Server Engineer

Uniting Holding; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company in Vancouver seeks a full-time developer to enhance its data-centric services. The ideal candidate will have strong Node.js and AWS experience, alongside a solid foundation in Computer Science. Responsibilities include designing server-side code and collaborating in a dynamic team. If you're self-motivated, passionate about technology, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you. Please include your resume and relevant work links in your application.

Qualifications

• Experience building Web APIs or REST services.
• Professional experience with Node.js.
• Experience with AWS products.

Responsibilities

• Develop data-centric services to support product.
• Design and develop server-side code.
• Participate in feature and technical discussions.

Skills

Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals

Communication and collaboration

Ownership and accountability

Innovative thinking

Security awareness

Self-motivation

Tools

Node.js

SQL

NoSQL

AWS (EC2, Lambda, API Gateway)

React

Redux

Job description

Company Overview

Picniic (www.picniic.com) is a next-generation family management platform with the goal of being the ‘operating system for the family home.’ It serves as a family dashboard that brings all your activities, tasks and data together in one place, keeping everyone organized and on the same page.

The company is founded by serial entrepreneurs, who have a strong passion for building great consumer digital experiences. The team has a track record of being able to move from an idea phase to scale (last company had more than 15 million mobile users) and through to successful acquisition. With this experience as a foundation, Picniic intends to re-imagine family life.

Time Magazine has listed Picniic as one of the top products for 2016. In addition, Picniic has been featured in USA Today, Business Insider, Boston Globe, Forbes, Product Hunt and Recode.

Job Description

• Part of a small fast moving team developing data centric services to support our product.
• Help design and develop server-side code, build out and maintain infrastructure.
• Development from server side to client side.
• Take part in feature and technical discussions.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals.
• Collaborates and communicates well.
• Takes ownership of a feature or code throughout its lifecycle.
• You’re passionate, but pragmatic. Innovative, but customer-focused.
• Thinks about security, code quality, improving development processes.
• Has the desire to take the technical lead of our server-side development.
• Excited to learn and experiment with new technologies.
• You’re self‑motivated and thrive in an agile, face‑paced, start‑up environment.

Desired Experience

• Building Web APIs or REST services.
• Experience or knowledge of SQL and NoSQL solutions.
• Professional experience with Node.js.
• Experience with AWS products such as EC2, Lambda, API Gateway.
• React and Redux are not just chemistry terms.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to talk. Please send your resume, as well as some links to your work and a bit about yourself.

Job Type: Full‑time