Senior Full Stack Engineer / Node, TypeScript, PostgreSQL / Hybrid Toronto

We are partnering with a healthtech company that builds software to increase the capacity and efficiency of drug manufacturing. They are hiring a Senior Ful Stack Engineer to design and scale a secure, high-performing platform using Node and TypeScript. This is a full-time, hybrid role in 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 shipping to production daily, this is a chance to have outsized impact on real-world outcomes, including cost reduction and safer bio and chemical manufacturing.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ 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%
• Database & caching (PostgreSQL, Redis), 25%
• Cloud infrastructure & DevOps, 15%
• UI collaboration with React & design team, 10%

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
• Fully distributed team within North American and European time zones
• Company-paid co-working desk in your local community
• New MacBook Pro, external display, and professional accessories

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