Senior Back End Engineer (Data Platform)

About the role

Forma.ai is seeking a senior engineer to own and evolve its Spark‑based data platform that powers complex sales compensation calculations. You will work closely with product, engineering, and analytics teams to deliver reliable, scalable data services.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, and improve Spark‑based data pipelines and platform services.
• Work with complex data models representing sales compensation plans, hierarchies, and enterprise datasets.
• Build reliable, deterministic data systems that customers and internal teams can trust.
• Improve testing, observability, data quality, and production reliability across the systems you work on.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Analytics to translate business requirements into scalable data designs.

Required profile

• Strong experience building data or backend systems in production.
• Experience with Spark or similar ETL frameworks.
• Proficiency in at least one production‑grade language such as Python, Java, Scala, Kotlin, Go, or C#.
• Strong SQL, relational schema design, and data modeling skills.
• Ability to reason through technical trade‑offs and propose practical improvements.

Required skills

• Apache Spark
• Python
• Java
• Scala
• Kotlin
• Go
• C#
• SQL
• AWS
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• PostgreSQL
• Spring Boot
• Django
• React
• TypeScript

What we offer

• Competitive base salary (150‑190K CAD) plus employee stock ownership plan.
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance.
• $750 yearly training stipend for learning and development.
• Opportunities for career growth as an individual contributor or people leader.