About the Company:

Our client is a leading visual development platform with a mission to empower everyone with development superpowers. They enable the creation of powerful websites without the need for coding. From independent designers to Fortune 500 companies, millions worldwide use their platform to enhance creativity, collaboration, and agility in web development.

About the Role:

• Location: Remote-first (United States; BC & ON, Canada)
• Employment: Full-time, Permanent, Exempt
• Compensation: Tailored to align with geographic markets, ranging from $168,600 to $296,350 CAD in Canada and $180,100 to $260,600 USD in the United States.

Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager, the Staff Backend Engineer will:

• Collaborate cross-functionally to plan and develop product capabilities allowing third-party developers to extend the platform's functionality.
• Bring deep expertise in API development at scale, enhancing team practices.
• Implement best practices in authentication and authorization.
• Solve complex technical challenges within a highly technical platform, supporting developers and customers worldwide.
• Engage in all engineering activities, including incident response, technical specifications, code review, and feature releases.
• Contribute to process improvements for planning, development, and deployment.
• Address intricate technical challenges within a collaborative, geographically distributed team.

About You:

You will excel in this role if you:

• Enjoy developing for a technical developer audience.
• Have 7+ years of experience shipping features and products, focusing on scalable backend systems.
• Possess 3+ years of experience in developing APIs for an external audience.
• Are proficient in Node.js and TypeScript, capable of building scalable services and APIs using Express.js and MongoDB.
• Demonstrate strong debugging skills across services and stack levels.
• Thrive in tackling large technical problems collaboratively.
• Take ownership of projects and drive them to business impact.
• Exhibit a deep understanding of data design and modeling.
• Communicate trade-offs effectively to meet technical and business requirements.
• Feel comfortable working in an agile, safe-to-fail environment.

Core Behaviors:

• Obsess over customer experience.
• Move with heartfelt urgency.
• Say the hard thing with care.
• Make your mark.

Benefits & Wellness:

• Equity ownership (RSUs)
• 100% employer-paid healthcare, vision, and dental insurance coverage
• Paid parental leave and family planning support
• Flexible PTO and sabbatical program
• Mental wellness and professional coaching support
• Monthly stipends for health and wellness
• Professional career coaching and internal learning programs
• Financial wellness benefits and discounted Pet Insurance (US only)
• Commuter benefits (for in-office employees)

Join our client's team and contribute to redefining the future of web development!