Senior Back End Developer Senior Back End Developer

With our growing customer base and our expansion into new markets and use cases, we have more to build than ever at Affinity as we execute on our vision to put relationship intelligence at every professional's fingertips.
As a Senior Backend Engineer , you'll have the opportunity to push our product in new directions while also shaping the next iterations of the features our customers already love. You'll define the future of core pieces of our backend across areas like our data models and APIs. From back-end algorithms to async workers to scalable applications, you'll hone your skills across multiple domains while helping to drive forward the Affinity product and vision.
Be hands-on and in the code for the core areas of our product, iterating on current data models and APIs with performance and scalability in mind for current and future usage
Mentor other engineers and uplevel them in designing and building robust and scalable systems, as well as building and reinforcing a team ownership culture in observability and maintainability
Apply modern AI best practices to both the development process and product features
Proactively identify areas for technical investment within the team, be aligned with and help define the technical roadmap across engineering to adapt to the changing needs of the business and our customers
Act as a project lead where you’ll be owning technical solutions and outcomes. This involves collaborating closely with product, design, and technical leads to define the project scope and milestones and distributing work across the team and driving implementation goals.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every qualification. At Affinity, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply anyways. You have 5+ years of experience as a software engineer, including familiarity with the different pieces of technology involved in building modern web applications.
You have experience writing server-side code leveraging modern OOP practices using Ruby and PostgreSQL. Bonus for additional technologies in our stack including Rails, Sorbet, Sinatra, React, Typescript, NextJS, Chrome Extension Development, or Outlook Addin Development.
You have a strong understanding of relational databases and the ability to design and implement systems that scale and avoid performance bottlenecks.
You've helped your teams to solve high-scale challenges, and have experience working on large migration projects in the areas of data modeling and APIs.
You care about setting up and owning core systems, with observability and long-term support and maintenance in mind.
Our platform is built with React and TypeScript on the front end, and with Ruby and PostgreSQL on the back end. Our infrastructure is hosted by AWS and runs on Kubernetes.
As such, you must be comfortable embracing ambiguity, be able to cut through it, and deliver value to our customers.
We make data-driven decisions and make the best decision for the moment based on the information available.
Health Benefits: We cover both you and your dependents' extended health benefit premiums and offer flexible personal & sick days to support your well-being.
Retirement Planning: We offer an RRSP plan to help you plan for your future.
Team Connection: Virtual team-building activities and socials to keep our team connected, because building strong relationships is key to success.
Please note that the role compensation details below reflect the base salary only and do not include any equity or benefits. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $148,750 to $180,000 CAD . With more than 3,000 customers worldwide and backed by some of Silicon Valley's best firms, Affinity has raised $120M to empower dealmakers to find, manage, and close more deals. Our Relationship Intelligence platform uses the wealth of data exhaust from trillions of interactions between Investment Bankers, Venture Capitalists, Consultants, and other strategic dealmakers to deliver automated relationship insights that drive over 450,000 deals every month. Join us on our mission to make it possible for anyone to cultivate and fully harness their network to succeed.