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formaaiinc

Jul 08

Staff Back End Engineer (Data Platform)

Onsite · Toronto, Canada Toronto, Canada

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Join Forma.ai as a Staff Back End Engineer to enhance our data platform and backend services. You'll work on complex systems and mentor other engineers while driving architectural improvements.

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Job description

Join Forma.ai as a Staff Back End Engineer to enhance our data platform and backend services. You'll work on complex systems and mentor other engineers while driving architectural improvements.

Details

  • Toronto, Canada, work from office
  • Significant experience designing and building complex backend systems
  • Expertise in at least one production-grade backend language (e.g., Python, Java, Kotlin, Go)
  • Strong foundation in relational schema design, data modelling, and SQL

The work

  • Design and evolve backend services that power product workflows
  • Architect data models representing hierarchical & graph structures
  • Drive architectural decisions balancing extensibility, performance, and operational simplicity
  • Mentor engineers across levels to raise backend engineering standards