Backend Engineer

BACKEND ENGINEER (VANCOUVER).

What you’ll do

We’re looking for an Intermediate or Senior Software Engineer (Back End) to be part of our agile product development team. We’re a close-knit engineering team based in Vancouver, BC, and our company also has offices in San Francisco, London and Austin.  Our team is a diverse mix of junior and senior engineers, who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience both from startups and from established industry.

As a member of our small engineering team, you will have a direct impact on the success of the company, and get exposure to a wide range of features, products and technologies. You’ll be responsible for:

• Python, Node.JS, TypeScript development for our SaaS web applications and data ETL
• Updating and Configuring Servers and Systems in the Cloud
• Technical proposals, designs, and leadership for mid-sized projects
• Working closely with product management, design and engineering teammates to create great user experiences
• Helping us write clean, efficient and reusable code
• Helping us learn and evolve our engineering team together

Skills which confidently represent you, today

• You can build high volume, high scale platforms
• You understand some components and systems used to build web architectures in the cloud
• You’re a strong collaborator who believes in the power of teamwork
• You take initiative to learn new languages, frameworks and approaches
• You actively seek opportunities to grow as well as lift those around you
• You take pride in writing clear, maintainable code

Bonus experience

• You have experience working with Apollo GraphQL.
• You’re comfortable with FrontEnd web frameworks such as ReactJS or Vue.js, with a good grasp of modern HTML, CSS and responsive design

Our Culture

We are a company focused on sustainability by reducing waste in our industry.

We have a bias towards action and are always looking to learn, grow and improve our code, practices and processes as a team. For example, MakerSights supports an annual employee education stipend, we regularly meet to discuss improvements to our programming techniques, and we hold lunch & learns where we teach each other new ideas, approaches and insights. Most of all, we’re a team that cares about each other and supports each other to grow. 

"All About The People"

One of our four core values which we embody through:

• Lunch and learns
• Custom sneakers and a short sabbatical surrounding milestone work anniversaries
• The support and trust of our industry-expert VC, Forerunner
• Unlimited PTO
• Flexible hours

About MakerSights

MakerSights is the only collaborative Voice of Consumer platform purpose-built for retail brands. By embedding crucial consumer data and product feedback directly into the concept-to-consumer process, MakerSights enables the world’s most successful footwear, apparel, and accessories brands to collect, analyze, and share the consumer insights that teams need to make informed product and merchandising decisions from strategy and seasonal direction through line adoption and go-to-market.

At MakerSights, we get our energy from partnering with people who love what they do inside and outside the office. We want you to know that we are committed to creating an engaging, supportive environment that allows our team to grow and develop together. We are backed by some of the leading technology and sustainability-focused investors, including Forerunner Ventures, Baseline Ventures, G2 Venture Partners (which invests exclusively in innovations that battle climate change), and Gaingels, an LGBTQ-focused investor syndicate that aligns with our commitment to fostering an inclusive company culture and supporting inclusive commerce.

As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, military or veteran status, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information. These are our guiding principles and apply across all aspects of employment.