Software Developer

Knak; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in the company

Great benefits

Paid vacation

Life leave days

Team lunches and off-sites

Job summary

Knak in Ottawa is seeking a software engineer to join our API and frontend teams, building scalable SaaS applications for marketers. You will develop RESTful APIs with Laravel, craft responsive interfaces with Vue.js, and collaborate across product, design, and DevOps teams.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of SaaS experience, strong JS frameworks knowledge, and experience with testing, observability, and performance optimization. We offer equity, benefits, and a growth-focused culture in Canada."

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ years of software development experience, with a proven track record of SaaS web apps.
• Experience in developing RESTful APIs, including authentication, validation, and error handling.
• Solid understanding of JavaScript frameworks such as VueJS/React/Angular and their ecosystems.
• Experience with TDD and automated testing frameworks such as Jest, Playwright, PHPUnit.
• A keen eye for observability, monitoring, and performance optimization.
• Familiarity with SaaS architecture and release concepts, multi-tenant architectures.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimize RESTful API endpoints using Laravel (PHP).
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and front-end developers to create intuitive UIs with Vue.js.
• Implement software solutions across the tech stack using OOP or FP principles.
• Apply best practices with ORM/SQL for MySQL, including indexing and data modeling.
• Leverage AWS services to deploy, manage, and scale apps; build serverless Node.js microservices on AWS Lambda.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure quality and adherence to standards.
• Work with cross-functional teams to meet business and technical goals.

Skills

Team player

Observability

Software usability

UI design awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Laravel (PHP)

Vue.js

MySQL

AWS

Node.js

RESTful APIs

Jest

Playwright

Job description

Knak Is a Mission-driven Company

Why? Because our time is limited, our competition is fierce, and our margin for error is small. For us to have the greatest impact on the world, we need to be laser focused on our core mission, which is...

Why? Because our time is limited, our competition is fierce, and our margin for error is small. For us to have the greatest impact on the world, we need to be laser focused on our core mission, which is...

Empowering people to be creative.

That's why Knak exists.

We are a world-class enterprise email and landing page creation platform with a focus on making successful and happy customers by providing them with an incredibly powerful, yet easy to use creation platform.

Our industry leading SaaS solution is built by Marketers, for Marketers. We know that it's the small things that make the biggest impact and that emails and landing pages are where the rubber hits the road when it comes to Marketing Automation. We change the way Marketers work by making them more efficient, while improving conversion rate of their campaigns and helping them stay on brand.

Oh, and we have a bit of fun while doing it, too!

Our Engineering Team

At Knak, we build groundbreaking software used by marketers at many of the world's top companies. As engineers, we foster a transparent, collaborative and blameless culture. We emphasize continuous learning and encourage our engineers to experiment in search of creative ways to solve problems and help our customers.

We have a small but rapidly growing team where you'll be given many opportunities to grow and hone your skills across our entire tech stack. Our belief is that to build great software, we have to equip ourselves with the best tools, technologies, and processes.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimize RESTful API endpoints using Laravel (PHP), ensuring adherence to best practices for observability, testability, and performance. This includes thorough documentation and robust error handling to enhance the reliability and usability of the APIs.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and front-end developers to create intuitive and responsive user interfaces using Vue.js. Implement efficient state management and UI components to deliver a seamless user experience across various devices and screen sizes.
• Implement software solutions across the entire technology stack by applying Object-Oriented or Functional Programming principles and best practices, selecting the most appropriate approach to meet the use case.
• Effectively apply best practices when using an ORM or SQL interface to a MySQL relational database, including query optimization, efficient data modeling and performance tuning via optimal indexing practices.
• Leverage various AWS services to deploy, manage, and scale web applications securely and reliably. Develop serverless microservices using Node.js deployed on AWS Lambda, implement CDN-based content delivery for improved performance, and optimize memory usage for long-running processes to enhance scalability and cost-effectiveness.
• Actively participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, and adherence to coding standards. Provide constructive feedback to peers and collaborate with them to identify and address areas for improvement.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, QA, and DevOps, to analyze business requirements and technical objectives. Contribute to the design and implementation of solutions that align with both business needs and technical constraints, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation within the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ years of software development experience, with a proven track record of building and maintaining SaaS based web applications
• Experience in developing RESTful APIs, including authentication, validation, and error handling.
• Solid understanding of JavaScript frameworks such as VueJS/React/Angular and their ecosystem, build and deployment patterns.
• Experience with TDD and automated testing frameworks such as Jest, Playwright PHPUnit
• A keen eye for observability, monitoring, and performance optimization.
• Familiarity with common SaaS architecture/release concepts, such as continuous deployments, multi-tenant architectures and services layered architecture.

The Ideal Candidate will have

• Experience working with PHP and the Laravel framework.
• An understanding of SaaS software development practice, previous experience working on a SaaS product will be viewed favorably.
• Familiarity with common SaaS architecture/release concepts, such as continuous deployments, multi-tenant architectures and services layered architecture.

Goals

• Be part of a full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment.
• Be a team player with an eye for visual design and software usability.
• Collaborate with peers on the creation of clean, maintainable, and reusable code practices.

Base Salary

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $120,000 - 150,000k/year. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. This range reflects base salary only and does not include other forms of compensation that may be available as part of the total rewards package.

What We Offer

At Knak we have four foundational pillars. Culture, customers, product and growth. Culture is our number one pillar because we know that is at the core of building a strong company that can build amazing products and delight our customers. We do this with a laser focus on hiring the right people who are smart, positive and who want more than the typical nine-to-five offers.

We offer an extremely rewarding, second to none work environment as acknowledged by Ottawa's Best Places to Work 2025! We show our investment in our people through our competitive salaries, equity in the company, great benefits, paid vacation, Life leave days (because life happens), team lunches and off-sites, and most importantly our commitment to YOUR career growth.

We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientations, and life experiences to apply.

Knak believes in creating an inclusive, barrier-free working environment.

If you require ANY accommodation to the interview process please contact [e-mail].

At Knak, our recruitment process includes AI screening for keywords and minimum qualifications as well as video interviews which are transcribed with AI. Humans are still at the core of our decision making! Please note that this job post is for an existing vacancy.

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