Senior Full Stack Engineer (Application Development) - 1 Year Term

Hi there, we’re Article. 👋 Since 2013, we have been redefining the furniture industry one sofa at a time, it’s not easy — it requires solving challenging, meaningful problems. This is where you come in. As a Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack, you'll design, build, deploy, and operate software solutions across our entire technology stack to help power our digital and physical customer experiences.

*We are currently seeking out 4 one-year term positions

Why We Need You: In Software Engineering, we need experienced full-stack talent who can own solutions end-to-end rather than specializing in a single layer. This fits into our larger need to translate complex business problems into simple, reliable, and scalable software that drives our growing omni-channel retail operations.

Why Article? As a Particle (people of Article), you will have a high level of autonomy to solve challenging, meaningful problems the best way you can. That means you’re trusted to explore solutions you believe will work best (you’re the expert, after all). You’ll do all this while growing your skills within a company that is redefining the furniture industry.

About the Software Engineering team: You'll join a highly competent engineering team of 8 software engineers as part of a broader department of roughly 30 tech professionals, reporting to the Sr. Manager of Software Engineering. We work across frontend applications, backend services, databases, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.

We are a modern, adaptable engineering organization built around micro-sized squads (typically 1–2 engineers) with full-stack ownership. We use Claude AI to understand complex codebases fast and skip dense documentation.

We are a hybrid team - you'll be in the office 3 days per week.

What You’ll Do

What You’ll Do: You’ll be part of a team of software engineers working to solve complex technical and business challenges across our entire platform.

• Design, build, test, deploy, and operate complete software solutions across frontend, backend, and data pipelines.
• Develop customer-facing and internal web applications primarily using Vue.js, TypeScript, and React.
• Build backend applications, APIs, integrations, and services using Java.
• Design relational and NoSQL data models, event-driven workflows, and scalable service architectures.
• Build and maintain data pipelines using Python, SQL, dbt, and Databricks.
• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure on platforms like AWS, leveraging DynamoDB and Kafka.
• Build automated tests and CI/CD pipelines while monitoring, troubleshooting, and improving production systems.
• Partner with Product Managers, Designers, and business stakeholders to translate needs into incremental releases.
• Contribute to technical design, code reviews, engineering standards, and address technical debt to protect system health.

Who You Are

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proven experience developing backend services in Java.
• Experience building web applications using Vue.js and TypeScript.
• Experience with eCommerce or high-traffic customer-facing applications.
• Hands-on experience with event-driven and serverless architectures.

Tools We Use:

• Frontend: Vue.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS
• Backend & Infrastructure: Java, REST APIs, AWS, DynamoDB, Kafka, CloudFormation
• Data & Databases: Python, SQL, DynamoDB, Databricks, dbt, MySQL, PostgreSQL
• Delivery: Git, CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring and observability tools

How You Work:

• You are pragmatic, flexible, and highly adaptable. You meet teams and systems where they are, adapting delivery practices to fit unique needs while building flexible systems quickly.
• You balance simplicity, delivery speed, system reliability, maintainability, and cost when making technical decisions.
• You communicate clearly and can explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• You are resilient, adaptive, and demonstrate above-the-line behavior when managing competing priorities and tight deadlines.
• You break down complex projects into practical iterations with accurate timeline estimates.

Additional Requirements:

• Legally able to work in Canada.
• Completion of a criminal background check.

Perks & Benefits

Wealth:

• The salary range is $165,000 to $175,000
• Starting salary is determined by your transferable skills, knowledge, work experience, and the hiring team’s budget, which is based on business needs, market compensation data, and internal equity
• We believe in Winning Together. When Article hits its annual financial goals, eligibleemployees will receive a cash bonus (Only available for permanent role)
• 4% RRSP matched contributions through Wealthsimple (Only available for permanent role)

Life:

• 20 days of vacation*
• 1 extra day off (Inclusion and Diversity Day)
• 6 well-being (sick) days
• Hybrid work: 3 days a week in the office
• Work remotely (anywhere in the world) for up to 3 weeks

Total Health:

• Excellent extended health and dental benefits packages
• $1000 health/lifestyle spending account* for your total physical and mental well-being
• TELUS Health App
  • Mental Health Assistance/Counseling
  • Virtual medical appointments

Office Space:

• The Article HQ is a converted warehouse, with an open accessible layout and no offices (even for our founders)
• Work from your desk, an Article sofa, collaboration spaces, or a private meeting room
  • Standup desks can be requested too
• Our kitchens are stocked with salty, sweet and healthy snacks, & all the premium coffees and teas to keep you buzzing
• Onsite fitness equipment with showers and towel service
• Pickleball, badminton, and table tennis matches happen, from very competitive to very casual
• A dog-friendly office - well-socialized pups are welcome

Getting here:

• Free street parking (first come, first serve; no reserved spots for senior leaders)
• Indoor secure bike storage with change rooms and showers
• 20-minute walk to either Main Street- Science World or VCC Clark Skytrain stations

Extra:

• 45% discount on our entire product range (15% for friends and family)

*Prorated