Software Engineer

NylasRemote - Toronto, OntarioEngineering

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Salary

$120K - $160K CAD

Job type

Full-time

Work mode

Remote

Posted

21 Jul 2026

Status

Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

This full-time Software Engineer role at Nylas offers a remote work arrangement based in Toronto, Ontario, focusing on modernizing developer platforms for an AI-native future. This position suits experienced professionals with a strong background in full-stack development and developer experience.

Role Overview

The Software Engineer will take ownership of the Nylas Dashboard and surrounding full-stack product surfaces. Responsibilities include building user-facing pages, backend APIs, data models, and internal platform patterns that make digital communication tools simpler to use. The position requires transforming the administrative control plane into an intelligent, fast, and polished product experience for technical users and developers worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

Build and maintain core Dashboard infrastructure, shared components, application shells, and navigation patterns.

Design and implement end-to-end product experiences spanning frontend interfaces, backend APIs, permissions, and data models.

Create AI-native and agent-facing workflows that assist users with configuration, debugging, and integration monitoring.

Drive application performance by profiling, measuring, and optimizing interactions for maximum responsiveness.

Collaborate closely with product management, design, backend engineering, platform, and go-to-market teams to deliver cohesive software.

Develop reusable abstractions and clean service boundaries to help other internal engineering teams ship faster.

Improve onboarding, self-serve configuration, logs, domain management, and troubleshooting features.

Utilize AI-assisted development tools to boost productivity and explore innovative product behaviors.

Requirements

Minimum of 4 years of professional experience as a software engineer focused on user-facing products.

Demonstrated full-stack expertise, particularly utilizing modern frontend tools such as React, TypeScript, and component-driven architecture.

Practical background in designing and implementing backend APIs, data models, services, and integrations for production environments.

Strong product sense emphasizing usability, system design, information architecture, and developer workflows.

Comfort operating within ambiguous product spaces, defining clear objectives, and executing pragmatic trade-offs.

Excellent communication abilities for partnering across technical and customer-facing teams.

Nice to Have

Prior background building dashboards, developer portals, admin control planes, or platform systems.

Familiarity with Next.js, GraphQL, REST APIs, Go, gRPC, Postgres, Redis, or cloud-native architectures.

Experience developing observability, logging, billing, authentication, or configuration surfaces.

Knowledge of horizontal platform engineering where other teams rely on shared infrastructure.

Background building AI-assisted tools, LLM-powered features, or agent-driven products.

Exposure to design applications like Figma and v0, alongside open source contributions in the React or TypeScript ecosystem.

Skills and Tools

React

TypeScript

LLM

Figma

Frontend and Backend APIs

Component-Driven Architecture

Salary and Benefits

Annual Salary: $120,000 to $160,000 CAD

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Company

Nylas provides secure communication APIs that allow developers to seamlessly integrate email, calendar, contact management, scheduling, and agent accounts into applications across various industries. Supporting over 100,000 developers and hundreds of global companies, Nylas simplifies complex digital communication infrastructure so development teams can innovate quickly.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should visit the official Nylas careers page to submit an application for this remote position.

Skills and tech stack

React TypeScript LLM Figma

Questions candidates ask

What is the salary range for the Software Engineer role?

The annual salary ranges from $120,000 to $160,000 CAD, with exact compensation determined by individual qualifications and experience assessed during the interview process.

Where is the position located?

The role is remote with a location designation of Toronto, Ontario, though candidates must reside in a region where Nylas is officially registered as an employer.

How many years of experience are required?

Applicants must have at least 4 years of professional experience as a software engineer building user-facing products.

What primary technologies and tools will I use?

The role heavily involves React, TypeScript, component-driven architecture, LLM tools, and various full-stack technologies, with Figma listed as a nice-to-have tool.

What does the interview process look like?

The interview process includes a 30-minute introductory discussion with the hiring manager, a 60-minute live technical assessment, and a final loop of team chats lasting up to 3 hours.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Nylas careers page.

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