At Poka, we’re transforming how frontline teams operate, learn, and solve problems.
Our connected worker platform is purpose-built for manufacturing, empowering frontline workers to share knowledge, collaborate in real-time, and drive continuous improvement. Think of it as the missing digital link, bringing the human interface into the stack of the Smart Factory, generating the right data and insights that drive entirely new scales of process improvements.
We’re proud to support global leaders like Nestlé, Bosch, Mars, and Danone in their digital transformation journeys and as part of the IFS family, our reach and impact continue to grow globally.
As a Back-End Developer at Poka, you’ll play a key role in building, improving, and maintaining the services and infrastructure that power our applications and support thousands of frontline workers. You’ll work closely with Product, Frontend, QA, and Engineering teams to deliver scalable, reliable solutions — while continuously improving how we build.
You will:
- Design, build, and maintain backend services with Python and PostgreSQL
- Work in a distributed, microservices-oriented environment
- Participate in technical design and architecture documentation
- Deliver high-quality code backed by automated testing
- Contribute to the evolution of our cloud infrastructure (AWS, Docker) and CI/CD pipelines
- Take part in code reviews, technical discussions, and mentorship
- Embrace and experiment with AI tools to optimize workflows and explore new approaches to problem-solving
- 3+ years of experience in backend application development
- Strong skills in Python (or strong interest in learning it)
- Solid understanding of microservices architectures and relational databases (ideally PostgreSQL)
- Experience with cloud environments and containerization tools (e.g., AWS, Docker)
- Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Comfortable using AI tools to assist with coding, documentation, content generation, or task automation
- Python
- PostgreSQL
- AWS
- Docker
- GitHub, CI/CD
- A growing set of AI productivity tools
- You’re curious, resourceful, and take ownership
- You bring a positive mindset and a collaborative spirit
- You’re interested in how AI is changing the landscape of work—and excited to evolve with it
- You aspire to write clean, maintainable, and high-quality code
- You care about system reliability, your teammates, and your craft
We’d love to meet you. Apply now and let’s explore how you can grow with us at Poka. 🚀
What we offer:
- Dynamic and collaborative work environment.
- Generous vacation policy upon arrival.
- Hybrid work policy - Work from the office one day a week if you live within a 40km radius to our Quebec City office or a 15 km radius to our Montreal office.
- 100% remote work if you do not live within the radiuses mentioned above.
- Truly flexible schedule and the possibility of taking every Friday afternoon off.
- Group insurance from day one (dental, medication, invalidity, travel, etc.).
- Telemedicine service.
- Matching GRSP with Wealthsimple after your first year.
- MacBook Pro and $500 allowance for your home office.
- Tasty snacks (Fresh fruits, snacks, coffee, tea, etc.)
- Generous referral bonus.
- Whatever you need to keep learning and evolve professionally.
*Certain benefits are exclusively accessible to employees in Canada.
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