Intermediate Full Stack Engineer

Summary

Join Thinkific, a leading software platform for creating and selling online courses, as an Intermediate Full Stack Engineer. Contribute to impactful product development within a collaborative environment on the Self Serve team. You will work closely with various teams to translate business requirements into features, ensuring business milestones are met and resolving platform bugs. This role involves leading small-to-medium feature projects, participating in estimations, contributing to architecture decisions, and troubleshooting product issues. The ideal candidate possesses 3+ years of full-stack experience, including experience with SaaS environments, REST and GraphQL APIs, NodeJS, Typescript/Javascript, Ruby on Rails, and relational databases. Thinkific offers a competitive compensation package, comprehensive benefits, flexible work arrangements, and ample professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• Have 3+ years of experience working in a Full Stack development role, and at least 1+ years of experience working in a SaaS environment
• Demonstrate a practical understanding of REST and GraphQL APIs – ideally by having designed, implemented, and consumed them
• Showcase working experience with NodeJS, Typescript/Javascript, Ruby on Rails applications
• Have experience with unit/integration tests, TDD is a plus
• Be comfortable using Git and related tools like GitHub, GitLab, etc
• Be knowledgeable in relational databases, SQL and engines like PostgreSQL, MySQL

Responsibilities

• Lead small-medium feature projects from conception to completion, working with stakeholders to identify project risks and recommend mitigating solutions
• Participate in effort and complexity estimation for new/proposed product features and tasks
• Contribute to architecture decisions to build features at scale
• Contribute to effectively diagnosing and troubleshooting problems with the product
• Participate in architectural design, review, and implementation of production-quality features

Preferred Qualifications

• Have experience with cloud hosting (such as AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Have working experience building single-page applications, preferably using React and Typescript

Benefits

• A competitive compensation package including base salary, equity, team-wide bonuses, and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
• Flexible Paid Time Off to maintain mental and physical health. Our team is encouraged to take a minimum 4 weeks of vacation, plus Thinker Holidays (extended long weekends in the summer) and time off for the December holiday season
• Health Benefits and Wellness: Comprehensive benefits starting on Day 1 include health, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family, $3,000 for mental health care, a short-term health plan, and an additional health or personal spending account. Plus, family friendly benefits include generous parental leave top-ups for up to 32 weeks, as well as fertility coverage and personalized return to work options
• Flexible Work . Choose to work from home from anywhere in Canada, at our Vancouver HQ, a co-working space, or anywhere there’s wifi for a change of scenery
• Learning & Growth. An annual $1500 USD Learn and Grow fund for conferences, seminars, or courses, plus training, mentorship, coaching, and internal promotion opportunities
• A home office setup so you’re ready to succeed with a company-owned Macbook Pro and a budget to order a desk, chair, or any accessories to help you work comfortably and productively
• Eats and Treats. $50 CAD per month to treat yourself with snacks, lunch, or groceries to cook at home