Software Engineer II

🌟 Ready to help reshape a $26B industry and build the future of branded merch?

commonsku is revolutionizing the promotional products industry. Our platform empowers branded merch distributors to work smarter — managing projects, building quotes, placing orders, and collaborating with clients and suppliers seamlessly through the power of the Connected Workflow.

We’re a remote-first, community-driven team obsessed with elevating our customers, their clients, and the broader industry. Our values – Community First, Ten Steps Ahead, Fast Forward, and Delightful Work – guide us. We believe you can innovate, push forward, and do more, while also sharing a laugh, supporting your colleagues, and having a life outside of work. We’re also proud to be officially recognized as a Certified Great Place to Work® in Canada.

If you’re energized by ambitious work, creative collaboration, and helping to build something great, you’ll want to keep reading.

🚀 About the Role: Software Engineer II

We’re growing — and we’re hiring a Software Engineer II to join our Research and Development team! In this role, you’ll operate as an Intermediate Software Engineer to help us launch and scale our Enterprise offering, the latest expansion in commonsku’s platform. This includes working on APIs, integrations, and other compelling features that will deliver massive value to our customers.

With our new Enterprise offering, we’re entering an exciting growth phase and tackling a whole new class of technical and product challenges. You’ll collaborate closely with teammates across Development, Product, Design, and more, contribute to a high-trust environment, and play a direct role in shaping what comes next.

💡 About You

You’re not just looking for a job — you’re looking for a place to do your best work. You bring:

• A community mindset — You see customers as partners and coworkers as collaborators. You lift others up, always follow through on your commitments, and thrive in a team that does the same. (Community First)
• Momentum and ownership — You act with optimism, take initiative, and turn ideas into results. You move fast and bring others with you. (Fast Forward)
• Vision and boldness — You don’t just react — you anticipate. You think big, challenge the status quo, and push the work (and the industry) forward. (Ten Steps Ahead)
• Joy in the craft — You care deeply about what you build and how it makes people feel. You bring thoughtfulness, transparency, and a sparkling sense of humour to the table. (Delightful Work)

⚙️ About Our Technology

Guided by our value of being Ten Steps Ahead, we are modernizing our technology to support a rapidly scaling business and user base.

Our core foundation is built on PHP, Python, and React, backed by MySQL (Aurora) on AWS, with Snowflake powering our data warehouse. We are actively evolving this stack for the future: migrating our PHP codebase to the Symfony framework and transitioning our infrastructure to a fully containerized architecture using ECS Fargate and Docker.

Innovation remains central to our roadmap. We are pushing the boundaries of the industry by building AI features powered by OpenAI, Gemini, and advanced generative image APIs.

🛠️ What You’ll Do

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Scope, plan, and implement well-defined features and components for the Enterprise team with support and guidance from engineering leadership.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code that scales effectively, modeling high-quality development practices for the team.
• Own engineering outcomes for your projects, proactively proposing solutions to improve how the team builds, delivers, and maintains software.
• Apply customer empathy and product context to guide technical choices, using data and feedback to develop software our customers love.
• Collaborate and mentor, supporting team growth through code reviews, technical planning, documentation, and pairing with engineering peers.

🔍 What You Bring

Some of the qualities that help you thrive in this role:

• 3+ years of professional software development experience, ideally in a SaaS or product-driven environment.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, system design, and API development.
• Robust experience working with React, PHP, Python, and relational databases.
• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms (such as AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern practices like CI/CD, version control, and observability tools (e.g., New Relic, Datadog).
• Comfort working independently and asynchronously, while also prioritizing collaboration and connection with people.
• Experience using AI tools to enhance productivity and streamline workflows, with a bonus for exposure to LLMs or generative AI technologies.
• A growth mindset, openness to feedback, and experience supporting or mentoring early-career peers.

💰 Compensation & Perks

We believe in fair, transparent compensation. Starting salary for this role is $100,000–$115,000 depending on previous experience and skillset,

New hires are expected to come in at the midpoint of this range. However, if this role sounds perfect for you and your expectations are outside of this range, we encourage you to apply and let us know in your application about your ideal package. If we agree that it’s a good fit, we will have open discussion around what’s possible.

Plus:

• Remote-first culture (with plenty of excellent in-person experiences sprinkled in)
• Company-wide closure between December 25th and January 1st
• Health and dental benefits, including a $1,000 healthcare spending account
• RRSP/TFSA contributions up to $3,000 a year (no employee contribution required!)
• Twice-yearly company wide summits (we call it HQ and you’ll love it)
• A delightful team of smart people who are good at what they do

🌎 Location

This role is open to candidates eligible to work in Canada, with the exception of Quebec (we’re not set up to operate there yet — désolé!).

We’re remote-first, but if you’re based in Toronto, even better. That’s where we were founded and where we maintain our HQ today!

🌱 A Bit More About Us

commonsku supports hundreds of promotional products distributors and suppliers with technology that drive efficiency, growth, and connection. Our skummunity (commonsku + community = skummunity, get it?) is powered by events, education, and shared knowledge and is core to who we are.

We’ve grown by being “for promo by promo” and now, we’re scaling our impact to elevating an entire industry. We’d love your help doing it.

🤖 A Note About AI

We use AI every day at commonsku to be faster and better. If you use AI tools to help you draft your resume or cover letter, that’s totally fine — just make sure what you submit reflects you.

In the spirit of transparency, we also use AI to help us work smarter. We utilize Teamtailor’s AI features to assist with applicant screening, note-taking, and interview recording. This technology helps us move quickly and efficiently, but it does not replace our judgment. A member of our Talent team reviews every resume and conducts every interview, ensuring that a human always makes the decision on who advances in our process.

📬 How To Apply

If this role feels like a fit, apply now at https://commonsku.com/careers!

We try our level best to review and respond to every application we receive. So, once you’ve applied, wait to hear from a member of our People team with an update. If it looks like a good fit, expect a phone interview as the first step.

By the way, you don’t need to meet 100% of the requirements — we value potential, learning, and diversity of thought. Tell us why you're excited, and let’s chat.

❤️ commonsku is an Equal Opportunity Employer

We’re committed to building a diverse team that reflects the skummunity we serve. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities.