Senior Software Developer, Hootsuite

• A degree in Computer Science or Engineering, and 5-8 years of experience in developing and maintaining software or an equivalent level of education or work experience, and a track record of substantial contributions to software projects with high business impact
• Experience writing clean code that performs well at scale; ideally experienced with languages like Python, Scala, Java, Go, and shell script
• Passionate interest in data engineering and infrastructure; ingestion, storage and compute in relational, NoSQL, and serverless architectures
• Experience with various types of data stores, query engines and frameworks, e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL, S3, Redshift/Spectrum, Presto/Athena, Spark
• Experience working with message queues such as Kafka and Kinesis
• Experience developing data pipelines and integrations for high volume, velocity and variety of data
• Experience with data warehousing and data modeling best practices
• Open Communication: clearly conveys thoughts, both written and verbally, listening attentively and asking questions for clarification and understanding
• Collaboration and Teamwork: works with others to deliver results, meaningfully contributing to the team and prioritizing group needs over individual needs
• Self Development: is personally committed to, and actively works to continuously improve
• Decision Making: work with your peers and leaders to build consensus and choose a direction forward. When required, you drive this process
• Problem Solving: uses an organized and logical approach to find solutions to complex problems. Looks beyond the obvious to understand the root cause of problems
• Resilience, Tolerance for Change/Ambiguity: can effectively cope with change, finding ways to advance work and projects
• Tenacious. You are determined to succeed, and you are motivated by the success of customers, colleagues and the community
• Curious. You are always learning and seeking ways to make things better
• Conscientious. You keep your promises, taking your commitments to others seriously, and you have strong integrity
• Humble. You lead with humility and empathy, respecting and learning from the perspectives of others

• We’re looking for a Senior Software Developer who can design, build, test, and ship high quality software that delivers business value to our stakeholders.
• You will be an integral part of the team that builds our data architecture, working in an agile fashion to evolve our products, processes, and data technology
• In this role, you will report to the Senior Manager, Analytics
• Work within a cross-functional team (including analysts, product managers, and other developers) to deliver data products and services to our internal stakeholders
• Conduct directed research and technical analysis of new candidate technologies that fill a development team’s business or technical need
• Provide technical advice, act as a role model for your teammates, flawlessly execute complicated plans, and navigate many levels of the organization
• Contribute enhancements to development, build, deployment, and monitoring processes with an emphasis on security, reliability and performance
• Implement our technical roadmap as we scale our services and build new data products
• Participate in code reviews, attend regular team meetings, and apply software development best practices
• Take ownership of your work, and work autonomously when necessary
• Recognize opportunities to improve efficiency in our data systems and processes, increase data quality, and enable consistent and reliable results
• Participate in the design and implementation of our next generation data platform to empower Hootsuite with data
• Participate in the development of the technical hiring process and interview scripts with an aim of attracting and hiring the best developers

• 100% coverage on mental health-related treatments in North America. Culturally appropriate trauma counselling services
• A company-wide Wellness Week between July 5 to 12 where we can all “unplug” together
• Accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Gym / Wellness Reimbursement ($55 per month)
• Gym Discount
• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Maternity Leave
• PTO (Vacation / Personal Days) - 20 days. After your two year anniversary, you get an additional two days each year until you reach thirty days (six weeks) at your sixth anniversary
• Paternity Leave
• Sick Time (for individual employee and family members)
• Bereavement Leave
• Business Travel Insurance
• Company Phones
• Fertility Assistance (Coverage for fertility treatments and gender affirmation surgeries)
• Immigration Assistance
• Phone Bill Reimbursement ($50 per month)
• Remote Work
• 401k
• Employee Discount
• Pet Friendly Workplace
• RRSP Matching
• Volunteer Time Off

Total funding: $246.9m

Hootsuite is a leading social media management platform that’s been around since the early days of this now-ballooning online sector. With over 18 million customers, and used by over four fifths of the Fortune 1000, this giant is hugely competitive in the space.