LXT is an emerging leader in AI training data to power intelligent technology for global organizations. In partnership with an international network of contributors, LXT collects and annotates data across multiple modalities with the speed, scale and agility required by the enterprise. Our global expertise spans over 115 countries and coverage for more than 750 language locales. Founded in 2010, LXT is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with presence in the United States, UK, Egypt, Turkey and Australia. The company serves customers in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Learn more at lxt.ai.
We are seeking a Backend Engineer who will work closely with our engineering, operations and product teams to build the most secure, cutting edge data annotation tools and platforms.
Role and Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and test new products, while maintaining the existing
• Stay up to date with the latest industry trends in software and cloud solutions.
• Ensure high code and design quality that fulfills business requirements and good design aspects (scalability, fault tolerance).
  
• Design and implement solutions to protect against common security vulnerabilities

Qualifications:

• From 0 to 2 years of experience in programming for the web.
• Basic understanding of Python for web applications
• Familiarity with Django, Flask or other any other web frameworks
• Familiarity with both Relational and NoSQL databases
  
• Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, and complexity
• Passionate to optimize the performance bottlenecks and large-scale deployments
  
• Big fan of unit testing and TDD
  
• Professional-level written and spoken English.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with any of the cloud platforms (Azure, GCP or Amazon)
• Familiarity with CI/CD, containerization and container orchestration tools
• Familiar with Agile project management methodologies.
• Familiarity with the OWASP Top 10 Web Security Vulnerabilities and their mitigation.

Additional information: LXT is an equal opportunity employer and ensures that no applicant is subject to less favorable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, color, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependents, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision is made on the basis of skills, qualifications, and experiences. We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share but also by how we positively impact people, society, and the planet.