Do you want to empower organizations to fairly and equitably hire, promote, retain and compensate their employees? Syndio is a Series-C technology company committed to fairness in the workplace. Fueled by investments of $83M from Bessemer Ventures, Voyager Capital and social change organization Emerson Collective, Syndio is investing in growing our team and products.

This is a critical moment when organizations are looking for ways to take tangible action to fight gender and racial bias, and we believe creating diverse and inclusive workplaces for all starts with workplace equity.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Staff Backend Software Developer with a strong interest in product delivery and support to join our engineering team and collaborate on challenges at a fast-paced startup. Customer success hinges on high-quality platform and application development. Your solid and dependable developments on our software products will have a meaningful impact on helping companies achieve fairness in the workplace.

Why this job is exciting:

• Design, develop and deploy impactful backend features across our platform.
• Collaborate with software developers, product managers, and designers to design, develop, and maintain mid to large features and services to deliver exceptional user experiences- both internally and externally.
• Mentor junior through senior team members, share your expertise, and advocate and lead technical initiatives that drive our strategic goals.
• Build and improve software that directly helps organizations achieve workplace equity

About you:

• Software Development Experience: Extensive experience in building reliable, performant, and maintainable backend systems, with a focus in the following: authorization and permissions, systems design, and API development.
• Programming Proficiency: Strong skills in backend development with proficiency in Go, utilizing gRPC and Protobuf.
• Cloud Architecture: Experience in designing and architecting applications on cloud platforms, such as GCP, AWS, or Azure (we use GCP).
• Data Management: Strong experience with data model and schema design using technologies such as PostgreSQL, Redis, and Cloud PubSub.
• API Development: Thorough knowledge of API architecture and development.
• System Scalability: Experience with optimizing backend architectures for resource efficiency, scalability, and maintainability.
• Communication Skills: Effective communication capabilities for interacting with both technical and non-technical teams.
• Team Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to work with cross-functional teams in a collaborative environment.
• You assume positive intent, are humble and eager, expect the best from yourself, value partnership over perfection, and provide grace and understanding in stressful situations
• You value a remote work environment and know that it requires greater intentionality on your part to build and maintain strong working relationships
• You currently reside within commuting distance of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Relocation is not currently offered.
  • Kindly note, you must also be eligible to work there legally, as we are NOT able to provide visa support at this time.
• Extra Credit
  • Experience with or strong interest in building and integrating browser extensions.

• Check out our Employee Experience page for more information on our Mission & Values, Work-Life Balance, Pay Transparency, Diversity, Culture, and Benefits.