Remote Sr. Back-end Software Developer

Description:

• Nelson Education Ltd. is the largest Canadian-owned K-12 publisher and is known for its innovative educational products and solutions.
• The company aims to make learning accessible, engaging, and effective for all students.
• The Sr. Back-End Developer (Developer III) will report to the Engineering Manager and will be responsible for instrumenting, deploying, and improving multiple public-facing web applications in cloud-based Kubernetes clusters or Cloudflare edge workers.
• This role involves designing and developing services to support front-end applications, including user authentication, APIs, and analytics systems.
• The developer will write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, collaborate with cross-functional teams, troubleshoot and debug issues, and write automated tests to ensure code quality.
• The position requires participation in code reviews, mentoring junior developers, and creating security and data protection settings.
• The developer will also be responsible for writing technical documentation and staying current with new web technologies.
• Active participation in the SCRUM process is expected, which involves minimal meetings and an evolving process.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5-8 years of experience as a Sr. Developer.
• Extensive experience managing AWS cloud services, including EKS, EC2, S3, VPC, SQS, and ElastiCache, is required.
• Strong experience with database systems such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB is necessary.
• Familiarity with managing Docker containers and hosting services in Kubernetes using Node.js and Golang is essential.
• Experience with Kubernetes container orchestration and maintaining multiple clusters per environment is required.
• Candidates should be familiar with the basic building blocks for setting up services on cloud providers, including virtual machines and load balancers.
• A BSc. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a similar field is required.
• Candidates must be results-driven and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong communication and documentation skills are necessary, along with the ability to manage multiple priorities and details.
• Nice to have qualifications include experience with IaC, familiarity with AI technologies, Elastic Stack, Octopus Deploy, Spacelift, Istio service mesh, and various testing frameworks.

Benefits:

• The position offers a remote-first work environment.
• Flexible working hours are available.
• Competitive compensation is provided.
• The company promotes a great company culture.
• Employees receive great benefits and perks, including summer Fridays and partner discounts.