Senior Backend Software Engineer

Job Responsibility:

Job Title: Platform Engineer Location: Toronto Downtown,Canada Job Type: Full time contract Department: Engineering Reports to: Engineering Manager / DevOps Lead Job Summary: We are seeking a skilled and proactive Platform Engineer to join our growing engineering team. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable platform infrastructure to support our microservices-based applications. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Docker , Python , MySQL , RESTful APIs , and message brokers like RabbitMQ , with a strong understanding of microservice architecture .

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure for deploying microservices using Docker containers.
• Develop and maintain backend services using Python, adhering to scalable and maintainable coding practices.
• Build and manage APIs following RESTful conventions.
• Integrate and manage message brokers (e.g., RabbitMQ) for asynchronous communication between services.
• Optimize and manage relational databases, primarily MySQL.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new platform features.
• Ensure system scalability, reliability, and security.
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues across the stack.
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation and system diagrams.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience in software/platform engineering roles.
• Strong proficiency in Python for backend development.
• Solid experience with Docker for containerization and environment consistency.
• In-depth knowledge of MySQL including optimization and performance tuning.
• Experience working with message brokers like RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar.
• Hands-on experience with microservice architecture design and implementation.
• Proficiency in building and consuming RESTful APIs .
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools is a plus.
• Understanding of system design, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure preferred).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Kubernetes and orchestration tools.
• Knowledge of monitoring/logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Background in agile development methodologies.
• Experience with testing frameworks for Python and API testing.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50.00-$53.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Toronto, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Docker, MYSql: 5 years (required)
• platform engineering: 6 years (required)
• Kubernetes and orchestration tool: 2 years (required)
• Python/ API Testing: 6 years (required)