Intermediate Full Stack Software Developer, Platform

About KOHO

We’re on a mission to make financial services better for every Canadian. That means no hidden fees, no predatory interest rates - just financial products designed to help our users spend smart, save more, and build real wealth. We’re a performance organization with a strong heart: we care deeply about outcomes, and everything ties back to our mission - to financially empower a generation of Canadians.

At KOHO, we’re not your average 9-5. We believe real impact comes from people who are trusted, empowered, and supported to do their best work - without sacrificing their lives to do it. We prioritize work-life integration, not just work-life balance. That means asynchronous collaboration, flexible hours, and a remote-first setup built around autonomy and high trust.

KOHO is entering its next chapter - leaner, smarter, more AI-integrated. We’re building for impact, not bureaucracy. If you thrive in environments that value clarity, ownership, and bold thinking, you’ll fit right in.

Ready to grow with our Platform Team? We're looking for an Intermediate Backend Developer to join us remotely from Canada.

Reporting to a Senior Software Development Manager, you're going to be a part of a team that's breaking down the barriers between frontend and backend development to ship features faster and with fewer handoffs. We're looking for a backend developer with solid Go experience who's versed in the basics of learn frontend development—someone who wants to see their APIs come to life in the user interface, understand the complete feature lifecycle, and grow into a full-stack engineer.

• Own and maintain our authentication and authorization systems, ensuring secure and scalable access control across all services in our distributed architecture.
• Make changes to our mobile app (Angular/Ionic), web app (React), and admin tools with support from frontend-focused teammates.
• Own medium-to-large features end-to-end, working with senior engineers to design solutions and implementing both the backend and frontend components.
• Develop POCs and build dashboards to gather system insights and drive data-driven decisions across our domains.
• Foster cross-team collaboration and be a part of building a healthy engineering culture.
• Once fully integrated into the team, join an on-call rotation with shifts every few weeks supporting our cross-functional services.

• You hold a bachelor's in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• You embrace AI-powered development workflows and have hands-on experience with tools like Claude Code or other AI coding assistants to accelerate development while ensuring code quality and maintainability.
• You have experience working with and developing distributed systems as well as event-driven architecture.
• You are proficient with programming languages like Go, Python, and SQL.
• You have excellent communication skills and can break down complex technical issues in a clear and concise manner.
• You have experience with RESTful APIs and understand how to design endpoints that serve frontend applications.
• You're familiar with frontend basics (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and are eager to deepen your skills in React and Angular.
• You're curious about the full request flow from UI click to database query and want to understand how all the pieces fit together.
• You excel at collaborating in a distributed team environment, proactively engaging with teammates while being self-directed in your work

• AWS certifications or hands-on experience with AWS services (EKS, RDS, IAM)
• Familiarity with message queues (Rabbit
  
  MQ)
• Understanding of containerization and Kubernetes basics
• Experience with observability tools (Datadog, Open Telemetry)

The budgeted salary range for this role is $100,000 - $130,000

CAD / year.

At KOHO, we are dedicated to providing pay transparency to all candidates. Compensation at KOHO is determined through various factors including but not limited to: comparable salary market data within Canada, technical skill assessment, a holistic view of previous work history, and internal pay equity with other KOHO team members.