Software Engineer II

Emburse
Toronto, Canada
On-site

Who this role is best for

Geared toward mid-level engineers comfortable with full-stack development and API integration, working in a collaborative, agile environment in Toronto.

Best fit for

  • Mid-level engineers with 4+ years of experience and strong full-stack capabilities in Node.js and React
    — “Minimum of 4 years of software development experience”
  • Candidates who can independently manage large codebase areas and contribute to technical documentation
    — “Ability to read and understand existing code and offer recommendations for improvement”
  • Individuals who thrive in a team-centric, innovation-focused culture with a clear product roadmap
    — “Understands product roadmap and how one contributes to the overall objectives”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a strong grasp of secure coding practices and code reviews
    — “Learns and applies secure software development practices, reviews code for vulnerabilities”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with Node.js, Typescript, and REST APIs in your resume and interviews
    — “Professional experience building web applications in Node.js with Typescript”
  • Demonstrate your ability to refactor and improve existing code with concrete examples
    — “Delivers medium level refactoring”
  • Showcase your experience with cloud providers like AWS and database systems such as MySQL
    — “Experience with cloud service providers (AWS preferred) and their APIs”
  • Emphasize your ability to estimate your own work and prioritize tasks effectively
    — “Capability of prioritizing tasks”
  • Demonstrate your understanding of integration architectures and third-party APIs
    — “Experience working with 3rd party APIs, workflow and integration architectures”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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Skills & requirements

Required

JavaScriptReactAWSSQL

Stack & domain

Node.jsTypeScriptReactAngularSQLGitREST ServicesAWSRedisCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkCollaborationWeb DevelopmentCloud ServicesApis

About the role

Original posting from Emburse via Lever

Who We Are:

At Emburse, you’ll not just imagine the future – you’ll build it. As a leader in expense intelligence, we are creating a future where technology drives business value and inspires extraordinary results. Our AI-powered platform helps organizations modernize financial operations, increase visibility, and optimize spend across the enterprise.

Emburse software engineers contribute to the development of an engaging and interconnected set of system solutions. As an engineer, you will enhance the experiences of your customers, solve interesting challenges, and design new solutions. Emburse, known for its innovation and award-winning technologies, is strong on engineering. This ensures you will have access to the best and brightest minds in our industry to grow your experience and career within Emburse.

What you will do ::

Technical

  • Self-sufficient in at least one large area of the codebase
  • Mastery of at least one language and developing mastery of multiple other languages, frameworks and tools
  • Identifies viable alternative solutions and presents them
  • Understanding of relational databases, development frameworks, and commonly used industry libraries.
  • Understanding of testing and integration testing techniques
  • Moderate understanding of how a handful of key sub-systems interoperate 
  • Ability to read and understand existing code and offer recommendations for improvement
  • Understanding of OWASP 

Process

  • SDLC processes are followed, including adopting agile-based processes/meetings, peer code-reviews, and technical preparations required for scheduled releases.
  • Understands product roadmap and how one contributes to the overall objectives
  • Capability of prioritizing tasks
  • Estimates their own work
  • Learns and applies secure software development practices, reviews code for vulnerabilities and raises awareness of secure programming practices

Impact

  • Fixes bugs of moderate complexity and demonstrates proficient debugging skills
  • Reviews code for team members, providing in-depth comments
  • Develops new features or enhancements with minimal supervision
  • Delivers medium level refactoring 
  • Implements unit testing and integration testing where needed
  • Produces quality technical documentation
  • Makes technical documentation/knowledge base contributions and technical team presentations

Communication

  • Gives constructive feedback to team members
  • Understanding of industry jargon and business concepts
  • Raises roadblocks and updates estimations as needed

What we are looking for ::

Education:

  • Required: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent years’ experience           

Experience:

  • Required:  Minimum of 4 years of software development experience

Certifications:

Required: None

Required Skills:

  • Professional experience building web applications in Node.js with Typescript
  • Professional experience building single page applications with React, Angular or a similar framework, front-end build tools and CSS methodologies is desirable
  • Professional experience with SQL and relational database management systems (e.g. MySQL)
  • Experience working with source control (e.g. Git)
  • Experience designing and building REST services and APIs
  • Experience working with 3rd party APIs, workflow and integration architectures  
  • Experience with cloud service providers (AWS preferred) and their APIs
  • Experience with Redis is desirable 
  • Professional experience building single page applications with React, Angular or a similar framework, front-end build tools and CSS methodologies is desirable

Why Emburse?

Finance is changing—and at Emburse, we’re leading the way. Our AI-powered solutions help organizations eliminate inefficiencies, gain real-time visibility, and optimize spend—so they can focus on what’s next, not what’s slowing them down.

  • A Company with Momentum – We serve 12M+ users across 120 countries, helping businesses modernize

 their finance operations.

  • A Team That Innovates – Work alongside some of the brightest minds in finance, tech, and AI to solve real-

 world challenges.

  • A Culture That Empowers – Competitive pay, flexible work, and an inclusive, collaborative environment that

 supports your success.

  • A Career That Matters – Your work here drives efficiency, innovation, and smarter financial decision-making

 for businesses everywhere. 

Shape your future & find what’s next at Emburse. 

Emburse provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Emburse complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

Source: Emburse careers (Lever)

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