Who you are

- 5+ years of software engineering experience

- Experience building and maintaining large distributed systems at scale that are fault tolerant and highly concurrent

- Exemplary software engineering skills (design, unit testing, git, code review, CI/CD)

- Strong foundation in modern backend development (e.g. Python, Ruby, etc.
- we mostly use Python alongside other languages and frameworks)

- Strong experience with relational databases, schema design, and query optimization (we use PostgreSQL)

- An understanding of common web based API architectures (RESTful, GraphQL) and technologies (gRPC)

- Experience with a cloud provider e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP (we use Google Cloud Platform)

- Experience with modern distributed and microservice technologies (we use Kubernetes, Kafka, RabbitMQ)

- Familiar with Software Development Lifecycle practices, such as continuous integration/continuous delivery and automated deployment (we use tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, etc.)

- Strong technical leadership skills with the ability to collaborate with others, communicate effectively, advocate appropriately and mentor more junior engineers to improve team efficiency

- Exceptional problem-solving skills, including the ability to efficiently identify, analyze, and resolve complex issues, and communicate to others on the team how to contribute to the solutions for these issues
- A willingness and eagerness to continuously learn, adapt to evolving technologies, and strive for personal and qualified improvement

What the job involves





- We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Campaigns team, which builds the infrastructure that lets marketers create, schedule, and deliver messages across multiple channels on our platform

- Join us to make your mark on a fast-growing team, take ownership of innovative projects, and work closely with cross-functional partners to build a product that marketing teams rely on daily

- This is a hands-on role where you will contribute to the architecture and implementation of critical platform capabilities. You'll design robust systems, write high-quality code, and ensure our services are scalable, reliable, and maintainable
- The systems you help build power core campaign capabilities like audience targeting, multi-channel content assembly, and reliable scheduling for one-time, recurring, or triggered campaigns

- You will report to the Engineering Manager in this role

- Design and Build Campaign Workflows: Design and implement the core systems that let marketers create, configure, and schedule campaigns across multiple channels (email, SMS, push, etc.)

- Own Campaign Authoring & Content Assembly: Build the systems that turn authored creatives, templates, and targeting rules into a finalized,



ready-to-send campaign — resolving content variants and audience eligibility ahead of delivery

- Ensure Reliable Handoff to Delivery: Own the layer that prepares and monitors campaigns as they move to delivery, with visibility and alerting to catch failures or delays before they impact customers

- Enable Audience Targeting & Personalization: Collaborate with Product and other engineering teams to integrate audience segmentation and personalization signals into campaign targeting, so the right content reaches the right recipient

- Build for Extensibility: Develop flexible, configurable systems that allow new campaign types, channels, and scheduling rules to be added with minimal engineering overhead

- Drive Operational Excellence: Maintain high system reliability through observability, metrics, alerting, and shared on-call responsibilities, ensuring campaigns are delivered accurately and on time

- Own Feature Delivery End-to-End: Take ownership of complex backend features from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and production support

- Champion Engineering Best Practices: Advocate for strong code quality, testing, and system health, and mentor junior engineers to raise the team's overall technical bar

Benefits

- Generous PTO
- Global Mental Health and Well-Being Benefits

- Flexible Work Opportunities

- Comprehensive Health Benefits
- 401K Contribution

- Employee Resource Groups

- Parental Leave and Support

- Volunteer Opportunities

- Social Events and Activities

📌 Senior Backend Developer (Toronto)
🏢 Movable Ink
📍 Toronto