GoFor Hiring for Staff Developer at Ottawa, ON Full Time

This is the goforce. We want motivated employees, but more than that we want people driven by caring, commitment, and the sense that we can deliver better.

Our gofor model of last mile delivery is different than what came before. Using electric vehicles, carbon offsets, empowered drivers, and smart packaging, we offer a carbon free, renewable delivery™ program that sets new standards for the industry.

We want the people who work with us to think big and help us grow. To understand how great service can help us deliver more than packages. To believe that the last mile needs to be better equipped to serve the environment as well as the customers.

If you are skilled, thoughtful, enthusiastic, and self driven — join our team.

At gofor, we prize diversity, respect what you bring to the job, and have made it our mission to make communities more livable. Let’s deliver better ™, together.

job overview

We are looking for a highly skilled, enthusiastic, and self-driven individual to join our team in the role of Staff Developer – Customer Experience.

We are a technology driven logistics company that brings together retailers, wholesalers, general contractors, and trades people matching them in real-time with vehicle fleet operators, individual owner/operators, and rental fleet operators.

Using our powerful technology platform, we harness idle logistics capacity and match it in real-time with construction industry professionals who need fast, reliable, trained and on-demand delivery.

This position is 100% remote and can be performed from anywhere in North America.

responsibilities:
You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the full-stack customer and administrative portals and APIs that deliver on the Customer Experience at gofor. These portals are used by gofor’s enterprise retail clients to request, track, and manage deliveries in the marketplace. As a full-stack developer on this team, you will be working on the best technologies that span platforms and datastores. Working closely with Product Management and Designers who are primarily focused on the customer experience, you will execute on the intended designs. At the same time, you will be mentoring less experienced developers, applying engineering best practices, and helping to create a culture of software quality and operational excellence through the engineering team.

experience in front-end engineering, including experience working on at least one public-facing product with a global presence and significant traffic. Practical experience with client-side JavaScript, CSS, front-end tooling, and component-driven UI development (React/Next JS is a plus).

design, implement, and test maintainable, scalable, and performant web services using modern web technologies

build highly efficient APIs which will be used by the web applications. Practical experience in PHP Laravel and GraphQL

work with group of 3-4 Engineers to support and upgrade the existing projects and to develop new projects from scratch as part of the development team

lead and work collaboratively with developers, designers, and quality analysts to deliver software

contribute to all aspects including front end back-end application development

create database schemas that represent and support customer concepts

suggest CI/CD improvements which can help improve quality and quicker integration testing and guide in implementing them

translate use cases into functional applications utilizing your familiarity with various design and architectural patterns

react to shifting priorities in a productive manner

work with Product Management teams to translate abstract requirements into tangible technical stories

work with full stack customer experience team to suggest improvements that can enable rapid development, improve quality, and bring down development cycles

education, skills, and qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related area (preferred)

10+ years of experience developing full stack applications in a product environment

strong design skills and well versed with software design patterns, synchronous/asynchronous communication patterns

hands-on knowledge of the PHP Laravel and React JS

good understanding of Web Frontend Technologies (React JS/Next JS)

expertise in MVC pattern, RESTful APIs and Web APIs is a must

working knowledge of development tools (Git) and continuous integration build practices

strong communications skill with ability to gather detailed requirements from business analysts and product owners and communicate it back to other developers (front end and backend developers)

ability to translate abstract requirements and dealing with ambiguity

strong knowledge and hands-on experience building native cloud applications is preferred (we are on Azure but working knowledge of AWS or Google Cloud is sufficient)

strong development experience in MySQL Server and Database Programming

strong knowledge or eagerness to learn system architecture, micro services, enterprise applications

excellent written and verbal communication

flexible, team player, “get-it-done” personality

ability to organize and plan work independently

ability to multi-task and context-switch effectively between different activities

ability to command respect from team members by showing team building and strong people-first culture: ownership, accountability, getting things done are a few are traits that are natural to you

what do we offer?

remote work environment

competitive salary

customized health care options

retirement savings plan with company match

employee stock options

communications allowance

a unique opportunity to join a team founded for platform engineering for a product that already proven success in the market and scale

ability to work with enterprise retailers and brand names you are familiar with and probably shop at everyday

diverse and inclusive team

transparent and collaborative environment

work-life harmony

flexible hours

opportunities to learn, experiment, test, fail, and grow with a caring and empowering team

closing date:
July 11th, 2022

accommodation:
We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any evaluation phase, please contact us to request specialized accommodation. All information received concerning accommodation will be kept confidential.

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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