Senior Software Engineer

About us:

Our main product is a payroll and timekeeping app for hourly workforces, sold by subscription and supported from Toronto.

About the role:

Our Hamilton team is growing and we are hiring a Senior Software Engineer. Nobody expects you to know every framework. We want someone who writes clear code, tests it and asks good questions. Our Search team is six engineers and we're adding one more. Most of the work is backend services, with some internal tooling. Hybrid. You will need to be in Hamilton at least two days per week.

In your first few months you will:

• Work with product managers and designers to scope features and cut what isn't needed
• Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code review
• Improve the reliability of existing code instead of just adding features on top of it
• Keep dependencies current and patch findings from Dependabot or Snyk
• Contribute to postmortems and follow through on the action items
• Maintain REST and gRPC APIs used by internal teams and outside partners

You might be a good fit if you:

• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, including writing efficient SQL
• BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and basic system design
• Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows and CI tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or CircleCI

Also helpful:

• Prior work at an early-stage startup
• Kubernetes and Docker in production
• Event-driven systems using Kafka or RabbitMQ

Why work with us:

• Extended health and dental benefits
• Group RRSP with employer matching
• Paid vacation
• Employee and family assistance program
• Professional development budget

Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Toronto Technologies.