Server Engineer / Developer

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

Job summary

A dynamic tech company in Vancouver is seeking a full-time developer to join their fast-moving team. The role involves building data-centric services, server-side and client-side development, and engaging in technical discussions. The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, has strong computer science fundamentals, and experience with Node.js, AWS, and web APIs. This position offers an exciting opportunity to innovate in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Professional experience with building Web APIs or REST services.
• Ability to develop server-side and client-side code.

Responsibilities

• Develop data-centric services to support our product.
• Maintain infrastructure and participate in technical discussions.

Skills

Strong understanding of Computer Science fundamentals

Collaborates and communicates well

Takes ownership of a feature or code throughout its lifecycle

Innovative, but customer-focused

Thinks about security and code quality

Excited to learn and experiment with new technologies

Self-motivated and thrives in agile environments

Tools

Node.js

SQL

NoSQL solutions

AWS products (EC2, Lambda, API Gateway)

React

Redux

Job description

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 Picnic 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

Can you say yes to some of these items?

• 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