We’re looking for a Lead, Software Development to help us build and lead a high-performance team that solves challenging engineering problems as we build the next generation of social products. You will support the Senior Manager, Development to hire, grow, coach, and lead a team of developers to build, scale, monitor, and optimize our billing infrastructure working on account management, pricing and packaging, subscription lifecycle, compliance, payment processing and more. While based in Canada (in locations where we can legally hire), you will report to the Senior Manager, Software Development.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
- Build, support and lead a high performance, cohesive team of developers, in close partnership with the Senior Manager, Development
- Facilitate ongoing development conversations with your team to support their learning and career growth
- Proactively share information, actively solicit feedback, and facilitate communication, within teams and portfoliosParticipate in the hiring process, with an aim of attracting and hiring the best developers
- Assess and prioritize the team's work, appropriately delegating to others and encouraging team ownership.
- Maintain high standards of security, reliability, scalability, performance, and quality in all delivered projectsHelp shape our technical roadmap as we scale our services and build new products
- Design, write, test, and deploy high quality scalable code
- Work with the following technologies: Go, Scala, PHP, Docker, Jenkins, Kafka, Redis, Cassandra in an environment that’s using NoSQL databases, Domain Driven Design, Event Sourcing, Test Driven Design and Agile
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
- A degree in Computer Science or Engineering, and at least 5 years of experience in designing, developing and maintaining software or an equivalent level of work experience, and a track record of substantial contributions to software projects with high business impact
- You are proficient in Go, Scala or a similar language and have a desire to learn other languages
- Understanding of distributed systems and how to work in high availability environments
- Experience with mentoring, coaching, and pairing with coworkers
- An understanding of SaaS software development practice, previous experience working on a SaaS product will be viewed favorably
- Collaboration and Teamwork: works with others to deliver results, meaningfully contributing to the team and prioritizing group needs over individual needs
- Creativity and Innovation: seeks new and better ways of doing things, generating original and imaginative ideas, products, and/or solutions
- Problem Solving: uses an organized and logical approach to find solutions to complex problems and looks beyond the obvious to understand the root cause of problems and proposes several possible solutions
- Resilience, Tolerance for Change/Ambiguity: can effectively cope with change, finding ways to advance work and projects
WHO YOU ARE:
- Tenacious. You are determined to succeed, and you are motivated by the success of customers, colleagues and the community
- Curious. You are always learning and seeking ways to make things better
- Conscientious. You keep your promises, taking your commitments to others seriously, and you have strong integrity
- Humble. You lead with humility and empathy, respecting and learning from the perspectives of others
Share our values: We champion the power of human connection. We’re united globally by our shared values of innovation, grit, humility, and passion for customer success.
Make an impact: Working at the speed of social, we create value for our customers by delivering solutions that power relationships at scale. Our pace of work enables fast learning and fosters an environment where you can stretch yourself and make an impact.
Learn and grow: We’re committed to growing the capabilities of our people. We are building a learning community where you can work with diverse individuals, explore new ways of thinking, and expand your capabilities. Our employees are teachers and learners who work out loud and share their knowledge to enhance each other’s growth.
We are dedicated to building a diverse community, one where employees feel a sense of belonging, and are valued for their contributions and the perspectives they bring. Our purpose is to champion the power of human connection and the heart of connection is inclusion. You belong here.
Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
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