Senior Software Engineer (Data)

Role Overview

Accountabilities

• Design and build data cost-management capabilities, including forecasting, anomaly detection, cost allocation, and related workflows.
• Develop reusable backend and data-engineering solutions that surface actionable customer insights.
• Build data pipelines and transformation models for product capabilities and optimization.
• Create data visualizations for performance, query timing, efficiency, and other key metrics.
• Develop resilient, reusable UI components for an intuitive product experience.
• Improve application reliability, scalability, and performance through system design and engineering practices.
• Own features from problem identification and requirements through design, implementation, testing, and release.
• Evaluate technical and product tradeoffs to prioritize high-impact customer solutions.
• Collaborate through proposals, documentation, code reviews, testing, and effective communication.
• Support pragmatic execution, continuous improvement, and strong engineering quality.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of relevant software engineering experience with backend and data-engineering expertise.
• Strong working knowledge of Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, dbt, Dagster, and Snowflake.
• Strong system-design knowledge and ability to develop scalable, reliable solutions.
• Experience with data pipelines, transformation workflows, backend services, and data-driven products.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills in a distributed environment.
• Ability to work independently and own outcomes from initial concept through delivery.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, collaboration, documentation, coding, and testing practices.
• Comfort with a fast-moving environment and changing priorities and requirements.
• Familiarity with FinOps, cloud cost management, data-warehouse management, or observability is a plus.
• Early-stage startup or similarly lean engineering experience is advantageous.

Compensation

• Base salary is up to $180,000 CAD, with additional compensation opportunities.

Workplace and Team

• The role is fully remote in a distributed working environment with flexibility around personal commitments.
• The engineer will work closely with experienced engineers and founding team members.
• The team values autonomy, collaboration, continuous learning, pragmatism, flexibility, and sustainable work practices.

Benefits and Development

• The role offers autonomy over technical decisions, product development, and feature delivery.
• The employer supports professional and personal development, including opportunities to expand technical skills.
• The position provides influence over the technical roadmap and product direction.
• The product focuses on complex cloud data cost and optimization challenges.