SurveyMonkey
Senior Software Engineer I
Ottawa, Canada · Senior · Full-time
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About the role
- With built-in research expertise and AI-powered technology, it's like having a team of expert researchers at your fingertips.
- The User team is responsible for supporting Authentication & Authorization within the SurveyMonkey product, as well as providing backend services for managing user accounts and teams.
- All while working alongside many other teams to provide customer value in our extensive product portfolio.
Responsibilities
- We combine powerful capabilities with intuitive design, effectively serving every use case, from customer experience to employee engagement, market research to payment and registration forms.
- Trusted by millions-from startups to Fortune 500 companies-SurveyMonkey helps teams gather insights and information that inspire better decisions, create experiences people love, and drive business growth.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in backend application development
- Experience with Python and web frameworks like Fast API, Flask, Pyramid
- Experience with developing and maintaining SSO integrations (SAML, OIDC)
Nice to have
- Familiarity with version control systems (Git preferred)
- Strong interest in AI and experience with AI coding tools such as Cursor or Claude Code to accelerate your work a plus
- Basic knowledge of SQL databases, experience with ElasticSearch/OpenSearch a plus
- Experience with Kubernetes, Helm Charts, and Terraform a plus
- Experience with messaging and streaming frameworks like Kafka, Apache Spark, etc. a plus
Compensation
- The base pay provided for this position ranges from CAD $103,200/ year - $129,00/ year depending on the geographic market and assuming a full-time schedule.
Company info
- What we're looking for We are looking for a motivated Senior Software Engineer I (Backend) to be part of the User team in Canada.
- We are looking for a talented engineer who has a passion for service ownership, AuthN + AuthZ, and is invested in ensuring our user's account state is maintained.
- They help shape everything from our culture to our business decisions.
- SurveyMonkey is the world's most popular platform for surveys and forms, built for business-loved by users.
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