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Job Title


Senior Backend Engineer


Company : Modes


Location : Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional Distr


Created : 2025-12-31


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Modes is a digital transformation and organizational design collective working with various clients throughout North America. Our focus is on financial services. We help our clients plan, design, and launch digital human-centered experiences that cater to their users' needs and deliver elegant solutions to their toughest challenges. Our team works with best-of-breed technologies and unique projects with great clients. We constantly seek top talent to join our growing team and support our clients with innovative solutions.Were seeking a seasoned Senior Backend Engineer with a proven track record in consulting or professional services firms and handson experience delivering robust, scalable solutions for financial services organizations. This is an opportunity for a forward-thinking individual looking to be a part of a team shaping the future of financial services. If you are interested in the opportunity and Modes sounds like a fit, then go ahead and hit that APPLY BUTTON.In this role, you will work with customers and our technology partners on implementation projects across North America. How would you guide them to success?You have experience working with customers within the financial services industry;You have experience designing, building, and deploying mission-critical technical services at a large scale with a consulting or professional services organization;You have experience supporting production systems and dealing with production issues;You have experience designing and implementing systems and processes for software development teams, including source control, configuration management, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and/or infrastructure as code;You have experience identifying and resolving issues in workflows and processes in software development teams;You have outstanding written and verbal communication skills, and you work well with your team, not just alone;You have solid skills in a significant fraction of these tools, languages, and technologies:Package and dependency management, such as:Maven / Gradle / Ant or similar Java dependency management systemNPM or similar Node package managerApt / Yum / APK / homebrew or similar OS package managersCocoaPods / Carthage / Swift or similar package manager for iOSContainer registries such as DockerHubGeneric artifact repositories such as JFrog, Nexus, ArtifactoryCI/CD pipeline systems, such as:JenkinsGitHub ActionsAzure PipelinesArgoCDCircleCIGitLabCIScripting / programming / automation / software development - proficiency in any of these:POSIX Shell scripting (BaSH, etc)C / Python / Ruby / Rust / GolangJava or JavaScript a bonusDocker or a comparable container engine / runtimeKubernetes or a comparable container orchestration solution:Kubectl or comparable CLIManifest files, Helm, or comparable packaging/deployment solutionOpenShift, EKS, GKE, AKS, or comparable hosting solutionBonus points for experience with the finer points of overlays or mesh networks in Kubernetes, such as IstioUNIX / GNU / Linux operating system fundamentalsEspecially environment variables/shell processesFor deploying and supporting Java server applications:JVM tuningTomcat, JBoss, or another application serverSpring Boot or similar framework environmentFor deploying and supporting JavaScript web applications:headers, cookies, and cachingNginx, Apache, or another webserverAngular or similar framework environmentNetwork protocols and systems, especially:DNSCloud Hosting / Platforms - some significant experience, including automation using API or CLI, with at least one of:AWSAzureGCPIBM CloudVMWare Cloud or any comparable on-premises cloudIBM Relational Databases - any of the following:MySQLMS SQL ServerOracle DBBonus: Infrastructure and configuration management as code, such as:TerraformAnsibleChefPuppetYou hold a Bachelors degree or equivalent training/experienceTop Perks and BenefitsMarket Competitive SalaryEnhanced Personal and Family Benefits Plan (Health, Dental, Life, Disability and Travel)Generous Vacation and Flex DayHome office setup allowanceTraining allowance and Ongoing Learning opportunitiesCommunity Partnership OpportunitiesRemote WorkModes is an equal-opportunity employer and does not discriminate against protected characteristics. We embrace the diversity of our global team members and the strengths and experiences they bring to Modes, our clients, partners, and vendors. #J-18808-Ljbffr