Logistics engineer Jobs in Toronto, ON

About Us: We exist to modernize the way that vendors and property managers work together.

We do this by building a complete vendor lifecycle management solution, purpose-built for the world of commercial real estate.

Today, over 10,000 buildings and 70,000 vendors rely on VendorPM for credentialing, tendering, and contract management.

We drive serious efficiency and cost savings for property managers, while unlocking growth opportunities for vendors across North America.

• We’re one of Toronto’s fastest-growing startups, a certified “Great Place to Work,” and recognized in 2023, 2024 and 2025 as one of the Best Workplaces in Canada.

Backed by world-class SaaS and PropTech —investors-Bessemer Venture Partners, the former CEO of Twitter, Prudence VC, and Navitas Capital-we’re just getting started.

• Our team is scrappy, resourceful, and laser-focused on impact.

If you’re someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, loves turning ideas into action, and wants to grow alongside the business you’re helping build-we want to hear from you.

Role: As a Staff Engineer at VendorPM, you’ll be a senior individual contributor (70-80%) with technical leadership responsibilities (20-30%).

This is a hands-on engineering role where you’ll design, build, and scale backend systems that power our marketplace.

At the same time, you’ll help shape the technical direction of the platform-from defining our architecture roadmap to introducing AI-enabled development practices and improving our engineering processes.

You will report directly to the VP of Engineering and play a key role in building the future of technology at VendorPM.

We’re looking for someone who thrives in autonomous, self-sufficient teams and gets excited about solving real world problems.

What you’ll be doing: Individual Contribution (70–80%) Able to effectively use AI-enabled tooling in day-to-day IC tasks.

Design, develop, and maintain project features and services using Node.js, TypeScript and similar programming languages with performance and scale as the core of system design thinking.

Expertise and understanding of REST, GQL, PostgreSQL (RDS), AWS, ECS, CI/CD, and Security Practices Contribute directly to core feature development, performance improvements, and refactoring initiatives.

Ensure the platform meets high standards of security, scalability, and reliability.

Technical Leadership (20–30%) Own and evolve the technical vision for our platform - from current architecture to future re-architecture proposals, balancing ROI, Risk, and strategic value with the ongoing Product Roadmap.

Structure and organize our codebase and service modules, defining clear ownership boundaries within teams.

Review and approve project-based technical solution documents/designs, ensuring they meet performance and scalability goals.

Contribute to process improvements - from release management, code review, and deployment pipelines to AI-enabled coding practices.

What we are looking for: 7+ years of professional software development experience, with strong focus on backend systems using NodeJs Deep expertise in Node.js and TypeScript, including asynchronous programming and event loop fundamentals.

Strong foundation in system design, API architecture, and scalable service development.

Proven experience with PostgreSQL and query optimization.

Hands-on experience with AWS (RDS, Lambda, ECS/Fargate, CI/CD pipelines).

Familiarity with NestJS, Express, and GraphQL.

Demonstrated experience modernizing or re-architecting legacy systems.

Track record of influencing engineering culture and raising quality standards Comfortable connecting technical decisions to business outcomes and ROI.

Excellent collaborator and communicator, able to align technical and product priorities.

• What’s In It For You In-Person, High-Energy Environment: Our downtown Toronto office is a hub of collaboration, focus, and innovation.

We are a hybrid company because we believe the best work happens when brilliant minds come together.

Join a team of high-caliber, like-minded professionals who take pride in their work and push each other to achieve the seemingly impossible.

We are relentless in our pursuit of success.

If you thrive in an environment where hard work, determination, and deep domain expertise are celebrated, you’ll love it here.

• 3 weeks vacation, 8 wellness days to recharge, Benefits, Equity, Employer top-up for maternity and parental leave, company and team socials We are growing fast, and this is your chance to grow with us.

The work you do here will have real impact on the industry and your career trajectory.

Interview Process We want to be a surprising and exciting place. But we also want you to know what to expect on your journey, starting with the interview process.

Here’s what getting to know us will look like: Interview process step 1: Intro Video Interview process step 2: Google Meets call with Recruiter Interview process step 3: Interview with the Back End Team Lead Interview process step 4: Coding round Interview process step 5: Meeting with our COO Notes: This posting is for a current opening Artificial intelligence (AI) is not used at any stage of the hiring process for this role.

All applications are reviewed, assessed, and selected by real people.

We are committed to a fair and transparent hiring process.

We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible environment where all employees and clients feel valued, respected and supported.

We aim to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities, and to create an environment where every employee has the opportunity to reach their potential.

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