Senior Back End Developer

You're an experienced backend engineer who enjoys building systems that make complex information useful.

You like thinking about how data is organized, retrieved, and transformed into something customers can trust. Whether you're designing APIs, optimizing distributed systems, or improving search relevance, you care about building infrastructure that quietly powers exceptional product experiences.

You don't need previous experience building AI products, but you're excited about applying modern AI technologies to solve real customer problems.

You likely won't enjoy this role if:

You prefer working primarily on frontend applications

You want highly defined requirements before starting work

You'd rather optimize existing systems than design entirely new capabilities

You'll thrive if:

You enjoy designing backend systems from first principles

You like difficult infrastructure and data problems

You're curious about AI, search, and knowledge systems

You balance technical excellence with pragmatism and collaboration

Design and build the backend services that power Operator

Develop scalable retrieval systems that connect engineering knowledge across design reviews, notebooks, search, and other product surfaces

Build APIs and services that enable AI-powered experiences throughout the platform

Improve search quality, data pipelines, and knowledge retrieval performance

Expand Operator's capabilities to support intelligent reporting, dashboards, and engineering insights

Design systems that organize company knowledge across business units, engineering domains, and manufacturing processes

Collaborate closely with AI, Product, Design, and Engineering to deliver customer-facing capabilities

Improve reliability, observability, and performance across backend infrastructure

Mentor teammates through architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical leadership

Experience building AI-powered applications or LLM workflows

Experience with retrieval systems, semantic search, or RAG architectures

Experience with vector databases or search infrastructure (TurboPuffer experience is a plus)

Experience with embeddings, ranking, or information retrieval

Experience with event-driven architectures

Experience building enterprise SaaS platforms

This is a full-time, permanent position with competitive compensation and stock options

We offer extended health benefits, unlimited paid vacation, and RRSP matching

Our headquarters are in St. John’s, Newfoundland, with flexible hybrid and remote options. This role can be performed remotely from anywhere in Canada.

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