CSC Generation Enterprise (CSC) is an AI-enabled multi-brand platform that acquires and transforms retailers into profitable, digital-first, consumer-centric businesses. CSC's retail platform is purpose built around its core M&A strategy and drives alpha by encoding revenue growth, unit margin management, and other expert-level retail practices into automation and AI. CSC owns and operates more than 10 retail, eCommerce, and wholesale brands, including Sur La Table, Backcountry, and One Kings Lane.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will work as part of a team to build best-in-class microservices, business-facing user dashboards, and ETL jobs. Our senior engineers are responsible for the technical ownership of various services within our application cloud. We build Python-based services that leverage AWS technologies like S3 and SQS, integrating with various systems through APIs and SDKs to interconnect and enhance business processes. Our solutions bridge critical systems such as Order Management and Payment platforms, adding functionality and improving overall efficiency. If you are passionate about quality abstractions, scalable system design, and engineering best practices, we'd love to hear from you.

This is a fast-paced, high-impact role where you'll take on challenging technical responsibilities within a collaborative team environment.

This position reports to the Engineering Manager.

What you get to do every day:

• Collaborate with product teams to design and develop scalable services in our retail cloud.
• Build and deploy Python-based services using AWS ECS and Lamda. Write high-quality, maintainable code that you and your team can be proud of.
• Publish APIs, SDKs, and CLIs for your systems for internal developer use.
• Stay up to date with best practices for modern software development.

What you bring to the role:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience working with Python and SQL/NoSQL in a production environment. Strong sense of ownership and accountability throughout the entire software lifecycle.
• Experience with automated testing in Python.
• Proficiency in Git for source code control.
• A mindset focused on finding the best solution, not just one that works.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience with retail and e-commerce systems. Experience with Scrum and Jira for project management.
• Knowledge of Terraform for managing AWS resources
• Frontend or full stack experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, React, and Node.js.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services like ECS, Lambda, and SQS.

What's in it for you?

• Competitive compensation
• Medical/Dental/Vision benefits through Greenshield- Health Benefits 100% employer paid!
• Company Provided Life Insurance equal to one year salary
• RRSP matching
• 3 weeks' vacation + 5 Paid Sick Days
• Birthday off with pay!
• Paid holidays

What our interview process looks like:

Depending on the position, our application and interview process may vary, but here are some of the ways we get to know you better: