Job Specifications
Software Engineer (VueJS, NodeJS, AWS Serverless)
As Canada's fastest-growing internet technology company, we are looking to grow our team with people who share our energy and enthusiasm about helping Canadians make better money decisions. We are looking for someone with drive and entrepreneurial spirit to join our team as Software Engineer.
The Opportunity:
Reporting to the Director of Software Engineering; the Engineer will be responsible for front-end and back-end development. This position requires a combination of programming skills (Vue.js, NodeJS, Python, AWS Amplify, AWS Lambda and other AWS Services)
The most important values of our team is that we love solving problems and getting the job done. This means we communicate well amongst each other, love to learn, help each other, find and implement solutions, and like to have fun. Our team members are intelligent, problem solvers and great communicators. Being effective at this position means, you have a passion to learn and apply those learnings to real problems.
The Software Engineer will be responsible for:
Work with Product Owner, Business Analysts and Engineers to ideate software solutions
Develop client-side and server-side components
Build the front-end of an application
Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications
Write effective APIs
Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency
Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
Create security and data protection settings
Build features and applications with a mobile responsive design
We need you to have:
Proven experience as a Full Stack Engineer or similar role
Experience developing web applications
Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, JavaScript framework (Vue JS), XML, jQuery)
Knowledge of back-end languages (e.g. Node, Python), AWS services (Lambda, Cognito, AppSync, API Gateway) and AWS Amplify CLI
An entrepreneurial spirit; willingness to do what it takes to be successful
Ability to adapt, solve problems, and find solutions while working with multiple stakeholders
Strong capability to prioritize, and achieve goals
Excellent collaborative skills
Meticulous attention to detail
A high level of integrity, professionalism and reliability
Thorough understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (e.g. Requirements, Design, Development, Testing) and exposure to Agile or iterative SDLCs.
Primary additional assets we hope you have demonstrated:
A minimum of 3+ years of experience in development
Previous work experience in an Agile environment
It would be awesome if you have:
Experience in building Serverless applications on AWS
The compensation package consists of a competitive salary, benefits and incentive bonus. Find out what it is like working at RATESDOTCA here: https://corporate.rates.ca/
Checkout the primary brands that we work on here: https://corporate.rates.ca/#brand-snippet-ratesdotca
Location: Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada
What we offer, just to name a few:
Company social events
Full benefits – health, dental, vision, life insurance
Employee assistance program
RRSP matching
Bonus program
Paid day off on your birthday
Parental leave top-up program
Casual office space located in downtown Toronto
About the Company
At Rates.ca Group Ltd., our mission is to help Canadians make better insurance and money decisions. We are Canada’s largest digital acquisition platform for insurance and money. Our family of search and compare websites attracts over 8 million Canadians every year.
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