Senior Software Engineer

TripStack; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel technology firm in Toronto is seeking a Senior Software Engineer. You will develop high-quality distributed systems, manage cached content, and mentor teams. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience with Golang, relational databases, and scalable systems. Join a dynamic team focused on innovation and collaboration, offering a full-time position with opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Golang and understanding of CS fundamentals.
• 5+ years of experience with relational databases at scale.
• Experience with scalable caching and no-sql offerings.
• Proven track record of designing scalable systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and support code for high-quality systems at scale.
• Identify technology opportunities and promote quality code.
• Work cross-functionally with teams to deliver high-quality products.
• Participate in on-call support for live systems.

Skills

Golang

Data structures and algorithms

Postgres

Redis

Distributed systems

Event processing platforms

Restful API development

UNIX/Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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About Tripstack

We are travel tech entrepreneurs, changing the way millions of people travel.

Description

About Tripstack

We are travel tech entrepreneurs, changing the way millions of people travel.

Our proprietary virtual interlining technology provides access to billions of travel itineraries by combining flights from different airline carriers that don’t traditionally work together. We take our customers from point A to B via C, at the lowest possible price. We are impacting the way people travel and provide higher margin opportunities to our partners that are some of the largest in the travel industry.

We pride ourselves on the performance-driven environment we have created for our teams to prosper and excel in. We come to work ready, to challenge and be challenged. We’re big enough to give our teams support but small enough that every person makes a difference. There are plenty of challenges to champion.

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our development team. You will be responsible for writing code for a large-scale distributed system, managing and providing unique cached travel content to other internal systems and teams. We are looking for someone who is a natural problem solver, that is detail-oriented and can work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. This role will help with planning, developing, testing, and deploying our Proactive Caching product.

Responsibilities

• Design, write, review, test, and support code for reliable, high-quality systems at scale serving over 270 million requests per day
• Proactively identify technology opportunities for the company, and push technical ideas, proposals, and plans to the entire organization
• Promote quality code and drive initiatives like test driven development
• Work cross-functionally with product managers and other development teams to deliver high quality products and work towards improving our internal KPIs
• Coordinate and monitor regular releases to production
• Participate in on call support rotation and work with the team through incidents impacting our live systems
• Actively mentor the team through interactive code review and knowledge sharing sessions

Requirements

Desired Skills and Experience :

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related technical field experience

5+ years of experience in Golang and understanding of CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and complexity analysis (time and space)

5+ years of experience and understanding relational databases such as Postgres at scale

5+ years of experience and understanding of highly scalable caching / no-sql offerings like Redis

5+ years of design and architecture knowledge as well as familiarity with object-oriented analysis and design patterns (OOA / OOD)

2+ years of experience and understanding of event processing platforms like Apache Kafka

Experience building large scale, high-performance systems in a complex, multi-tiered, distributed environment

Proven track record of taking ownership and successfully delivering results

Proven track record of designing / architecting scalable, high availability distributed systems that serve internet traffic direct to consumers or businesses at scale (over 100 million requests per day)

Experience with Restful API development

Experience working in a UNIX / Linux environment

Understanding of performance trade-offs, load balancing and operational issues

Ability to clearly and concisely communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders across all levels of the organization

Additional Experience That Would Be Considered An Asset

Experience with Google Cloud Platform / AWS or other cloud providers & cloud native architecture

Experience with Docker, Container Orchestration tools like Kubernetes

Benefits

What it takes to succeed here

Ambition and dedication to make a difference and change the way people travel; Where we always play to each other's strength in a high performing team reaching for our common goal. We hold ourselves to the highest expectations, and move with a sense of urgency and hold ourselves accountable and win by staying true to what we believe in.

Learn more about our values here

What We Offer

We offer an opportunity to work with a dynamic and growing team composed of high caliber professionals. We value professionalism and promote a culture where individuals are encouraged to do more and be more. If you feel you share our passion for excellence, and growth, then look no further. We have an ambitious mission, and we need a world-class team to make it a reality. Upgrade to a First Class team!

At TripStack, we proudly believe in embracing diversity. This is true for our team, clients, communities and stakeholders. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating a safe, healthy and accessible environment. We encourage applications regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or any other grounds protected by law. Please let us know if you need any accommodations during any part of the recruitment process.

TripStack thanks all applicants for their interest, however only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.

Learn more about us at www.tripstack.com

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

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