Senior Software Engineer

As a Senior Software Engineer at Caribou, you will shape the architecture, quality, and evolution of the core systems powering our products. You’ll influence our product strategy, technical direction, and engineering best practices while helping us scale to support caregivers across North America.

You’ll join a talented, mission-driven team where:

• Everyone is a leader - from decision-making to rolling up our sleeves when needed
• We build with empathy, always asking how the product improves the caregiver experience
• We learn fast through data, experimentation, and thoughtful collaboration

• →Architect and build distributed, event-driven systems that support large-scale data and real-time interactions
• →Lead major initiatives end-to-end: from technical design and data modeling to deployment and monitoring
• →Collaborate closely with Product and Design to deliver delightful user experiences
• →Ensure reliability, performance, security, and observability across the stack
• →Mentor teammates and elevate engineering quality - through code reviews, technical design, and thought leadership

• 5+ years of experience building production software systems at scale
• Proficiency with a modern stack - ideally TypeScript, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, and AWS
• Proven ability to design backend services using best practices (e.g., REST/GraphQL, domain-driven design, event-driven patterns, CQRS)
• Experience writing performant and maintainable UI/UX
• Strong understanding of security, reliability, and DevOps principles
• Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams
• Ability to clearly communicate technical trade-offs to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
• A growth mindset and motivation to experiment, measure, and iterate

• Purpose with impact: Help solve one of society’s most important challenges - the caregiver shortage.
• Award-winning company: Caribou is a Top 10 Fast-Growing Technology Company in Canada (The Globe and Mail 2025).
• Hybrid work-culture: The team primarily operates out of Toronto with one day a week in-office. Options to work remotely - we just care about getting the best work done.
• Compensation & perks: Competitive salary, stock options, and healthcare benefits and summer half-days.
• Values-driven team: Low-ego, high-character people who move fast, stay humble, and sweat the details

• You have a degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Experience with AI/Voice technologies or LLM-powered automations
• You're excited to both teach and learn from your peers.

1. Discovery Call with Roxy - Learn more about Caribou, the role, and share your background, motivations, and career goals.

2. Hiring Manager Interview with Phil - Dive deeper into your experience, the products you've built, and how you've approached technical challenges, ownership, and collaboration.

3. Technical Assessment (Take-Home) - A practical exercise designed to mirror the kind of work you'll do at Caribou. We're interested in your problem-solving approach, code quality, and trade-off decisions. Yes, you can use AI!

4. Technical Deep Dive with Thomas and/or Katie - Walk us through your assessment and discuss engineering fundamentals, system design decisions, and how you think through complex problems.

5. Product Collaboration with Gulen or Koren - Collaborate with members of our Engineering and Product teams on an ambiguous problem. We'll explore how you balance technical decisions, customer needs, and business constraints.

6. Leadership Conversation - Meet with one of our Founders, Alex or Christian, to discuss our mission, answer any remaining questions, and ensure there's mutual excitement about building together!

At Caribou, we understand the value of having a diverse team. We believe in providing equal opportunity employment regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability, and conviction. Please let us know if you require accommodation during the recruitment process. Please contact roxyATcaribou.care if you have any questions or need support in any way.