Lead Technical Strategy & Architecture: Effectively drive architecture decisions that align with product strategy and advise Procurify's leadership team on critical technical considerations. You will collaborate with your team on technical designs to ensure they follow appropriate patterns, are architecturally sound, and improve the implementation of our backend systems.
Build & Ship Scalable APIs and Services: Apply your experience to design, develop, and maintain the RESTful APIs and backend services that form the foundation of our product, using Python and Django. You will work across the stack to consistently deliver software that helps Procurify set and achieve a high standard of quality, clarity, and maintainability.
Mentor & Elevate the Team: Teach and mentor technical leaders at Procurify. You will actively participate in code reviews and architectural discussions, delivering written and verbal technical feedback to peers to elevate the team.
Design & Optimize Data Systems: Contribute to the design of our database models and write efficient, secure queries, ensuring the performance and integrity of our data layer.
Ensure Operational Excellence: Participate in the investigation and resolution of defects and performance bottlenecks affecting the quality and stability of the monolith. You will champion code quality and contribute to a high-performance team committed to craft and operational excellence.

Requirements

Senior Engineering Experience: 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on building reliable and scalable SaaS software solutions.
AI & ML: Deep understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG architectures, vector databases (Databricks/pgVector), and agentic AI frameworks (LangChain, Google ADK, or similar)
Python Proficiency: Strong experience building and maintaining applications using Python and a major web framework (we use Django).
Strategic Leadership: Experience leading large technical projects with significant impact across many teams. You effectively drive architecture decisions and can advise leadership on critical technical considerations.
Mentorship: Extensive experience mentoring engineers and delivering technical feedback to peers.
Database & API Knowledge: Experience working with relational databases (we use MySQL), including schema design and query optimization, and a solid understanding of RESTful API design principles.
Problem Solver: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to balance multiple competing priorities while solving challenging problems.
Empathetic & Accountable: You act with compassion, believe that your team's success is your success, and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues.

Benefits

Flexible working: We’re a remote-first organization with flexible working hours. Work anywhere from within Canada!
Responsible time off: We trust our team to take the time they need to rest and recharge while staying accountable to their commitments.
Extended health benefits: We prioritize our team’s health and well-being. We offer a competitive health, vision, and dental package along with an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and a health and wellness spending account.
Community initiatives: We have a strong commitment to the community. Join one of our regular community days, donate to our Donate Your Day program, and get involved with one of our lunch and learns.
Stock options: Everyone has a chance to own a part of Procurify with our competitive stock program.
DEI initiatives: We regularly run a diversity, equity, and inclusion roundtable where we host guest speakers and tackle the topics that matter.

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonDjangoRESTful APIsSaaS software solutionsLLMsprompt engineeringRAG architecturesvector databasesMySQLquery optimization

Soft Skills

strategic leadershipmentorshipproblem solvinganalytical skillscommunicationempathyaccountability