Staff Software Engineer, Achievers
Office located in Liberty Village, Toronto
Recognition and rewards software for employees
Open for applications
Recognition and rewards software for employees
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
Office located in Liberty Village, Toronto
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To change the way the world works.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or master’s in computer science or related field
- 8+ years of relevant development experience
- Experience working in Agile teams
- Top-notch programming skills in Python or Go
- Expert with technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes
- Strong understanding of Microservice Architecture
- Passion for performance profiling and benchmarking
- Comfortable in a UNIX / Linux environment
- Analyze business requirements and create technical design documents that are in accordance with the company's architecture standards
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
What the job involves
- You'll have the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse group of colleagues who appreciate your strengths and are excited to learn from your experiences
- Provide guidance and mentorship to a team of software developers with varying experience levels, fostering an environment of continuous learning and improvement
- Design, build, and maintain innovative product features that enhance the Achievers platform
- Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to define requirements and translate them into technical solutions. Actively participate in cross-functional planning sessions to align on priorities and dependencies
- Be hands-on with the codebase, actively engaging in code reviews and ensuring best practices are followed
- Utilize a wide range of modern tools and technologies, including Python, Go, Kubernetes, Docker, Drone, Google PubSub, React/Redux, GraphQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Microservices, to solve complex challenges
- Architect high-performance, highly available, and secure software solutions that scale to millions of users
- Ship code regularly—multiple times a day, enabling continuous improvement and rapid delivery of new features
- Take full ownership of features or modules from design through deployment, ensuring the quality and reliability of the codebase
- Monitor application performance and optimize code to ensure it meets scaling, performance, and security requirements as the product grows
- Contribute to and enforce engineering best practices, standards, and guidelines for coding, testing, and infrastructure across the team. Lead and initiate engineering improvements, whether it’s through tooling, processes, or adopting new technologies, to ensure the team is working effectively
- Ensure that systems, designs, and decisions are well-documented, making it easier for other engineers to understand, maintain, and expand upon your work
- Continuously learn and stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and software engineering practices to bring fresh perspectives and ideas to the team
- Guide junior engineers not only on technical solutions but also on career development, helping them set goals, identify growth areas, and improve their soft skills
Our take
Employees with a strong sense of belonging are twice as likely to be engaged, productive, and resilient. Achievers' platform aims to foster this belonging while delivering smart work experiences, guiding organisations towards an employee-powered culture. The platform uses personalised, mobile-first experiences and AI-driven content to boost employee participation.
Achievers caters to organisations ranging from 500 employees to large Fortune 500 companies like Marriott, Deloitte, 3M, and Microsoft. Annually, Achievers' members share tens of millions of recognition and celebration moments, highlighting its popularity and effectiveness. Continuous product enhancement is essential for maintaining its market leadership.
Recently, Achievers became available on Google Cloud Marketplace, enhancing its strategic partnership with Google Cloud. This expansion simplifies procurement and management for customers, providing a reliable, real-time global network for exceptional user experience and performance. Integrations with Google Chat and Gmail will ensure seamless recognition within the flow of work, demonstrating Achievers' commitment to empowering employee appreciation.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2011
$24.5m
SERIES C
May 2009
$6.9m
SERIES B
Total funding: $39.4m
Company benefits
- Parental Leave Top-up 👶🏼
- Health Benefits and Life Insurance Coverage Upon Your First Day 🩺
- RRSP Matching 🙌🏼
- Flexible Vacation 🏖️
- Employee and Family Assistance Program 🤝🏽
- Full access to the LinkedIn Learning Library 👩💻
- Internal Mentorship Program 🎓
- Employee-Led Employee Resource Groups 👏🏼
- A beautiful office space located in Liberty Village, Toronto 🇨🇦
- Participation in our Points-based Employee Recognition Program ✨
- Opportunities for professional development and career growth 📈
Company HQ
King West Village, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Jeff Cates
(CEO, not founder)Experience as Vice President of PSG Consumer at Hewlett-Packard for 3 years, and President and CEO of Intuit Canada for 8 years.
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