Senior Platform Developer

Flare; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Flare, a dynamic startup in cybersecurity, is seeking a passionate senior software developer to join their team. In this role, you will design and develop scalable systems, collaborate on innovative projects, and contribute to an inclusive workplace that values growth and diversity.

Benefits

Flexible work hours

Dog friendly office

Stock options

Unlimited vacation with a minimum of 3 weeks

Health insurance

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a software developer.
• Experience with technologies like Python 3, Flask, and cloud services.
• Ability to learn quickly and support less experienced developers.

Responsibilities

• Design large scale systems and conduct feasibility studies.
• Develop tools and collaborates with machine learning engineers.
• Ensure the quality of code through automation and testing.

Skills

Python 3

Flask

JavaScript

VueJS

Postgresql

Elasticsearch

Amazon Web Services

RabbitMQ

Kubernetes

Job description

We are a team of mission-driven people who want to enable companies to protect themselves against cyber crimes and we’re damn passionate about it. We thrive on trust, operate with integrity and above all support our people so they can do their best work and be their best selves. If you continuously challenge yourself to learn and grow, are driven by the impact your work has and are as equally mission driven as we are, check us out!

Working at Flare means working with:

• A growing and innovative startup where we recognize your impact and will empower you to take on even bigger challenges as the company grows. Work in a dynamic environment and participate in the incredible growth of the company.
• A people-first company where the work-life balance is valued and where we do everything to have happy and rested employees.
• An award-winning team, recognized in multiple hacking competitions and whose work has been referenced in leading academic journals and international media.
• Flexible work hours; Remote, office or hybrid work options; Dog friendly office; Stock options; Unlimited vacations with a minimum of 3 weeks per years; Health insurance and more

What you’ll get to work on

We are looking to hire an experienced senior software developer to join our development team. In this role, you will contribute to the core of our product and will build new features and functionalities. You will also be required to update existing software and conduct feasibility studies on company systems. This is a role for someone who is autonomous, a quick learner and motivated to work on projects that will have an important impact on the development of the company.

Role and responsibilities:

• Design large scale systems with high complexity to support our big data applications
• Understand how to leverage infrastructure for solving such large scale problems
• Conducting feasibility studies for upgraded software systems
• Designing new software programs, websites, and applications
• Work with our machine learning engineers to put cutting edge deep learning algorithms in production
• Develop tools and contribute to open source
• Use and automate new processes to keep a tested and high quality code base

Qualifications:

• Previous experience as a software developer
• Experience with some of the following technologies: Python 3, Flask, JavaScript, VueJS, Postgresql, Elasticsearch, Amazon Web Services, RabbitMQ and Kubernetes
• Experience working with databases and design scalable and complex queries
  
• Experience designing and operating large systems
• Ability to learn a variety of technologies quickly
• Ability to consistently deliver value over time by iterating on solutions
  
• Ability to support less experienced developer within their area of expertise
• Ability to communicate their decisions and tradeoffs about their designs

Good to have:

• Experience in web technologies
• Experience in data science
• Experience in cybersecurity

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Flare we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.