Backend Software Engineer, RateHub

Salary not provided

Offers RRSP matching program

PHP

MongoDB

Kubernetes

TypeScript

JavaScript

Linux

Node.js

Postgres

Salesforce

MySQL

Firebase

Git

Mid and Senior level

Remote in Canada

Financial services comparison platform

Posted today

Financial services comparison platform

101-200 employees

FintechB2CBankingMarketplacePersonal financeInsuranceMortgagesInvestingCredit cards

Posted today

Salary not provided

Offers RRSP matching program

PHP

MongoDB

Kubernetes

TypeScript

JavaScript

Linux

Node.js

Postgres

Salesforce

MySQL

Firebase

Git

Mid and Senior level

Remote in Canada

101-200 employees

FintechB2CBankingMarketplacePersonal financeInsuranceMortgagesInvestingCredit cards

Company mission

To help Canadians make better financial decisions.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

3+ years of industry experience as a backend developer
Experience building web-based web microservices
Fluency with JavaScript and/or TypeScript; experience with Node/Express-based microservices preferred
Experience with PHP is not strictly required, but very beneficial
Knowledge of interfacing with Salesforce, Filogix and/or BOSS are an asset
Familiarity with distributed application (micro-service) architecture and best practice
Experience integrating 3rd-party APIs within a microservices environment
Experience with event driven services and application architecture
Proficiency with both relational (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL) and document databases (e.g. MongoDB, Firebase)
High degree of comfort with Git source code management
Experience with kubernetes and managing infrastructure via gitops is an asset
Familiarity with Linux or other Unix-like environment; feeling at home in the terminal
Curiosity and ability to learn quickly and write maintainable code
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

What the job involves

We're looking for a Backend Software Engineer to join our remote-first team
As a member of our mortgages team, you will play a central role in the evolution and creation of web-based microservices
The successful candidate will work closely with product managers, QA and other developers to allow us to help Canadians make better financial decisions
Build and evolve our suite of HTTP-based and event-driven microservices
Create, extend and evolve shared libraries
Write automated tests to ensure correctness and protect against regressions
Integrate services into our observability platform, configure alerts, monitor services in production and improve them based on the data gathered
Participate in best practice discussions and suggest improvements to our processes, libraries and ways of working
Work with developers and other members of the business to identify improvements, suggest implementation options, trade-off alternatives, and make technical architecture decisions
Give advice on technical issues impacting many functions across the business and discuss issues with technical teams from partner companies
OUR TECH STACK:
Language/Framework: Node/Express, PHP/Laravel, Java
Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDb, Redis
Eventing/Pub-Sub: Kafka
CI/CD: GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Argo Workflows
Packaging and Deployment: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, GCP/GKE
Observability and Monitoring: New Relic

Our take

Consumer activity has continued to shift from in-person to online in all categories, and RateHub recognised a need to make financial products accessible online too.

RateHub allows users to compare prices and rates on financial products like mortgages, credit cards and insurance. With more than 2M monthly users, RateHub has launched its own in-house brokerage to aid with its mission to help Canadians make better financial decisions.

Despite FinTech being a busy space, RateHub reached a milestone of closing $10B in funded mortgages in October 2021. Since then, it has received significant investment that will allow it to continue building its momentum and accelerate growth both organically and through acquisitions.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

-22% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.5)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Jan 2018

$12m

SERIES A

Mar 2017

$9.2m

SERIES A

Total funding: $21.7m

Company HQ

Downtown Yonge, Toronto, ON

Articles

Executive Turnover Continues in Canadian Tech as Ratehub Names New CEO

Leadership

Naga Parvatharajan

(CEO)

Naga joined Ratehub in 2024 of CEO. They are also the Group GM at SoFi. Previously they were a Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group, Co-Head of Product at Goldman Sachs, and a Business Manager at Capital One.

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