A fast-growing, Toronto-based private equity firm is expanding its engineering team and is seeking a

Junior Backend Engineer

. The firm specializes in delivering structured solutions that accelerate liquidity across private equity portfolios.

What You’ll Do

- Build and maintain backend services and microservices supporting in-house private equity SaaS platforms and analytics tools.

- Develop scalable, reliable backend applications using

Python and modern software engineering practices.

- Work closely with Product, Frontend, and Backend Engineering to design APIs, data flows, and technical solutions.

- Translate complex business and financial requirements into clean, maintainable backend services.

- Contribute to the architecture and development of new products and features in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment.

- Integrate APIs, data services, and emerging

AI-driven capabilities into production applications.

- Troubleshoot, optimize, and continuously improve backend systems for performance, scalability, and reliability.





- Have the opportunity to contribute across the technology stack and gain exposure to modern cloud, AI, and full-stack development practices.

Qualifications:

- 1–5 years of experience building production-grade software applications, ideally with a focus on backend development.

- Strong hands-on experience with

Python and object-oriented programming.

- Experience building or contributing to microservices and RESTful APIs

.

- Robust understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and clean code principles

.

- Experience with databases and data-driven applications

, ideally with SQL and/or NoSQL technologies.

- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to take ownership of work in a fast-paced, high-performance environment

.

- Experience at a reputable technology company or engineering-driven organization is preferred.

- Exposure to

AI development tools and emerging technologies is preferred.

- Full-stack development experience is a nice-to-have.

📌 Back End Engineer (Toronto)
🏢 Elastify
📍 Toronto