Senior Backend Engineer
Noibu
Software Engineering
Ottawa, ON, Canada
CAD 150k-190k / year
Posted 6+ months ago
Noibu is the leading ecommerce analytics & monitoring platform, purpose-built to help retailers protect and grow online revenue. By unifying site monitoring, experience analytics, and conversion growth opportunities in a single pane of glass, Noibu captures the most important end-to-end shopping data, without the complexity of traditional analytics tools.
Noibu surfaces critical site errors, performance issues, and customer journey friction that block conversions, then ties every insight directly to business impact, session replays, and full technical context. This makes it easy for ecommerce teams to understand why things are happening and what to prioritize, without dedicated analytics headcount.
The result: faster decisions, better collaboration across teams, optimized customer experiences, and revenue growth.
Learn more about Noibu at www.noibu.com.
This Senior Backend Engineer at Noibu is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining APIs and the systems that power them. This role focuses on feature improvements and maintenance of microservices, and building APIs to deliver the critical data our customers need to monitor their eCommerce websites. The objective is to ensure backend systems are high-performing, reliable, and aligned with business needs while collaborating with the engineering team and broader stakeholders.
What You'll Do:
- You’ll design, implement, and optimize backend applications using Rust and Go, with a focus on building resilient APIs
- You'll build features such as log drains and data analytics engines to help customers gain insights into their eCommerce platforms
- You’ll work closely with frontend developers to ensure seamless integration of backend components with frontend services, participate in project discussions, and contribute to decision-making processes
- You’ll implement services that collect, process, archive, explore, and monitor log data from various sources
- You’ll stay on top of the latest backend technologies, learning and applying new releases, libraries, and methodologies to continually improve Noibu’s technology stack.
What You've Done:
- Able to write clean, idiomatic Rust code that follows best practices and modern language features
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform, AWS, or Azure
- Proficiency in SQL and its variants, along with relational databases
- Familiarity with Elastic Search and its application for search and analytics
- Strong understanding of at least one VM backend language Rust and Go
- Experience with columnar databases
- Proven experience in designing high-throughput, fault-tolerant applications
- Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices
- A solid grasp of the software development lifecycle and Agile methodologies
Who You Are:
- Have a strong proficiency in Clickhouse or other columnar databases
- Flexible and comfortable wearing multiple hats when necessary
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly
- Self-motivated and resourceful, with the ability to work independently and within a team
- Passionate about building high-performing, fault-tolerant backend systems
Our Stack
- Cloud Infrastructure: GCP + AWS
- Data Storage: Clickhouse, SQL databases
- Search and Analytics: Elastic Search
- Messaging Systems: Pub/Sub
- Microservices: Rust and Go
- Programming Languages: Rust, Go, TypeScript
- API Integrations: GraphQL and WebSockets
- CI/CD and Orchestration: Fully automated builds via CI/CD in Kubernetes
Why should you consider Noibu?
🦄 We’re working to be Ottawa’s next Unicorn
Noibu is going to impact billions of shoppers. By joining our small team on the ground floor, you have the opportunity to do something amazing with us and grow more than you even realize is possible.
🕰️ Unlimited Time Off & Flexible Working Style
In addition to unlimited time off, we enforce an annual minimum of 3 weeks for all employees and have a company-wide holiday shutdown yearly. Our flexible working style means you get to choose the hours that work best for you.
🦷 Benefits from Day 1
Imagine waiting 3 months into your new job to go to the dentist. Never at Noibu. We hired you. We believe in you, and everyone gets access to all benefits, perks, and allowances from their first day with us 🤝
🎉 Fun & Engagement
Many companies preach having fun, but we seriously do walk the walk. Think things like Monthly Company-Wide & Team-Specific Socials, frequent post-work Happy Hours, and an annual Holiday Party 🎄
...Plus much, much more.
If you have experience close to what we outlined but think you might be missing a few things, apply anyway! 🚀 What’s the worst that could happen? Noibu looks for people with exceptional potential, and we know that this takes many forms.
At Noibu, we’re committed to building an environment where every team member feels included, supported, and valued for who they are. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and believe that diverse perspectives fuel better ideas, stronger teams, and a better product.
150000 - 190000 CAD a year
This role is benchmarked against market data, and we offer a competitive salary range with flexibility for exceptional candidates based on experience and impact.
