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Achievers · Híbrido · Canada

Join the Data Intelligence team at Achievers, where we are building analytics and reporting solutions that help clients unlock meaningful insights, measure program outcomes, and understand the impact of the Achievers platform within their own businesses. You'll work with modern microservices, cloud technologies, distributed systems, APIs, event-driven architectures, and integration analytics tools while solving complex scalability and reliability challenges. As a Staff Engineer, you'll help shape the technical direction of the platform, lead complex system initiatives, and play a key role in evolving our architecture, engineering practices, and data strategy. 

 

Why You’ll Love This Role

  • Lead high-impact initiatives that shape how millions of people experience work around the world.
  • Bring your unique perspective to complex and challenging projects - apply your expertise in architecture, influence technical direction, and mentor fellow team members.
  • Join a close-knit, no-ego, high-performing team that solves meaningful problems and celebrates successes together.
  • Work alongside an experienced leadership team who is genuinely invested in your career growth.
  • Thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where innovation is encouraged and your voice truly matters.
  • How you'll shape Data Intelligence at Achievers:

  • Design, build, and evolve analytics, reporting, and AI-driven data intelligence capabilities that enhance the Achievers platform, architecting high-performance, highly available, and secure solutions that scale to support complex reporting and large-scale analytics workloads across millions of users. 

  • Champion AI-enabled software development practices, leveraging structured knowledge bases, AI-assisted development tools, and Agentic workflows to improve developer productivity, code quality, and system design consistency. 

  • Mentor and guide engineers across varying experience levels, providing technical leadership, promoting engineering best practices, fostering a culture of continuous learning, and helping team members grow through coaching, knowledge sharing, and constructive feedback 

  • Work closely with the product manager, designer, and other engineering teams to define requirements, ensure architectural alignment, and translate them into technical solutions. Actively participate in cross-functional planning sessions to align on priorities, dependencies, and long-term platform direction. 

  • Take end-to-end ownership of critical services and initiatives, driving design, implementation, deployment, and operational excellence while ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable 

  • Drive technical solutions using modern technologies including Python, Go, Kubernetes, Docker, GCP, GraphQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Cloud Data Warehouses and React, making architectural decisions that balance scalability, reliability, maintainability, and delivery velocity 

  • Monitor application performance and optimize code to ensure it meets scaling, performance, and security requirements as the product grows.  

  • Establish and champion engineering standards, best practices, and architectural principles across the team, driving improvements through code reviews, technical documentation, automation, tooling, and process optimization 

  • Continuously learn and stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and software engineering practices to bring fresh perspectives and ideas to the team.  

  • Experience We Feel Will Set You Up for Success

  • Bachelor’s or master’s in computer science or related field.  

  • 9+ years of professional software development experience, with a demonstrated track record of leading the design and delivery of complex software systems  

  • Experience working in Agile development environments and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams. 

  • Deep experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems and microservice-based architectures at scale. 

  • Proven ability to drive architectural decisions, influence technical direction, and lead engineering initiatives across teams. 

  • Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, cloud-native technologies, and public cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP). 

  • Expert-level proficiency in Python, Go, or similar modern programming languages.  

  • Experience designing and implementing validation frameworks, automated testing strategies, and data quality controls that ensure both software correctness and the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of data products/services. 

  • Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools, knowledge-driven engineering practices, and modern software delivery methodologies to improve productivity and software quality is considered a strong asset. 

  • Passion for system performance, reliability, scalability, observability, and operational excellence. 

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences. 

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    Why Achievers is a Great Place to Work
     
    At Achievers, we believe recognition is a powerful driver of connection. With more than 4.3 million users across 190 countries, our employee recognition and rewards platform empowers organizations to build cultures where people feel seen and valued, everyday. We’re a team of passionate, thoughtful builders who care deeply about our product, our customers, and each other. Visit achievers.com to see how we’re inspiring recognition everywhere.
     
    Our Approach to Total Rewards
     
    $150,000 - $180,000 reflects what we typically offer as a starting salary. We’re committed to providing a fair and competitive offer based on what you bring to the team. Each A-Players' compensation is reviewed at least annually against performance and impact in role. We want you to see your path to growth, understand your impact, and feel valued every step of the way.
     
    Benefits and Perks for permanent full-time employees: 
    ✨  Rewards for your impact through our Recognition and Rewards program 
    🩺  Health Benefits and Life Insurance Coverage beginning on your first day 
    👶🏼  Parental Leave Top-up 
    🙌🏼  Employer matched RRSP contributions 
    🏖️  Flexible Vacation to recharge, so you can bring your best
    🤝🏽  Employee and Family Assistance Program offering mental health, legal, and financial counselling
    🚀  Supported professional development and career growth (Linkedin Learning, mentorship)
    👏🏼  Employee-Led Employee Resource Groups that celebrate our diversity 
    🧘‍♀️  Regular events designed to build connection, belonging, and well-being  
    🇨🇦  Hybrid flexibility, with time in our beautiful Liberty Village, Toronto office 
     
    Achievers is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive workplace where everyone can do their best work. We encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds and experiences to apply.
     
    Achievers is committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any accommodations for your interview, such as assistive technology, wheelchair accessibility, or alternative formats of materials, please let us know. We are happy to make necessary arrangements to support your needs.
     
    We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications or analyzing resumes. These tools help our recruitment team but never replace decisions made by real people. We believe in a human-first approach to hiring, where your experience, personality, and potential are recognized by people, not algorithms, and where final hiring decisions are made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
     
     
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