Senior Backend Engineer

Apptoza Inc — Canada · Posted ~3 hours ago

Senior Contract Hybrid

Skills

Node.js TypeScript NestJS backend development API design database systems APIs

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A growing technology team is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to design and maintain scalable services. The role focuses on building robust APIs, writing production-quality code, and collaborating across disciplines to deliver reliable software.

Highlights

Work on impactful backend systems with a focus on scalability, engineering quality, and customer-facing solutions while collaborating with product and design teams.

Description

Position: Senior Backend Engineer Location: Toronto, ON (4 days hybrid) Contract: Long Term About the Role We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team and help shape the financial future of the next generation. You'll work closely with product and design to translate concepts into clean, production-ready code that serves thousands of users. This is an ideal role for developers who want to see their work immediately impact customers through robust backend systems. We're seeking talented and experienced engineers who are passionate about building great products. We build a positive, inclusive and supportive culture focused on engineering excellence and delighting customers. We encourage you to learn and develop your skills, and we want people who obsess about quality and have a proven track record of shipping What You'll Do Develop and maintain backend services using NestJS and TypeScript, architecting scalable APIs that power our platform Design, build, and maintain reusable component libraries and modules that scale across backend applications Contribute meaningfully to architecture discussions, performance optimization, and system design Help define and champion development best practices, leading by example and elevating team excellence Own complex deliverables across the complete development lifecycle, from concept to production Collaborate with the team on database design, API contracts, and technical implementation details Contribute to DevOps and infrastructure improvements, optimizing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), deployment processes, and monitoring (Dynatrace) to enable faster, more reliable releases Own operational excellence, ensure SLAs are met or exceeded, assist with incident response, and continuously improve our operational posture. We treat every incident as a learning opportunity Drive automation and tooling, reduce operational overhead by building systems that improve observability, enable proactive monitoring, and scale efficiently Collaborate across teams to build and establish tools and processes that empower everyone to make customers successful Be comfortable being part of an on-call rotation, driving and supporting incident remediation, and recommending and implementing improvements Required Proven expertise in TypeScript and NestJS Strong backend skills with PostgreSQL and TypeORM Solid experience with testing frameworks (Jest, Vitest) Proven track record of delivering ownership of complex, scalable systems Deep consideration for maintainability, testability, performance, and scalability in your code Senior-level judgment with architectural opinions and technical perspective Payments or financial services domain knowledge Experience with incident response, SLA management, and observability tools Our Tech Stack Backend/Data: NestJS, TypeORM, PostgreSQL Testing: Vitest, Jest CI/CD: GitHub Actions Cloud: AWS Monitoring: Dynatrace