# Senior+ Backend Software Engineer - Canada

About Palmstreet: Palmstreet is the #1 live shopping platform for rare plants, handmade crafts, & unique goods. Founded in 2020 by Instagram and Apple veterans, Palmstreet began as a plant identification app and quickly evolved into a trailblazer in live shopping, beginning with plant sellers. Fueled by a passionate, plant-loving community, we rapidly expanded into new categories to better serve our fast-growing audience. Our vision is to become the “World’s Online Main Street,” bringing the charm of in-person shopping to engaging, social online experiences. Backed by top Silicon Valley VCs and powered by a nimble, empathetic team, we’ve grown our GMV by 500x in the last 18 months. As we continue shaping the future of social commerce, we’re looking for talented individuals who are excited to grow with us and join our mission. The Opportunity: Palmstreet is looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join the team. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead the team on key architectural decisions, work on core user experiences like instant bidding and live interactions, develop scalable architecture to handle millions of users, innovate core features like live streaming and

- **Id**: 716493
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/palmstreet-senior-backend-software-engineer-canada>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Hiring countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2025-12-18T16:15:48Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2025-12-18
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T12:23:22Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 326
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4022
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: E-commerce Platforms, Toys, Games & Puzzles

## Company

- **Id**: 20641
- **Name**: Palmstreet
- **Domain**: palmstreet.app
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/palmstreet>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 3
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 80000
- **Max usd**: 148000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 111

## Technologies

- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Node JS** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 326

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: Advanced (C1); Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **Canada** — Iso: CA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-11T06:11:47Z
- Event: open; At: 2026-09-26T05:36:23Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 4
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.145
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 326
- **Expected fill days**: 7
- **Reasons**: conf:5, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

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