Senior Full Stack Software Developer

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About the role

  • Senior Full Stack Developer developing public-facing web apps for Nelson Education. Instrumenting and deploying solutions in cloud-based Kubernetes clusters.

Responsibilities

  • Instrument, deploy, and improve multiple public-facing web apps in cloud-based Kubernetes clusters or Cloudflare edge workers.
  • Design and develop the services to support the front-end apps, such as user auth, APl's, and analytics systems.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management and design, to understand requirements and develop solutions.
  • Troubleshoot and debug issues as needed.
  • Write automated tests to ensure code quality and reliability.
  • Continuously improve the development process and best practices.
  • Participate in code reviews and mentor junior developers.
  • Write effective APIs.
  • Create security and data protection settings.
  • Write technical documentation.
  • Stay current with new and evolving web technologies and techniques.
  • Actively participate in the SCRUM process.

Requirements

  • 5-8 years of experience as a Senior Developer.
  • Extensive experience managing AWS cloud services including EKS, EC2, S3, VPC, SQS, and ElastiCache.
  • Strong experience with database systems such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
  • Familiarity managing docker containers, and hosting services in Kubernetes using Node.js and Golang.
  • Experience with Kubernetes container orchestration and maintaining multiple clusters per environment.
  • Familiarity with the basic building blocks for setting up services on cloud providers: virtual machines, object storage, network CIDs, and L4 and L7 load balancers.
  • BSc. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a similar field.
  • Results-driven and can work independently with minimal supervision.
  • Strong communication and documentation skills.
  • Strong capacity to handle details; follow through and manage multiple priorities.
  • Experience with IaC such as OpenTofu or equivalent.
  • Familiarity with evolving AI technologies like LLMs and RAG.
  • Familiarity with Elastic Stack.
  • Familiarity with Octopus Deploy.
  • Familiarity with Spacelift.
  • Familiarity with Istio service mesh.
  • Familiarity with .proto files, code generation, and gRPC microservices.
  • Familiarity with testing frameworks such as Storybook and Playwright.
  • Experience with Next.js and RSCs.
  • Interest or experience with Data Analysis such as Causal Inference analysis, Pre-Post analysis, and Sensitivity analysis.
  • Familiarity with GNU/Linux or BSD operation system and shells including ls, ln, cp, mv, chmod, chown, ps, cat, grep, find, sed, and awk commands.
  • Interest or experience in other languages being considered for future use such as Zig, Rust, and Gleam.

Benefits

  • Flexible and customizable health, dental, and paramedical plans for employees and their families
  • Health Spending Account (HSA) for medical, hospital, or dental costs not covered by insurance
  • Personal Spending Account (PSA) for wellness expenses, including fitness and health related products
  • A comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing confidential support spanning from mental health services to financial counselling, and many things in-between
  • Pension plan with company matching contributions
  • Registered Retirement Pension Plan to help secure your future
  • Annual educational reimbursement for professional development
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning for continuous skill growth
  • Hybrid work model with remote and in-office options
  • Flexible work hours (divisional dependent)
  • Generous paid time off policies, including vacation time, sick leave, parental leave top-up, personal days, and more
  • Annual paid volunteer day to support causes you care about
  • Holiday closure from Christmas to New Year’s
  • Summer Fridays

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$110,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

AWSCloudDockerEC2GRPCJavaScriptKubernetesLinuxMicroservicesMongoDBMySQLNext.jsNode.jsPostgresRustGo

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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