Senior Software Engineer: Backend / Services

Overview:

PDF was recognized by Forbes as one of America's Best Small Employers for 2023. This ranking highlights only 300 companies out of 10,000+ that were considered in the Forbes nationwide analysis and PDF solutions ranked 55! The results are based on an employee satisfaction survey as well as a social listening analysis of employee feedback conducted by a Forbes research firm.

You will collaborate closely with industry experts with decades of experience, honing your skills and combining scientific and engineering principles to create innovative solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Feature Development: Understand and review requirements, translate them into software designs, and contribute to design reviews.
• Infrastructure Development: Code in various technologies (including Go, C, C++, C#, Java, and Python) to develop real-time infrastructure and tools.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work with application and product management teams to understand future use cases and incorporate changing requirements into updated designs.
• Big Data: Build and maintain highly scalable, performant server-side applications that efficiently handle large volumes of data.
• Security: Ensure the security of applications, considering protocols like certificates, encryption, authentication/authorization, SSL, and SSO.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify areas of improvement in deployed infrastructure, deploy updates as needed, and continuously benchmark performance against KPIs.
• Team Integration: Collaborate closely with fellow developers in a fast-paced, project-focused environment. Develop and manage relationships with remote teams
• Leadership: Supervise junior and intermediate Software Engineers and provide them with professional development, time management, and code reviews. Be on-site and set a strong example, especially to junior developers

Qualifications:

• Proficiency and experience with Go and the C programming language
• Five years of experience developing data backend tools and services on top of databases
• Team Leader, Senior Developer, Project Management, and junior mentorship experience
• Exposure to code repositories and version control
• Comfortable in a Linux environment Exposure to data science and statistics
• Can quickly integrate into a new work environment and establish the internal network necessary to be productive and work independently
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and a desire to work with others
• Eligible to work in Canada and in-office

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or similar education, related engineering degree, and/or proven industry experience
• Proficiency in Go and C
• Experience in languages such as C++, Java, C#, Go, Python, and Scala, as well as the required skills as described below
• Experience leading, managing, and mentoring junior team members
• Experience with the efficient and performant handling of massive amounts of data from existing SQL and NoSQL databases

Pay Range: CAD $100,000.00 - CAD $150,000.00 /Yr.