Senior Developer (Back end)

PetalMD; Montreal; Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare technology firm based in Montreal is seeking an experienced software developer to join their team. The role involves working with technologies like TypeScript and Docker in a modern distributed environment. Candidates should have over 6 years of experience and a strong background in programming and deploying containerized applications. This position offers flexible remote working options and generous benefits including paid vacation and wellness allowances.

Benefits

Hybrid work allowance

4 to 6 weeks of paid vacation

Complete group insurance plan

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software development experience.
• Excellent programming skills in TypeScript/JavaScript with Node.js.
• Experience deploying containerized applications in modern environments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members to ensure project delivery.
• Design and implement new features and write automated tests.
• Monitor production features, identify issues, and assess risks.

Skills

Software development experience

TypeScript/JavaScript programming

Experience with large-scale distributed systems

Containerized applications

CI/CD processes

Application security

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab

Terraform

Azure

Job description

Overview

Petal is a leading Canadian healthcare orchestration and billing company that revolutionizes healthcare systems to make them agile, efficient, and resilient by enabling the forecasting and shaping of world-class healthcare through Healthcare BI, advanced analytics, and informed insights.

Our commitment to fostering an exceptional workplace culture has earned us notable recognitions, including being listed as a Great Place to Work in both the technology and healthcare sectors. Join us in our mission to empower healthcare innovators and improve healthcare differently.

Let’s talk tech stack

The backend stack you’ll be working with is primarily a Ruby on Rails monolith communicating with various services built in both Ruby and TypeScript, using frameworks such as Nest.js, within a distributed architecture.

We are a SaaS company focused on implementing best-in-class DevOps practices. Our infrastructure is fully cloud-based and defined as code with Terraform. Our most recent applications are containerized and deployed with Kubernetes. Deployment automation is a top priority, and we leverage different platforms, including GitLab, to achieve this.

We strongly believe in continuous deployment and have reached a high level of maturity in this regard, releasing code to production environments multiple times per day.

Our web and mobile applications use modern tools such as Angular and React Native, RxJS, Redux, and Storybook. With quality at the heart of our principles, all code is thoroughly tested using frameworks such as Jest, as well as end-to-end testing libraries and services.

What you can expect when joining the team

Reporting to the Software Development Manager, you will play a key role in the development team for Petal Scheduling, a product that helps thousands of healthcare workers simplify and automate their scheduling.

You will work closely with your teammates to build new features, maintain existing ones, and ensure their evolution in a sustainable and scalable way.

Your day to day

You will be led to:

• Collaborate closely with the Staff Developer, Product Owner, and other multidisciplinary team members to ensure progress and milestone delivery;
• Design and implement new features and contribute to writing automated tests;
• Participate in code reviews with your peers;
• Ensure code quality and security while respecting development standards;
• Monitor features in production, identify potential issues, assess risks, and take the necessary actions.

Your profile

Are you an experienced, versatile, and motivated developer known for your constructive attitude, strong work ethic, and both technical and soft skills? Do you enjoy staying up to date, working with a wide range of technologies, and thriving in a fast-paced environment? We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• 6+ years of software development experience;
• Experience developing large-scale distributed systems with multiple data sources and business logic layers;
• Experience working with large, long-standing codebases;
• Excellent programming skills in TypeScript/JavaScript with Node.js, and interest or experience with other backend frameworks such as Ruby on Rails;
• Experience building REST APIs and understanding of different types of interservice communication;
• Strong knowledge of best practices for application security;
• Experience with alerting, logging, and monitoring (ELK, Grafana, Prometheus, Sentry, Datadog, New Relic);
• Experience deploying containerized applications (Docker) in modern distributed environments (Kubernetes);
• Experience with CI/CD (GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub Actions), automation, and modern infrastructure-as-code concepts (Helm, Terraform);
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS, or GCP);
• A demonstrated interest in sharing knowledge and mentoring less-experienced developers;
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders;
• Knowledge of combinatorial optimization and operations research (an asset);
• Knowledge of the FHIR standard (an asset);
• Familiarity with the Quebec and Canadian healthcare ecosystem (an asset).aù

Petal’s position on remote working

In our opinion, a company cannot claim to be modern, innovative and have the well-being of their team at heart, without attempting to integrate remote working to the level that their business model allows them to. Petal employees continue to benefit from the option of teleworking up to the maximum flexibility permitted by the nature of the position and the smooth running of operations.

Our benefits

• Recurring hybrid work allowance;
• Compensation that recognizes your contribution;
• 4 to 6 weeks of paid vacation per year;
• 5 paid personal days per year;
• A group RRSP / DPSP plan with employer contribution;
• A complete group insurance plan, from day 1;
• An annual wellness allowance;
• Access to the Lumino Health telehealth application;
• Flexible work hours and more.

Petal is an active participant in the equal opportunity employment program, and members of the following target groups are encouraged to apply: women, people with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. If you are a person with a disability, assistance with the screening and selection process is available on request.

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