Senior Backend Developer, Data Team

AI overview

Design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines and enterprise-grade APIs while ensuring performance and scalability for the financial sector's evolving needs.

CapIntel is a software platform built for wealth management enterprises to help financial advisors explain complex investment strategies to their clients. Advisors at some of the biggest banks across North America are winning trust by using CapIntel to easily compare investments and create compelling, educational presentations. Ultimately, we're focused on investors getting better service, understanding their investments, and feeling at ease knowing their future is secure.

Since launching in 2019, CapIntel has seen rapid adoption and industry recognition, earning top placements in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Canada and Fast 500 North America in 2025, ranking us among the fasting-growing technology companies. To support this momentum, we’re growing our team rapidly—investing in people who drive innovation at scale to expand our impact across the North American wealth management industry.

About the Role

CapIntel is looking for a Senior Backend Developer to join our growing Data Team, where you’ll design and deliver the infrastructure that keeps our platform fast, reliable, and ready for what’s next. From robust ETL pipelines to scalable backend systems and API integrations, you’ll partner with cross-functional teams and lead the creation of solutions that power smarter financial systems.

What You’ll Do

  • Design, build, and maintain robust and scalable data pipelines using JavaScript/TypeScriptNode.js, Temporal.io, and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB.
  • Architect data pipelines and storage solutions for structured and unstructured financial data, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability.
  • Lead the development of secure, enterprise-grade API integrations, partnering with third-party data providers and internal teams.
  • Deploy, monitor, and optimize services on AWS, applying best practices for observability, cost efficiency, and fault tolerance.
  • Drive technical excellence by writing clean, maintainable code supported by thorough unit and integration testing.
  • Participate in and elevate code reviews, architecture discussions, and technical planning, setting a high bar for engineering quality.
  • Mentor intermediate developers and contribute to the evolution of our backend development standards and processes.
  • Partner closely with product, data, and design teams to translate business requirements into scalable backend solutions.

What We're Looking For

  • Extensive experience developing data pipelines in any robust backend language, with strong system design fundamentals and the ability to learn or work with TypeScript.
  • Extensive experience creating and maintaining ETL pipelines processing many gigabytes of data
  • Expertise with MongoDB (or similar NoSQL databases), data modeling and query optimization.
  • Strong background with cloud storage and monitoring services
  • Comfort with CI/CD workflows and infrastructure as code.
  • A track record of writing well-tested, reliable code and driving best practices.
  • Solid collaboration and communication skills to bridge technical and non-technical teams.

Nice-to-Have Experience

  • Experience with Python for backend scripting or data processing.
  • Familiarity with AWS
  • Knowledge of search indexing technologies such as Elasticsearch.
  • Exposure to data warehousing, analytics pipelines, or financial data normalization.
  • Familiarity with Temporal.io or similar orchestration platforms

The Interview Process

  1. 30-Minute Video Call with a Talent Acquisition Partner: A conversation to get to know you better, discuss your experience and motivations.
  2. 30-Minute Video call with an Engineering Leader to explore your technical knowledge and cultural fit for the role.
  3. Take home ETL task + 60-Minute Live Review Session: A take home task to process a file using Python, JavaScript/TypeScript or C#, followed by a live review session with a Team Lead or Engineering Leader. We’ll be assessing your problem coding skills, problem-solving abilities, and your use of AI.

At CapIntel, we design compensation with intention. Each role is assessed against the impact, skills, and experience it requires, and we align our pay to competitive market data so candidates know what to expect from the start.

Your final offer will reflect your experience, skillset, and location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified.

Compensation at CapIntel goes beyond base pay. Depending on the role, total rewards may include variable pay, equity, comprehensive benefits, flexible time off, and dedicated opportunities for growth and development.

If you’d like to understand more about our approach, we’re happy to walk through it during the hiring process.

For roles based in or eligible to work from Ontario, the expected base salary range is:
$100,000$150,000 CAD

Not sure you meet every requirement?

We care most about mindset: your drive, curiosity and commitment to delivering great work. While experience matters, we know that careers aren’t always linear. If this role excites you and you believe you can make an impact with us, we want to hear from you.

Why you'll enjoy working here:

Learn more about life at CapIntel on our Careers page, including the virtues that inspire how we work and the perks and benefits designed to support your growth and well-being. We’re a team built on trust, respect, and collaboration. This powers everything we do and creates a space to challenge and elevate each other as we work towards our shared vision. If this speaks to you, we’d be excited to have you with us.

At CapIntel, we believe diverse perspectives strengthen our work and our teams. We’re committed to creating an inclusive hiring process and workplace by reducing barriers to opportunity and supporting equitable access to employment. We provide equal employment opportunities to all candidates and team members, regardless of race, ethnicity, language, genetic information, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or marital status, neurodivergence, national origin, or age. We value people for their skills, experience, and the impact they bring to their work. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience, so please let us know if you require any accommodations to support your application process by emailing [email protected].

For your application:

To help us better understand your experience and how it aligns with this role, please take a few minutes to thoughtfully complete the questions below. Your responses support our initial review and help us assess your fit beyond what’s captured in your resume.

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Since launching in 2019, CapIntel has been on a mission to provide magical financial moments for all: investors, wealth professionals, and our customers.   Our innovative proposal generation platform transforms how financial professionals compare, discuss, and present investment options, empowering clients to make informed decisions. We pride ourselves on revolutionizing an outdated process with a product that's adopted four times more than previous solutions. One executive called CapIntel "the most intuitive platform I’ve used in almost 20 years in financial services.”   As one of Canada's fastest-growing wealthtech companies, CapIntel is expanding at an unprecedented pace. Our relentless commitment to innovation drives us to build a dynamic team, strengthening our ability to impact the wealth industry landscape in 2025 and beyond.

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CAD $100,000 – CAD $150,000 per year
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