Software Engineer, Kobo
+ Performance based annual bonuses & stock options
Digital bookseller
Open for applications
Digital bookseller
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
+ Performance based annual bonuses & stock options
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To bring the power of reading to the world.
Role
Who you are
- Computer Science or Computer Engineering Degree (or equivalent experience)
- Highly technical and able to communicate well with engineers and cross-functional team members
- C#, ASP.NET MVC, WebAPI, RESTful Services, .Net 6 Microservices
- SOLID Principles and Practices, IoC & TDD
- MS SQL, RavenDb, EntityFramework
- Some experience with service bus technology e.g. NServiceBus, RabbitMQ
- Some experience with modern JavaScript and CSS frameworks
- Experience with Git
- Experience with OAuth & Open ID
- Experienced and knowledgeable in CI/CD and different testing strategies and techniques (Unit, Integration, UI tests)
- Comfortable with and enthusiastic about learning new technologies
Desirable
- Working in an Agile environment and team
- Past Scrum Master or Team Lead experience
- Docker, Solr, Kubernetes
- Test automation using Selenium Webdriver or Playwright
- Working with GitHub or Azure DevOps
- Knowledge of Ruby or other scripting languages
What the job involves
- Rakuten Kobo Ireland is looking for a Software Engineer III to join our amazing Web team!
- You will be joining one of our development strike teams to deliver awesome new features for our many users to enjoy
- Our engineers are enthusiastic and operate across the development spectrum, from front-end to back-end to CI/CD and infrastructure
- We take full responsibility for our work, from requirements gathering and solutioning, to implementation and testing, to deploying and monitoring how our code behaves in front of real customers
- Kobo is looking for an engineer who shares these passions and is proud of the work they do
- Reporting to the Software Engineering Manager, the Software Engineer III plays a vital role in all aspects of delivery from design, planning and implementation through to releasing and monitoring
- Building quality software using the full Microsoft stack including MVC Web Applications, Web API services, .Net 6 microservices and much more
- Propose designs and Proof of Concepts to Architecture team and work with the team to deliver the implementation to Production
- Participate in code reviews; happy to give and receive constructive feedback
- Communicate clearly and effectively with team mates, Business stakeholders and other development teams in Kobo
- Mentoring more junior team members of the team and conducting code reviews
Our take
Long-form content is having a resurgence. That’s great news for the e-reader industry, of which Rakuten’s Kobo battles with Amazon’s Kindle for ownership.
The e-reader giant has changed tack in recent years to pursue growth via integrations and partnerships. A notable example is its native device integration with Pocket, a wishlist app loved by millions of readers.
The company is hoping that these partnerships and product improvements will allow it to finally break the US market where it most struggles for market share with Kindle.
Amazon has consistently shown its willingness to drop prices to protect its position in any market it plays in. That means that Kobo will have to demonstrate true product superiority to make a dent while protecting its margins.
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Company
Company benefits
- 4-day summer holiday weekends
- Competitive health benefits
- Commuting allowance
- Salary, bonus & stock options
- Global projects & opportunities
- Dog-friendly
- Happy Hour
- Casual dress
- Maternity/parental leave top-up
- Free eReader
- Fitness allowance & gym discount
- Recognition programs
- Buddy program
- Training & development opportunities
- Healthy snacks
- Open concept
- Kobo Café
- Sports teams
Company values
- Build trust & teamwork
- Share knowledge
- Demonstrate transparency
- Favour work/life balance
- Celebrate our achievements
- Show compassion
Company HQ
Liberty Village, Toronto, ON
Articles
Leadership
Michael Tamblyn
(CEO)Part of the founding team of Kobo, Michael previously held the role of Chief Content Officer. Michael has also been the founding CEO of the supply chain agency, BookNet Canada and co-founded Canada’s first online bookstore, Bookshelf.ca, purchased by Indigo Books & Music in 1998.
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