Senior Software Engineer - Product & Integrations

Terminal is Plaid for Telematics in commercial trucking. Companies building the next generation of insurance products, financial services and fleet software for trucking use our Universal API to access GPS data, speeding data and vehicle stats. We are a fast-growing, venture-backed startup supported by top investors including Y Combinator, Golden Ventures and Wayfinder Ventures. Our exceptionally talented team is based in Toronto, Canada.

For more info, check out our website: https://withterminal.com

Note: This role is only available to Toronto/GTA-based candidates

This is a product-focused engineering role where you'll play a key part not just in building, but also in shaping our integration platform (supporting 250+ integrations). You’ll have the opportunity to influence product direction, work closely with customers, and help customers to launch products powered by high-volume telematics data.

As a Senior Engineer on our Product & Integrations team, you’ll play a critical role in building and extending our integration platform. You’ll design and implement core capabilities, develop high-quality integrations, and shape reusable modules that improve scalability, reliability, and customer experience. You’ll work closely with customers and product partners to deliver elegant solutions that simplify how developers work with telematics data. While focused on execution and delivery, you’ll also contribute ideas and influence technical direction, helping the team move quickly while upholding high standards.

• Contribute to the integration framework and platform that supports 250+ integrations.

• Scope, build, and implement new integrations to broaden the platform’s reach.

• Engage directly with customers to design and build new features that add value to our platform.

• Build reliable, intuitive APIs that simplify customer implementations.

• Create tooling and patterns that improve testing, observability, and platform reliability.

• Monitor and optimize system performance, ensuring scalability as data volumes grow.

• Contribute to code reviews and share best practices to uphold high standards across the team.

• Perform technical demos and provide technical support directly to customers.

• 4+ years of building production systems

• 2+ years of experience with Node.js & TypeScript

• 2+ years of experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms

• Strong customer empathy with excitement to support new feature launches, troubleshoot directly with customers, and support technical sales

• Comfort working with and building integrations for systems with limited or unclear documentation.

• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills, especially in distributed systems.

• Experience with serverless and/or event-driven architectures (e.g. AWS Lambda, SQS, Kafka).

• Experience working with orchestration / workflow engines (e.g. Step Functions, Temporal)

• Experience with JVM languages (for cross team work)

Backend:

• Node.js (TypeScript)

• AWS serverless architecture, including:

  • Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, EventBridge, and Step Functions

Frontend:

• Next.js, React, TypeScript deployed on Vercel

• Styling with Tailwind and shadcn

Infrastructure as Code:

• SST and AWS CDK

CI/CD:

• GitHub Actions

Technologies also used at Terminal:

• Java, Python

• Data streaming and lakehouse architecture, including: Kafka, Flink, Spark, Iceberg, and S3

1. Intro Call with CTO (30 Min)

2. Virtual System Design (60 min)

3. Onsite Technical Loop (120 Min)

4. Onsite Cultural Loop + Final (180 Min)

• Strong compensation and equity packages

• Brand new MacBook and computer equipment

• Top-tier health/dental benefits and a flexible healthcare spending account

• Personal spending account for professional development, fitness and wellness

• Four weeks paid time off + statutory holidays

• In-person culture with an office located in downtown Toronto