Software Engineer, Co-op

We are looking for a **Backend Developer** to join our team for the 2026\-2027 PEY term, which will provide an amazing opportunity to contribute to ecobee’s impact and learn from some strong Engineering Talent. Our Backend team is packed with experienced developers who are amazing, and we guarantee that you will grow because of working directly with them. As a Backend Developer you’ll use leading edge technologies to innovate highly concurrent server applications that directly impact ecobee’s success. You may work on deploying applications within ecobee's infrastructure as well as AWS and Google Cloud Platform. We encourage the freedom to investigate and evaluate new technologies to solve complex problems. As a result, your input will have a significant impact on our company and objectives. **How You’ll Make An Impact** * Get hands\-on with development of production features along with the rest of your team. * Participate in planning, scoping, and creating specification for these production features. * Learn about performance testing, unit testing, and debugging of critical high\-volume systems. * Work with best of breed backend technologies and techniques. * Be mentored by senior software developers. **What You Bring To The Table** * A current Computer Science, Software, Computer or Electrical Engineering student. * Proficient at writing software in Golang, Java, C\# or Node/Javascript with Typescript, Python * Good at getting your code to run on Linux\-based systems. * Cloud Experience – you have some exposure to cloud technologies including AWS, Google Cloud (GCP), Azure or Heroku. * You are familiar with how to get your code "live", from getting it reviewed, merged into a production Git branch, and orchestrated on the cloud or in a datacenter. You care about the stability of what you build so our customers have a great experience 24/7 * An interest or experience in working with databases * Eager to improve your software craft. * Curious, thoughtful, and practical! * Would like to make a difference in an intellectual and planet\-positive environment. * Just so you know: the hired candidate will be required to complete a background check. Convinced you’ll be able to make an impact? We’d love to hear from you. **What can you expect as an ecobee student?** * The chance to meet and work with co\-ops across all teams at ecobee * The opportunity to work in a fresh, dynamic, and ever\-growing industry that is the SmartHome and IoT space * The visibility into a company that has an interesting mix of hardware and software consumer\-facing businesses * The ability to make an environmental impact, both in your day job and outside the 9\-5 with programs like ecobee acts! * Opportunities to learn and grow with our in\-house learning enablement team, \#ThinkLab * Small collaborative teams where you can impact both product and culture * Bi\-monthly all company town halls * Monthly Lightning Talks, and the opportunity participate in them * Quarterly hack\-a\-thon, work on whatever you want!