Solstice

Solstice

Member of Technical Staff (Fullstack) (Toronto)

Toronto · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$155k-$230kDetected 18 days ago
PythonNext.jsFastAPIBackend DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentPostgreSQLRedisVector DatabasesAWSCloud PlatformsDockerNLPLLMsRAGLangGraphA/B TestingUnreal EngineCommunicationCollaboration

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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
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About the role

  • Beyond development, you will be collaborating closely with co-founders Yiwen and Aris on all facets of the startup as we grow Solstice in the coming years and ship fast, safe, and observable systems.
  • Superb communication and collaboration skills.
  • We believe in direct communication and willingness to provide as well as accept criticism.

Responsibilities

  • Backend services & APIs: Build and harden FastAPI services
  • design clean interfaces for ingestion, retrieval, annotation, and compliance checks.
  • Backend services & APIs: Build and harden FastAPI services; design clean interfaces for ingestion, retrieval, annotation, and compliance checks.
  • Pipelines & files: Orchestrate file processing (PDFs, images), OCR, embedding pipelines, and metadata enrichment at scale (S3-first design).
  • As the team grows, we'll move into our own Toronto office by the end of the year and work from there five days a week.

Requirements

  • Strong proficiency in full-stack web development technologies such as Python, FastAPI, Docker, AWS
  • You must be legally entitled to work in Canada.

Compensation

  • This role offers a highly competitive Toronto salary in the CAD $155,000-$230,000 range, plus equity, calibrated to reflect experience, seniority, and the level of ownership you'll take on as part of the founding Toronto team.
  • We pay at the top of the Toronto market, and we grant equity on the same schedule in every office.

Benefits

  • Supplemental health, dental, and vision coverage on top of OHIP
  • Ground-floor equity, granted on the same schedule as our New York team
  • Professional growth stipend
  • We pay at the top of the Toronto market, and we grant equity on the same schedule in every office.
  • We'll start remotely for the first few months, with a WeWork stipend for those who prefer it.

Company info

  • We're looking for someone who has the fire to prove others wrong.
  • SOME IDEAL TRAITS WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Engineering chops.

Equal opportunity

  • Your first month in New York, with travel and accommodation covered
  • We cover travel and accommodation.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • We can't sponsor work permits for this role at this time
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