Intermediate Full Stack Engineer

Summary

Join Thinkific, a leading software platform for creating and selling online courses, as an Intermediate Full Stack Engineer. Collaborate with designers and engineers to enhance existing products and develop innovative solutions. You will work across the application stack, ensuring business milestones are met and resolving platform bugs. Your contributions will directly impact customer success through high-quality work and performance monitoring. Reporting to an Engineering Manager, you will stay current with industry trends and best practices. This role offers the opportunity to significantly influence product development and contribute to company goals.

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
• Have experience with modern server-side programming languages (Ruby, Node, etc.)
• Are knowledgeable and experienced with modern web frameworks (Ruby on Rails, Django, etc.)
• Are knowledgeable in at least one modern JavaScript libraries/framework such as Remix, Nextjs, etc
• Demonstrate a practical understanding of Web APIs, HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Showcase the ability to design and implement GraphQL services
• Have experience with relational databases, SQL and engines like PostgreSQL
• Demonstrate self-motivation, resourcefulness and the ability to communicate

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
• Author code that is reliable, well-rounded, and sets an example to other team members
• Effectively diagnose and troubleshoot problems within the Thinkific platform
• Identify common patterns that will reduce technical debt and enable efficiency and quality
• Share knowledge with others through mentorship, clear documentation, code reviews, pair programming, and training sessions. Use code reviews as a teaching opportunity
• Work with your team to conduct new technology research; bring fresh ideas and concepts to bear on product development

Preferred Qualifications

• Highly adaptable and a proven problem solver; familiarity with A/B testing, experimentation or hypothesis-driven development
• Have experience building real-time AI web applications

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