Senior Software Engineer - Platform & AI

Alida; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS company in Canada is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive the development of AI-powered features for their cloud product. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and develop scalable solutions while mentoring junior staff. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in software development and holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. This role offers a competitive salary of $110,000-120,000 CAD and is based in Vancouver with hybrid flexibility.

Benefits

Company paid benefits (medical, dental, vision)

Unlimited Vacation

Summer Fridays

Recognition as a top employer

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in software development.
• Extensive experience with NodeJS/Typescript, React, and relational DB design.
• Experience in AWS services and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality scalable cloud software solutions.
• Contribute to architecture for platform-wide dataflows and services.
• Coach and mentor junior members of staff.

Skills

NodeJS

Typescript

React

Relational DB development

AWS services

Kubernetes

Terraform

Microservice architecture

Application health monitoring tools

.NET and .NET core technologies

Education

BSc in Computer Science

Job description

Overview

We\'re searching for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team and drive the development of our cutting-edge customer intelligence products. In this role, you\'ll collaborate closely with the Engineering Director, software architects, and fellow engineers to design and develop new AI-powered features, build a platform-wide agentic AI service, modernize, and re-architect existing services to meet increasing demand and accelerate feature development for our market-leading cloud product. As a Senior Software Engineer at Alida, you\'ll make a significant impact by building products used by top global brands and millions of users worldwide. This is a unique opportunity within our award-winning Product & Engineering team to craft cutting-edge, global-reaching SaaS products in a high-growth environment.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, test, and deploy high quality scalable code for cloud-based software solutions
• Bring your ideas and expertise to our always evolving agile development process
• Build new UI workflows, RESTful APIs, and scalable robust cloud-based applications
• Contribute to architecture for the platform-wide dataflows and services
• Maintain high standards of security, reliability, scalability, performance, and quality in all delivered projects
• Play a critical role in helping to shape our technical roadmap as we scale our services and build new products
• Coach and mentor junior members of staff to help them achieve their full potential and grow their careers and technical skillset

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of professional experience in software development
• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent
• Extensive experience with NodeJS/Typescript, React, Relational DB development and design
• Experience in AWS services, Kubernetes, Terraform, Microservice architecture, application health monitoring tools
• Experience with .NET and .NET core technologies
• Ability to identify key issues and deliverables relevant to achieving a long-range goal or vision, then building an integrated plan for course of action to accomplish this vision
• A passion for designing and building high-performance, scalable products and platforms
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Considered a plus

• Prior experience working in an agile software/SaaS or technology company
• Experience building features using GenAI
• Experience with Event-driven architecture design and implementation

Additional details

• The typical salary range for this role is $110,000-120,000 CAD. This is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• This role is intended to be based in our Vancouver office, we work on a hybrid basis.

The Good Stuff

• Amazing growth and learning opportunities with a fast-growing Canadian SaaS company that is a world leader in its industry
• Best-in-class company paid benefits for you and your family - offering medical, dental, vision, RRSP matching in Canada, a 401K in the US, and more.
• Unlimited Vacation: Take vacation when you want it, how you want it. Designed to better fit your evolving needs.
• Summer Fridays: Fridays are a day off during July and August. To help provide better balance in the summer months focusing on employee wellness.
• Recognized as one of the Best Workplaces in British Columbia for 2024 by Great Place to Work
• Recognized in 2023 as one of the Best Workplaces for Women
• Recognized as a Top Employer by British Columbia\'s Top Employers 2023

About Alida

Alida believes in a world where customers are respected as the ultimate source of truth. That\'s why Alida helps innovative brands create highly engaged research communities to gather feedback that empowers better customer experiences and product innovation. Leading companies like HBOMax, Adobe, Warner Bros. Discovery, Twitch and lululemon depend on Alida\'s platform to deliver fast and reliable customer feedback at scale. Learn more about us at Alida.com. We can\'t wait to meet you!

We understand that applying for a new position takes effort and want to thank you in advance for taking the time to introduce yourself. We\'re dedicated to fostering an environment where our employees feel heard, valued and included. We believe that a diverse team is a core pillar in building better products and services for our global customers and we strongly encourage applications from all people regardless of race, religion, gender, age, disability status or sexual orientation. If you don\'t meet every single stated requirement but are excited about this opportunity, we\'d love to hear from you anyway. Our Talent Acquisition team will review your application for this role, and others we may have open now or in the future. Follow us at Alida and engage with us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram. Alida has an accommodation process to provide reasonable accommodation to employees and qualified job applicants with a disability during the hiring process. If you require accommodation because of a disability or medical need, please contact us for arrangements. Alida takes your private information seriously. Review our Candidate Privacy Statement for how we use and protect your personal information.

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