Staff Full Stack Engineer, Thinkific
$144-204k
Online course creation platform
Be an early applicant
Online course creation platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$144-204k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make it simple for entrepreneurs and established businesses – our Creator Educators - to scale and generate revenue by teaching what they know.
Role
Who you are
- Has experience working in a staff engineering role
- Has 7+ years of experience working as a software engineer, with 2+ years in a technical leadership position
- Is an expert in architectural approaches related to the technical domain
- Backend: Event-driven architecture, domain-driven design, and multi-tenant systems
- Frontend: Component libraries and frameworks, design systems, accessibility, internationalization & globalization
- Understands and is proficient in multiple related languages
- Backend: Ruby, Golang, or Node and also has expert-level knowledge of relational and non-relational database technologies such as Postgres, Redis, ElasticSearch, DynamoDB
- Frontend: React, Next.js, Node, TypeScript, GraphQL, HTML, CSS
- Is experienced with asynchronous job processing, using queuing technologies such as SNS, SQS, and Sidekiq
- Love to learn and grow. They’ve found (and keep looking for) ways to level up their skills in this field, whether that’s through formal education, gaining professional experience, or maybe even building their own business
- Combines strong product thinking with adaptability, ownership, and collaborative leadership. They know when to lead, when to listen, and how to elevate the team around them
Desirable
- Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and streaming technologies such as Kafka, Spark, Kinesis
- An understanding of how to work with infrastructure as code technologies, such as Terraform
- Experience with containers and orchestration via Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with compliance to accessibility standards such as WCAG
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Staff Full Stack Engineer to join us at Thinkific. As a Staff Engineer at Thinkific, you are one of our “power implementers”. You’ll work closely with other Staff Engineers, Principal Engineers and our Lead Architect to shape the technical direction of your domain, while also investing time to coach and mentor other engineers on the team
- You'll be joining at a pivotal moment, helping bring this vision to life as we shape the future of how people learn and grow together
- Own a technical domain within our system and be accountable for operations and SLOs related to performance, reliability, security, as well as ongoing architectural evolution and maintenance of this domain and related documentation as it aligns with overall technical strategy and guiding principles
- Contribute to the overall technical strategy, helping the business make technical decisions by providing high level technical estimates, options, and feasibility opinions, and creating and reviewing proposals for new technologies, patterns and implementations
- Collaborate with engineering managers, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to define requirements and specifications for software projects
- Advocate for engineering best practices by sharing knowledge, teaching others new skills, and contributing to improving engineering standards, tooling, and processes
- Lead technical discussions, mentor other engineers to grow and improve the overall team's productivity
- Be a core implementer for your team, role modeling with clean, efficient, and maintainable code in accordance with best practices, coding and testing standards and be responsible for upholding these standards within your team
- Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshooting production issues to maintain service reliability
Our take
As the world becomes increasingly globalized, the competition for jobs is fiercer than ever. Whilst traditional educational institutions are failing to deliver the skills of tomorrow, Thinkific provides a way for the new wave of instructors to meet this educational demand, with its all-in-one course creation platform.
Course creators on Thinkific have unparalleled ownership over their content and course, whilst also having access to a suite of tools to help operate, promote, and monetize those courses. Its customization tools also mean creators can create a strong brand for their knowledge business, with a range of integrations ensuring Thinkific remains a one-stop shop for all their needs.
Its latest updates enhance its capabilities for building engaging customer education programs. New features like advanced customization and CORM integration offer users powerful tools for creating interactive and personalized learning experiences. With continuous innovations, Thinkific remains dedicated to supporting course creators and enterprises, providing them with the flexibility and resources needed to excel in the competitive educational market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-20% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2020
$22m
EARLY VC
Nov 2019
$2.4m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $24.4m
Company benefits
- Open vacation policy: We're big proponents of sand, sun, and taking time to recharge. As long as you're getting your work done and keeping your team supported, take vacation when you need it. We encourage Thinkers to take at least 4 weeks vacation each year
- Flexible work environments: Whether you’re working from Thinkific HQ or working from home, set your own hours to find a rhythm that works for you and your team. Finding the time for workouts, laundry, daycare dropoffs, or appointments is easier than ever.
- Learning opportunities and personal development: Interested in a course, conference, or career coaching? We’ve got you covered with our $1500 Learn and Grow fund to support your personal and professional growth, on top of regular lunch & learns, internal courses and workshops, and a coaching program. Our people leaders will work with you to ensure you’re taking advantage of the learning opportunities you want and need
- Competitive benefits package: Our benefits kick in on your first day at Thinkific and include coverage for health, vision, dental, prescriptions, and up to $3000 for your mental health. Our Employee and Family Assistance Program will also take care of you and your family, providing everything to support your well-being
- Parental leave: We care about helping you grow your career AND your family. Family is important to us, and our paid parental leave gives you a little extra help while you're beginning this new adventure. Learn more about our family leave benefits here
- We actually hang out: Thinkers are some of the kindest (and most fun!) people out there. We're into boat parties, hackathons, company retreats, and celebrating everything from Canada Day to Brazilian Carnival. Wherever you’re based, you’ll have opportunities to connect with your team both virtually and IRL
- The bow-wow benefits: Office dogs. Plural. Meet them on Instagram at @dogsofthinkific
Company HQ
Strathcona, Vancouver, BC
Leadership
Greg Smith
(CEO)Spent 3 years working as a Lawyer before co-founding Moving Media Group, working as the Director of Sales. They now hold the position of CEO at Alpha Score Seminars, as well as being Co-Founder and CEO at Thinkific.
Miranda Lievers
(Advisor)Spent 7 years at Telus in progressive leadership roles launching high-speed internet across Canada. Co-founded Blue Olive Photography Inc. before co-founding Thinkific.
Matt Smith
(CSO)Over a decade of experience in Product, Technology and Growth roles. Founded Alpha Score Seminars before working as CTO of Healthism. Previously worked as CTO of Thinkific before launching successful Instagram-scheduling software startup, Later.com. Returned to Thinkific in 2021 as CSO.
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