Job Specifications
Company Description
SSENSE is a global technology platform operating at the intersection of culture, community, and commerce. Headquartered in Montreal, it features a mix of established and emerging luxury brands across womenswear, menswear, kidswear, and Everything Else™. SSENSE has garnered critical acclaim as both an e-commerce engine and a producer of cultural content, generating an average of 100 million monthly page views.
Job Description
SSENSE is looking for a Senior Developer to join our technology team. The Senior Developer will take complex features of the product roadmap, break them down into their required technical components, and develop them independently.
He/She owns at least one component of the SSENSE technical stack and holds accountability for its SLAs. The ideal candidate will actively contribute to knowledge dissemination within the organization, participate in the recruiting and onboarding of new employees, and mentor Junior Developers on the team.
What You Will Do
Product delivery
Develop a deep understanding of the product roadmap for the squad, including future features to be developed
Contribute to high-level estimation and participate in laying out the development sequences, challenging the product roadmap and identifying areas where technical debt can be reduced or avoided
Complete independently complex development tasks and actively contribute to pushing code to production
Write testable, efficient, and reusable code suitable for continuous integration and deployment, respecting best practices and SSENSE development standards
Review Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams and technical documentation
Ownership and accountability
Be accountable for code quality, with the assistance of a QA Analyst, by conducting adequate testing
Be accountable for performance, reliability, scalability and resilience of at least one technical component owned by the squad through SLAs and monitoring
Contribute to cross-squad initiatives, acting as a change agent amongst peers to foster adoption of new processes or technical solutions
Knowledge sharing and coaching
Review Pull Requests with the objective to guide and upskill junior developers on various technical topics
Actively contribute to SSENSE University, the internal peer learning platform, to promote continuous learning
Participate in the onboarding of new developers
Architecture
Contribute to solution designs, challenging other members on technical decisions and explaining the technical design to junior developers so they can write documentation for the rest of the team
Recruiting
Participate in HR recruiting events, helping to identify and recruit top developers
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, Master’s degree an asset
A minimum of 5 years of software development experience
Able to code complex features with Typescript/VueJs/NodeJS
Experience with containers and orchestration frameworks (Kubernetes)
Experience with microservices and developing backend services
Experience with PostgreSQL databases at scale
Confident with the development of REST APIs
Able to write different levels of tests (Unit, Contract, Integration, E2E)
Proficiency in Git
Strong knowledge of caching technologies (Fastly, Redis, Varnish) with the ability to identify opportunities for improvement
Proficiency with cloud resources (AWS/Google Cloud/Azure) with the ability to operate them for the components owners, Certification would be an asset
What Sets You Apart
Highly analytical and detail oriented
Ability to coach and mentor junior employees to achieve personal and professional goals
Solution-oriented mindset and ability to influence and drive change
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and master frequently changing Web technologies and techniques
Additional Information
Why Join Us :
Extended health and dental benefits, including comprehensive mental health programs and coverage
Parental top up program
Generous Employee Discount
Access to telemedicine and employee and family assistance program
Savings and retirement plan matching contributions
Opportunity to work with cutting edge technologies and an innovative team that’s pushing the boundaries of technology
SSENSE is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you need special accommodations, let us know. We will do our best to accommodate you!
About the Company
SSENSE (pronounced [es-uhns]) is a global technology platform operating at the intersection of culture, community, and commerce. Co-founded in 2003 by brothers Rami, Firas, and Bassel Atallah, and headquartered in Montreal, it features a mix of established and emerging luxury brands across womenswear, menswear, kidswear, and Everything Else . SSENSE has garnered critical acclaim as both an e-commerce engine and a producer of cultural content. SSENSE generates an average of 100 million monthly page views. Approximately 80% of...
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