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Senior Software Engineer II, Distributed Systems

Narvar — Tracked from its greenhouse job board

Remote - Canada Remote Senior+ Posted Oct 14, 2025
JavaPythonGoRustSQLREST/APIsCloudBackend

About the role

Narvar is Growing! We are looking for Senior Software Engineers that focus on Distributed Systems. In this role, you will build products that power the post-purchase experience for the biggest brands in the retail industry. As a Distributed Systems Software Engineer, you will help us drive decisions on how best to scale and extend our platform and own reliability and scalability KPIs.

Note that we are hiring for these roles across multiple products and platform teams.

Day-to-day

Work in a group of motivated engineers and help the members of your team grow technically

Get inspired and influenced by your team and embrace modern engineering practices that will enable you to frequently release high-quality services

Work with the team to design, estimate, develop and launch new products & features

Resolve complex technical issues and drive innovations that improve system availability, resilience, and performance

What we're looking for

BS/MS in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience

You have 7+ years of experience as a software engineer working on distributed systems

Numerous years of hands-on experience in architecture, design and development of enterprise applications, integrations & data infrastructure

You have experience designing, developing, debugging, and operating resilient distributed systems

You have experience with managing large, complex systems in the cloud

You have proven track record in delivering efficient, scalable, reliable and maintainable customer facing systems on time

You are not afraid to take initiative and help make an impact on the larger organization

You have solid organizational and communication skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule

Deep hands-on expertise in one or more of the following server-side languages: Java, Python, Go, Scala, Rust

Extensive experience designing, building, and integrating with RESTful APIs

Experience designing and scaling relational and NoSQL database platforms (such as MySQL, Postgres, Cassandra, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticache)

Experience with cloud computing platforms like AWS or GCP

Experience building high volume, high performance, and highly available SaaS or consumer-facing products

Previous startup experience strongly preferred

Bonus Points

You have demonstrated experience managing, delivering and owning the services end-to-end

You have solid track record engaging and collaborating across the organization in different locations

You have led the technical architecture of maintainable and scalable applications and data systems

Why Narvar?

We're on a mission to simplify the everyday lives of consumers. Post-purchase is a critical phase of the customer journey. That's why we created Narvar - a platform focused on driving customer loyalty through seamless post-purchase experiences that allow retailers to retain, engage, and delight customers. If you've ever bought something online, there's a good chance you've used our platform!

From the hottest new direct-to-consumer companies to retail’s most renowned brands, Narvar works with GameStop, Sonos, Nike, and 1500+ other brands. With hubs in San Francisco, London, and Bangalore, we've served over 125 million consumers worldwide across 10+ billion interactions, 38 countries, and 55 languages.

Pioneering the post-purchase movement means navigating into the unknown. Our team thrives on this sense of adventure while nurturing a mindset of innovation. We're a home for big hearts and we leave our egos at the door. We work hard but we always make time to celebrate professional wins, baby showers, birthday parties, and everything in between.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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Below is the estimated annual salary for this position and does not include the other components that make up a Narvar offer including: annual bonus, equity, and benefits. The range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across the US. Within the range, individual compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to, skill set, education and certifications, and work location.
Narvar Pay Range
$180,000 $230,000 CAD

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What the index says about this role

  • First seen by JobLarper — Aug 2, 2026, 5 days ago. Older postings collect hundreds of applicants — a tailored résumé matters more the longer a role has been live.
  • No pay range in our index for this listing. Across 37 indexed Software Engineer roles in Canada that do publish one, the middle half sits between $180k and $258k, median $248k — JobLarper's read of the market, not a figure from Narvar.
  • What Software Engineer roles ask for — across 10,230 indexed openings: REST/APIs (46%), Backend (42%), Cloud (38%), Python (38%), Go (25%). This posting names REST/APIs, Backend, Cloud, Python, Go.
  • Narvar is hiring actively — 9 open roles indexed.

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