Zipline

SaaS

SeniorBackendSoftwareEngineer,DevEx

CA$132–161k Canada FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Backend Software Engineer, DevEx at Zipline. Skills: DevEx, DevOps, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform, AI tooling. Assess and evolve engineering practices. Strengthen CI/CD quality gates”

What You'll Achieve.

Accelerate engineering velocity; Build the best possible product, faster; Zipline engineers ship faster and with more confidence; Improve reliability; Reduce noise in alerting

Industry & Context.

SaaS
Problems you'll solve

Identify highest-leverage quality opportunities; Build tooling that captures opportunities; Reduce manual operational burden; Eliminate toil

Eligibility Requirements

On-call rotations

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years of engineering experience, at least 5 years in DevEx, DevOps or infrastructure with a developer productivity focus, CI/CD pipeline experience, Hands-on experience with AI-assisted developer tooling, Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, managing containerized environments and cloud infrastructure via Terraform, Familiarity with SAST/SCA security scanning, understanding of observability tools, Proficiency in Python, Go, or Ruby for building internal tooling, A pragmatic build-vs-buy mindset, Excellent communication skills

Nice to Have

experience with Ruby on Rails

What You'll Do.

Assess and evolve engineering practices

Strengthen CI/CD quality gates

Build visibility into engineering health

Explore and embed AI-powered tooling

Streamline local development

Manage and optimize containerized infrastructure

Partner with teams to embed quality practices

Evolve platform toward structured tooling

Participate in on-call rotations

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with Platform and product engineering teams; Co-develop a prioritized QE roadmap with engineering leads; Partner with teams across engineering; Earn buy-in by making platform useful

Communication Scope

Excellent communication skills

Full Job Description

ABOUT ZIPLINE Zipline is a well-funded, rapidly growing SaaS company transforming how frontline teams work. We empower the world’s leading brands across retail, healthcare, logistics, and beyond to connect, align, and inspire their employees- from headquarters to the front lines. Our customers consistently give us best-in-class NPS and CSAT scores, and they rave about how Zipline makes their teams’ lives easier and their businesses more effective. We’re also a fully remote company, with passionate employees across the U.S., Canada, and around the globe. ABOUT ZIPLINE’S QUALITY ENGINEERING FUNCTION At Zipline, quality is part of how we build, and we're ready to take it to the next level. Engineering teams across the company care deeply about what they ship, and we've built something worth building on: a culture of ownership, strong foundations, and a product customers love. We're also actively weaving AI into our engineering workflows, and quality is no exception. This role is about unlocking what comes next: the dedicated focus, tooling, and practices that accelerate engineering velocity and help us build the best possible product, faster. This is your opportunity to shape what great looks like, designing the systems, deepening the culture, and creating the platform that helps Zipline's engineers do their best work. ABOUT THE ROLE If you've been looking for the role where you can do your best work and make a real impact, this is it. As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, DevEx, you'll partner with Platform and product engineering teams to identify the highest-leverage quality opportunities and build the tooling that captures them. Zipline has strong engineering foundations. Your job is to make them exceptional. In an era where AI is reshaping how software gets built, you'll have the opportunity to bring that to bear on quality itself, raising the bar on what engineering confidence looks like at Zipline. Success here isn't measured by sophistication. It's measured by

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