Feathery is the AI Operating & Decisioning system for financial services. Our customers — including Fortune 500s like Allstate — use Feathery to power mission-critical workflows such as customer onboarding, insurance underwriting and quoting, account openings, and advisor transitions. As Feathery grows, so does the complexity and scale of the systems that power our product — from document processing pipelines to real-time workflow execution.

We’re hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to help build and scale the core infrastructure behind our document intelligence and workflow platform. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys designing reliable, high-performance systems and taking ownership of backend architecture in a high-growth B2B SaaS environment. You’ll work closely with product, engineering, and customer-facing teams to deliver systems that are quick, resilient, and deeply aligned with customer needs.

Infrastructure, scalability, and performance optimization Cross-functional collaboration across product and customer teams Develop asynchronous pipelines and distributed systems for handling large volumes of data Build and maintain infrastructure using AWS services and queueing systems (e.g., Optimize systems for performance, scalability,



and cost-efficiency Data Processing & Platform Capabilities Build systems for processing and transforming structured and unstructured data Integrate external services such as OCR and AI models where appropriate Improve reliability and throughput of document and data processing pipelines Work closely with product to define requirements and ship impactful features Collaborate with frontend and customer-facing teams to support new use cases Help translate complex customer needs into scalable backend solutions Contribute to product planning and technical scoping Technical Leadership Help improve code quality, testing, and deployment processes 4–7+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems ~ Strong proficiency in backend frameworks such as Node.js, Django, or similar ~ Experience designing distributed systems and asynchronous processing pipelines ~ Solid experience with AWS and cloud infrastructure ~ Strong understanding of system performance, reliability, and observability ~ Experience building production-grade APIs and services ~ Bonus Experience building data processing or ETL pipelines Familiarity with document processing, OCR, or AI/ML integrations Background in financial services, insurance, or other data-intensive industries Competitive compensation and equity Health, dental, and vision coverage Downtown Toronto office location Office snacks and lunches Feathery is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. We’re committed to building an inclusive team and provide reasonable accommodations upon request. #

📌 Senior Backend Engineer JS (REMOTE) (Toronto)
🏢 Feathery
📍 Toronto