Flashfood Hiring for Staff Software Developer at Toronto, ON Full Time

Canada/ US

As we continue our rapid growth at Flashfood, we are looking for experienced Software Developers to join our team. You are a software developer with deep technical skills and are comfortable working in evolving technology infrastructure and distributed systems to drive the reports and insights used to make daily decisions. You are a resourceful problem solver, future thinker, independent, and excited about having a big impact on the core business logic driving decisions in grocery stores and for our shoppers.

Did you know that 30-40% of food that is produced around the world ends up in landfills?

Who We Are:
At Flashfood, we are on a mission to reduce the environmental impact of food waste and affordably feed people. We are tackling this gigantic problem together with a team that believes in authenticity, perseverance, and humility.

Our team comes from a variety of different industries and backgrounds, such as management consulting, finance, and emerging technology; however, we decided it was time to do something different – something that would create a better world for future generations!

Our casual and collaborative culture makes us who we are. We have a passion for supporting our community, and that starts with our ability to empower our people. We are ambitious and hard-working and are extremely proud of the culture we have created. We communicate openly and are not afraid to push boundaries.

Flashfood is looking for a dynamic person to join our team and help lead and drive growth, understanding, and success.

Who You Are:
You are passionate about delivering end-to-end experiences and software architecture across the front-end, back-end, and the APIs that glue them together

You have experience with modern programming languages, technologies, coding, testing, debugging, and automation techniques

You care about solving engineering problems and continuous learning and improvement

You care about delivering value and understanding how your work affects the company goals and mission

What You Will Do

Be a valued member of an autonomous agile team to continuously iterate on and deliver on new technology objectives

Communicate decisions and analysis effectively, objectively and based on data

Collaborate with your peers and across teams to solve hard problems

Deliver testable, maintainable, high-quality code and take ownership over the components, workflows, and processes you create

Optimize systems for performance and scale

Consistently seek to improve processes, reduce repetition, and challenge the status quo

Technology

Experience working both in front-end (Mobile and Web) and back-end

Proficient in multiple languages, specifically golang, python, javascript

Distributed systems and microservices architectures in containerized environments

Knowledgeable of NoSQL databases, what scenarios are a good fit for them and experience with at least one of them (e.g. document database like MongoDB/ DynamoDB and Cosmo)

SQL and relational databases

Strong knowledge of data structures

Experience with message brokers (e.g. RabbitMQ, Kafka)

CI/CD experience (preferably CircleCI)

Experience with Kubernetes, CKAD certification a bonus

Passion for technologies like GraphQL, gRPC/ Protocol Buffers

Company Perks

Competitive base salary

Company-wide performance bonus

Casual and remote-friendly work environment

Flexible working hours

Extra-long weekends April to September

Monthly team events (virtual friendly)

Maternity & Parental Leave Top Up Plan

Professional development opportunities – $1,000/year

Work from Home subsidy

Paid time off for volunteering

Opportunity to work with a growing company passionate about sustainability and making an impact on our communities

Flashfood is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing an accessible recruitment process. Please advise should you need any accommodation throughout the recruitment process. All your information will be treated confidentially.