Backend Engineer
Description For Backend Engineer
Sherpa°, founded in 2015 in Canada, is revolutionizing travel documentation through its innovative platform trusted by major airlines like American Airlines, Air Canada, and Lufthansa. We're seeking a Backend Engineer to join our remote team, working in EST ± 3 hours. You'll be crucial in designing and maintaining our backend systems, handling authentication, payments, AI logic, and data processing.
As a Backend Engineer, you'll work with TypeScript, NodeJS, Express, NestJS, and various databases, while managing infrastructure on Google Cloud using Terraform. The role offers diverse challenges, from setting up internal APIs to configuring cloud infrastructure. You'll collaborate across teams, contributing to partner commission dashboards and custom reporting solutions.
We offer a competitive package ($120,000-$170,000 CAD) with equity, unlimited vacation (minimum 4 weeks), comprehensive health benefits, and flexible work arrangements. Our culture emphasizes work-life balance, professional growth, and team connection through regular meetups and annual offsites.
The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of software development experience, strong system design skills, and excellent communication abilities. You'll thrive in our collaborative environment, mentoring others and turning ideas into launched solutions. Join us in our mission to connect the world by making travel documentation seamless and accessible.
Responsibilities For Backend Engineer
- Contribute to backend infrastructure hosting authentication flow, payment systems, AI logic, feature management and data processing
- Design and architect solutions
- Improve performance and focus on quality
- Work across different areas including finance team collaboration, partner commission dashboards, and infrastructure setup
Requirements For Backend Engineer
- 5+ years of professional experience in full-time software development roles
- Experience in designing, building, scaling and maintaining production services
- Experience in service-oriented architecture
- Strong understanding of how the web works
- Excellent oral and written communication
- Experience building and maintaining design systems
- Ability to thrive in a collaborative environment
Benefits For Backend Engineer
- Competitive salary
- Annual employee options program
- Unlimited vacation with minimum four weeks
- Unlimited health and wellness days
- Parental leave
- Health and dental benefits from day one
- Learning and development opportunities
- Home office allowance
- Monthly co-working allowance
- Mobile phone allowance
- Annual team offsite
- Company swag
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