Engineering Assistant I

We exist to modernize the way that vendors and property managers work together. We do this by building a complete vendor lifecycle management solution, purpose-built for the world of commercial real estate. Today, over 10,000 buildings and 70,000 vendors rely on VendorPM for credentialing, tendering, and contract management. We drive serious efficiency and cost savings for property managers, while unlocking growth opportunities for vendors across North America.
We’re one of Toronto’s fastest-growing startups, a certified “Great Place to Work,” and recognized in 2023, 2024 and 2025 as one of the Best Workplaces in Canada. Backed by world-class SaaS and PropTech —investors-Bessemer Venture Partners, the former CEO of Twitter, Prudence VC, and Navitas Capital-we’re just getting started.
If you’re someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, loves turning ideas into action, and wants to grow alongside the business you’re helping build-we want to hear from you.
As a Staff Engineer at VendorPM, you’ll be a senior individual contributor (70-80%) with technical leadership responsibilities (20-30%).
This is a hands-on engineering role where you’ll design, build, and scale backend systems that power our marketplace. At the same time, you’ll help shape the technical direction of the platform-from defining our architecture roadmap to introducing AI-enabled development practices and improving our engineering processes.
You will report directly to the VP of Engineering and play a key role in building the future of technology at VendorPM.
Design, develop, and maintain project features and services using Node.js, TypeScript and similar programming languages with performance and scale as the core of system design thinking.
Expertise and understanding of REST, GQL, PostgreSQL (RDS), AWS, ECS, CI/CD, and Security Practices
Contribute directly to core feature development, performance improvements, and refactoring initiatives.
Technical Leadership (20–30%)
Own and evolve the technical vision for our platform - from current architecture to future re-architecture proposals, balancing ROI, Risk, and strategic value with the ongoing Product Roadmap.
Review and approve project-based technical solution documents/designs, ensuring they meet performance and scalability goals.
Contribute to process improvements - from release management, code review, and deployment pipelines to AI-enabled coding practices.

7+ years of professional software development experience, with strong focus on backend systems using NodeJs

• Deep expertise in Node.js and TypeScript, including asynchronous programming and event loop fundamentals.
• Strong foundation in system design, API architecture, and scalable service development.
• Proven experience with PostgreSQL and query optimization.
• Hands-on experience with AWS (RDS, Lambda, ECS/Fargate, CI/CD pipelines).
• Track record of influencing engineering culture and raising quality standards
• Comfortable connecting technical decisions to business outcomes and ROI.
• Excellent collaborator and communicator, able to align technical and product priorities.

In-Person, High-Energy Environment: Our downtown Toronto office is a hub of collaboration, focus, and innovation. 3 weeks vacation, 8 wellness days to recharge, Benefits, Equity, Employer top-up for maternity and parental leave, company and team socials
~ Step 2: Tech Round 1 with VP of Engineering
Artificial intelligence (AI) is not used at any stage of the hiring process for this role. We aim to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities, and to create an environment where every employee has the opportunity to reach their potential.