Senior Software Developer

Summary

Join Hootsuite as a Senior Software Developer and contribute to building and scaling our data architecture. This remote-first role involves working within a cross-functional team to deliver data products and services. You will conduct research, provide technical advice, and enhance development processes. Responsibilities include implementing the technical roadmap, participating in code reviews, and improving data systems. The ideal candidate possesses a degree in Computer Science or Engineering, 5-8 years of relevant experience, and expertise in various technologies and data platforms.

Requirements

• A degree in Computer Science or Engineering, and 5-8 years of experience in developing and maintaining software or an equivalent level of education or work experience, and a track record of substantial contributions to software projects with high business impact
• Experience writing clean code that performs well at scale; ideally experienced with languages like Python, Scala, Java, Go, and shell script
• Passionate interest in data engineering and infrastructure; ingestion, storage and compute in relational, NoSQL, and serverless architectures
• Experience with various types of data stores, query engines and frameworks, e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL, S3, Redshift/Spectrum, Presto/Athena, Spark
• Experience working with message queues such as Kafka and Kinesis
• Experience developing data pipelines and integrations for high volume, velocity and variety of data
• Experience with data warehousing and data modeling best practices
• Open Communication: clearly conveys thoughts, both written and verbally, listening attentively and asking questions for clarification and understanding
• Collaboration and Teamwork: works with others to deliver results, meaningfully contributing to the team and prioritizing group needs over individual needs
• Self Development: is personally committed to, and actively works to continuously improve
• Decision Making: work with your peers and leaders to build consensus and choose a direction forward. When required, you drive this process
• Problem Solving: uses an organized and logical approach to find solutions to complex problems. Looks beyond the obvious to understand the root cause of problems
• Resilience, Tolerance for Change/Ambiguity: can effectively cope with change, finding ways to advance work and projects

Responsibilities

• Work within a cross-functional team (including analysts, product managers, and other developers) to deliver data products and services to our internal stakeholders
• Conduct directed research and technical analysis of new candidate technologies that fill a development team’s business or technical need
• Provide technical advice, act as a role model for your teammates, flawlessly execute complicated plans, and navigate many levels of the organization
• Contribute enhancements to development, build, deployment, and monitoring processes with an emphasis on security, reliability and performance
• Implement our technical roadmap as we scale our services and build new data products
• Participate in code reviews, attend regular team meetings, and apply software development best practices
• Take ownership of your work, and work autonomously when necessary
• Recognize opportunities to improve efficiency in our data systems and processes, increase data quality, and enable consistent and reliable results
• Participate in the design and implementation of our next generation data platform to empower Hootsuite with data
• Participate in the development of the technical hiring process and interview scripts with an aim of attracting and hiring the best developers

Benefits

• Remote work, flexible hours
• $98,400 — $137,800 CAD