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Full Stack Engineer

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Job Description

We are partnering with a scaling Toronto-based sports and casino company that is looking to bring on a new engineering team for their growing platform across North America! This is a full-time position local to Toronto - 5 Days in Downtown Toronto.

You will join a small, highly collaborative team with significant ownership across architecture, product, and delivery. If you enjoy shaping engineering practices, choosing modern tooling, and working with a collaborative Team this is for you! Seniority can be from 3-10+ years as they are hiring a full team :)

Required Skills & Experience

3-10+ years building production backends, with strong proficiency in Node, TypeScript, and Express

Designing and implementing REST APIs, authentication, and secure data flows

PostgreSQL schema design, query optimization, and performance tuning

Caching with Redis, data sync strategies, and offline-tolerant patterns

Cloud deployment experience and operational ownership, CI/CD, monitoring, and alerts

Strong systems design, integration with third-party services, and product analytics instrumentation

Clear written communication, Git hygiene, and a pragmatic approach to shipping quality code

Desired Skills & Experience

Experience establishing longer-term cloud infrastructure and operations beyond Heroku

Real-time collaboration features, websockets, and state sync patterns

Frontend collaboration, implementing basic UI from Figma, familiarity with React and polished UX details

Email delivery pipelines, transactional templates, and eventing

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field from a reputable institution (considered a strong asset)

Interest in productivity systems and a low-ego, solution-focused mindset

Domain interest in healthcare, life sciences, or manufacturing

What You Will Be Doing

Tech Breakdown

Backend development with Node.js & TypeScript, 50%

Front-end React - 50%

Daily Responsibilities

Hands-on development and code reviews, 70%

Architecture and technical design, 15%

Cross-functional collaboration with design and product, 10%

Operational duties, deployments, and observability, 5%

The Offer

You Will Receive The Following Benefits

Competitive salary and equity options

4 weeks paid vacation, paid sick leave, and paid parental leave

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada on a full-time basis now and in the future.

Posted By: Vivien Ip

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