Senior Backend Developer (Cloud Functions & Cloud Services Integration)

For 25 years, Thrillworks has built lasting relationships with some of the world’s most respected organizations—discovering and realizing the full potential of human-centric, technology-driven products, from web and mobile apps to microservices and websites.

Our approach emphasizes cross-disciplinary collaboration and obsessive, value-based prioritization, designed to expose and exploit only the most valuable digital opportunities.

We turn ideas into experiences and experiences into marketable products that provide customer value and business impact.

As a Senior Backend Developer, you will play a crucial role in the design, development, and implementation of backend services that are tightly integrated with cloud platforms. You will write cloud functions, create APIs, and integrate various cloud services to provide robust, scalable, and secure solutions. This is not a DevOps or infrastructure role, but rather one that focuses on backend development in the cloud.

• Design, develop, and maintain cloud-based backend services and serverless functions. 
• Write clean, efficient, testable, and maintainable code for cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure. 
• Integrate cloud services like storage, databases, messaging systems, and authentication mechanisms into backend systems. 
• Collaborate with front-end developers to create seamless, performant APIs and data structures. 
• Work closely with the product team to understand requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs. 
• Troubleshoot and debug complex issues in cloud-based systems. 
• Maintain a focus on performance, scalability, and security in all developed solutions. 
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to team knowledge-sharing initiatives. 

• 5+ years of experience in backend development, with a strong focus on cloud services and serverless computing. 
• Proficiency in Node.js  (Python,  Go, etc., an asset). 
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their associated services and patterns (e.g., Lambda, Cloud Functions, S3, DynamoDB, Pub/Sub, Api Gateway, etc.). 
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design, microservices architecture, and web services. 
• Experience integrating third-party APIs and cloud-based services into backend systems. 
• Solid understanding of database technologies (SQL/NoSQL) and data modeling. 
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, messaging systems, and queuing mechanisms (e.g., Kafka, SQS, Pub/Sub). 
• Strong troubleshooting skills and experience debugging cloud-based systems. 
• Experience with version control systems like Git and CI/CD workflows. 
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in an agile development environment. 

• Experience with serverless frameworks (e.g., AWS SAM, Serverless Framework, etc.). 
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes). 
• Experience with automated testing frameworks and practices (e.g., unit testing, integration testing, e2e testing). 
• Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation) is a plus, but not required. 

Why join?

At Thrillworks, we are partners in digital acceleration. In essence, we work together to accelerate the journey toward a competitive advantage for our clients and ourselves by solving the right problems.

Regardless of the department you belong to at Thrillworks, you will have a hand in the vision and realization of innovative ideas and high-quality outputs.

Clarity and autonomy. We want all of our employees to feel involved. That means ensuring everyone knows what we are working on and why; creating space for idea-sharing and creativity, and allowing people to make decisions without the constant need for approval. We are in hyper-growth mode and we hope you are as excited as we are about making an impact through technology with purpose.

Challenges and growth. At Thrillworks, we know our people are our biggest asset, and we do everything we can to make them feel recognized, heard and appreciated. Under the guidance of a supportive and patient manager, you will have the chance to build out your insights, gain exposure internally and externally, and grow your expertise.

With everything we do, these are our guiding values:

Teamwork: We are heading in the same direction, acting and working as ONE.

Curiosity: We are open-minded and hungry to improve.

Courage: We aren’t afraid to take chances or to admit (and learn from) mistakes.

Passion: We care about challenges, the outcomes, and our contributions to meeting them.

What we do is the product of who we are and how we think. Apply now!

Thrillworks is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind, as we believe in Diversity & Inclusion as a way to build stronger and successful teams. Accommodation is offered to all candidates upon request.

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