Uplift

Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Platform

Remote Toronto, Ontario
Python Java Microservices SQL AWS DynamoDB
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Description
Uplift’s mission is to help people get more out of life, one thoughtful purchase at a time. Our enterprise Buy Now, Pay Later solution is used by the world’s most loved brands including Southwest Airlines, Carnival Cruise Line, Universal Studios, and more. With flexible pay over time installments, we empower consumers to buy what matters most while unlocking higher conversions and customer lifetime value for our partners. 

Our team is rapidly growing and comes from diverse backgrounds of leading technology and financial brands. Our HQ is in Sunnyvale, California with offices in Toronto, Ontario, New York, Reno, Nevada, and Guadalajara, Mexico.

Working at Uplift allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture and believe your potential should only be limited by how big you can dream. We make this a reality by empowering you with the tools, resources, and support you need to grow your career.

The Platform Engineering Team handles the server-side systems required to post-loan creation and servicing such as customer management, back office portal, merchant including loans payments and data analytics. It involves creating and interfacing with various internal and external micro-services, queues, key-value stores as well as traditional SQL databases and AWS products and services. Some of the work here is customer-facing, involving full-stack applications, while other work is focused on creating serverless applications that handle financial operations like automating payments and creating virtual credit cards.

What you will do and achieve

    • Participate in multiple backend and platform projects as well as help out in other areas of software development, including tooling, devops and analytics
    • Develop scalable services using serverless architecture
    • Participate in design and code reviews - learn from, and teach, your peers
    • Be involved in choosing new technologies and tooling for our stack

Who you are

    • 5+ years of software development experience
    • BA/BS degree in Engineering, CS, or equivalent, Master's degree a plus
    • Experience in developing web services, REST, Microservices (Lambda), and databases (DynamoDB is a plus)
    • Proficient coding in Python or Java
    • Experience developing in a cloud service environment (AWS)
    • Build readable, with good test coverage, production level code and reusable libraries
    • Entrepreneurial, persistent, with the desire to go deep into the details
    • Comfortable working in a startup culture with the ability to earn trust

Life at Uplift

    • Health Insurance and RRSP plan: some plans cover 99-100% premiums for medical, dental, and vision insurance and a RRSP
    • Work/Life Harmony: Flexible, remote-first work culture. Uplift fosters a culture where employees can achieve both their professional and personal goals. This balance is especially true for our working parents
    • Shared Success: competitive salary and Pre-IPO stock options
    • Health and Wellness Perks: Uplift is proud to reimburse our employees for exercise, wellness products and activities as well as free counseling and coaching for physical, mental and emotional support
    • Professional Development: We are committed to the growth and development of all of our employees. Uplift invests in professional conferences, certifications, and training for employees who want to grow in their careers
    • Pick-A-Perk: money that can go towards something of your choosing within tuition reimbursement, student loan payment reimbursement, vacation savings account, charitable donations, or home office expenses



We want you!

If you made it this far, chances are you’re as excited about working to change how people experience BNPL as we are — and we love that. Please apply even if you’re unsure about whether you meet every single requirement in this posting. Uplift is looking for smart, intellectually curious people who are invested in our mission, not just those who can “check all the boxes”.

Uplift is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

Note: Uplift does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any recruiting alias or employee. Uplift is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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