This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer AI-Native, backend Foundry in Canada.
In this role, you will help build and scale a next-generation AI-native developer platform powering partner integrations across a global, high-impact product ecosystem. You will design and deliver backend systems that enable secure, reliable, and scalable third-party connectivity while shaping how engineering teams use AI as a core part of their workflow. Working in a remote-first and highly collaborative environment, you will contribute across architecture, backend services, and platform infrastructure. The role blends deep backend engineering with systems thinking, API design, and distributed platform development. You will also play a key role in defining AI-native engineering practices that improve delivery speed and quality across the team. This is a high-ownership position where your work directly impacts millions of end users and external partners.
Accountabilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems supporting third-party integrations, authentication, and platform services.
- Develop high-quality APIs, gateway layers, and event-driven services enabling secure partner connectivity at scale.
- Contribute to the design and evolution of distributed systems ensuring reliability, low latency, and high availability.
- Build and optimize infrastructure components used across cloud environments and internal platform services.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate complex requirements into robust technical solutions.
- Define and implement AI-native engineering workflows, leveraging agentic tools to improve development velocity and quality.
- Participate in architectural discussions, code reviews, and system design decisions for platform scalability.
- Support operational excellence through monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement of systems.
Requirements
- 6+ years of backend software engineering experience in production-scale systems.
- Strong proficiency in backend technologies such as Java, Python, Go, or similar languages.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts including consistency, fault tolerance, and scalability.
- Experience building APIs (REST/GraphQL) and working with event-driven architectures.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and containerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes).
- Experience working with system integrations and platform or ecosystem-style architectures is a strong plus.
- Hands-on experience using AI coding tools or agentic workflows in daily development.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to break down complex system challenges.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills in cross-functional teams.
- Ownership mindset with ability to drive features from design to production.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package with equity opportunities.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
- Retirement savings plan with employer contributions (varies by region).
- Flexible remote-first work environment.
- Paid time off and company-wide breaks throughout the year.
- Learning and development support for continuous skill growth.
- Home office setup support and productivity tools.
- Opportunity to work on large-scale AI-native platform systems with global impact.