5 months ago
Toronto, CanadaStaff+
Base Salary
$150k - $180k/yr
Responsibilities
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to software developers across experience levels.
- Design, build, maintain, and own platform features and modules handling millions of user records.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineering teams to define requirements and technical solutions.
- Write and review code, ship changes regularly, and maintain engineering quality standards.
- Architect scalable, highly available, secure, and high-performance software solutions.
- Set technical direction for User Domain and HRIS integration architecture and make architecture and technology decisions.
- Lead cross-cutting engineering initiatives involving multiple teams and systems.
- Monitor and optimize application performance, and document systems, designs, and decisions.
- Drive engineering improvements through tooling, processes, and technology adoption.
- Guide junior engineers on technical solutions and career development.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field.
- At least 9 years of relevant development experience.
- Demonstrated ownership of complex systems and experience driving technical direction.
- Strong programming skills in Python or Go.
- Expertise with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Deep understanding of microservice architecture and distributed systems.
- Experience with cloud platforms, with GCP strongly preferred and AWS acceptable.
- Experience with performance profiling and benchmarking.
- Ability to analyze business requirements and create architecture-compliant technical design documents.
- Recognized expertise in one or more technical domains, with strong strategic and architectural vision.
- Track record of driving technical excellence and engineering improvements.
- Ability to work independently, shape project outcomes, and communicate effectively in writing and verbally.
Benefits
- Recognition and rewards program.
- Health benefits and life insurance coverage beginning on the first day.
- Parental leave top-up.
- Employer-matched RRSP contributions.
- Flexible vacation.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program with mental health, legal, and financial counselling.
- Professional development and career growth support, including LinkedIn Learning and mentorship.
- Employee-led resource groups and regular connection, belonging, and well-being events.
- Hybrid flexibility with time in the Liberty Village, Toronto office.
- Permanent full-time employment.
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About Achievers
Achievers builds a SaaS platform for employee recognition and rewards, offering monetary and non-monetary recognition, a global rewards marketplace, and integrations with systems like Workday, Microsoft, Slack, and SAP. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Toronto, it is owned by Blackhawk Network. The platform serves millions of employees across 160+ countries, with customers that include General Motors and Workday.