Firefly Software Hiring for Software Developer at Vancouver, BC Full Time

Are you looking for a fun, flexible work environment where the number one concern is your personal happiness? Firefly Software fosters a great cultural environment where personal and career growth go hand in hand. While finding people with the technical aptitude is not all that difficult, we strive to foster an environment where personality, culture and experience are all equally weighed. We’re also always looking for like-minded people, so if you’re a big sports fan or interested in learning about sports betting, we should talk!

Many companies talk about helping their employees achieve a healthy work life balance, but Firefly Software actually does it. We work mostly remote, but we also have an awesome office in Vancouver with a games room full of fun stuff including the latest edition of FIFA and all of your favourite classic arcade games. We offer extended benefits from day 1 because dentist visits are important. We have strengthened our mental health support offerings to meet the needs of everyone and their families. Firefly will help you save for your future with 100% RRSP matching.

We have flexible working schedules and employees get family days because you shouldn’t have to use a vacation day to care for your child when they catch a cold or if your dog has an upset stomach. (Yikes!) Plus, you never have to work on your birthday! Being virtual has not slowed us down either. We continue to build on our already strong culture and have bi-weekly games days, all hands meetings and incredible team building events.

Company Overview

Firefly Software is an Agile/Scrum software development shop with a number of cross-functional teams focusing on the design, development, testing and implementation of our expansive software product suite.

As a member of the development team, you will work closely with Architects and QA Engineers to deliver software that is highly available and scalable.

Job Summary

The successful candidate will work on all aspects of our software development projects supporting existing applications and creating new and innovative software applications. You will work closely with Application Architects to solve the problems and challenges associated with high transactional, high availability services that are created here at Firefly. You will also be working side by side with a cross-functional scrum team to turn these solutions into reality and ensure product functionality, performance and availability are not impacted.

Duties and Responsibilities

Work as part of an agile development team to write, test and release Java applications

Participate in code reviews and business/technical discussions

Provide input into and following established development guidelines and standards

Assist with the triaging of defects and being them to resolution

When applicable, assist with design of java applications under the direction of architect

When required, research and evaluate new technologies and tools for development

Assist the agile team with the estimating, planning and prioritizing of work with the product owner

Be an active participant in all Agile processes

On-call expectation

Required Education & Skills

University degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience with demonstrated progressive responsibilities

5+ years’ experience in Java / J2EE web application development (JSP, Servlets, EJB, etc.)

4+ years’ experience with frontend technologies (JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5/CSS, Responsive Web Design)

Experience with AngularJS, Bootstrap, Node.js or other JavaScript Frameworks a plus

4+ years’ experience with Linux

Minimum 2 years’ experience with Agile methodologies

Strong working knowledge of SQL

Proven ability to write well-documented, high performance, reliable, maintainable code

Commitment to delivering high quality solutions in an agile, team-focused environment

In-depth experience with object-oriented design/development

Working knowledge of Oracle/Postgres databases an asset

Excellent ability to learn new technologies quickly

Must work collaboratively with other departments and all levels within the organization

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Creative/innovative thinker

Strong analytical, problem resolution and decision making skills