Top Benefits
About the role
Goodfood (TSX: FOOD) is a leading digitally native meal solutions brand in Canada, delivering fresh meals and add-ons that make it easy for customers from across Canada to enjoy delicious meals at home. The Goodfood team is building Canada’s most loved millennial food brand, with the mission to create experiences that spark joy and help our community live longer on a healthier planet. Goodfood customers have access to uniquely fresh and delicious products, as well as exclusive pricing, made possible by its world-class culinary team and direct-to-consumer infrastructure and technology. We are passionate about connecting our local partner farms and suppliers to our customers’ kitchens while eliminating food waste and costly retail overhead.
Reporting to the VP Software Development, the Staff Software Developer will play a vital technical leadership role in building out the new generation of the Goodfood e-commerce platform. You will provide technical guidance and mentorship to a team of back-end developers with the mission of architecting and building Goodfood’s next mission critical services.
Your extensive technical experience with large-scale web technologies allows you to lead by example and drive innovation. Strong communication and interpersonal skills enable you to effectively influence and align the organization. In all areas, you're able to anticipate technical challenges and proactively plan for the future.
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership and guidance to multiple development teams, ensuring alignment with architectural vision and business goals.
- Drive the design and implementation of complex, scalable, and resilient software solutions.
- Mentor and coach developers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives, collaborating with product, design, and other engineering teams to define and execute technical roadmaps.
- Identify and champion new technologies and best practices to enhance the development process and product quality.
- Act as a key contributor to strategic planning and decision-making for the software development organization.
- Oversee the technical health of systems, proactively addressing performance, scalability, and security concerns.
- Maintain a hands-on approach to coding and system architecture, contributing approximately 30% of time to direct technical implementation.
Requirements
- A University degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field
- 10+ years of professional experience in a software engineering or software development role, with at least 3 years in a Staff or Principal Engineer capacity.
- Proven ability to drive large-scale technical initiatives from conception to completion.
- Deep expertise in designing, building, and maintaining highly scalable and resilient distributed systems.
- Strong architectural design skills and experience leading complex system integrations.
- Fluency in multiple programming languages and frameworks (e.g., PHP, Python, Java, Go, Node.js).
- Demonstrated experience with Large Language Models (LLMs), AI, or Embeddings for development, business, or system efficiency.
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction and mentor senior engineers across multiple teams.
- Expertise in identifying and resolving complex performance, scalability, and security challenges.
- Strong working experience with back-end development using a PHP MVC framework such as Laravel (preferred), Symphony, CodeIgniter, etc.
- Proven experience in developing serverless functions, PHP, and/or NodeJS, designing APIs (GraphQL, RESTful) and database design
- Experienced in Enterprise-level patterns and platforms (request-response, store and forward) and frameworks (caching, logging, performance tuning, and monitoring)
- Knowledge of test driven development and modern deployment practices
- Gitflow workflow and CI/CD pipelines experience
- Exposure to DevOps, including knowledge of different PaaS platforms such as GCP & AWS
- Familiarity & working experience with open-source projects and communities is an asset
- Quick learner & experience driving continuous improvement
- Bilingualism (French - English) is an asset
- Passion for food
WHY GOODFOOD?
Our team strives to give our members a world class customer experience. All Goodfoodies are expected to take part in our mission to live longer on a healthier planet and be involved on our journey to be Good-er.
Being Good-er means:
- Offsetting box delivery emissions
- Using packaging made of recycled materials
- Ensuring all packaging is fully recyclable and compostable by our subscribers
- Providing a meal solution to Canadians that helps reduce the amount of food waste at home and through Goodfood supply chain
- Taking action to reduce our carbon footprint
- Be hungry from improvement to keep being “Good-er”
What we have to offer our employees:
-
Annual Bonus Program
-
Competitive Group Insurance
-
Personal Days
-
Group Retirement Savings
-
Annual Fitness Credit
-
Perk Programs
-
Employee Goodfood credits
-
And much more!
About Goodfood Market Corp.
At Goodfood, we make good things happen. Everyday, we empower our team members to think big, build something innovative, and witness the impact of their contribution.
We are Canada’s largest independent online grocery company, which became a billion dollar brand in 2021. The Goodfood team is committed to bringing our customers the best possible ingredients in their boxes every week, all while maintaining affordable prices.
Jonathan Ferrari and Neil Cuggy co-founded Goodfood in Montreal in 2014 with the goal of changing the way Canadians cook. Goodfood members get access to a unique selection of products online as well as exclusive pricing made possible by its world class direct to consumer fulfilment ecosystem that cuts out food waste and expensive retail overhead.
Today, Goodfood is a team of over 1500 passionate individuals planning, preparing and delivering delicious meals daily across Canada, including locations in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver & Calgary. Goodfood delivers to more than 300,000 happy households from coast to coast. The Company has been publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange since June 2017 (TSX:FOOD).
We want our employees to learn and grow along with us in this journey and we create the opportunities for it to happen. United by our passion for food, we want you to join us in changing the future of grocery in Canada.
At Goodfood, we make good things happen. Whether you work in our operations or corporate teams, we will empower you to think big, build something innovative, and witness the impact of your contributions. We want you to learn and grow along with us in our journey to being in every kitchen in Canada.
Top Benefits
About the role
Goodfood (TSX: FOOD) is a leading digitally native meal solutions brand in Canada, delivering fresh meals and add-ons that make it easy for customers from across Canada to enjoy delicious meals at home. The Goodfood team is building Canada’s most loved millennial food brand, with the mission to create experiences that spark joy and help our community live longer on a healthier planet. Goodfood customers have access to uniquely fresh and delicious products, as well as exclusive pricing, made possible by its world-class culinary team and direct-to-consumer infrastructure and technology. We are passionate about connecting our local partner farms and suppliers to our customers’ kitchens while eliminating food waste and costly retail overhead.
Reporting to the VP Software Development, the Staff Software Developer will play a vital technical leadership role in building out the new generation of the Goodfood e-commerce platform. You will provide technical guidance and mentorship to a team of back-end developers with the mission of architecting and building Goodfood’s next mission critical services.
Your extensive technical experience with large-scale web technologies allows you to lead by example and drive innovation. Strong communication and interpersonal skills enable you to effectively influence and align the organization. In all areas, you're able to anticipate technical challenges and proactively plan for the future.
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership and guidance to multiple development teams, ensuring alignment with architectural vision and business goals.
- Drive the design and implementation of complex, scalable, and resilient software solutions.
- Mentor and coach developers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives, collaborating with product, design, and other engineering teams to define and execute technical roadmaps.
- Identify and champion new technologies and best practices to enhance the development process and product quality.
- Act as a key contributor to strategic planning and decision-making for the software development organization.
- Oversee the technical health of systems, proactively addressing performance, scalability, and security concerns.
- Maintain a hands-on approach to coding and system architecture, contributing approximately 30% of time to direct technical implementation.
Requirements
- A University degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field
- 10+ years of professional experience in a software engineering or software development role, with at least 3 years in a Staff or Principal Engineer capacity.
- Proven ability to drive large-scale technical initiatives from conception to completion.
- Deep expertise in designing, building, and maintaining highly scalable and resilient distributed systems.
- Strong architectural design skills and experience leading complex system integrations.
- Fluency in multiple programming languages and frameworks (e.g., PHP, Python, Java, Go, Node.js).
- Demonstrated experience with Large Language Models (LLMs), AI, or Embeddings for development, business, or system efficiency.
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction and mentor senior engineers across multiple teams.
- Expertise in identifying and resolving complex performance, scalability, and security challenges.
- Strong working experience with back-end development using a PHP MVC framework such as Laravel (preferred), Symphony, CodeIgniter, etc.
- Proven experience in developing serverless functions, PHP, and/or NodeJS, designing APIs (GraphQL, RESTful) and database design
- Experienced in Enterprise-level patterns and platforms (request-response, store and forward) and frameworks (caching, logging, performance tuning, and monitoring)
- Knowledge of test driven development and modern deployment practices
- Gitflow workflow and CI/CD pipelines experience
- Exposure to DevOps, including knowledge of different PaaS platforms such as GCP & AWS
- Familiarity & working experience with open-source projects and communities is an asset
- Quick learner & experience driving continuous improvement
- Bilingualism (French - English) is an asset
- Passion for food
WHY GOODFOOD?
Our team strives to give our members a world class customer experience. All Goodfoodies are expected to take part in our mission to live longer on a healthier planet and be involved on our journey to be Good-er.
Being Good-er means:
- Offsetting box delivery emissions
- Using packaging made of recycled materials
- Ensuring all packaging is fully recyclable and compostable by our subscribers
- Providing a meal solution to Canadians that helps reduce the amount of food waste at home and through Goodfood supply chain
- Taking action to reduce our carbon footprint
- Be hungry from improvement to keep being “Good-er”
What we have to offer our employees:
-
Annual Bonus Program
-
Competitive Group Insurance
-
Personal Days
-
Group Retirement Savings
-
Annual Fitness Credit
-
Perk Programs
-
Employee Goodfood credits
-
And much more!
About Goodfood Market Corp.
At Goodfood, we make good things happen. Everyday, we empower our team members to think big, build something innovative, and witness the impact of their contribution.
We are Canada’s largest independent online grocery company, which became a billion dollar brand in 2021. The Goodfood team is committed to bringing our customers the best possible ingredients in their boxes every week, all while maintaining affordable prices.
Jonathan Ferrari and Neil Cuggy co-founded Goodfood in Montreal in 2014 with the goal of changing the way Canadians cook. Goodfood members get access to a unique selection of products online as well as exclusive pricing made possible by its world class direct to consumer fulfilment ecosystem that cuts out food waste and expensive retail overhead.
Today, Goodfood is a team of over 1500 passionate individuals planning, preparing and delivering delicious meals daily across Canada, including locations in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver & Calgary. Goodfood delivers to more than 300,000 happy households from coast to coast. The Company has been publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange since June 2017 (TSX:FOOD).
We want our employees to learn and grow along with us in this journey and we create the opportunities for it to happen. United by our passion for food, we want you to join us in changing the future of grocery in Canada.
At Goodfood, we make good things happen. Whether you work in our operations or corporate teams, we will empower you to think big, build something innovative, and witness the impact of your contributions. We want you to learn and grow along with us in our journey to being in every kitchen in Canada.