
Staff Developer, Backend
AgencyAnalytics
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Canada
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Salary
💰 CA$144,000 - CA$216,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Your time will be divided between leading cross-functional technical projects, building and reviewing architectures.
- You’ll be setting and driving coding standards, technical processes, and tooling across engineering.
- You’ll drive AI tool adoption across Engineering.
- You'll prioritize and work on multiple projects from start to finish, balancing quality, stability and project delivery.
- Through code reviews and mentoring, you'll set a high-quality bar. You’ll also actively look for ways to improve the overall quality of our codebase.
- You'll work across teams to promote an open, collaborative approach to architecture, technical patterns, and complex problem-solving.
Requirements
- You’ve got 8+ years of SaaS application development experience under your belt, with a track record of leading technical initiatives to successful outcomes.
- You’ve previously held a Staff Developer or higher title, and you’re ready to hit the ground running at that level.
- You’ve embraced AI coding tools like Claude, using them daily.
- You’re hands-on and can go deep on backend technologies (PHP or similar).
- You’ve architected complex systems, balancing performance, scale, and developer experience.
- You're fluent in performance best practices, and you know how to monitor and optimize for the user experience.
- You have closely collaborated with other Staff on foundational engineering decisions and product development.
- You thrive in ambiguity and can operate at different levels, from system architecture down to pair programming with a junior dev.
Benefits
- Stock options and variable compensation
- 4 weeks vacation, 5 personal days, and your birthday off (we want to celebrate with you!)
- Comprehensive benefits from day one, plus an annual HSA/WSA spending account
- RRSP matching to support your future
- Annual learning and development budget, plus a book budget
- Parental leave top-ups
- & many more!!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
SaaS application developmentbackend technologiesPHPsystem architecturecode reviewscoding standardstechnical processesperformance optimizationAI coding toolscomplex problem-solving
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationmentoringproject managementcommunicationadaptabilityquality assurancestrategic thinkingproblem-solvingbalancing priorities