable B2B SaaS company, teams are based out of North America Role is 95% remote in Toronto (we meet up 1x a month) - we're going to focus on GTA candidates first Must be able to legally work in Canada (visa or sponsorship won't be provided) We're growing, and we are looking to hire a BE Python Developer for the Platform team (We have a separate Applications) Role = 80% BE Platform + 20% Infrastructure/DevOps Open on seniority from Senior to Staff level About Us: We're one of the top retail analytics platforms that help marketing teams/brands understand their retail data and run targeted media campaigns without writing code. We help our clients better understand their customers and improve their ROI on campaigns. One of our main customers is Home Depot. Tech Stack: Python, Django, Celery, React, Typescript, Azure. How We Work: Collaborative team! Lots of interesting/complex work is available This is a builder role - we're looking for folks who enjoy working in a fast paced company We encourage exploration of new technologies - we're a modern tech company We build for the long term and are already profitable/focused on quality 95% remote, we meetup 1X a month in Toronto and 2X a year at a company retreat About You: We are looking for an outstanding Senior/Staff/Lead Platform Engineer who wants to play a core role in building for our platform team. This role will be 100% back-end focused (no FE work) Example Responsibilities: - New API Design: Working on making the platform more scalable and data performant. - Complex Integrations work: Working with heavy hitters like Meta, Tik Tok, Snapchat on the ad tech side. - Lead Async task management: We're using Celery, we'd like you to take this over and optimize how we do concurrency, distributed tasks, resource intensive jobs. Qualifications: 6+ years of experience building and scaling services in Python Solid understanding of datastores (ex. PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis) and messaging systems (ex. Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, Pub/Sub) Proven experience designing and maintaining high-availability, distributed backend systems (event-driven architectures, background workers, schedulers, queues - we use Azure) Design, implementation, and maintenance of API Services Has led complex feature development for an enterprise level B2B/B2C Saas Platform Async optimization experience (we use Celery) Write test suites and deploy using our CI/CD pipeline Experience owning an application end-to-end, and can understand/address infrastructure concerns Clear communicator who can document systems, explain trade-offs, and influence technical direction Target FT Salary Range: $130,000 - $180,000* base CDN a year, with Equity & Health Benefits *Comp range can be higher for Staff level Devs Benefits: Meritocracy 💰 - Leadership opportunities as we scale - Equity/Options grants Generous Time Off 🏝 - Flexible remote work policies Platinum Benefits 🧑🏻 - Solid Health Insurance Plan Learn and Grow 💻 - Coaching/mentoring for your professional development