Senior Backend Software Engineer - Canada

At Atolio, a fully remote startup founded by experienced leaders from Splunk and PagerDuty, they are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to help create distributed backend services. The role involves building scalable, cloud-native systems and collaborating across teams in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain highly scalable, cloud-native backend services using Golang in a modern microservices architecture
• Apply deep knowledge of computer science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, operating systems, and distributed systems to solve complex, real world problems
• Deploy and operate services in Kubernetes across AWS, GCP, or Azure, with a focus on reliability, observability, and performance
• Integrate with enterprise systems and security protocols, including SSO/IdP providers like Okta, to support large-scale deployments
• Lead projects from 0 to1
• Responsible for leading architecture and design of new product features and services
• Collaborate across teams to define technical requirements, shape architecture, and deliver high-impact solutions in a fast-moving, startup environment
• Work across the stack when needed, especially at the intersection of backend services and other infrastructure layers