Junior Software Engineer

The role

You will work with senior engineers to design, build, and maintain backend systems. You will contribute to feature development, bug fixes, and performance improvements for a platform powering wholesale distributors.

What you will do

• Work closely with senior engineers to design, build, and maintain backend systems that power our platform.
• Contribute to feature development, bug fixes, and performance improvements.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and documentation to ensure quality and maintainability.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to bring ideas from concept to production.
• Learn new tools and technologies, and grow into greater ownership over time.

Required qualifications

• 0–2 years of professional experience as a software engineer (internships or projects count!)
• Solid programming fundamentals
• Familiarity with at least one backend language (Go, Python, Node, etc.)
• Curiosity and a desire to understand how complex systems fit together
• Eagerness to learn from others and contribute to a collaborative, high-performing team
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

Nice to have

• Interest in startups, AI, or logistics

About the company

Canals builds software for wholesale distributors, helping them operate more efficiently through automation and AI. The company is a profitable, rapidly growing team of roughly 140 people distributed across North and South America.