Senior Full Stack Developer

Summary

Join CoLab's Build Connect Team as a Senior Full-stack Developer and become a technology leader and mentor. Leverage your in-depth knowledge of the CoLab technology stack to guide the team towards simple, maintainable solutions. You will be responsible for understanding complex customer problems, collaborating on design and planning, developing and testing user-facing features and APIs, and participating in code reviews. Success will be measured by on-time delivery, promoting clean code, clear communication, self-direction, and mentoring others. This is a full-time, permanent position offering an attractive compensation package, including stock options, extended health and benefits, unlimited paid vacation, and RRSP matching. The role offers flexibility to work from anywhere in Canada.

Requirements

• 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

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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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
• 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

Benefits

• Extended health and benefits package
• Unlimited paid vacation
• RRSP matching
• Stock options package
• 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