Fast Facts

Xello is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with extensive experience in backend development and data modeling, to lead technical projects and collaborate within an agile team. You will design scalable features while mentoring junior engineers, focusing on enhancing code quality and project delivery in the education sector.

Responsibilities: Lead technical discussions, develop new features, and support existing applications by writing scalable, performant code. Participate in code reviews, mentor other engineers, and contribute to improving development processes.

Skills: 5+ years of experience in full-stack software applications, expertise in .NET core, C#, SQL Server, and performance tuning with familiarity in TDD and agile practices.

Qualifications: Experience with GIT, Angular, and Azure services is a plus; must display a passion for continuous learning and project management skills.

Location: Toronto/Remote

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $100,000 - $140,000.

Xello is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer

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Who are you?

You are an experienced engineer who is capable of leading technical projects, making use of the latest web technologies and eager to share your knowledge with others. You have a strong understanding and passion for data modelling, and are skilled in both database and backend development and performance tuning. You are also adept at interface-based programming, with a proven track record of writing testable code.

Working as part of Xello’s development team in an agile environment, you’ll collaborate with coworkers, Product Managers and Staff Engineers to solve problems for external clients and internal stakeholders. You will design and develop new features and support existing systems using cutting-edge technologies. You will build data-intensive applications, where every millisecond counts, to create some of the most engaging and innovative products in the education market. You are eager to contribute to Xello’s culture of innovation, excellence, and accountability.

Sounds exciting to you? Read on!

What you’ll do...

• Leading technical discussions and feature design, tackling both open ended problems and well defined ones
• Develop new features and support our existing applications
• Write highly performant and scalable code, focusing on multithreaded programming, load balancing, and caching
• Take ownership and responsibility for successful delivery of features
• Participate in code reviews and mentoring, based on your unique strengths, in order to onboard and level up other engineers, encourage best practices and improve code quality
• Contribute towards improving team development process, unit testing and build processes
• Research and utilize new technologies in the education space
• Work with local and remote development teams, offering proactive feedback to keep projects on budget and on schedule
• Provide recommendations on implementation strategies
• Actively participate in scrum ceremonies
• Self-manage assigned work within given timelines in an agile environment

What we’re looking for...

Must haves

• 5+ years of experience developing full-stack solutions for large-scale software applications, including at least 3 years of intensive SQL and backend coding
• Knowledge of data modeling, normalization, interface-based development, design patterns, and dependency injection
• Solid understanding of the .Net Framework, up to and including v6
• Experience with .NET core, C#, and SQL Server, developing web applications and REST/Web Services
• Proficiency in SQL profiler, execution plans, C# code profiler, and other performance-based tools
• Knowledge and experience using SOLID and DRY principles
• Thorough understanding of unit and integration testing, as well as test-driven development (TDD)
• Self-directed and organized, with the ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple projects and tasks of varying complexity
• Methodical, with a keen eye for detail
• Passion to continually learn

Nice to haves

• Experience with GIT version control
• Experience with Angular
• Knowledge and experience developing using Azure cloud services

If you have an online portfolio or GitHub repository, please include a link in your application.

We’re Xello - Join us!

We are Xello (CASCAID in the UK), the leading developer of future readiness programs in North America and the UK and soon the world! Our mission is to help anyone, anywhere in the world to create a successful future through self-knowledge, exploration, and planning.

We believe that by bringing our best selves to our work and collaborating with one another, we can change the world. We are a very diverse group of individuals who work hard, laugh often and share in each other’s lives. We are an inclusive, equal opportunity employer.

Embracing agile practices, an innovative mindset, and keeping our users at the heart of what we do, are just a few of the keys to our success.

In addition to working with leading technologies, we are committed to continuous learning and growth through internal/external training and mentoring, which includes a PD budget for every employee.

For our Canadian based staff, we also offer:

• Flexible work arrangements including hybrid and remote
• 4 weeks of vacation
• Employer-paid health and dental benefits
• 4-month top-up for parental leave
• Group RRSP with 3% matching

For our US based staff, we also offer:

• Remote work environment
• 4 weeks of vacation
• 80% employer-paid health benefits
• 4-month top-up for parental leave
• 401(k) with 3% matching

For our UK based staff, we also offer:

• Remote work environment
• 28 days annual leave (inc. 3 days at Christmas) + bank holidays. With additional annual leave days added to reward long service

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