Remote Senior Software Engineer

Description:

• FOSSA is a rapidly growing series-B company focused on open source software and software supply chain management.
• The company aims to help customers understand licenses, vulnerabilities, and dependencies in open source software packages.
• As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work closely with the entire company to bring features from ideation to implementation.
• Your contributions will significantly impact the company roadmap and revenue.
• You will have the flexibility to choose your day-to-day tasks within a small engineering team that also supports product, customer success, and growth functions.
• Responsibilities include planning, designing, building, and refining core product features, owning user-impacting features from conception to completion, and scaling the core product and technical infrastructure.
• You will work with various programming languages, including Rust, Go, Typescript, and Haskell.

Requirements:

• You must have experience building and supporting scalable SaaS products and features.
• A background as a full-stack software engineer with end-to-end feature ownership is required.
• Proficiency with relational databases and writing performant SQL queries is necessary.
• You should be able to break down complex problems, drive towards solutions, and communicate effectively with the team and stakeholders.
• Comfort in navigating complex domains and building intuitive software is essential.
• A preference for prototyping over proposals is important.
• You should be proactive in sharing ideas and informed opinions with others.
• Attention to detail and quality to anticipate edge cases is required.
• A growth mindset and willingness to learn new things are necessary.
• You must have at least 3 years of experience working as a backend engineer.
• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation is required.
• You should have the ability to mentor and be mentored by others.
• Experience with observability tooling is preferred.

Benefits:

• FOSSA offers an amazing team culture and environment.
• The company has been recognized as the Best Start-up to work for in 2024 and 2025 by Built In, and Forbes named it a top employer in 2022.
• A competitive salary and equity package are provided.
• Employees enjoy unlimited PTO.
• The annual cash compensation range for this position is $120,000 - $200,000 CAD, with final compensation determined based on experience and skills.