Backend Engineer
- Kitchener, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Cambio is a software platform for real estate decarbonization. We help commercial real estate owners bring their portfolios to net-zero with an AI-driven sustainability, asset, and investment management platform. We're backed by Y Combinator, Google, and Stanford - and we're the fastest-growing startup in our category.
The role
We're looking for a Backend Engineer to build, help teammates do their best work, and have fun doing it.
What You'll Be Doing
The role
We're looking for a Backend Engineer to build, help teammates do their best work, and have fun doing it.
What You'll Be Doing
- Launch customer-facing features by building Django backend services
- Improve the customer experience through performance optimizations
- Improve the eng team's quality of life by committing to tech debt reduction
- Support and collaborate with your teammates
- An A-player: low ego, curious, and serious about your craft
- You are outcome driven
- Work isn't in opposition to life for you - it's part of your life because you genuinely enjoy it
- You ship through obstacles - roadblocks are part of the problem to solve
- You move with urgency and close the week with visible impact
- You're relentlessly curious and treat truth-seeking as a discipline
- You believe iteration speed is quality - the way to build great things is to build fast and learn faster
- You show up for your teammates, in person. You unblock before being asked and never let someone stay stuck
- You own your work end-to-end - proactive about visibility, proud of your progress, and you over-communicate until everyone is fully aligned
- Independent problem simplification skills
- Experienced in Python web development (Django & Ninja is a bonus)
- Solid grasp of computer science and algorithm fundamentals
- Exceptional research & debugging skills
- Understanding of technical trade-offs and the YAGNI principle
- Infra: AWS, Kubernetes, Redis, PostgreSQL, SQS, CDK, GitHub, Retool
- Backend: Django REST/Ninja, Celery
- Frontend: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS
- LLM: AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, Claude
- Work authorization: authorized to work in the US or Canada, and able to travel to both
- This is an in-person role based in Kitchener-Waterloo, New York, or San Francisco
- Competitive compensation and startup equity
- Flexible time off
- $1,200 annual learning budget
- Catered lunch
- Best workstation in a beautiful office in Uptown Waterloo
- Office gym
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Backend Engineer will build customer-facing features using Django backend services and optimize performance to improve customer experience. They will also focus on reducing technical debt and collaborating with teammates to ensure high-quality delivery.
Requirements
Candidates must be experienced in Python web development with a strong grasp of computer science and algorithm fundamentals. They should possess independent problem-simplification skills and be authorized to work in the US or Canada.
Skills
- Python
- Django
- Django Ninja
- Computer Science Fundamentals
- Algorithm Fundamentals
- Research
- Debugging
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Redis
- PostgreSQL
- SQS
- Celery
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Startup equity
- Flexible time off
- Annual learning budget
- Catered lunch
- Office gym
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Software
- Technology
- Engineering
- Environmental & Sustainability
- Sales
Keywords
- Backend Engineer
- Python
- Django
- Django Ninja
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Redis
- PostgreSQL
- SQS
- CDK
- GitHub
- Retool
- Celery
- TypeScript
- React
- Next.js
- Tailwind CSS
- AWS Bedrock
- OpenAI
- Claude
- LLM
- Real Estate Decarbonization
- Net-Zero
- YAGNI
- Sustainability
- Asset Management
- Investment Management