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Senior SWE, (Fullstack) UM/IAM

Location: British Columbia, Canada

Purpose in Every Position.

At Velocity Global, we believe that success knows no borders—and it’s built by teams working together across them. Our unified, tech-enabled platform empowers businesses to hire, pay, and support talent in 185+ countries, making global growth not just possible, but seamless. Behind every expansion and every solution is a spirit of collaboration between our teams and the companies we serve. With AI-powered tools and human-first service, we simplify the complexity of global workforce management so businesses can focus on what matters: their people, their purpose, and their potential.


Where Your Work Moves the Needle.

At Velocity Global, every team member helps shape our success. When you join us, you don’t just fill a role—you live our values. They guide how we work, collaborate, and make an impact across borders. By bringing these principles to life, you’ll help us grow stronger, move faster, and lead the future of global work.

 

✔️Doing the Right Thing

Making authentic, values-driven decisions that build trust—even when no one is watching.

✔️Winning as a Team

Collaborating across diverse perspectives and skill sets to achieve shared goals and celebrate collective success.

✔️Leading with Curiosity

Asking thoughtful questions, challenging assumptions, and exploring new possibilities to drive innovation.

✔️Connecting with Empathy

Valuing each person’s unique background and perspective to build an inclusive culture that fosters belonging and creativity.

✔️Driving for Impact

Staying tenacious, customer-focused, and committed to delivering results that make a real difference.

What Makes You a Great Fit:

We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Senior Fullstack Software Engineer to join our User Management team. In this critical role, you will design and build secure, scalable, and user-friendly User Management systems that ensure seamless authentication, authorization, and identity management. You will use technologies like ReactJS, TypeScript, Postgres, and AWS in a serverless environment to create systems that protect our users and infrastructure.

This role is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

How You'll Make an Impact:

  • Designing and developing User management capabilities including APIs to support customers and microservice authentication and authorization.
  • Liaison with Product Manager, Engineering Manager and other agile teams to align with the overall product vision and architecture design.
  • Extraordinary communication and collaboration skills. You are pragmatic and know how to build trust.
  • Continuously improve the performance and scalability of our software products.
  • Contributing to quality and security through code reviews and Agile driven test-based-development, documentation and continuous integration processes.
  • Lead with a positive mindset and extreme ownership over your work, inspiring accountability within the team.
  • Provide training and mentorship, passionately developing the skills and talents of others.
  • Stay current with new technologies and industry developments to ensure that the company's software products remain competitive.
  • Help to attract top-notch talent to join our existing team of experienced engineers.

 

Let's Connect If You:

  • Proficiency in JavaScript and in-depth knowledge of at least one modern frontend framework such as React or Angular.
  • Experience with cutting-edge frontend tools and technologies such as GraphQL, Websockets, Webpack, React Hooks, Jest, RxJS, Redux, and Flux.
  • Expertise in CSS and HTML to implement pixel-perfect UIs that match designs, including clean, modern, smooth animations and transitions.
  • Familiarity with React Native and general mobile development best practices.
  • Preferred: Knowledge of identity and access management (IAM) concepts, such as authentication, authorization, RBAC/ABAC, account lifecycle, least privilege.knowledge of identity and access management (IAM) concepts, such as authentication, authorization, RBAC/ABAC and security protocols (SAML, OpenID, OAuth, SCIM).
  • Backend Foundations:Experience with modern API frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, Java, Node.JS, Python and a solid foundation in REST best practices.
  • Familiarity with AWS microservices, including AWS Lambdas and AWS DynamoDB, to develop efficient and scalable solutions.
  • Experience with security systems like OKTA and Auth0 is a big plus.

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Our job titles may span more than one career level. The base pay depends upon many factors, such as training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified. 

Annualized Pay Range
$218,000$272,000 CAD

Our Commitment to You

At Velocity Global, we’re committed to supporting our team with comprehensive rewards and benefits designed to meet diverse needs across roles and locations. Our core offerings include:

  • Flexible Time Off – Take the time you need to recharge.

  • Parental Leave – Support for growing families.

  • Health and Dental Insurance – Where applicable, to cover you and your loved ones.

  • Retirement Savings + Employee Incentive Plan – Plan for the future while sharing our success.

Please visit our career page for more information.