Staff Software Engineer, Engineering Services

Join our Framework team: the engineering foundation that makes Achievers scale.

This team owns authentication, API gateways, interservice communication, caching, feature flag management, and the base libraries that every Go and Python service at Achievers is built on — all sitting at the critical path of everything we ship.

The libraries, platforms, and tooling you build are used by roughly 100 engineers across the company.

When you raise the floor — better DX, faster onboarding, more consistent patterns, AI-first tooling — the whole engineering organization moves faster.
Framework is the one team that holds end-to-end understanding of how base libraries must interact with the infrastructure layer and the CI/CD pipeline.
These are high-stakes architectural shifts that require both deep technical judgement and the ability to drive alignment across teams.
If you're energized by building for builders — designing systems that are secure, highly available, and genuinely pleasant to work with — and you want your architectural decisions to have company-wide reach, this is the team.
How you’ll shape our software engineering practices:

Provide guidance and mentorship to a team of software developers with varying experience levels, fostering an environment of continuous learning and improvement.
Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to define requirements and translate them into technical solutions. Actively participate in cross-functional planning sessions to align on priorities and dependencies.
Utilize a wide range of modern tools and technologies, including Python, Go, Kubernetes, Docker, Drone, Google PubSub, GraphQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Microservices, to solve complex challenges.
Architect high-performance, highly available, and secure software solutions that scale to millions of users.
Ship code regularly—multiple times a day, enabling continuous improvement and rapid delivery of new features.
Take full ownership of features or modules from design through deployment, ensuring the quality and reliability of the codebase.
Monitor application performance and optimize code to ensure it meets scaling, performance, and security requirements as the product grows.
Contribute to and enforce engineering best practices, standards, and guidelines for coding, testing, and infrastructure across the team. Lead and initiate engineering improvements, whether it’s through tooling, processes, or adopting new technologies, to ensure the team is working effectively.
Continuously learn and stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and software engineering practices to bring fresh perspectives and ideas to the team.
Guide junior engineers not only on technical solutions but also on career development, helping them set goals, identify growth areas, and improve their soft skills.
8+ years of relevant software development experience leading projects and especially system design, with at least 3 of them in a Senior/Staff capacity.

• Strong programming skills in Python or Go are highly advantageous.
• Comfortable working in a UNIX/Linux environment
• Ability to analyze business requirements and create technical design documents aligned with architecture standards
• Passion for performance profiling and benchmarking.
• Track record of building shared libraries or SDKs used across large engineering organizations
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Experience working in Agile teams

We’re a team of passionate, thoughtful builders who care deeply about our product, our customers, and each other. 140,000 - $180,000 reflects the salary range for this role, depending on experience, skills, and market data. Each A-Players' compensation is reviewed at least annually against performance and impact in role. Benefits and Perk s for permanent full-time employees:

✨ Health Benefits and Life Insurance Coverage beginning on your first day
Parental Leave Top-up
Flexible Vacation to recharge, so you can bring your best
Employee and Family Assistance Program offering mental health, legal, and financial counselling
Employee-Led Employee Resource Groups that celebrate our diversity
‍♀️ Hybrid flexibility, with time in our beautiful Liberty Village, Toronto office

Achievers is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive workplace where everyone can do their best work. If you require any accommodations for your interview, such as assistive technology, wheelchair accessibility, or alternative formats of materials, please let us know. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications or analyzing resumes. These tools help our recruitment team but never replace decisions made by real people. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.