Staff Engineer, Core Platform; Hybrid

Hi, Future Homie!

At Homebase, you’ll join a team that’s bold, fast-moving, and obsessed with helping small businesses thrive. We build with empathy, act with urgency, and take big swings that drive real-world impact. Here, every Homie shows up to raise the bar, support one another, and celebrate wins as a team.

We’re not just building an app—we’re building unstoppable teams. So what do you say, are you in?

We’re looking for a Staff Engineer (E5) to help define the architectural future of Homebase’s Core Platform. This role will work across our Identity & Notifications (IN) and Billing & Businesses (BB) teams—two foundational domains that power how customers access, communicate, and transact across Homebase.

As a senior technical leader, you’ll serve as both a hands‑on contributor and a mentor. Reporting directly to the Senior Manager, Core Platform, you’ll partner with engineering managers and ICs to design scalable services aligned to our service-oriented (SOA) and event-driven (EDA) architectural vision. You’ll guide engineers through adoption, coach them on best practices, and identify opportunities to improve reliability, performance, and developer velocity across our systems.

This is a pivotal role for an experienced platform engineer who thrives on enabling teams, evolving architectures, and solving hard system problems that drive product impact at scale.

• Serve as the technical bridge across the Identity & Notifications and Billing & Businesses teams, ensuring architectural coherence and reliability.
• Lead design and implementation of new patterns aligned to SOA and EDA.
• Mentor engineers across both teams, up-leveling their design, debugging, and systems thinking skills.
• Partner with EMs and PMs to clarify technical requirements, scope projects, and sequence foundational work.
• Identify system bottlenecks, propose architectural improvements, and drive pragmatic solutions.
• Guide the technical direction of high-impact initiatives, especially those introducing SOA/EDA patterns into our legacy Rails systems.
• Model AI-first development: leverage AI tools for code quality, design exploration, and delivery velocity.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure scalability, observability, and compliance.

These are the experiences and strengths that will set you up for success in this role:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with significant time spent designing and scaling distributed systems.
• Strong background in Ruby and deep experience in SOA and event-driven architectures.
• Proven experience introducing and evolving architectural patterns within a legacy Rails application.
• Track record of identifying complex technical problems and leading teams to well-reasoned, durable solutions.
• Passion for mentoring engineers and guiding teams through architectural change.
• Strong communication and influence skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with accounts, authentication, authorization, or billing systems is a plus.
• Commitment to AI fluency: uses AI to improve efficiency, reliability, and developer experience.

These principles guide everything we do—from how we work and make decisions to how we show up for each other.

• 💡 Be Customer Obsessed – Solve problems with empathy and creativity.
• ⚡ Move Fast, Learn Fast – Experiment, take action, and grow every day.
• 🎯 Own Your Impact – Think big, focus on what matters, and make decisions you stand behind.
• 🏆 Master Your Craft – Excellence fuels impact—show up, step up, and make your mark.
• 🏅 Win Together – Put goals over roles, lead with trust, and connect to our mission and each other.

• 💰 Ownership & Savings:
  Stock options + TFSA/RRSP with 4% company match
• 🏥 Health & Wellness:
  Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents
• ⏰ Time Flexibility:
  Flex time off + company holidays + designated focus periods
• 👶 Family Support:
  Maternity/Parental Leave EI top-up support offered (after 6 months of service)
• 🌟 Work Your Way:
  Work From Anywhere Month + meeting-free weeks yearly
• 🛡️ Protection Plans:
  Life insurance + short/long-term disability coverage
• 🍽️ Workspace Perks:
  Meals…