Full-Time Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer

Remote (Available States: Utah, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Alabama, Virginia)

About Us

Canopy is a fast-growing SaaS company building simple, efficient software for accounting firms. We are looking to revolutionize the accounting space with modern, user-friendly software.

The Opportunity

We are hiring a Sr Backend Engineer who has a desire to work in Python, Java, and Kotlin to help us make our world class practice management platform for accounting professionals even better! Our backend web developers work cross-functionally on teams. They have the autonomy to research, hypothesize, build, test and iterate on the best solutions for our customers.

What You'll Do:

• Work with your product manager, engineers and customers to define and validate new features and enhancements
• Meet with frontend engineers to design effective REST API endpoints and document the service contract
• Implement microservice endpoints using Python with asyncio or Java with Vert.x, PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ
• Write unit tests for your code and participate in code reviews
• Own service builds and deployments to our staging and production environments using Docker, Github, and Kubernetes
• Identify, prioritize, and resolve bugs and technical debt
• Mentor other developers
• Participate in interviews

Your Skills Include:

• At least 5 years of web development experience (Python, Java, or Kotlin preferred)
• Proficiency in SQL database design and interaction
• Knowledge of RESTful API principles and conventions
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Passion for building innovative, scalable solutions
• Ability to work well on a highly collaborative team
• Ability to communicate well

Bonus Points If You Have:

• An interest for AI development
• Experience working with microservices
• Experience with 3rd party APIs and integrations

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