Software Engineer - App Backend Remote - Canada
Software Engineer - App Backend Remote - Canada
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Summary
With over 200 million reviews Yelp is the richest source of local business data and usergenerated content in the world. Our mission is to connect people with great local businesses providing a vibrant community where users can share their experiences and businesses can thrive. As a remote backend engineer youll play a crucial role in powering our websites and mobile apps bringing Yelps reviews and insights to millions of users.
Backend engineers take on a diverse set of challenges across Yelp engineering. Do you want to make a positive impact on Yelpers looking for the best local businesses Build products for business owners to get the most out of Yelp Take on some of the most meaningful problems in distributed computing and API design If so join us in solving realworld problems that power millions of interactions every day.
The Services organization plays a vital role in connecting consumers with great home and local service professionals through features like Request a Quote and AIpowered Yelp Assistant. As an engineer on our team you will have the opportunity to develop innovative solutions that directly impact how we help people find the best businesses for their services needs. In response to the rapid technological advances in the AI space our Engineering & Product teams have swiftly identified business needs introducing userfocused AIpowered features demonstrating our commitment to supporting both consumers and service providers.
This opportunity is fully remote and does not require you to be located in any particular area in Canada. We welcome applicants from throughout Canada. Wed love to have you apply even if you dont feel you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Yelp were looking for great people not just those who simply check off all the boxes.
What youll do:
- Collaborate closely with Designers Product Managers Data Scientists and other crossfunctional teams to ensure a seamless and engaging user experience.
- Build new features on top of our Serviceoriented Architecture.
- Iterate quickly using Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment principles.
- Articulate a technical vision and execute it.
- Help adopt and extend Yelps AIleveraged backend systems
- Give back by mentoring other engineers and sharing the skills you learn.
What it takes to succeed:
- Several years of relevant industry experience.
- Indepth experience with building effective APIs (like REST or GraphQL).
- Relevant experience in at least one serverside programming language.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills demonstrated through effective teamwork across design product and engineering teams.
- An eagerness to learn and embrace scalability reliability and performance challenges.
What youll get:
- Compensation range is $annually. Depending on your role and level you may also be offered a bonus restricted stock units and benefits.
- This opportunity has the option to be fully remote in all locations across Canada.
- You can find more information about Yelps five star benefits here!
Closing
At Yelp we believe that diversity is an expression of all the unique characteristics that make us human: race age sexual orientation gender identity religion disability and education and those are just a few. We recognize that diverse backgrounds and perspectives strengthen our teams and our product. The foundation of our diversity efforts are closely tied to our core values which include Playing Well With Others and Authenticity.
Were proud to be an equal opportunity employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin ancestry age genetic information sexual orientation gender identity marital or family status veteran status medical condition disability or any other protected status.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability you may contact us at or.
Note: Yelp does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to any recruiting alias or employee. Yelp is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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