Archived listing. The details below describe a past opening.
This is a co-op position, and applicants must be currently registered in a recognized co-op program with an eligible work term beginning in September 2026
About Micromart
Micromart is building the platform for unattended retail. We empower entrepreneurs to turn any location into a retail opportunity, from offices and condos to gyms, hotels, and other shared spaces. Our focus is on giving entrepreneurs powerful tools that are simple to use, while delivering a fast, intuitive shopping experience for shoppers.
Often described as Shopify for physical commerce, Micromart provides the infrastructure that powers unattended retail in the real world.
Our Team
Micromart launched just over a year ago and is now used in thousands of locations across North America. We’re a small and growing team working closely across product, platform, and smart store systems, from design through production.
Work here is end to end. That means thinking through problems, making pragmatic tradeoffs, shipping code, and improving systems over time. As we scale, there’s real ownership, real impact, and room to grow.
How you can help
We're looking for a Software Engineering Co-op to help design, build, and improve the applications and services that power the Micromart product experience. You'll work across our NodeJS, React and TypeScript stack, contribute to improving platform experience for our operators. You will collaborate closely with experienced engineers on projects spanning customer-facing applications, backend services, and internal tools.
At Micromart, you will
- Design, build, test, and maintain software used in real production environments.
- Contribute to backend services, APIs, customer-facing applications, internal tools, and operational systems.
- Work on projects involving payments, fraud prevention, device management, real-time services, and smart store integrations.
- Build interfaces and workflows that balance flexibility, simplicity, and real-world operational needs.
- Take ownership of well-scoped projects from implementation and testing through deployment and monitoring, with support from experienced engineers.
- Investigate production issues, review logs and metrics, and help improve the reliability of our systems.
- Collaborate closely with engineers, product stakeholders, and our smart store teams.
- Make thoughtful engineering tradeoffs that prioritize clarity, quality, and maintainability.
You Will Succeed In This Role By
- Writing clear, reliable, and maintainable code.
- Learning quickly and asking thoughtful questions.
- Delivering projects and features with a strong sense of ownership.
- Testing your work carefully and responding constructively to feedback.
- Communicating progress, challenges, and technical decisions clearly.
- Supporting your teammates and contributing to a high engineering standard.
Bonus / Growth Areas
Depending on your interests and the team's priorities, you may gain exposure to:
- Production monitoring, observability, and incident investigation.
- Payments, fraud prevention, and financial systems.
- Hardware and IoT integrations across smart locks, cameras, displays, routers, eTags, and edge computers.
- Database performance, application scalability, and reliability improvements.
- Developer tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.
- Projects across our backend, web applications, kiosk software, and internal operational tools.
How We Work
- We are a small, collaborative engineering team where co-op students contribute to real products used by operators every day. You will work on clearly scoped projects, receive guidance through design discussions and code reviews, and gradually take on greater ownership as you become familiar with our systems.
- Our engineering workflow is AI-augmented. We use tools such as Cursor and Devin to explore code, scaffold implementations and tests, investigate issues, and accelerate development. We expect engineers to use these tools thoughtfully while maintaining strong engineering judgment, carefully reviewing generated work, and taking responsibility for the quality of what they ship.
What you bring to the team
- Pursuing a degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field.
- Strong computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented or functional programming concepts.
- Experience building software through coursework, personal projects, internships, or previous employment.
- Familiarity with JavaScript or TypeScript and web technologies such as HTML, JSON, HTTP, and REST APIs.
- Experience with at least one backend or frontend framework.
- Basic familiarity with relational databases and SQL.
- Experience using version control, such as Git.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to learn unfamiliar technologies and work collaboratively with feedback.
Nice to have
- Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, Express, React, or AngularJS.
- Experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, or other relational and non-relational databases.
- Familiarity with automated testing, CI/CD, or production monitoring.
- Exposure to cloud platforms, Linux, or containerized applications.
- Experience with Android, hardware integrations, IoT, or edge devices.
- Interest in payments, fraud prevention, real-time systems, or machine learning.
- Previous startup, internship, hackathon, or substantial project experience.
Our Values
We are driven by ambitious, mission-focused thinking and a deep commitment to earning customer trust. We value craftsmanship, simplicity, and quality, and we are intentional about how we build, the tradeoffs we make, and the problems we choose to solve.
We believe in getting things done thoughtfully, improving continuously, and working closely together to build a great product.
Why Micromart
You will work on systems that operate in the real world and matter every day. You will tackle challenging problems at the intersection of software and hardware. You will join a small team where your work directly impacts reliability, uptime, and customer trust as Micromart continues to scale smart retail systems across thousands of locations.
We believe software should empower people to build real businesses in the physical world. Micromart exists to give entrepreneurs practical, durable tools to create opportunity where people live and work, and your work will directly support that.
This year marks a major growth phase for Micromart. We’ve achieved a lot with a very small team, built the core smart store product and the platform that powers it, and are now focused on scaling, shipping new product capabilities, and raising the bar on product quality and our technical stack. If you enjoy owning real systems and pushing them to the next level, there’s a lot to dig into.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Hybrid work environment, with access to our Toronto office
- Meals provided when working from the office
- Centrally located downtown office near Union Station
Micromart is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.
