About Caribou
Caribou is building the engagement infrastructure for the home care workforce and the agentic layer for home care operations.
The home care workforce is the largest and fastest-growing workforce in America. We need more caregivers, more durable home care businesses, and higher-quality care delivered in the home.
The global population is aging, and the need for home care is growing each year. Unfortunately, at a time when care is needed more than ever, the home care industry is facing a crisis — a shortage of care workers.
At Caribou, we're on a mission to solve the caregiver crisis. When caregivers feel valued, recognized, and financially secure, they stay longer, deliver better care, and strengthen our communities.
Our platform helps care organizations attract, engage, and retain staff through data-driven recognition, rewards, and coordination tools that make caregivers' lives better — and agencies more successful. On average, our customers grow their staff by 25% in year one and reduce turnover dramatically.
Now, we're expanding what's possible. Caribou is deploying AI-powered agentic systems that work alongside agency coordinators — handling routine coordination, outreach, and administrative workflows so that staff can spend more time on what matters most: building and maintaining relationships with the caregivers and patients they serve. Better agency operations lead to a more stable caregiver workforce.
Caribou was recently recognized as one of The Globe and Mail's Top Growing Companies — #10 in technology— and we're just getting started. Join us as we transform how care organizations recognize and retain the people who make care possible.
The Opportunity
As a Senior Software Engineer at Caribou, you will shape the architecture, quality, and evolution of the core systems powering our products. You'll influence our product strategy, technical direction, and engineering best practices while helping us scale to support caregivers across North America.
You'll join a talented, mission-driven team where:
- Everyone is a leader - from decision-making to rolling up our sleeves when needed
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We build with empathy, always asking how the product improves the caregiver experience
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We learn fast through data, experimentation, and thoughtful collaboration
What You'll Do
- Architect and build distributed, event-driven systems that support large-scale data and real-time interactions
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Lead major initiatives end-to-end: from technical design and data modeling to deployment and monitoring
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Collaborate closely with Product and Design to deliver delightful user experiences
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Ensure reliability, performance, security, and observability across the stack
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Mentor teammates and elevate engineering quality - through code reviews, technical design, and thought leadership
The Ideal Candidate
- 5+ years of experience building production software systems at scale
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Proficiency with a modern stack - ideally TypeScript, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, and AWS
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Proven ability to design backend services using best practices (e.g., REST/GraphQL, domain-driven design, event-driven patterns, CQRS)
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Experience writing performant and maintainable UI/UX
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Strong understanding of security, reliability, and DevOps principles
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Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams
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Ability to clearly communicate technical trade-offs to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
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A growth mindset and motivation to experiment, measure, and iterate
Why You'll Love Working Here
- Purpose with impact: Help solve one of society's most important challenges - the caregiver shortage.
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Award-winning company: Caribou is a Top 10 Fast-Growing Technology Company in Canada (The Globe and Mail 2025).
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Hybrid work-culture: The team primarily operates out of Toronto with one day a week in-office. Options to work remotely - we just care about getting the best work done.
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Compensation & perks: Competitive salary, stock options, and healthcare benefits and summer half-days.
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Values-driven team: Low-ego, high-character people who move fast, stay humble, and sweat the details
Bonus skills and characteristics:
- You have a degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
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Experience with AI/Voice technologies or LLM-powered automations
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You're excited to both teach and learn from your peers.
Interview Process
1. Discovery Call with Roxy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/roxykesh/) - Learn more about Caribou, the role, and share your background, motivations, and career goals.
2. Hiring Manager Interview with Phil (https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippeschwyter/) - Dive deeper into your experience, the products you've built, and how you've approached technical challenges, ownership, and collaboration.
3. Technical Assessment (Take-Home) - A practical exercise designed to mirror the kind of work you'll do at Caribou. We're interested in your problem-solving approach, code quality, and trade-off decisions. Yes, you can use AI!
4. Technical Deep Dive with Thomas (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasdashney/) and/or Katie (https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-wright-71124211a/) - Walk us through your assessment and discuss engineering fundamentals, system design decisions, and how you think through complex problems.
5. Product Collaboration with Gulen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gulenbuyukbayram/) or Koren (https://www.linkedin.com/in/koren-l-bb184748/) - Collaborate with members of our Engineering and Product teams on an ambiguous problem. We'll explore how you balance technical decisions, customer needs, and business constraints.
6. Leadership Conversation - Meet with one of our Founders, Alex (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-oosterveen/) or Christian (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-alaimo-%F0%9F%A6%8C-4a909551/), to discuss our mission, answer any remaining questions, and ensure there's mutual excitement about building together!
Use of AI: Every application is reviewed by a human, and a member of our team will be present for every interview. Like many companies today, we use AI note-taking tools to help capture conversations accurately, and some interviews may be recorded for training or review purposes. Any use of AI is intended to support our team, not replace human decision-making in the hiring process.
Vacancy Status: This posting is for an existing vacancy.
Equal Opportunity Employer
At Caribou, we understand the value of having a diverse team. We believe in providing equal opportunity employment regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability, and conviction. Please let us know if you require accommodation during the recruitment process. Please contact roxyATcaribou.care if you have any questions or need support in any way.
