Jobs.ca
Jobs.ca
Language
Hootsuite logo

Senior Backend Software Developer

Hootsuite6 days ago
Toronto
CA$69,788 - CA$97,731/yearly
Senior Level

Top Benefits

Health insurance coverage
Dental insurance coverage
Life insurance coverage

About the role

Who you are

  • A degree in Computer Science or Engineering, and at least 5 years of experience in designing, developing and maintaining software or an equivalent level of work experience, and a track record of substantial contributions to software projects with high business impact
  • You are proficient in Go, Scala or a similar language and have a desire to learn other languages
  • Understanding of distributed systems and how to work in high availability environments
  • Experience with mentoring, coaching, and pairing with coworkers
  • An understanding of SaaS software development practice, previous experience working on a SaaS product will be viewed favorably
  • Collaboration and Teamwork: works with others to deliver results, meaningfully contributing to the team and prioritizing group needs over individual needs
  • Creativity and Innovation: seeks new and better ways of doing things, generating original and imaginative ideas, products, and/or solutions
  • Problem Solving: uses an organized and logical approach to find solutions to complex problems and looks beyond the obvious to understand the root cause of problems and proposes several possible solutions
  • Resilience, Tolerance for Change/Ambiguity: can effectively cope with change, finding ways to advance work and projects
  • Tenacious. You are determined to succeed, and you are motivated by the success of customers, colleagues and the community
  • Curious. You are always learning and seeking ways to make things better
  • Conscientious. You keep your promises, taking your commitments to others seriously, and you have strong integrity
  • Humble. You lead with humility and empathy, respecting and learning from the perspectives of others

What the job involves

  • We’re looking for a Senior Software Developer for our Data Team, who can design, build, test, and ship high quality software that delivers value to our customers
  • You’ll be a technical leader on a small and agile team that continuously incorporates feedback to refine and improve the products and features you deliver
  • Your team will own the entire delivery lifecycle from beta releases to production ready, scalable products suitable for new and existing customers
  • While based in Canada (in locations where we can legally hire), you will report to the Senior Manager, Software Development
  • Collaborate with and lead your team to design, build, test, and ship high-quality software to Hootsuite’s customers
  • Help shape Hootsuite’s technical roadmap
  • Iterate in an agile fashion creating hypotheses and testing them with incremental code shipments through continuous integration
  • Shape Hootsuite's culture, and your teams, through improved tooling, streamlining processes and working across product boundaries
  • Work on diverse and challenging new functionalities, such as billing account management, pricing and packaging, subscription lifecycle, compliance, payment processing and more
  • Work with the following technologies: mainly with Go, Scala, PHP, Docker, Jenkins, Kafka, Redis, Cassandra in an environment that’s using NoSQL databases, Domain Driven Design, Event Sourcing, Test Driven Design and Agile

Benefits

  • 100% coverage on mental health-related treatments in North America. Culturally appropriate trauma counselling services
  • A company-wide Wellness Week between July 5 to 12 where we can all “unplug” together
  • Accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Gym / Wellness Reimbursement ($55 per month)
  • Gym Discount
  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Maternity Leave
  • PTO (Vacation / Personal Days) - 20 days. After your two year anniversary, you get an additional two days each year until you reach thirty days (six weeks) at your sixth anniversary
  • Paternity Leave
  • Sick Time (for individual employee and family members)
  • Bereavement Leave
  • Business Travel Insurance
  • Company Phones
  • Fertility Assistance (Coverage for fertility treatments and gender affirmation surgeries)
  • Immigration Assistance
  • Phone Bill Reimbursement ($50 per month)
  • Remote Work
  • 401k
  • Employee Discount
  • Pet Friendly Workplace
  • RRSP Matching
  • Volunteer Time Off

About Hootsuite

IT Services and IT Consulting
1001-5000

Hootsuite is trusted by more than 18 million customers and employees at more than 80% of the Fortune 1000. Our unparalleled expertise, customer insights at scale, and collaborative ecosystem help people and organizations succeed with social.