Staff Software Engineer – Backend (Python / Typescript / Big Data / AWS / Kubernetes)

1 hour, 29 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
Varicent

Varicent

Varicent provides industry-leading incentive compensation and sales performance management solutions to help businesses increase sales efficiency and effectiveness.

Professional Services
251-1K
Founded 2003
$35M raised

Description

  • Design, build, and scale REST APIs and large-scale data processing pipelines for high-volume datasets.
  • Architect and optimize backend services for high-throughput, low-latency performance.
  • Develop data-intensive and event-driven applications using Python, Typescript, Spark, and AWS-native services.
  • Process and transform very large datasets using Spark, EMR, Glue, Kafka, or similar frameworks.
  • Improve system performance, reliability, and scalability across microservices and cloud infrastructure.
  • Partner with senior engineers, architects, DevOps, and QA throughout the full development lifecycle.
  • Mentor developers, lead code reviews, and raise engineering quality standards.
  • Automate deployments and CI/CD workflows using Terraform, Serverless Framework, and Kubernetes.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of backend or full-stack engineering experience with a strong backend focus.
  • 7+ years of hands-on Python experience for APIs, automation, and large-scale data pipelines.
  • 3+ years of experience with Typescript / Node.js.
  • Advanced experience with AWS services such as EC2, EKS, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, and Step Functions.
  • Strong practical experience deploying and optimizing production workloads on Kubernetes.
  • Proven experience working with large datasets, distributed computing, and batch or stream processing using Spark, Dask, EMR, Glue, Kafka, or similar tools.
  • Solid understanding of system design, distributed systems, scalability patterns, and cloud architecture.
  • Ability to collaborate, document solutions clearly, and participate in technical discussions with stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $104,300 to $130,000 CAD.
  • Eligibility to participate in a variable compensation program.
  • Final compensation may vary based on experience, skills, designations, and market conditions.
  • Equal opportunity employer with consideration provided without regard to protected characteristics.
  • Accommodation available during the recruitment process.
  • Opportunity to work with a globally recognized, market-leading SaaS company.
  • Hiring process uses AI-assisted screening and assessment tools to support candidate evaluation.

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