Senior Software Developer, Hootsuite
Backend (Scala)
Social media management tool
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Social media management tool
1001+ employees
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1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower organizations to build trust and deepen relationships through the power of social.
Role
Who you are
- A degree in Computer Science or Engineering, and 5-8 years of experience in designing, developing and maintaining software or an equivalent level of work experience, and a track record of substantial contributions to software projects with high business impact
- Ability to foster and challenge existing patterns and best practices in delivering code and tests via stories and epics that impact the team or multiple teams
- Independently use root cause analysis to identify and address bugs and outages. Foster and challenge logging, monitoring and debugging best practices across groups of services and apps
- Foster and challenge architecture concepts and best practices and independently apply these practices to create new services and apps that meet system performance, modifiability, maintainability and reliability needs
- Foster and challenge security and compliance practices in daily work
- Foster and challenge agile processes and continuous integration and delivery practices to ship stories and high complexity epics/projects
- You can collaborate and communicate effectively within and across departments. Lead technical discussions, listen actively and have two-way non-technical discussions with design and product. Able to represent the team across disciplines
- Independently seek guidance, feedback, and learning opportunities from across the development organization to foster personal and professional growth. Support peers and more junior devs growth, prioritizing skill transfer
- Display eagerness to learn and collaborate on goal-setting. Independent in creating goals aligned with personal development and supported in aligning some goals with team goals
- Understand business and technical value behind roadmap projects and lead development scoping/project analysis. Can align business and technical requirements to bring proposals for projects to the team. Deliver on roadmaps effectively by communicating individual and epic-level risks and opportunities
- Perseverance: pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish—doesn’t give up
- Resilience, Tolerance for Change/Ambiguity: can effectively cope with change, finding ways to advance work and projects
- Customer Focus: demonstrates a desire to proactively help and serve internal/external customers meet their needs
- 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
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Senior Software Developer, Backend (Scala) who can design, build, test, and ship high quality software that delivers value to our customers. You’ll be a technical leader on a small and agile team that continuously incorporates feedback to refine and improve the products and features being delivered
- You will foster and challenge established patterns and best practices to improve the quality of work delivered by the team. The team will own the entire delivery lifecycle from beta releases to production ready, scalable products suitable for new and existing customers
- Deliver cross-domain projects, actively promoting architectural improvements for scalable solutions, and design code to bolster state of the art best practices, system security, accessibility, and privacy measures
- Lead cmprehensive testing strategies to enhance system reliability, and resolve complex issues in live environments. Oversee and uphold efficient observability measures to ensure continuous monitoring remains effective
- Take ownership of complex projects, ensuring timely delivery, swift escalation of any blockers encountered, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and successful execution
- Advocate for technical solutions, foster consensus among stakeholders to move projects forward, and represent the team in high-level meetings, ensuring transparency and alignment with project objectives
- Facilitate team growth through mentorship, foster a culture of excellence, and pursue personal growth while contributing to the development goals of the team and organization
- Identify technical opportunities aligned with team and project goals, proactively mitigate associated risks, and provide strategic insights to optimize roadmap efficiency and achieve significant business impact
Our take
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.
Thought Hootsuite's plans for an IPO didn't survive the tough economic conditions of 2022 (like many of its peers, the company engaged in several rounds of layoffs), it has since reworked its leadership team to get back on course as the economy recovers.
Just like its acquisition of Sparkcentral saw the company expand into customer service, its more recent purchase of Talkwalker sees it integrate AI into its platform. The combined offering will supply businesses with a social media performance engine to turn insights into action, all fuelled by artificial intelligence.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2014
$60m
SERIES D
Aug 2013
$165m
SERIES B
Total funding: $246.9m
Company benefits
- 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
Company values
- Step Up - Show the world what it looks like to live and work by these guiding principles
- One Team - Make Hootsuite a place where we all feel safe, welcomed, valued, and empowered to do our best work together without compromising who we are
- Customer Obsessed - Focus relentlessly on helping our customers succeed
- Go Fast, Be Agile - Widen our competitive advantage by committing to speed and simplicity over perfection and complexity
- Play to Win - Commit to building an incredible, profitable company for our customers, our employees, and our stakeholders
- Neighbors and Allies - Give back to our communities and be an ally
Company HQ
South Main, Vancouver, BC
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Leadership
Ryan Holmes
(Founder & Board Member)Previously founded interactive agency Invoke Media, served on the Board of Directors for Ariztia, and founded pre-seed fund LOI Venture.
Irina Novoselsky
(CEO)Previously Board Member at Lemonade and World Business Chicago, CEO at CareerBuilder and President at Novitex Enterprise Solutions.
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