Intermediate Software Developer, DevOps

Hootsuite; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking an Intermediate Software Developer, DevOps to enhance their production application environment. In this dynamic role, you will collaborate with a focused team to write software, design infrastructure, and improve developer experiences. With a flexible work arrangement, this position allows for remote or hybrid work across Canada. Join a company that values growth, resilience, and collaboration, where your contributions will directly impact customer success and organizational goals. If you're passionate about technology and thrive in a collaborative environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in SRE, DevOps or software engineering roles.
• Ability to write software and knowledge of software engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Write software tools, libraries, and automation services.
• Design and build infrastructure platform features.

Skills

Software Development

DevOps Practices

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Communication

Resilience

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Infrastructure-as-Code Tools

Linux Systems Administration

Cloud Infrastructure

Job description

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We’re looking for an Intermediate Software Developer, DevOps who can help us support the development organization to deliver value to customers in a reliable, efficient, and safe manner. You’ll be working in a focused team that owns one piece of the production application environment and the developer experience, you will execute on defined projects to achieve team-level goals. In line with Hootsuite's distributed workforce strategy, our flexible work arrangement allows for remote work or a hybrid model. This role is open to applicants located across Canada. In this role, you will report to the Manager, DevOps.

What You’ll Do

• Write software - tools, libraries, automation, services
• Design and build our infrastructure platform
• Identify and implement new platform features
• Research and evaluate new technologies
• Refactor, rewrite or retire existing platform features
• Operate our developer experience and production application environments
• Diagnose and repair our distributed systems
• Perform maintenance, upgrades and migrations
• Control or eliminate repetitive tasks, alert noise, and business-as-usual work
• Enable development teams
• Provide executable interfaces to our infrastructure platform
• Provide tools and best practices to support the entire software development lifecycle
• Participate in a flexible on-call rotation
• Communicate by writing documentation, participating in meetings, and showing off your work at demos
  
  

What You’ll Need

• A degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience working in an SRE, DevOps or software engineering role
• An ability to write software and working knowledge of software engineering practice
• Experience using infrastructure-as-code tools to build and run cloud infrastructure
• 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
• 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
• Preferred. Working knowledge of Linux systems administration, including troubleshooting system-level issues, networking (L3-L7) and basic monitoring
• Preferred. Experience with operating, building and maintaining cloud infrastructure
• Preferred. An understanding of SaaS software development practice; Ideally you have experience working on a SaaS product
  
  

Who You Are

• Solution seeker. You’re focused on tackling new challenges, solving problems, and moving the business forward—and you don’t wait to be asked.
• Lifelong learner. You have a growth mindset – you’re here to learn, experiment, seek, apply, and provide feedback, share what works with your team, and move on from what doesn’t.
• Resilient adapter. In the face of change and challenges, you bring a thoughtful, calm approach, and a focus on finding the new opportunity.
• Intentional collaborator. You build positive working relationships across the business, bringing people together to foster new opportunities and to facilitate the efficient flow of information.
• Critical challenger. You have the trust in your team to ask difficult questions in order to get to the best end result.
• Active communicator. You listen actively and communicate ideas and information clearly, inclusively, and proactively.
• Integrated thinker. You look beyond your role and responsibilities to understand how your team’s work drives broader organizational goals.
• Accountable owner. You take pride in the work you’re responsible for with a mindset of ultimate accountability and reliability for the outcomes.
• Bar-raiser. You step up to help your team grow and succeed, even when that means going beyond what might be expected.
  
  

In all we do, our six guiding principles light the way:

Step Up: Show the world what it looks like to live and work by these guiding principles. #StepUp

One Team: Make Hootsuite a place where everyone feels safe, welcome, valued, and empowered to do their best work without compromising who they are. #OneTeam #FreeToBeMe

Customer Obsessed: Focus relentlessly on helping our customers succeed. #CustomerObsessed

Go Fast, Be Agile: Widen our competitive advantage by committing to speed and simplicity over perfection and complexity. #GoFastBeAgile

Play to Win: Commit to building an incredible, profitable company for our customers, our employees, and our stakeholders. #PlayToWin #NoExcuses

Neighbours & Allies: Give back to our communities and be an ally. #SocialForGood #Allies

Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Canada Pay Range For This Role
$90,700—$127,100 CAD

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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