Senior Backend SDE/System Architect

• Company: Fresh Tracks Canada
• Job Type: Full Time
• Job Level: Professional
• Job Type: Full Time
• Job Address: 885 West Georgia, Vancouver, V6C 3E8
• Job Status: Contract/Temporary
• Start Date: December 1st, 2022
• End Date: November 30th, 2023

At Fresh Tracks Canada, we craft tailor-made Canadian vacations for people from all over the world. Since 1996, our team of Canadian Insiders have helped our customers plan their vacations and enjoy life-changing travel experiences.   

We believe in keeping our customers front and center in everything we do; in fact, focus on serving our customers is one of our core values. Everyone acts and operates as an owner, treating this business as their own. We raise the bar constantly, embracing that nothing is perfect but continuous improvement is key. Our team is made up of passionate, positive experts who drive healthy collaboration by winning or losing as one, and we bring out the best in each other as a family committed to grow.

ABOUT THE ROLE

At Fresh Tracks Canada, we are looking for a Senior Backend SDE/System Architect to join a new team to help build cutting-edge travel management systems. This role will collaborate with Technology lead to design and architect a complex suite of services that will make up the new product system. Past the initial design stage, this role will lead development of the services. This role will collaborate with Product and Design on the initial Discovery process and will have huge impact on the technology and development strategy for the product.  

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

We are an equal opportunity workplace. We strongly encourage applications from racialized individuals, under-represented communities, diverse backgrounds, identities, and experiences.  We don’t judge based on race, religion, ethnic background, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or anything else that you might bring to the table. We don’t care about where you went to college, your degree, your age, or what names you might have on your resume. Instead, we’re looking for motivated, compassionate people who can execute from the ground up. We also know that everyone has a unique career journey and experience comes in many forms. 

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RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design system architecture for a new product in accordance with modern design patterns like microservices 
• Develop backend systems to the highest standards of quality 
• Lead development teams and mentor junior team members 

• Support products throughout the entire lifecycle 
• Collaborate with Product and other stakeholders to refine features and interpret requirements  
• Lead a remote team of developers to execute against the design and requirements plan

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or 7 years of relevant experience
• 5 years of experience as System Architect or Backend SDE. At least 2 years in an Engineering or Tech Lead role
• Experience evaluating and designing complex systems from scratch 
• Experience with microservice architecture using Docker/Kubernetes 
• Proficiency with at least one modern backend stack like Python/Django or Java/Spring 

 NICE TO HAVES

• Experience with GraphQL and gRPC protocols
• Experience with cloud infrastructure providers like AWS or Azure
• Distributed systems development experience

Apply here: https://freshtrackscanada.bamboohr.com/careers/170

Post Date: January 13, 2023