Senior Backend Developer/Développeur Logiciel Backend

at  Reliant AI

ABOUT YOU

As the ideal candidate, you will already have a successful career in backend or full-stack development to show for with a particular emphasis on rapid and repeated innovation; effective delivery and systems design that allows for scale both in opportunity and in team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for an exceptionally talented backend engineer to join our team in Montreal. You will play a pivotal role in driving the development and delivery of our technology by multiplying our ability to develop core backend functionality as well as by serving as a bridge between the wider engineering team and the ML team that you would be co-located with.
If you are passionate about building great products, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, and are excited about contributing to the growth of an ambitious startup, this opportunity is for you.

Our stack:

• Python / FastAPI
• PostgreSQL
• PyTorch
• MongoDB
• Microservices

As an early member of our team, you get meaningful responsibility from day one together with the opportunity to make decisions and impact our early technological stack and infrastructure.
Working in one of the most ambitious AI companies that exist today, surrounded by a great team of colleagues who are all world leaders in their respective fields, we believe we can offer an incredibly stimulating environment to do this work in.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL

• Take ownership of the delivery of complex projects; aligning with collaborators in cross-functional teams; and ensuring timely delivery of mission-critical components
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the overall vision behind Reliant, and integrate this into the architectural and process choices you make in your day-to-day work
• Provide valuable insights to refine UI/UX concepts and contribute to the planning of backend and infrastructure development
• Proactively take responsibility for long-term code quality and architecture

YOU MIGHT THRIVE IN THIS ROLE IF YOU BRING THE FOLLOWING SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES:

• 5+ years of proven experience as a Backend Engineer
• Understanding of development design patterns and techniques, incl. Rest API design principles
• Hands-on experience with testing approaches and libraries (unit testing, integration testing)
• Proficiency with designing scalable architectures and employing parallelism
• Proven track record of shipping innovative software products from conceptualizing and discovery all the way to launch and iterations