--- title: 'Senior Backend Software Engineer at Pigment' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-backend-software-engineer-pigment-toronto-df61yswsw3qg' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-15' --- # Senior Backend Software Engineer at Pigment - **Company:** Pigment - **Location:** Toronto, Canada - **Compensation:** $100k–$180k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2025-03-27 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-15 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/pigment/5afbde72-ff75-4841-9ab5-2a95decbc6f2 ## Job description Our Story So Far: Since our founding in 2019, Pigment has become one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in the world today. Our product, a highly efficient Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) platform is helping companies achieve their financial goals by quickly responding to dynamic factors in their respective markets including Tech, Retail, CPG & Financial Services. In less than 5 years, Pigment has grown to over 480 employees across offices in New York, Toronto, London, Paris and soon San Francisco, and attracted a total of $393M in investment from some of the top Venture Capital firms globally. We serve companies including Unilever, Deliveroo, Gong and Brex to name a few! 🚀 The opportunity: Join our Blocks team as a Software Engineer and play a critical role in shaping the core infrastructure that powers Pigment's platform. This team is responsible for delivering and maintaining the fundamental building blocks that enable both our customers and internal teams to create advanced modeling features. Here’s why this is an exciting opportunity: 🛠️ Core Infrastructure Development: Build and maintain the essential components that power Pigment’s modeling capabilities. 📈 Scalable & Reusable Solutions: Design and deliver features that are scalable and reusable across multiple use cases while ensuring optimal performance. 🤝 Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with other engineering teams, product managers, and customer-facing teams to deliver impactful solutions. 🔧 Engineering Excellence: Apply best practices in coding, system architecture, and performance optimization. If you're passionate about backend engineering, solving complex problems, and working on foundational technology, this is an ideal opportunity to make a significant impact! Who You Are: We value strong technical skills, a collaborative mindset, and a proactive approach to problem-solving. You should be comfortable handling complex technical challenges and working across teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions. Preferred Requirements: - Proven Experience: Solid background in backend software engineering and delivering production-ready systems. - Proven experience designing object oriented software with languages such as C#, Java, C++, Golang, Rust, Python or Ruby (this list is not exhaustive). - Great team spirit with a problem-solving attitude. - A good dose of humility and the willingness to grow (no matter your seniority!). - A fluent level in English (French is not a must). Your Responsibilities: 🧱 Core Feature Development: - Design, develop, and maintain critical backend components within the Blocks scope. - Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and reusable to support diverse use cases. 📊 Optimize Performance & Scalability: - Design systems that prioritize performance, reliability, and low maintenance overhead. - Ensure reusability across the platform to serve both internal and external stakeholders. About the Team: 🎯 Mission: Deliver and maintain the core building blocks that power Pigment's modeling capabilities while providing technical expertise across the organization. 👥 Structure: You’ll join a 5-person Blocks team consisting of 3 backend engineers, 1 frontend engineer, and 1 backend. 🌍 Location: While most team members are based in Paris or remote, you will work alongside one Toronto-based teammate & 2 Technical Escalation Engineer. 🌴 Recharge & Refresh – We believe in work-life balance! Take the time you need with our generous time off and parental leave policies. Work hard, rest well. ✈️ Global Gatherings & Prime Locations – Enjoy an annual company offsite plus access to our brand-new offices in vibrant cities like New York, Toronto, Paris, and London. 💻 Top-Tier Gear – Get high-end equipment (subject to availability) to ensure you have the best tools to do your best work. ❤️ Comprehensive Healthcare – Your well-being matters! We offer top-tier health coverage to keep you feeling your best. We conduct background checks as part of our hiring process, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations in the countries where we operate. This may include verification of employment history, education, and, where legally permitted, criminal records. Any checks will be conducted lawfully, with candidate consent, and information will be treated confidentially. Pigment is an equal opportunity employer. We believe diversity is a strength and fosters innovation. We are committed to enabling everyone to feel included and valued at the workplace.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, family, gender identity, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability,  sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, social origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We may process your personal data in accordance with our HR Data Protection Notice. ## About Pigment ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Pigment is a unified enterprise planning platform that empowers finance, sales, and HR teams to plan, make decisions, and adapt to change using AI-powered agents. - **Entity Type**: Private (last fundraising at $145M) - **Headquarters**: Paris, France - **Founded**: 2019 - **Founders**: Éléonore Crespo (Co-CEO) and Romain Niccoli (Co-CEO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Enterprise Business Planning Software; Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A); Sales & HR Planning - **Target customers**: B2B, mid-market to enterprise (Finance, Sales, HR teams) - **Mission or purpose statement**: “Improve the way businesses plan, make decisions, and drive growth” by building a unified platform with the fastest time to value for any business user. [pigment.com/about-us](https://www.pigment.com/about-us) ## Products & Services - **Pigment Platform** (SaaS): A cloud-based planning and decision-making platform that combines AI agents, collaborative modeling, and flexible scaling. Key components: - **Modeler Agent**: Allows users to describe business intent in natural language to create and evolve governed planning models. - **Analyst Agent**: Proactively scans metrics, uncovers trends, flags anomalies, and builds reports. - **Connections**: Integrates with any AI system, ERP, or data source. [pigment.com](https://www.pigment.com/) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (last fundraising round of $145M, likely Series C or D – exact series not specified in provided data). - **Key Metric**: Total funding (implied from “last fundraising at $145M”) – further details not fully stated, but backed by top-tier investors. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Iconiq Growth, IVP, Meritech (board members from these firms have backed companies like Snowflake, Anthropic, Dropbox, Zoom). [pigment.com/careers](https://www.pigment.com/careers) - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount ~650 employees (as of latest data). - 91% eNPS (Employee Net Promoter Score) in November 2024 survey. - 32% female representation; 76/100 EgaPro Index score in 2025. - Global presence: offices in Paris, London, Toronto, New York, San Francisco, Austin. - Rapid scaling with mentions of “global impact” and “expanding across markets.” ## Competitive Advantages - **Category-defining product**: Rated ~4.7/5 on Gartner Peer Insights for usability and AI strategy. - **High hiring bar**: “Great people build great companies” – reflected in strong eNPS and culture. - **AI-first planning**: Patent-pending technology with embedded AI agents that operate on governed data in real time. [pigment.com](https://www.pigment.com/) - **Collaborative by design**: Unifies Finance, Sales, HR, and Ops on the same data and assumptions, enabling instant cross-functional visibility. ## Strategic Focus - Scaling globally while expanding into new markets. - Deepening AI capabilities to democratize planning and accelerate time-to-value for business users. - Building a unified enterprise platform that spans all planning functions. [pigment.com/about-us](https://www.pigment.com/about-us) ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Strong values cultivated via inclusive workshops; high engagement (91% eNPS). Annual global offsite in the South of France, plus local team events and celebrations (“Pigmentversary”). - **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Three working location types – Office-based (1 remote day/week), Hybrid (up to 8 remote days/month), Fully remote (expected in office 2 days/month). Each role posting indicates the policy. [pigment.com/careers](https://www.pigment.com/careers) - **Perks**: Competitive salary (top 25% of Comptryx benchmarks), stock options, extensive medical/dental/vision, annual Learning & Development stipend, generous paid time-off and parental leave, remote work stipend, referral bonuses. - **Engineering Culture**: Cross-functional 1:1s, case studies in hiring process; 4-day in-person onboarding cohort experience; average 20% of eligible Pigmenauts promoted annually; internal role transitions encouraged. [pigment.com/careers](https://www.pigment.com/careers) ## Sources 1. [pigment.com/careers](https://www.pigment.com/careers) 2. [pigment.com/about-us](https://www.pigment.com/about-us) 3. [pigment.com](https://www.pigment.com/) 4. 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