Backend engineer with Typescript (JD shared below) Location: Toronto Hybrid 3 days a week Long Term

Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and microservices using TypeScript (Node.js) and Scala on cloud-native infrastructure Architect and implement GraphQL APIs — schema design, resolvers, subscriptions, and federation — for seamless data access across distributed systems Collaborate with product, frontend, and platform engineering teams to define API contracts, data models, and service boundaries Drive technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and engineering best practices across the team Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and ensure high availability, reliability, and performance of backend systems Implement observability — logging, metrics, distributed tracing — using tools such as Splunk, Grafana, Datadog, and OpenTelemetry Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, conduct code reviews, and contribute to raising engineering standards Champion security best practices — authentication, authorization, data encryption, and API security — across all services. Contribute to the evolution of Intuit's internal developer platform and shared engineering tooling.

Required Qualifications: 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong backend focus Strong understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and distributed computing Proficiency with REST APIs, API gateway patterns, and service mesh concepts Experience with cloud platforms — AWS (Lambda, ECS, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, S3) or GCP/Azure Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases — PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis Experience with Kafka or similar message brokers for event-driven architectures Strong proficiency in Git, trunk-based development, and modern CI/CD practices (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills