engineering
Posted Mar 31Senior Backend Engineer
at Feathery
Toronto, CanadaOn-site
Responsibilities
- WHAT YOU’LL DO BACKEND SYSTEMS & INFRASTRUCTURE - Design, build, and scale backend services that power document processing and workflow automation - Develop asynchronous pipelines and distributed systems for handling large volumes of data - Build and maintain infrastructure using AWS services and queueing systems (e.g., SQS) - Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and observability across systems - Optimize systems for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency DATA PROCESSING & PLATFORM
- requirements and ship impactful features - Collaborate with frontend and customer-facing teams to support new use cases - Help translate complex customer needs into scalable backend solutions - Contribute to product planning and technical scoping TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP - Take ownership of key backend systems and architecture decisions - Mentor other engineers and contribute to engineering best practices - Help improve code quality, testing, and deployment processes - Stay up to date with modern backend and
Requirements
- experience building and scaling backend systems - Strong proficiency in backend frameworks such as Node.js, Django, or similar -
- Experience designing distributed systems and asynchronous processing pipelines - Solid
- experience with AWS and cloud infrastructure - Strong understanding of system performance, reliability, and observability -
- Experience building data processing or ETL pipelines - Familiarity with document processing, OCR, or AI/ML integrations -
- Experience with queueing systems (e.g., SQS) and event-driven architectures -
Benefits
- ABOUT FEATHERY Feathery automates data intake workflows for insurance and wealth management firms.
- Experience building production-grade APIs and services - Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment - Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams BONUS -
- Experience optimizing systems for high throughput and low latency - Background in financial services, insurance, or other data-intensive industries -
- Experience at a high-growth B2B SaaS company WHAT WE OFFER - Competitive compensation and equity - Health, dental, and vision coverage - Unlimited PTO - Downtown Toronto office location - Office snacks and lunches - A supportive, low-ego team that values ownership and growth - Company offsite to connect and recharge Feathery is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic