# Software Developer - Backend

We believe that communication belongs to everyone. TextNow is redefining how people connect by combining simplicity, intelligence, and accessibility. We’re a team of curious builders using technology to make communication more affordable and powerful for millions of users every day. As a Software Developer - Backend, you won’t just build services-you’ll shape the systems, architecture, and tooling that make them possible. At TextNow, Members of Technical Staff combine leadership and hands-on coding to enable the highest leverage opportunities possible. Being able to operate strategically, as well as diving into the lowest-level details, is a must. You’ll take technical ownership of key backend domains and work across mobile, web, and data to create faster, smarter, more reliable systems. AI and automation are at the core of how we build. You’ll use them to accelerate development, improve performance, detect and resolve issues faster, and continuously raise the bar for backend development excellence. We’re hiring Members of Technical Staff across multiple levels (intermediate/senior/staff+). Whether you’re an experienced developer looking to lead complex systems, or an early-care

- **Id**: 822857
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/textnow-software-developer-backend-2>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Waterloo, Canada
- **Countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-05-08T17:06:16Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-07-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T12:03:04Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 182
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7751
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Messaging Apps

## Company

- **Id**: 686311
- **Name**: TextNow
- **Domain**: textnow.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/textnow-2>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: C
- **Score**: 58
- **Open postings**: 26
- **Ghost share**: 0.692
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 113400
- **Max**: 162000
- **Currency**: CAD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 115164

## Technologies

- **A/B Testing** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Go** — Optional: no
- **Modularization** — Optional: no
- **PHP** — Optional: no
- **ArgoCD** — Optional: yes
- **AWS** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **SLI/SLO/SLA** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ghost
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale, company_stale
- **Days open**: 182

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-12T13:26:28Z

## Visa

- Country: CA; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Approved LMIA in the last two years; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 3
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.1
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 182
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, ghost, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 115164
- **Is top pay**: no

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