About CoLab
At CoLab, we help mechanical engineering teams bring life-changing products to market years sooner.
CoLab is a cloud based platform purpose built for fast, effective design review. Using CoLab, multiple engineers, designers, and other stakeholders can review designs together and build off one another's feedback. Engineers at companies like Ford, Komatsu, and Johnson Controls use CoLab to review designs faster, prevent mistakes, and build the next generation of innovative products.
About the Role
As a Senior Full-stack Developer (Software Developer IV) on our Build Connect Team, you are a technology leader and a mentor within your team. You have an in-depth knowledge of the CoLab technology stack and how different components and services interact across the platform. You are a champion of best practices and technical standards, and help guide the team technology direction towards simple, maintainable solutions.
Our Ideal Candidate
Experience working on SaaS, large-scale distributed systems and a consistent track record of building and maintaining highly scalable products would be considered an asset.
Success will be measured by:
- On time delivery of new product features and changes
- Promotes clean and maintainable code and software development best practices
- Clear communication and technical leadership within team
- Self directed, takes ownership of tasks, stays apprised of broader team’s work
- Mentoring and advising others on the team
Job Responsibilities
- Understand complex customer problems and requirements and work in a team to build a solution that adds value for the customer and the product as a whole
- Collaborate with other team members to design and plan complex scopes of work from product requirements and UI/UX designs
- Develop, test, and ship critical user-facing features on a regular basis
- Develop, test, and maintain robust and scalable APIs.
- Participate in code reviews and help your team deliver high-quality software
- Champion all aspects of the user’s experience, with a focus on clarity and speed
- Contribute to tech technology direction and best practices
- Mentor, support, and be an information source to junior developers
Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional, hands-on development experience
- Proficient with JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML and CSS
- In depth experience with React is crucial and experience with front-end tools such as Webpack, NPM and ESLint would be considered an asset
- Strong experience in Python, its libraries, and GraphQL, with hands-on experience in designing, developing, and maintaining robust and scalable APIs.
- Good experience writing robust automated tests, including unit and integration tests using Jest, as well as end-to-end (E2E) tests using Cypress or Playwright.
- Hands-on experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL databases (e.g.: DynamoDB) and querying frameworks/APIs.
- Experience with Git workflow (pull requests, code reviews)
- Passion for working in teams with emphasis on respect and continuous improvement
- Willingness to raise your hand when you see something could be done / built better
Extra Details
- Compensation: This is a full-time, permanent position with an attractive compensation package that includes a stock options package.
- Benefits: This role offers an extended health and benefits package that includes unlimited paid vacation and RRSP matching.
- Remote/Hybrid Work: Our main office location is in St. John’s, NL where we offer hybrid and remote opportunities. This role has the flexibility to work from anywhere within Canada.
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