Software Engineer II - Engineer

About the team and role

Responsibilities

• Develop customer-facing backend services and APIs for search, map exploration, and local discovery.
• Deliver features through design, implementation, testing, rollout, and monitoring; improve performance, scalability, and resilience.
• Collaborate with mobile, machine learning, product, and data science partners.
• Support experiments, instrument features, and use results to guide product improvements.
• Write tested code, participate in design and code reviews, and contribute to engineering practices.
• Investigate production issues, improve observability, and support service health.

Basic qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 2 years of professional software engineering experience, including building and shipping backend services.
• Proficiency in a backend programming language such as Go, Java, or a comparable language.
• Strong foundations in data structures, algorithms, API design, and software testing.
• Experience with databases and distributed systems and an understanding of performance and reliability trade-offs.
• Ability to deliver well-scoped projects independently, communicate technical decisions clearly, and collaborate effectively.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with search systems, including retrieval, ranking, or search indices.
• Familiarity with personalization, recommendation systems, or machine learning integration in backend services.
• Experience with geospatial data, maps, points of interest, or location-based products.
• Familiarity with A/B testing, product analytics, and metrics-driven development.
• Experience operating production services, including monitoring, debugging, and safe deployment.
• Experience building consumer-facing products with mobile engineering teams.

Compensation

• For Canada-based roles, the base salary range is CAD $144,000 to CAD $160,000 per year.
• The role may also include bonus participation, equity, and other compensation.

Workplace

• Employees generally spend at least 50% of their time in the office unless approved for full remote work; some roles require full-time office presence.
• The posting says to confirm this role’s specific office requirements with the recruiter.