Software Engineer, Backend Systems
Backend-focused full-stack engineer at Micromart, a startup building the platform for unattended retail (smart stores in offices, gyms, hotels). Day to day: design, build, and operate backend systems for payments, fraud prevention, device management, and real-time logic, using Node.js, TypeScript, Postgres, and React.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Toronto
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Backend
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Strong experience building, owning, and operating production software systems
- Experience working within large codebases or monorepos and improving architecture incrementally
- Solid backend and systems fundamentals, including Node.js, TypeScript, and relational databases such as Postgres
- Experience working across the stack, including modern frontend frameworks such as React
- Familiarity with modern SDLC practices: CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, and secure production-quality systems
- Comfort working through ambiguity and real-world constraints
- Bias toward simplicity, craftsmanship, and continuous improvement
Nice to have
- Experience with payment systems and financial workflows
- Experience with platforms, infrastructure, or distributed systems
- Experience building systems that interact with real-world devices or real-time events
- Background in startups or small teams where ownership mattered more than process
Full description
Location: Toronto (Hybrid preferred, remote possible for strong candidates)
This is a full-stack role with a strong backend focus.
About Micromart
Micromart is building the platform for unattended retail. We empower entrepreneurs to turn any location into a retail opportunity, from offices and condos to gyms, hotels, and other shared spaces. Our focus is on giving entrepreneurs powerful tools that are simple to use, while delivering a fast, intuitive shopping experience for shoppers.
Often described as Shopify for physical commerce, Micromart provides the infrastructure that powers unattended retail in the real world.
Our Team
Micromart launched just over a year ago and is now used in thousands of locations across North America. We’re a small and growing team working closely across product, platform, and smart store systems, from design through production.
Work here is end to end. That means thinking through problems, making pragmatic tradeoffs, shipping code, and improving systems over time. As we scale, there’s real ownership, real impact, and room to grow.
How you can help
As a Software Engineer, you’ll help evolve the core systems that power Micromart as we scale.
This is a full-stack role with a strong backend focus. Backend systems and platform reliability are the core focus, with opportunities to work across the stack as needed.
You’ll work on product features entrepreneurs rely on every day, including platform systems, AI-driven workflows, payments, fraud prevention, and real-time logic. Your focus will be on making systems more robust, reliable, and ready to support continued growth across thousands of locations.
We’re hiring one or more Software Engineers as we continue to scale.
At Micromart, you will
- Design, build, and maintain backend systems
- Work on product integrations, operational tooling, and reliability improvements across backend services, APIs, and supporting systems
- Work on payment systems, fraud prevention, device management, and real-time services
- Build and evolve internal tools and workflows used by operators and internal teams
- Own systems end to end, from design and implementation through deployment and production support
- Collaborate closely with product, frontend, and smart store teams
- Make pragmatic tradeoffs that prioritize clarity, quality, and long-term maintainability
What you bring to the team
- Strong experience building, owning, and operating production software systems