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Backend Developer

Remote (Montréal, QC) +5

Trolley is the payouts platform for the internet economy. Our vision is to unlock the collective economic opportunity of the internet – for everyone – by building a truly global payouts ecosystem. Through our powerful platform and API, Trolley enables businesses to reach workers from all corners of the world and offer creators, on-demand workers, and suppliers the ability to bring their specialized talents to a global market. Businesses use Trolley to automate and manage payouts, collect recipient tax and banking information, and mitigate fraud and risk. The payouts solution of choice for hundreds of businesses, Trolley has made payouts to over 1.1 million different musicians, artists, makers, vendors, and suppliers around the world.


As a Backend Developer, you will be joining an Engineering team focused on building the next generation of Trolley’s flagship product. In this role, you will have an opportunity to work closely with Product, Data, and the rest of the Engineering team on enhancing the most critical features of our product offering while scaling and evolving the technical foundation it is built upon.


In your role you will:

  • Contribute to the design and implementation of complex product features and core platform components, focusing on delivering secure, scalable, performant, and high quality solutions.
  • Participate in setting the direction of our core products and systems by working closely with Product and Data, and fellow Engineers, contributing to engineering discussions, architecture decisions, design reviews, and peer code reviews.
  • Document best practices, guides, systems design, architectural decisions, and code design specifications.
  • Guide conversations to remove blockers and encourage collaboration across teams.


About you:

  • 3+ years of professional software development experience.
  • Experience building scalable software using JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL.
  • Experience working with large, integrated systems with external dependencies, web services, and APIs (REST and/or GraphQL).
  • Experience with core AWS services (EC2, ECS, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch, etc.).
  • Solid experience with software development lifecycles and agile development methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban).
  • Excellent communications and interpersonal skills, strong ability to collaborate with fellow Engineers, Product and other technical functions.
  • Excellent analytical skills with the ability to assess alternatives, risks and benefits while focusing on attention to detail.
  • Proven ability to prototype, ask for feedback, and iterate quickly.
  • Demonstrated ownership and pride in the quality of the software you work on.


Interested? We offer:

  • Our tech stack:

AWS (Fargate, Lambda, SNS, SQS), Docker, Terraform.

NodeJS, TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Styled Components.

PostgreSQL, Redis.

Our tech stack in detail: https://stackshare.io/trolley/trolley


  • Competitive salary and meaningful equity.
  • Join an amazing team of diverse people working together on a common mission.
  • Extended Healthcare benefits including dental, vision, LTD, etc.
  • 4 weeks paid vacation per year + public holidays.
  • Pension Plan.
  • Gym Membership allowance.
  • 1/2 day Fridays during summer.
  • Central modern office, close to public transport (near Atwater metro).
  • Choice of the tools you need to do your best.


We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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