Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack at Emburse (Toronto, Canada)

Emburse· Toronto, Canada·4d ago

Role details

Work type

Onsite

Employment

Full-Time

Job description

What you'll do:

6+ years of software development experience, preferably with Project Lead experience.
Takes personal responsibility for quality and maintainability of the product and actively identifies areas for improvement
Identifies problems/risks of own work and others.
Understanding of OWASP
Possesses empathy with the user of the software they are producing and uses that empathy to guide decision-making
Identifies viable alternative solutions and presents them
SDLC processes are followed, including adopting agile-based processes/meetings, peer code-reviews, and technical preparations required for scheduled releases.
Partners with product and analytics and drive requirements that take into account all parties' needs
On-boards and mentors less experienced team members
Develops sophisticated software with minimum supervision
Makes complex contributions to technical documentation/knowledge base and team/engineering presentations
Strong ability to mentor and guide junior developers.
May have role in supervising others or leading small to moderate projects
Fixes complex bugs and demonstrates advanced debugging skills
Produces quality API documentation and ensures practices are followed
Contributes to system design sessions in their area of specialty
Expanded Code review responsibilities
Performs advanced refactoring
Gives constructive feedback to team members
Learn industry jargon and business concepts to better understand the challenges our technology is designed to solve.
Raises roadblocks and updates estimations as needed
Ability to communicate complicated concepts to junior staff.

What we're looking for:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent years’ experience
Minimum of 6 years’ professional experience in Java development
Hands-on experience with React and JavaScript
Experience working in OS X and Linux environments, Spring, AWS, Microservices, SQL, NoSQL, GIT. Experience working in a scrum and DevOps environment.
Good understanding of agile application development lifecycle.
Experience Designing and building JSON or REST services, experience working with 3rd party APIs, AWS APIs, Docker or other containers, large-scale or distributed web applications, Test Driven Development and functional testing.
Extensive understanding of various design patterns and OOP paradigm
Extensive experience in RESTful and security of API design
Intermediate level in at least 1 OOP language
Intermediate knowledge in react native and react
Intermediate knowledge in Javascript
Intermediate knowledge in nodejs
Extensive knowledge how NPM package & webpack lifecycle works
Experience in IOS/Android development

Why work at Emburse

Culture: Emphasizes "smart and caring people" and building a strong community with quarterly outings and office social events. The company's values are focused on impact and innovation.
Remote/Hybrid Policy: Hybrid approach with offices in Dallas, Burlington (MA), and other global hubs. Many roles are remote-friendly, but specific policy varies by location and role.
Perks: Generous 401(k) matching, financial planning services (including legal planning for trusts/wills), and a partnership with eCornell for employee learning and development. Full benefits include retirement planning and professional development budgets for conferences and courses. emburse.com
Engineering Culture: Strong engineering presence (19% of workforce in technical roles). Actively hiring for Software Engineer III, Sr Software Engineer, and SDET roles, suggesting a focus on building and scaling the platform.
Considerations: Employee reviews (2.9/5.0 on LinkedIn) indicate mixed sentiment, with lower scores for culture (2.7) and career growth (2.9), but higher for work-life balance (3.5) and compensation (3.1). This may reflect challenges common in post-acquisition integration phases. LinkedIn

About Emburse

Company Overview

One-liner: Emburse provides an AI-powered, end-to-end travel and expense management platform that simplifies spending, compliance, and financial workflows for organizations of all sizes.
Entity Type: Private (acquired by Chrome River Technologies in 2019; backed by K1 Investment Management and Y Combinator)
Headquarters: Dallas, Texas, United States
Founded: 2015
Founders: Not publicly listed on primary sources; the company was formed through the acquisition and consolidation of multiple expense management platforms (including Abacus, Captio, Certify, Chrome River, Nexonia, and Tallie)

Core Business

Primary Industry: Software Development / Fintech – Travel and Expense Management
Target Customers: B2B – Global enterprises, mid-sized businesses, SMBs, public sector agencies, and nonprofits
Mission: "To deliver the greatest business value for our customers and make the lives of professionals easier through innovative expense management, business travel, accounts payable, and payment solutions." emburse.com

Products & Services

Emburse Travel: Mobile-first travel booking and management tool that integrates with expense tracking for real-time visibility and compliance.
Emburse Expense: AI-driven expense management that automatically captures, categorizes, and validates spend in real time before reports are submitted.
Emburse AP Automation: Accounts payable automation for invoicing and payments, reducing manual data entry and processing time.
Emburse Payments: Streamlined payment solutions integrated with the expense and AP workflow.
Emburse AI: Purpose-built AI layer that provides real-time visibility and control, enforces policy pre-submission, and adapts to global tax and currency rules.
Emburse Integrations: Connects with hundreds of third-party technology solutions (ERP, CRM, HRIS) and travel providers. emburse.com

Market Standing

Valuation/Market Cap: Not publicly disclosed.
Key Metric: Annual Revenue of $166.1 million (latest estimate). Total Funding of $4.4 million (seed and private equity). LinkedIn
Notable Investors/Partners: K1 Investment Management (lead private equity investor, 2019), Y Combinator (seed stage). Key partners include hundreds of travel and technology providers.
Growth Signals: Headcount of 611 employees (+7.1% YoY). Over 12 million professionals in 200 countries use the platform. Serves over 15,000 organizations. Acquired multiple companies to build its suite: Certify, Nexonia, Captio, TripBAM, Roadmap, and Data Visualization Intelligence. emburse.com LinkedIn

Competitive Advantages

Unified Platform: Combines travel, expense, AP, and payments on a single AI-powered platform, creating a comprehensive spend management solution.
Global Scale: Available in 180 currencies and used across 200 countries, with deep compliance for international tax and currency rules.
Acquisition Strategy: Built a best-in-class suite by acquiring and integrating multiple market-leading expense management tools (Certify, Chrome River, Nexonia, Tallie, Abacus), creating a broad customer base and deep feature set.
AI-First Approach: Purpose-built AI enforces policy, automates categorization, and provides real-time insights, reducing manual work for finance teams.

Strategic Focus

AI-Powered Automation: Deepening AI capabilities to drive further automation and intelligence across the entire spend lifecycle.
Platform Consolidation: Continuing to unify the acquired product portfolio into a single seamless experience.
Global Expansion: Growing presence in EMEA, APAC, and other international markets (with offices in Spain, UK, Australia, Canada, India).
Enterprise & Mid-Market Penetration: Targeting CFOs, travel managers, and finance teams at larger organizations seeking strategic spend control.

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