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Back-end Software Engineer

AthennianPosted 3/13/2025

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Back-end Software Engineer

Athennian

Job Location

Canada

Job Summary

Athennian is seeking a Back-end Software Engineer to join their Data Migration Team. The role involves developing and maintaining migration scripts to facilitate the seamless transfer of data from legacy systems to new platforms. As a key contributor to the Engineering team, you will work closely with clients' data using SQL, maintain and improve current data migration tools, and prepare detailed reports on data anomalies. A successful candidate should have 3+ years of experience as a professional software engineer working on web applications, familiarity with relational databases like PostgreSQL and SQLite, and knowledge of backend technologies like NodeJS + Express. Athennian offers competitive benefits and perks, including remote work options, flexible working hours, health/dental/vision/group life/gRRSP/LTD/AD&D/EFAP benefits, high growth environment, team-building, day-to-day variety, MacBook for all employees, stock options, and a culture of transparency. The company values ambitious, results-driven individuals who are proactive in identifying opportunities and committed to going the extra mile.

Job Description

Company Overview
Athennian increases trust in business. Our products help legal, finance, and tax teams be transaction and audit-ready by organizing business entity and corporate structure information. Over 370,000 business entities in almost every country are managed on Athennian to automate workflows for ownership, company secretarial, governance, tax, and compliance.
About the Role
We are looking for a Back-end Software Engineer to join our Data Migration Team. In this role, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth transition and transformation of client data. Your primary responsibility will be to develop and maintain migration scripts to facilitate the seamless transfer of data from legacy systems to new platforms. Your work will directly contribute to the success of data migration projects, ensuring data accuracy and integrity, and providing clients with a positive experience during this crucial phase of their digital transformation journey.

As a key contributor to our Engineering team you will be responsible for:

    • Onboard customers including the migration of their data to the Athennian platform
    • Work closely with clients data using SQL
    • Maintain and improve current data migration tools 
    • Prepare detailed reports on data anomalies for the data migration team
    • Assisting Onboarding Team with data migration tasks including developing migration scripts 
    • Work with the Data Migration team to manually verify data migration testing rounds 
    • Validate migrated data using MongoDB
    • Data manipulation and transformation, database management, and problem-solving

A successful candidate will have:

    • 3+ years of experience as a professional software engineer working on web applications
    • Experience with relational databases including PostgreSQL and SQlite
    • Familiarity with NoSQL database such as MongoDB
    • Comfortable using Linux based CLI 
    • Knowledge of backend technologies like NodeJS + Express
    • Strong attention to detail and problem-solving 
    • Strong communication and collaboration skills
    • Exceptional organizational and time management skills with the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time
    • The ability to work without close supervision and thrive in an autonomous working environment that allows for high levels of freedom
    • Works well in a team environment, as well as independently 
    • Technical curiosity and desire for continuous learning
    • Active listening and respect for others opinions and ideas.
    • Growth Mindset: We are a growing company and need people who will take initiative, fail fast, and learn from their mistakes to be successful in the role.

Nice to Have Skills:

    • Worked with a Javascript framework such as Angular 
    • Knowledge of TypeScript
    • Experience with AWS technologies - EC2, S3
    • Experience with RESTful APIs
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 and the US. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in the US and Canada
Our Culture
Our company thrives in a fast-paced startup environment where every team member plays a critical role in driving success. We value ambitious, results-driven individuals who are not only proactive in identifying opportunities but are also committed to going the extra mile. In our culture, collaboration and initiative fuel our growth as we embrace new challenges, learn constantly, and move quickly to seize opportunities. If you're a go-getter who thrives on impact and thrives in a dynamic setting, 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 offer competitive benefits and perks because we believe that happy people produce great results. We are always adding to this list based on employee feedback: generous vacation/sick/flex days, remote work options, flexible working hours, health/dental/vision/group life/gRRSP/LTD/AD&D/EFAP benefits, high growth environment, team-building, day-to-day variety (never a dull moment), MacBook for all employees, stock options, and a culture of transparency.

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