Senior Backend Engineer, Analytics
Movable Ink scales content personalization for marketers through data-activated content generation and AI decisioning. The world’s most innovative brands rely on Movable Ink to maximize revenue, simplify workflow and boost marketing agility. Headquartered in New York City with close to 600 employees, Movable Ink serves its global client base with operations throughout North America, Central America, Europe, Australia, and Japan. <p>You’ll be joining an Analytics team responsible for all measurement, attribution, and the creation of an intuitive reporting UI for our digital marketing platform. This is a unique opportunity to shape how marketers view and interact with data - transforming raw metrics into insights that drive impactful campaigns and real business value. Join us to make your mark on a fast-growing team, take ownership of innovative projects, and work closely with cross-functional partners to build a product that marketing teams rely on daily.</p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems that power our measurement, attribution, and reporting capabilities</li><li>Develop robust data pipelines and services to transform raw event streams and metrics into actionable insights</li><li>Collaborate closely with stakeholders to define and shape a seamless, intuitive reporting UI that empowers users to understand and act on provided insights</li><li>Own key backend components—from service architecture to deployment and monitoring—ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance at scale</li><li>Champion engineering best practices around code quality, testing, observability, and system health</li><li>Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement</li></ul><p><strong>Qualifications:</strong></p><ul><li>5+ years software engineering experience</li><li>Experience building and maintaining large distributed systems at scale that are fault tolerant and highly concurrent</li><li>Exemplary software engineering skills (design, unit testing, git, code review, CI/CD)</li><li>Strong foundation in modern backend development (e.g. python, ruby, etc. - we use Python and Elixir)</li><li>Experience with functional programming principles (we use Elixir)</li><li>An understanding of common web based API architectures (RESTful, GraphQL) and technologies (gRPC)</li><li>Experience with a cloud provider e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP (we use Google Cloud Platform)</li><li>Experience with modern distributed and microservice technologies (we use Kubernetes, Kafka, RabbitMQ)</li><li>Experience with both OLTP and OLAP systems, including designing schemas and optimizing queries</li><li>Familiar with Software Development Lifecycle practices, such as continuous integration/continuous delivery and automated deployment (we use tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Github Actions, etc.)</li><li>Strong technical leadership skills with the ability to collaborate with others, communicate effectively, advocate appropriately and mentor more junior engineers to improve team efficiency </li><li>Exceptional problem-solving skills, including the ability to efficiently identify, analyze, and resolve complex issues, and communicate to others on the team how to contribute to the solutions for these issues.</li><li>A willingness and eagerness to continuously learn, adapt to evolving technologies, and strive for personal and professional improvement</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>The base pay range for this position is $140,000-$180,000/year CAD, which can include additional bonus depending on the position ultimately offered, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. The base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.</p> <p>Studies have shown that women, communities of color, and historically underrepresented people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture where all Inkers can thrive. If you’re excited about the role but don’t meet all of the abovementioned qualifications, we encourage you to apply. Our differences bring a breadth of knowledge and perspectives that makes us collectively stronger.</p><p>We welcome and employ people regardless of race, color, gender identity or expression, religion, genetic information, parental or pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ethnicity, family or marital status, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, disability, Veteran status, or other protected characteristics. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.</p>
