Senior Software Engineer

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is passionate about solving real business problems and architecting the system for our ambitious goals. You’re comfortable spending most of your time working on back-end .NET services and data storage, but you also know the basics of full-stack development and when necessary can write a little Javascript.

This position is critical to the growth of the company. Not only will you have a direct impact on the bottom line, you will also be a key player in the continued high-speed growth of a tech company that is disrupting the consumer packaged goods industry.

This role reports to the Director of Engineering.

A Taste of What You’ll Be Working On:

• An efficient personalized product recommendation system for our users that supports discovery and engagement across thousands of better-for-you products on our platform.
• A scalable event based notification system delivering timely messages through different channels to engage our users around key actions.
• A better-for-you product index that uses predictive analytics to provide insights useful to our customers and partners.

We’re Looking For:

An analytical, hands-on team player who loves what they do, has opinions, are excited about software trends, and thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. You have shipped multiple high customer impact use cases through simple and effective solutions, in a highly trafficked customer-facing product.

The ideal candidate has:

• Minimum of 7 years of programming experience.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Able to prioritize Customer, Team, and Business ahead of everything else on a consistent basis.
• Experience with at least one server-side technology stack (we use .NET/Go)
• Experience writing SQL and designing relational schemas
• Familiarity with core web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Knowledge of command-line Linux administration (we make full use AWS and love our Cloud infrastructure)
• Write appropriate level of tests to protect customer experience.
• Incorporate meaningful metrics into new services and functionality you build and evangelize them.
• Work closely with the product team and innovate on game-changing ideas for the Customer.
• Create discussions around architecture and code design choices where appropriate.
• Keep up to date with the latest trends and best practices, and incorporate them into our workflows
• Mentor and inspire junior developers

Why Work With Us:

• You get to work with a forward-thinking tech company on a mission to help bring more natural/organic products into the market.
• HUGE opportunity for career growth. We’re a 20 person (and growing!) funded start-up at a critical high-growth stage. Our staff are encouraged to think big and embrace an entrepreneurial mindset. You’ll learn more here than anywhere else, and have the opportunity to make a big impact.
• A competitive compensation package including salary, performance bonus, employee stock options, 3 weeks vacation plus a winter holiday flex week, and comprehensive health/dental benefits including a $1,000 annual wellness spending account to spend on anything that improves your mental and physical health.
• A bright downtown office with green living walls, a collaborative team environment, professional development opportunities, quarterly team events, annual company retreat, and lots of natural snacks and fair trade coffee/tea to keep you fuelled!