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Description As a Backend Engineer at Wordly, you will build and improve backend services across our technology stack, helping deliver new features and maintain existing systems that support Wordly’s real‑time translation experiences.

This is an individual contributor role focused on hands‑on implementation. You will work from product requirements and established technical direction to build and maintain backend services and APIs, improve existing systems, and support reliable backend functionality across the platform.

We are looking for someone who can work independently from explicit requirements and contribute effectively within a fully remote team. Strong experience with either Java or Kotlin is required, along with experience using backend frameworks such as Micronaut, Spring Boot, or similar. You should also be comfortable writing and maintaining unit and integration tests, working with distributed backend systems, and using AI‑assisted development tools effectively and responsibly as part of day‑to‑day engineering work.

Minimum Qualifications

3+ years of hands‑on experience building and maintaining backend services and APIs from product requirements

Experience working in distributed systems and microservice environments

Strong hands‑on experience with Java or Kotlin; experience with both is a plus

Experience with backend frameworks such as Micronaut, Spring Boot, or similar

Experience with messaging and event streaming systems, NoSQL databases, distributed caches,



and CI/CD pipelines

Experience writing and maintaining unit and integration tests

Experience using AI‑assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, or similar, and comfort using them effectively and responsibly

Experience working in modern software development workflows, including version control and code review practices

Comfortable working with a fully remote team

Self‑motivated and able to implement features independently from clear requirements

Desired Qualifications

Experience working with real‑time audio streams

Experience developing Node.js applications

B.S. degree in Computer Science or equivalent from an accredited institution

Responsibilities

Build and maintain backend services and APIs from product requirements and established technical direction

Improve and support existing backend services across the platform

Implement solutions that integrate with distributed systems, messaging and event streaming systems, caches, and NoSQL data stores

Write and maintain unit and integration tests, and help improve backend test coverage and code quality

Debug and resolve issues in existing backend services

Work cross‑functionally with Product, other engineers, and technical leads to deliver backend functionality

Participate in code reviews and contribute to clean, maintainable, and well‑tested code

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📌 Backend Engineer (Toronto)
🏢 Wordly
📍 Toronto