Intermediate Developer

Purpose:

Reporting directly to the Senior Developer, the Intermediate Developer is responsible for contributing to the development teams initiatives, maintaining Stocksys existing application, and providing guidance and mentorship for other development team members.

Reports to: Senior Developer

Department: Development

Direct reports: 0

Location: Remote

Role Type: FT Employee (or FT Dependent Contractor if residing outside of Canada

Hours of Work: 35 hours per week, 7 hours per day. Typical office hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (or as agreed upon with Team Lead). All conditions of employment will be in accordance with the BC Employment Standards Act.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Motivated to produce well-written code.
• Excellent at working in a collaborative, team-based environment.
• Passionate about producing great user experiences.
• Ability to find creative solutions for complex problems.
• Organized and self-managing, able to self-direct in order to provide quality work

Technical Competencies:

• A minimum of three years professional experience working as a developer in an agile team.
• A comprehensive knowledge of Javascript & Typescript.
• A firm understanding of MVC architecture, Object Oriented Design, and Test driven development.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Relational databases.
• Experience using industry standard tooling and practices, git, peer review, Atlassian products (or equivalent) etc.
• Experience with javascript toolchains and frameworks such as npm/webpack/react.
• PHP experience.
• Docker experience.
• Amazon Web service.
• NoSQL experience.
• Kubernetes experience (preferred)
• Serverless framework experience (preferred).

Leadership Competencies:

• Organized and adept at project management and prioritization in an agile environment.
• Autonomous and independent, able to work with limited supervision.
• Ability to take ownership of projects and initiatives.
• Strong cross-functional communication and collaboration skills.
• Analytical with an ability to utilize data to inform decisions and planning.

Responsibilities:

• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code following best practices and coding standards.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.
• Refactor existing code to improve performance, readability, and scalability.
• Collaborate with QA engineers to ensure software quality and help resolve issues during the testing phase.
• Identify, diagnose, and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for production issues.
• Provide input on system design and improvements, ensuring scalability and maintainability.
• Document code, processes, and systems to ensure maintainability and ease of understanding for future developers.
• Stay updated on industry trends and propose new tools or approaches to enhance development.
• Implement security best practices in code to protect against common vulnerabilities.
• Ensure proper branching, merging, and versioning practices are followed.
• Follow internally documented Product management and development processes.

Stocksy supports a global membership of employees, contractors, and contributors from all walks of life. We find strength in what makes us different. We are committed to building a diverse membership and cultivating an inclusive environment where every one of our Co-op members can thrive.

We are actively seeking any member who may have taken a road less travelled to get to where they are now. Experience and education comes in many forms; so long as you are excited about working with us and feel you could be your best self in this role, then we want to hear from you!