Software Engineer

About Athennian

Athennian delivers Governance Ops™ software that aligns legal, finance, tax and fund teams through a secure, integrated source of truth for entity and ownership data. The platform enables organizations managing complex corporate and investment structures to automate governance workflows, maintain audit-ready records and collaborate across functions with confidence.

More than 500,000 entities across over 150 countries are managed on Athennian, helping organizations modernize entity management and transform governance operations into a strategic advantage.

We are a fast-moving, solutions-driven team using an AI-forward approach to solve complex operational challenges. If you are passionate about building technology that transforms traditional industries, we’d love to have you join us.

About the role

Athennian is looking for a Software Engineer to join our Data Migration Team, reporting directly to the Senior Engineering Manager of Data Management. In this role, you will bridge high-impact client onboarding with core product engineering, supporting large enterprise migrations while contributing directly to application features and platform performance.

Your core focus will be architecting and maintaining robust migration pipelines that transfer complex legal and corporate data from legacy systems into Athennian. At the same time, you'll partner across engineering to build scalable features that improve our overall platform. Your work ensures uncompromising data accuracy and integrity, setting our enterprise clients up for long-term success from day one of their digital transformation.

What you'll do

• Lead client data onboarding end-to-end, writing complex SQL and MongoDB scripts to migrate and validate 100k+ record datasets from legacy platforms.
• Partner with Onboarding Implementation Specialists, Quality Assurance, and Product Managers to perform automated and manual data verification cycles, reporting on data anomalies.
• Maintain, optimize, and scale internal automated data migration tooling to improve migration throughput by 20%.
• Build, refine, and ship backend and full-stack application improvements and features as part of ongoing product development.
• Own project deliverables with high autonomy in a fast-paced environment, taking full responsibility for features from problem identification to deployment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience building scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
• Database Proficiency: Strong experiencein database design, querying, and optimization across relational (PostgreSQL, SQLite) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases.
• Full-Stack / MEAN Stack Proficiency: Strong expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript environments, specifically the MEAN stack (MongoDB, Express, Angular, Node.js), with explicit proficiency in TypeScript and Angular.
• High Autonomy & Ownership: Demonstrated ability to work with high autonomy and own end-to-end feature development in fast-paced software startup/scale-up environments.
• Production AI & Data Integration: Proven track record of designing, shipping, and operating AI-driven backend features, focusing on automated data extraction, ETL pipelines, schema mapping, and query optimization workflows.
• DevOps & Infrastructure: Proficient with Linux CLI environments, scripting, and standard DevOps workflows for backend deployment.
• Cloud & Storage: Experience with AWS infrastructure (S3 for document storage, EC2) and containerized workflows (Docker).
• Analytical Problem Solving: Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail when resolving data integrity issues in large-scale data environments.

Location

We have embraced a distributed model of working to reach the best talent in the world. While some roles may require proximity to our Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver offices, roles based outside our office locations can be remote in Canada. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in Canada. #LI-Remote

Our Culture

We thrive in a fast-paced startup environment where every team member plays a critical role in our success. We value ambitious, results-driven people who spot opportunities, take initiative and go the extra mile. Collaboration fuels our growth as we take on new challenges, learn constantly and move quickly. If you're a go-getter who thrives on impact, you'll fit right in. Our values are:

• Outcome Driven: We focus on setting ambitious goals and achieving measurable results, valuing success by the outcomes we deliver.
• Wide Responsibility: Our team is empowered to shape success, taking ownership from problem identification to solution implementation.
• Learning Mindset: We embrace curiosity, rejecting the status quo and encouraging continuous learning and agility.
• Strategic Speed: We make fast, effective decisions and embrace a bias for action to seize opportunities quickly.

Benefits at Athennian

We keep things simple and invest in the perks that matter — your wellbeing, growth and flexibility.

• Compensation: Competitive salary, equity and performance-based bonus structure.
• Work-Life Balance: A minimum of 3 weeks vacation, 5 sick days and 6 personal/flex days, plus a company-wide winter holiday shutdown.
• Comprehensive Coverage: Health, dental, vision, long-term disability and a Health Spending Account (HSA).
• Family Support: Flexible parental leave, including top-ups.
• Remote Setup: A work-from-home allowance to get you set up for success.