Senior Software Engineer

Caribou | Toronto | Full Time | Hybrid (one day in office) | https://www.caribou.care/

About Caribou:

Caribou develops engagement infrastructure for the home care workforce. We help homecare organizations attract, engage, and retain staff through data-driven recognition, rewards, and coordination tools that make the lives of patients and their caregivers better. We're a small company of ~50 people who are mostly based in the GTA.

We are building on our core product, including deploying AI-powered agentic systems that work alongside agency coordinators to handle routine coordination, outreach, and administrative workflows to improve agency operations.

Responsibilities:

• Design distributed, event-driven systems at scale.
• Lead end-to-end initiatives from technical design through deployment.
• Collaborate with Product and Design teams.
• Ensure reliability, performance, security, and observability.
• Mentor teammates and elevate engineering quality.

Requirements:

• 5+ years building production software systems at scale.
• Proficiency with TypeScript, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, AWS.
• Backend service design expertise (REST/GraphQL, domain-driven design, event-driven patterns).
• Performant UI/UX experience.
• Security, reliability, and DevOps knowledge.
• Cross-functional collaboration ability.
• Clear technical communication skills.

Bonus:

• Computer Science degree.
• AI/Voice or LLM automation experience.
• Peer teaching/learning orientation.

Benefits:

• Stock options.
• Healthcare benefits.
• Summer half-days.
• Hybrid work arrangement.