Minga London

Backend Developer, Technical Lead

Minga London

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Kelowna • 🇨🇦 Canada

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Salary

💰 CA$120,000 - CA$140,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

CloudDockerETLGRPCJavaScriptKubernetesNode.jsSQLTypeScript

About the role

  • Setting technical direction and leading backend architecture decisions across services, APIs, integrations, and data pipelines.
  • Collaborating with Product and Engineering leadership to align backend roadmap with company goals.
  • Leading design and code reviews, advocating for clean, maintainable, and scalable solutions.
  • Mentoring backend engineers, supporting their professional growth, and fostering a strong engineering culture.
  • Driving adoption of backend best practices in security, testing, performance, and DevOps.
  • Overseeing implementation of data pipelines, storage strategies, and integrations that enable reporting and analytics.
  • Ensuring backend systems are reliable, secure, and well-monitored, with disaster recovery and governance processes in place.
  • Acting as a bridge between backend and other teams (frontend, mobile, QA, devops), ensuring smooth collaboration and delivery.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of backend development experience, including 2+ years in a lead/mentorship capacity.
  • Strong background in backend architecture and data engineering.
  • Proficiency with Node.js / TypeScript, SQL (plus experience with APIs, GRPC, or REST).
  • Solid experience with cloud environments, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
  • Familiarity with modern data stacks (Snowflake, Cloud SQL, ETL pipelines, visualization tools like Metabase).
  • Proven ability to balance hands-on development with leadership responsibilities.
  • Strong communicator, able to explain complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Comfortable leading through ambiguity, evaluating trade-offs, and making pragmatic technical decisions.
Benefits
  • Flexible Work: Work in a way that works for you.
  • Inclusive leadership: Monthly CEO Lunch & Learns, open Q&As, and transparent updates.
  • Culture of connection: Social events, virtual meetups, and 2 annual offsites.
  • Growth investment: Dedicated time and budget for growth.
  • Recognition that matters: From Slack shoutouts to company-wide recognition.
  • Perks with purpose: Equitable pay + transparency.
  • Flexible PTO: vacation + personal days.
  • Health, dental, and vision benefits for you & your family.
  • Mental health and wellness support.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
backend developmentbackend architecturedata engineeringNode.jsTypeScriptSQLAPIsGRPCRESTcloud environments
Soft skills
leadershipmentorshipcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingdecision-makingadaptabilitytechnical explanationteam buildingfostering culture