Full Stack Staff Engineer

Toronto, ON
Permanent
Full-time

1 month ago

About Forma.ai:is a Series B startup that's revolutionizing how sales compensation is designed, managed and optimized. We handle billions in annual managed commissions for market leaders like Edmentum, Stryker, and Autodesk.Our growth has been fuelled by our passion for fundamentally changing and shaping how companies use sales intelligence to drive business strategy.We're welcoming equally driven individuals who are excited about creating something big!About the team:Engineers on this team are holistic problem solvers comfortable working across the entire stack. We build beautiful interfaces that focus on customer delight and take pride in crafting reliable services responsible for million-dollar commission runs. We are excited about taking complex problems with a web of constraints/dependencies to deliver simple, elegant solutions. We are learners and listeners who code with customer empathy in mind.Forma.ai is revolutionizing the Sales Performance Management space with our own platform that transforms your sales compensation process from end to end to design, optimize and manage sales incentive programs. The Engineering team is responsible for building a scalable, extensible, and resilient product that realizes that vision.What you'll be doing:The Full Stack Staff Engineer will play an influential role in product development. Supported by our Product and Design teams, you will construct new products and maintain existing features. We value rapid prototyping and imaginative solution design. You will dive deep to understand our problem space (sales compensation) and use that to inform your decisions around technical requirements and architecture.We are building out new product modules at a rapid pace. You will be responsible for solution design, technical architecture, estimation, iterative development, testing, observability, and code review. Rapid peer review and thoughtful automated testing will be big parts of your day to day. Be prepared to continuously grow and improve both personally and professionally in our hypergrowth culture.What we're looking for:

A history of product ownership skills and customer empathy to make an organization-level impact
10+ years experience handling ambiguity, surfacing trade-offs, and making pragmatic decisions while suggesting and implementing changes to process
Strong technical background of modern UI development, preferably with React/Typescript
Prior experience designing and building complex backend solutions. We use Python, but the language is less important than the skillset.
Solid experience building many resilient, extensible, observable solutions in a highly collaborative engineering environment
Strong communicator able to represent the team in front of product, operations, and executive stakeholders
Ability to demonstrate architectural design excellence
Tackle poorly defined problems and provide alignment and technical direction in those problem spaces

Technologies we use:

Frontend: JavaScript, React, TypeScript, SASS, Jest, Cypress
Backend: Python, Django, Postgres
Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions

Additional Job Info:

This position is for an existing vacancy

What you can expect from us:

Meaningful compensation. In addition to your base salary, you'll join our employee stock ownership plan to further recognize your contributions to Forma.ai's success
Healthcare coverage. We have a full benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, and a paid parental leave program
Learning and development. Access the resources you want to help you grow in your role by utilizing our $750 yearly training stipend
Growth. You'll have a huge opportunity to build a career for yourself and gain the type of experience you're looking for - whether that's as an individual contributor or as a people leader

Our Values:

Work well, together. We're real. We have kids and pets. Mortgages and student loans. We're in this together, so no matter how brilliant any one of us is, we always play nice with one another - no exceptions.
Be precise. Be relentless. We believe complacency breeds failure, so we set new goals as quickly as we achieve them. We persist in the face of adversity, learn from our mistakes, and push each other to continuously improve. The status-quo is kryptonite.
Love our tech. Love our customers. Our platform solves a very complex problem in a currently underserved market. While everyone at Forma isn't customer-facing, we're all customer-focused. Maybe even slightly customer-obsessed.

Use of AI for RecruitmentCurrently, Forma.ai does not use artificial intelligence as part of our recruitment process, specifically but not limited to the screening, filtering and shortlisting of applicants.Our commitment to you:Forma is a proud equal opportunity employer that is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment. Every effort to accommodate candidates for accessibility will be made upon request. Information received related to accommodations will be addressed confidentially. We know that applying to a new role takes a lot of effort. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. There are many paths to a successful career and we're looking forward to reading yours.We thank all candidates for their interest however only qualified applicants will be shortlisted.Create a Job AlertInterested in building your career at Forma.ai? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email. Create alert

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