Senior Backend Engineer - Distributed Systems at Movable Ink | Toronto

Join Movable Ink, where we empower marketers with cutting-edge data-activated content generation and AI-driven decision making. Trusted by some of the world's most innovative brands, we help maximize revenue, streamline workflows, and enhance marketing agility. With headquarters in New York City and a diverse team of nearly 600 professionals, our reach extends across North America, Central America, Europe, Australia, and Japan.We are on the lookout for a skilled Senior Backend Engineer specializing in Distributed Systems to join our Activation Team. This dynamic group is dedicated to transforming extensive data sets into actionable insights. In this role, you will design and implement robust distributed software systems capable of processing data at high speeds and scale. The position offers the chance to innovate and create substantial impact by developing sophisticated multi-tiered systems that deliver exceptional value to our esteemed clients. You will be responsible for crafting and deploying high-quality, scalable AI solutions while producing technically impressive products.

Join Movable Ink, where we revolutionize content personalization for marketers through dynamic, data-driven content generation and AI decision-making. Our innovative solutions help leading brands worldwide enhance revenue, streamline workflows, and amplify marketing agility. With our headquarters in New York City and nearly 600 employees, we serve a diverse global client base across North America, Central America, Europe, Australia, and Japan.We are seeking a strategic and proactive Senior Recruiter to join Movable Ink’s People Team, dedicated to fulfilling our expanding talent acquisition needs. In this pivotal role, you will oversee the complete recruiting cycle across various teams and locations. Your collaboration with hiring leaders will be essential in understanding their specific needs and devising effective hiring strategies. You'll expertly balance speed and quality in recruiting while ensuring an exceptional experience for candidates and hiring managers alike. By utilizing data-driven insights and problem-solving skills, you will significantly contribute to the ongoing refinement of our talent acquisition strategy, aimed at attracting and retaining the exceptional talent necessary for Movable Ink's continued success.Key Responsibilities:Independently manage the entire recruiting process, serving as a strategic partner to align hiring strategies with business objectives and team dynamics.Create and implement innovative sourcing strategies that leverage extensive market knowledge to attract and engage a high-quality, diverse candidate pool.Provide guidance and coaching to hiring managers on best practices for recruitment, interview frameworks, and candidate evaluation to ensure consistent, high-quality hiring decisions.Meticulously oversee the candidate experience from initial outreach to offer negotiation and onboarding coordination, ensuring seamless communication and efficient processes.Utilize recruitment data and metrics to identify bottlenecks in the pipeline, forecast hiring needs, and proactively adjust strategies.Lead or significantly contribute to People team initiatives that enhance recruitment processes and foster organizational growth.

At Movable Ink, we empower marketers with cutting-edge content personalization through data-driven content creation and AI-driven decision-making. Our innovative platform is trusted by top global brands to enhance revenue, streamline workflows, and increase marketing agility. With our headquarters in New York City and a talented team of nearly 600 employees, Movable Ink has a presence across North America, Central America, Europe, Australia, and Japan.As a Lead Site Reliability Engineer, you will leverage your technical expertise and leadership skills to oversee infrastructure and software development initiatives. You will play a pivotal role in designing and evolving key systems within our multi-cloud, multi-region content serving platform, which handles over 25 billion requests daily. By fostering architectural vision, cross-team collaboration, and mentorship, you will spearhead reliability initiatives and define the technical strategies necessary for scaling our platform to accommodate 50 billion requests per day and beyond.

At Movable Ink, we specialize in taking content personalization to the next level for marketers, utilizing data-driven content generation and AI decisioning. Our innovative solutions are trusted by some of the world's leading brands to enhance revenue, streamline workflows, and increase marketing agility. With our headquarters in New York City and a talented team of nearly 600 professionals, we proudly serve clients across North America, Central America, Europe, Australia, and Japan.As a member of our Analytics team, you will play a pivotal role in measurement, attribution, and the development of an intuitive reporting interface for our digital marketing platform. This is a rare opportunity to influence how marketers perceive and engage with data—turning raw metrics into actionable insights that drive impactful campaigns and deliver tangible business outcomes. Join us to make a significant contribution to a rapidly growing team, take command of innovative projects, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to create a product that marketing teams depend on daily.

Join Movable Ink as a Senior Engineer on our Data Platform team, where you will be instrumental in architecting and developing the systems that facilitate data flow across our organization. In this pivotal role, you will contribute to the creation and maintenance of a unified data platform that is responsible for ingesting, processing, and serving substantial volumes of data that underpin our innovative products. Collaborating with cross-functional teams in engineering, analytics, and infrastructure, you will design scalable data ingestion pipelines and backend services that seamlessly integrate data from diverse sources while ensuring reliability, governance, and high availability. Your expertise will guide the modernization of legacy data pipelines towards contemporary architectures, enhancing the cohesion of our products and services in their data access. Your contributions will significantly influence the evolution and enhancement of Movable Ink’s offerings.Key Responsibilities:Contribute to the design and implementation of robust data ingestion pipelines and infrastructure.Facilitate the migration of legacy data management processes to a new platform, ensuring minimal disruption for current data consumers.Establish and monitor SLIs and SLOs for the new data platform, utilizing dashboards and alert alerts to ensure optimal performance.Create a versatile data storage layer that accommodates various use cases, including transactional, analytical, and machine learning workloads.Develop comprehensive monitoring and incident response protocols for all data pipelines and services.Partner with product engineering, analytics, and machine learning teams to define data access strategies.

Role Overview Movable Ink is hiring a Senior Data Engineer focused on Event Data for the Toronto office. This role centers on building and maintaining data pipelines that support marketing strategies for leading brands. The work involves modern data technologies and emphasizes both the reliability and accessibility of event data.

About the Role Movable Ink is hiring a Senior Platform Engineer with a focus on Machine Learning for its Toronto office. This role centers on building and improving machine learning features within our marketing technology platform. What You Will Do Work closely with colleagues from different teams to design and implement machine learning solutions that strengthen the platform. Develop and maintain systems that help clients deliver personalized experiences to their audiences at scale. Apply engineering expertise to create reliable, maintainable, and scalable ML infrastructure. Location This position is based in Toronto at Movable Ink.

NimbleRx is a pioneering healthtech company dedicated to transforming the way individuals access, understand, and manage their healthcare. Our journey begins with the ambition to create the world's most beloved pharmacy business. As a rapidly expanding, tech-centric startup, we are committed to enhancing the experiences of both patients and pharmacists. At Nimble, we cultivate a collaborative culture that encourages open communication and purposeful action, empowering us to tackle today's most exciting challenges and achieve rapid growth.* Please note: Sponsorship options are limited as Nimble does not have an entity established in Canada.As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing the technology and customer experiences that are essential to our various web products serving patients, pharmacies, and other clients of NimbleRx (www.nimblerx.com). You will collaborate with a team of exceptional and driven software engineers who prioritize performance, reliability, and scalability in their work. Your contributions will involve close cooperation with other developers, product management, and design teams to define feature requirements and technical use cases, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality code.Our engineering culture: We embrace a philosophy of shared trust and humility, fostering a sense of unity as we collaboratively navigate the challenges of a fast-growing business. Our daily operations reflect our core values of empathy, simplicity, autonomy, leadership, ownership, curiosity, a bias for action, and mentorship, all within a highly cooperative environment.

About FeatheryFeathery revolutionizes data intake workflows for insurance and wealth management firms. Industry leaders depend on Feathery to streamline crucial operations such as underwriting, client onboarding, and automated account openings.With significant revenue growth and increasing demand from enterprises, we are expanding our engineering team to handle progressively intricate, data-driven workflows across our platform.Why We’re HiringAs Feathery continues to grow, so does the complexity and scale of the systems that support our product—ranging from document processing pipelines to real-time workflow execution.We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to assist in constructing and scaling the foundational infrastructure behind our document intelligence and workflow platform. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys designing reliable, high-performance systems and taking charge of backend architecture in a rapidly growing B2B SaaS environment.You will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and customer-facing teams to deliver systems that are swift, resilient, and finely tuned to customer requirements.About the RoleThis is a high-ownership role that encompasses:Backend system design and distributed architectureInfrastructure, scalability, and performance optimizationProduct-focused engineering and problem-solvingCross-functional collaboration across product and customer teamsYou will play a pivotal role in shaping the systems that drive Feathery’s platform—ensuring they are reliable, scalable, and capable of managing complex, real-world applications.What You’ll DoBackend Systems & InfrastructureDesign, build, and scale backend services that facilitate document processing and workflow automationDevelop asynchronous pipelines and distributed systems for managing large data volumesConstruct and maintain infrastructure utilizing AWS services and queuing systems (e.g., SQS)Guarantee high availability, fault tolerance, and observability across systemsOptimize systems for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiencyData Processing & Platform CapabilitiesEstablish systems for processing and transforming both structured and unstructured dataIntegrate data sources and ensure seamless data flow

Join Movable Ink as a Product Security Engineer and play a pivotal role in safeguarding our codebases, CI/CD pipelines, and overall development practices. In this hands-on position, you'll adopt a security-first mindset while collaborating with engineering teams to streamline software delivery while minimizing risk. Your expertise will be crucial in enhancing automation processes that protect our code and infrastructure, especially in the face of rising threats from AI coding tools and supply chain attacks. This role is vital for proactively identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities before they are deployed to production.

Role Overview Venn is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer in Toronto. This role focuses on designing and improving backend architecture to support reliable, scalable applications. The position involves close collaboration with colleagues from various teams to deliver solid software that supports business goals.

Join our dynamic team at Pigment as a Senior Backend Software Engineer. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing and implementing robust backend solutions that empower our innovative platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance system performance and scalability while ensuring a seamless user experience.

Join our dynamic team at shyftlabs as a Senior Backend Developer. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for building and maintaining robust server-side applications that power our innovative solutions. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software that meets our business needs.Your expertise in backend technologies will be crucial in optimizing our systems and ensuring scalability. If you are passionate about technology and eager to contribute to exciting projects, we would love to hear from you!

About BreeBree is transforming the consumer finance landscape by providing innovative, efficient, and cost-effective financial services to over half the Canadian population living paycheck to paycheck. Operating within a vast yet underrepresented market, we aim to be the most affordable and reliable provider of short-term credit for the 20 million Canadians facing financial challenges.With over 600,000 Canadians already benefiting from Bree's services, we are just beginning our journey. Our company is experiencing rapid growth, achieving product-market fit, and is positioned to become a leading FinTech player in Canada. With annualized revenues in the eight-figure range, we are on a double-digit growth trajectory, maintaining profitability and an impressive employee retention rate. As a proud participant of Y Combinator in 2021, we successfully secured a $2 million seed funding shortly thereafter.About the RoleWe are seeking a talented Backend Software Engineer to lead the architectural development of our serverless infrastructure, utilizing the latest AI development tools. The ideal candidate will possess extensive backend experience, a dedication to creating clean and maintainable systems, and an innovative mindset towards AI-assisted development.What You'll DoArchitect and advance our serverless backend systems with an emphasis on scalability, maintainability, and enhancing the developer experience.Refactor and modernize our existing Lambda-based microservices architecture to implement patterns that optimize AI tool effectiveness.Create and maintain robust data pipelines and payment processing systems across various providers.Promote best practices in AI-native development, establishing patterns and abstractions that foster rapid iteration with tools such as Cursor and Claude Code.Collaborate with infrastructure engineers to refine our AWS-based architecture using Infrastructure as Code.Drive the consolidation and standardization of our data layer across Supabase, Firebase, and legacy systems.What You'll NeedExpert-level proficiency in TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS services.Demonstrated experience with serverless architectures and microservices.Strong understanding of database systems and data modeling.Familiarity with AI development tools and methodologies.Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to development challenges.

Join our dynamic team at Extreme Networks as a Senior Software Systems Engineer in Toronto! In this role, you will leverage your expertise to design, develop, and optimize software systems that enhance our innovative networking solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and performance.

Join Opendoor as a Software Engineer specializing in Backend Pricing, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of real estate technology.As part of our dynamic team, you will develop innovative back-end solutions that enhance pricing algorithms, ensuring optimal performance and delivering a seamless user experience.

Join Stripe as a Backend/API Engineer specializing in Billing, where you will play a crucial role in enhancing our platform's capabilities. You will be responsible for designing and developing RESTful APIs that integrate seamlessly with various services, ensuring robust performance and scalability. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create innovative solutions that enhance user experience and drive business growth.

Okta builds secure identity solutions for both people and AI, providing trusted infrastructure that helps organizations manage access in a complex technology landscape. The company’s mission centers on delivering secure, reliable access for everyone. The Privileged Access Management (PAM) team at Okta uses an identity-first approach to tackle privileged access challenges. By applying Zero Trust principles designed for cloud environments, the team enables organizations to control access to sensitive servers, databases, and cloud resources. Their work ensures that only authorized users and systems can reach critical assets when needed. Role overview This Staff Backend Engineer position focuses on distributed systems and core software infrastructure. The role involves deploying code that safeguards real-world infrastructure for Okta’s customers. Contributions in this role support several feature teams and influence the speed, reliability, and usability of the product. Success in this position requires a strong understanding of how systems connect, an appreciation for solid abstraction, and the ability to adapt those abstractions as products change. What you will do Advance the core architecture of Okta’s PAM platform. Collaborate with product development teams to build scalable, modular components. Design and implement scalable architecture patterns. Develop APIs using the OpenAPI Specification to enable customer access to production infrastructure. Work with backend systems written in Go. Participate in rotational on-call duties alongside SRE and product development teams. Location This role is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Join Justworks as a Senior Backend Software Engineer and play a pivotal role in shaping our technology landscape. You will work on high-impact projects, designing and implementing scalable backend systems that support our mission of simplifying business operations for our clients. Your expertise in backend technologies will be critical in delivering exceptional digital experiences.

Join our dynamic team at ApprovalMax as a Revenue Systems Engineer, where you'll play a pivotal role in enhancing our go-to-market (GTM) systems stack. This position is crucial for the build, management, and continuous improvement of our GTM systems.As a member of the Revenue Operations team, you will focus on technical execution and maintaining the operational reliability of GTM systems. You will work under the guidance of established architectural frameworks set forth by our central Product and Data leadership, who oversee system-of-record decisions and uphold company-wide data standards.This hands-on role requires you to implement approved solutions, safeguard system integrity, and ensure operational excellence across our GTM tools on a daily basis. You will report directly to the RevOps Team Lead and enjoy a hybrid work environment, spending 2-3 days a week in our Toronto office.Core ResponsibilitiesGTM Integrations & Data Flow (Execution)Implement and maintain integrations between HubSpot, the data warehouse, the product platform, and supporting GTM tools.Create API-based data syncs using Python or Node.js, adhering to defined integration standards.Ensure integrations are reliable, observable, and thoroughly documented.Monitor integrations and promptly resolve operational issues according to agreed escalation processes.Identify and flag architectural or systemic risks to the appropriate stakeholders.HubSpot Systems AdministrationAdminister HubSpot on a daily basis, focusing on:Custom objects, properties, and associationsWorkflows and automationConfigure HubSpot in line with RevOps governance and global data models.Support integrations with adjacent GTM tools (e.g., dialers, enrichment, marketing, and customer success platforms).Data Quality & Governance SupportImplement data quality standards, validation rules, and hygiene processes.Assist with deduplication and lifecycle management processes.Ensure that upstream data quality supports downstream reporting and analytics.Escalate data governance inquiries or structural changes to designated global owners.Collaboration & EnablementCollaborate with RevOps, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Product teams to translate approved requirements into technical solutions.Document systems, integrations, and operational processes clearly.Support the rollout of GTM tools and process improvements from both implementation and support perspectives.