Senior Backend Engineer

Who We Are

SensorUp, the global leader in enterprise software for methane emissions Measurement, Reporting, Verification, and Repair (MRVR), is serving the needs of oil and gas companies worldwide. With SensorUp Gas Emission Management Solutions, these enterprises are effectively executing their comprehensive methane detection and repair initiatives, ensuring they meet the most stringent emissions reporting standards. Providing support for the most recent multi-scale methane measurement technologies, contemporary reconciliation protocols, and interoperable open standards, SensorUp represents the cutting-edge of industry solutions. Its bedrock technology is an award-winning geospatial IoT platform, recognized by NATO, seamlessly connecting real-time operational data with predictive capabilities and task execution. Since its inception in 2014, SensorUp has claimed its place as the world's preeminent authority in geospatial sensor web. Pioneering and spearheading the development of several international sensor web standards for the United Nations' ITU-T and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), the impact is far-reaching. These key enabling standards are integral to millions of sensors globally, forming the backbone of the world-wide sensor web.

Our Vision

At SensorUp, our vision is to lead the world in groundbreaking emissions software solutions, powering the fight against harmful methane emissions in the oil and gas industry. Through our advanced enterprise software and multi-scale methane measurement capabilities, we commit to assist businesses in their comprehensive detection and repair initiatives, setting a new standard in emissions reporting. Our dedication to the development of universal sensor web standards is creating a more connected, transparent, and responsible world. As we navigate the future, we aim to revolutionize the industry, cease methane leaks, and contribute to a cleaner, healthier planet.

The Role

We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with data-heavy experience to help build scalable, performant, and intelligent software that drives our core MRVR platform. This is a cross-functional, hands-on role where you'll be responsible for delivering production-grade features across our modern stack, with a strong focus on data-intensive systems.

As a key member of our Engineering team, you'll shape end-to-end product architecture, contribute to technical strategy, and collaborate with product teams to deliver impactful features. If you enjoy solving complex problems at the intersection of data, APIs and user experience - this is the role for you

Your Influence

• Design and Build Backend Solutions: Lead development using , building reliable and performant services that integrate seamlessly with our data pipeline and geospatial analytics platforms.
• Data-Driven Engineering: Leverage your experience with large-scale data systems to architect features that depend on dynamic, real-time, and batch data processing from IoT, satellite, and drone sources.
• Backend Leadership: Build serverless backend services on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, S3), following domain-driven design and event-driven architecture.
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform and other DevOps tools to define and manage infrastructure, ensuring resilience, repeatability, and scalability across environments.
• API and Data Access Layer: Contribute to building performant REST and GraphQL APIs to serve both external clients and internal tools.
• Quality and Observability: Write clean, testable code, and integrate with CI/CD pipelines. Embrace monitoring, logging, and error tracking to ensure platform health.
• Technical Mentorship: Act as a technical mentor and thought leader, sharing knowledge and best practices across the Engineering team.

Your Experience

• 7-10 years of professional experience in backend development, with a strong data engineering focus.
• Deep experience in
• Proven experience building scalable serverless applications on AWS (e.g. Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, API Gateway).
• Solid understanding of data engineering principles, including ELT/ETL pipelines, real-time processing, and time-series data management.
• Experience designing and maintaining APIs (REST and GraphQL) and integrating with complex backend systems.
• Strong database knowledge, both relational (PostgreSQL) and non-relational (DynamoDB, DuckDB, etc.)
• Familiarity with DevOps and IaC using Terraform or similar tools.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams and collaborating across the product lifecycle.
• Deep understanding of software engineering best practices: testing, CI/CD, Git workflows, and documentation.

Who You Are

• Impact-driven professional ready to advance global methane emissions management.
• Excited by cutting-edge enterprise software that unifies data, automates operations, and optimizes market participation.
• Thrives in a dynamic environment focused on geospatial IoT, real-time insights, and predictive capabilities.
• Passionate about contributing to a cleaner, healthier planet through innovative and comprehensive solutions.

Why SensorUp?

• Unlimited PTO + Regional Holidays

• Company Equity

• Flexible Work Schedule

• Remote-first (Canada)

• Group Insurance (Medical, Dental & Vision)

• Life & ADD

• Personal Spending Account (company-sponsored)

• Work From Anywhere Stipend

• Company Laptop

• Employee Assistance Program

Salary ranges are determined by the role and level required for the position. Factors including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, and location determine individual pay. The position is also eligible for equity, bonus, and participation in our total rewards package in your area.

SensorUp is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, colour, gender identity, gender expression, age, ancestry, place of origin, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, record of offences, marital status, family status or sexual orientation, religion, veteran or military status, or mental or physical disability status. In fact, it's our diversity that makes us who we are. You belong here If your experience and interests match with some of the above, we want you to apply. We believe in achieving great things and to accomplish that we must bring together a diverse set of people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and skills to create solutions that work for all.

Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.