Modular Mining Systems, Inc. Hiring for Software Developer II at Port Moody, BC Full Time

Job Purpose

As part of our Product Development team, you will have the opportunity to research, design, build, and improve our award-winning Mine Management platform. From design to production, you’ll have a leadership role at each step of the development lifecycle. You’ll be tackling tough challenges that require innovative out-of-the-box thinking. If you consider yourself someone who can apply technical know-how to create practical solutions in a dynamic and team-oriented environment, this is a great opportunity to work side by side with some of the biggest innovators in the Mining technology industry.

The Company

Komatsu’s Mining Technology Solutions team is the global leader in mine management technology and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd. Our innovative technology powers mine operations in every corner of the globe. The products we cultivate, the solutions we engineer, and the service we deliver set us apart in the Mining Technology industry. We’re more than a company, we’re a community of passionate, creative professionals striving toward a shared vision: to revolutionize the way the mining industry operates.

With a presence stretching from Johannesburg to Vancouver, Sydney to Lima, you are part of a global brand that supports creativity, fosters innovation and encourages you to think big, share ideas and be yourself.

What are the benefits of being a part of our team?

We believe strongly in a healthy work/life balance and we love to brag about all the great things our members enjoy; like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, RRSP contributions with company match, flexible scheduling options, and, of course, an excellent vacation policy. We are a global organization with a reputation for having premier people building premier products, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off creativity, collaboration, and teamwork.

The Challenges: Platform Team

The Platform Team collaborates with the Systems Architecture, Embedded Systems, and Application teams, developing and evolving the platform that is the base for all our products. Our team’s main challenge is to produce high-performance and robust software components to handle a very demanding 24/7 mine environment. Our team focuses on integrating solutions that are aligned with industry trends such as lambda architectures and industry-standard components, in an SoA ecosystem with DevOps principles.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Each day will present you with new challenges and opportunities to test and grow your skills. As a Software Developer in Modular, you will be responsible for the following:

Producing and maintaining high quality, tested and efficient code, following industry standards.

Developing proof of concepts for new, innovative solutions.

Performing analysis, estimating work, creating, and updating software architecture and design.

Understanding Modular applications domain and pro-actively interacting with product teams to improve functional and non-functional aspects of platform components.

Mentoring more junior team members

Recommending research, prototypes, and technology selections that address business problems

Required Skills

BSc in Computer Science or equivalent

5+ years of proven experience in Software Development

Excellent coding skills in at least one major object-oriented language, preferably Java/Kotlin

Demonstrated knowledge of software engineering best practices, pattern/anti-patterns, and Object-oriented design (SOLID principles).

Ability to create and maintain large and complex system architectures

Solid understanding of performance-critical, real-time, highly available, and distributed systems

Strong analytical skills, experience with domain modeling and requirement elicitation

Core programming knowledge on multi-threading, garbage collector, advanced debugging, and memory profiling

Demonstrated problem-solving ability and attention to details

Desired Skills

Good knowledge of computer networking and the TCP/IP stack

Experience with databases modeling and ORM frameworks

Familiarity with Domain-Driven and Microservices Design, gRPC

Familiarity with designing REST APIs and API gateways/routing in Kubernetes.

Experience with PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and familiarity with Data Warehousing.

Experience with some of the industry-standard frameworks, such as Spring Framework, RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.

Good understanding of DevOps, CI/CD practices, and Agile development methodologies.

Experience with version control using Git and Azure DevOps Server

Strong written and interpersonal skills, and ability to effectively interact with local and offshore development teams.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Mine Smarter.