Who Can Apply
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada
Job Description
Position Overview:
The Lead Software Developer is responsible for the full scope of activities required within the software development life cycle, including over seeing the oversight and successful delivery of software solutions. Will work collaboratively with Architects to make high-level design choices, dictate technical standards, and proactively identify opportunities to improve system architecture. The Lead Software Developer will provide guidance and mentorship to junior developers and help them in developing modules and solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
• Analyse requirements and define system features
• Develop clean, scalable, and testable code
• Review, test, and debug code to ensure quality standards
• Build and maintain reliable, high-performing database solutions and ensure applications meet performance, quality, and SLOs alongside maintaining best practices in coding, testing, and documentation
• Lead code reviews and maintain codebase quality
• Act as key liaison between tech teams and business stakeholders
o Provide technical direction and guidance to the development team, guiding them in day-to-day activities, prioritizing tasks, and ensuring the timely delivery of development milestones
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Required Skills & Experience
• Experience with building scalable and resilient microservices using Java and Spring Boot leveraging various design principles such as 12 factor app, cloud native app, API first development
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases like PostgreSQL, Redis, BigTable, and GCP storage solutions such as Cloud Storage, BigQuery
• Experience with leading implementation of new systems or replatform of existing systems
• Experience writing clean code that is modular and follows clean code principles such as SOLID
• Experience with Spring Security and SAML, OAuth and OpenID Connect
• Experience with batch and stream processing frameworks such as Apache Beam, Spark
• Experience with automated testing tools (such as RestAssured, Cucumber) and performance testing tools (such as Locust, Jmeter)
• Experience with open-source system and performance monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus
• Familiarity with cloud platforms preferably GCP and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with development and productivity tools such as BitBucket, Jira, and GitHub Copilot
• Experience with documenting design using diagrams such as C4 model, activity diagram
Soft Skills:
All lead Developer skills:
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Proven leadership skills, with the ability to manage a team and provide technical guidance
• Strong knowledge of software development methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum)
• Strong collaboration skills, and experience working cross-functionally
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction
• Must be willing to learn new technologies and programming languages and /or concepts
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
-eCommerce or retail experience
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.