Senior Backend Engineer (Java/Go), Remote (Canada)

At a Glance

- Senior Backend Engineer, two roles open, joining a fast-growing AI test automation scale-up
- Java and/or Go, cloud-native backend systems at real scale
- Fully remote, must be based in Canada
- Around CAD $160,000, with flexibility for an exceptional candidate
- Join a genuinely global engineering team and help shape how AI-powered testing gets built

About the Company This business is an advanced, AI-native test automation platform, helping enterprises test faster, smarter and more reliably. Its AI test agents learn and adapt to changes in modern applications in real time, removing the fragility of traditional scripts and enabling intelligent automation across platforms such as Salesforce, Workday and complex custom apps. Backed by top-tier investors and trusted by global brands, the business is growing fast, and this is a genuine opportunity to join early and help define what comes next.

The Role

This is a rare chance to join a scale-up at the exact moment it is building momentum, working alongside a tight-knit engineering team spread across Northern Ireland, Brazil, Canada, Hungary and Romania. You will pair closely with another engineer on real projects, own backend architecture end to end, and see your decisions land directly in a product used by global enterprise customers. Engineers here use AI heavily in their day-to-day workflow, so you will be building with the same tools that are reshaping how software gets written, not reading about them after the fact.

The team wants people who think deeply, communicate clearly and enjoy the pace and ownership that comes with a growing company.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop and maintain scalable, high-performance backend systems using Java and/or Go
- Own backend architecture and shape design decisions that improve reliability, maintainability and customer impact




- Lead internal and customer-facing projects through to timely, high-quality delivery
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, analysing system metrics to drive backend efficiency and resilience
- Pair closely with another engineer on shared projects, rotating across the codebase as business needs evolve
- Contribute to collaborative architecture discussions across the wider engineering team
- Use AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor or Codex to improve engineering workflow and productivity
- Take part in the support and on-call rotation, staying close to real customer issues
- Mentor other engineers and help raise the bar on engineering quality across the team

What You'll Need

Essential:

- Strong professional backend engineering experience, ideally 5+ years; open-minded on exact years, prioritising engineering quality and trajectory over a set number
- Hands-on experience in Java and/or Go, deep enough to explain architecture, trade-offs and the impact of your own decisions
- Practical experience using AI tools as part of your day-to-day engineering workflow
- Strong communication skills and comfort discussing disagreements, trade-offs and stakeholder conversations
- Must be based in Canada

Desirable / Nice to Have:

- Experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred) and containerised environments
- Background working in a quick-moving scale-up or product-led environment

Why Apply?

- Around CAD $160,000, with flexibility for an exceptional candidate
- Fully remote within Canada, with genuine flexibility over how you work
- Standard benefits package
- Share options, so you own a piece of the company you are helping to build
- Join a lean, global team of around 10 engineers across Northern Ireland, Brazil, Canada, Hungary and Romania
- Real ownership from day one, working on architecture and decisions that customers feel directly
- Build with AI as a core part of how the team works, not as an afterthought
- A genuine seat at the table in a company backed by top-tier investors and scaling fast

📌 Senior Backend Engineer (Java/Go) (Canada)
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