Senior Backend Engineer

About the Company

Feathery automates data intake workflows for insurance and wealth management firms. Industry leaders rely on Feathery to power mission-critical workflows like underwriting, client onboarding, and automated account openings.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale backend services for document processing and workflow automation
• Develop asynchronous pipelines and distributed systems for large data volumes
• Build and maintain infrastructure using AWS services and queueing systems
• Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and observability across systems
• Optimize systems for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency
• Integrate external services such as OCR and AI models
• Collaborate with product and customer-facing teams to translate needs into scalable solutions
• Take ownership of backend architecture and mentor other engineers

Requirements

• 4–7+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems
• Strong proficiency in Node.js, Django, or similar backend frameworks
• Experience designing distributed systems and asynchronous processing pipelines
• Solid experience with AWS and cloud infrastructure
• Strong understanding of system performance, reliability, and observability
• Experience building production-grade APIs and services
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building data processing or ETL pipelines
• Familiarity with document processing, OCR, or AI/ML integrations
• Experience with queueing systems (e.g., SQS) and event-driven architectures
• Background in financial services, insurance, or data-intensive industries
• Experience at a high-growth B2B SaaS company

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity
• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• Unlimited PTO
• Downtown Toronto office location with snacks and lunches
• Company offsites