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 make it easier for them to launch products powered by high-volume telematics data.
As a Staff Engineer on our Product & Integrations team, you’ll take a leading role in shaping the long-term vision of our integration platform. You’ll not only design and deliver complex systems, but also drive technical strategy, set architectural direction, and influence how our platform evolves to support hundreds of diverse integrations. You’ll partner closely with customers, product, and engineering leadership to ensure we’re building the right abstractions and reusable components that scale with our growth. This is a role with broad ownership, where your leadership and judgment will raise the technical bar across the team and directly impact how customers succeed with high-volume telematics data.
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.
6+ years of building production systems
2+ years of experience with Node.js & TypeScript
4+ 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
Intro Call with CTO (30 Min)
Virtual System Design (60 min)
Onsite Technical Loop (120 Min)
Onsite Cultural Loop + Final (120 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
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