EverPro - Jr. Backend Engineer

Junior Backend Engineer, Joist– REMOTE (Canada) 

At EverCommerce [Nasdaq: EVCM], we are on a mission to digitally transform the service economy with tailored, end-to-end SaaS solutions that simplify and empower the lives of our 685,000+ customers. As a leading service commerce platform, our modern digital and mobile applications create predictable, informed, and convenient experiences between customers and their service professionals in the areas of Home & Field Services, Health Services, and Fitness & Wellness industries. 

We are building an extraordinary company and looking for talented, energetic, and motivated people to join our team. You can learn more about our Company, Culture and Values here: https://careers.evercommerce.com/us/en 

We are looking for a Junior Backend Engineer to focus on our Joist Payments product. Joist, an EverCommerce solution group and member of the EverPro suite of products, is an end to end vertical software platform for small & medium-sized trades contractors. We have a simple mission: Make Contractors Heroes. Joist provides web and mobile applications for small business contractors to estimate, invoice, record, and process payments, and manage projects from anywhere. From humble beginnings, we're now helping over 1 million contractors across North America, the UK, and Australia, making us one of the largest trades platforms in the world and we have major growth planned! 

Responsibilities: 

You will contribute to solutions from inception to deployment, and everything in between. The solutions you and your team build must not only work for Joist today, but also support rapid iteration and innovation as we grow. Your work is going to be nothing less than redefining the home renovation industry. The key aspects of this role include:  

• CS Fundamentals You have an understanding of algorithms, data structures, design patterns and data storage technologies. You are able to select the right tool for the right job. 

• Code Quality You write effective, modern, and highly readable code. You are receptive to feedback and suggestions on how to make your code better, and you are excited to contribute to a live, highly used, production application.  

• Teamwork Many of the problems we encounter require insight from many parts of the business. Your ability to coordinate and communicate is essential to our success. 

• Passion Hard problems are not solved overnight. It takes a special kind of attitude and hunger to disrupt an entrenched industry. Your passion is what you share with every teammate at Joist. Passion for technology, passion for change, passion for learning, and passion for building an industry revolutionizing product. 

Skills and Experience needed for success in this role: 

• Hands-on experience with Ruby on Rails, including creating, deploying, and maintaining scalable web applications. 

• Hands-on experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and ability to design and interact with database schemas. 

• Hands-on experience in developing RESTful APIs and integrating third-party APIs. 

• Hands-on experience with a version control system such as GIT 

• Hands-on experience with data structures such as arrays, objects and use best practices while working with them. 

• Able to take constructive feedback positively and looking for ways to improve. 

• Comfortable in working with minimal supervision and asking the right questions to get themselves unblocked. 

Bonus Skills and Experience for this role: 

• Familiarity with Docker for containerization and deployment. 

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for automating testing and deployment processes. 

• Familiarity with cloud service providers like AWS, Google FCloud, or Azure, especially with services related to web hosting and databases. 

• Familiarity with a unit testing framework such as RSpec. 

Where: Remote (Joist head office located in Toronto, Canada).  

The EverCommerce team is distributed globally, with teams in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Jordan, New Zealand, and Australia. With a widely distributed team, we are used to working remotely across different time zones. This role can be based anywhere in the United States or Canada – if you’re close to one of our offices, we can set you up in-office or you can work 100% remotely. Please note that you must be eligible to work without sponsorship to qualify for this position, and this role may require travel to our Corporate Headquarters in Denver, Colorado, or to other office locations around North America.  

Benefits & Perks: 

- Salary Range: $75,000 - $85,000 CAD

- Flexibility to work where/how you want within your country of employment – in-office, remote, or hybrid 

- Robust wellness benefits, including an annual wellness stipend 

- Flexible and generous (FTO) time-off 

- Employee Stock Purchase Program 

- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with 4% company match