Rival Technologies Hiring for Senior Backend Software Engineer at Vancouver, BC Full Time

Rival Technologies

When you join Rival Technologies, you’re joining a high-growth startup solving a massive problem for the $76-billion research industry. We’re developing voice, video and chat solutions that allow global brands to get richer and more accurate insights on the attitudes, opinions and preferences of their customers.

By allowing companies to engage consumers via modern technologies that people use, we’re boldly taking the insights world to its next phase — and we’re looking for great talent to join this rocket ship. Check out the opportunity below!

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But, why us for your next career adventure?*

When you join Rival Technologies, you’re joining a high-growth startup solving a massive problem for the $76-billion research industry. We’re developing voice, video and chat solutions that allow global brands to get richer and more accurate insights on the attitudes, opinions and preferences of their customers.

By allowing companies to engage consumers via modern technologies that people use, we’re boldly taking the insights world to its next phase — and we’re looking for great talent to join us. Could that be you?

A few reasons why you should choose Rival: You’ll be helping market a company with an innovative product and a lot of momentum.

• We are currently a remote-first workplace and offer a Home Office Stipend, Monthly Internet Stipend and Corporate Cellphone Plan to make sure you are comfortable, connected and well set up in your space,
• A culture that’s built on trust and hard work, while still having a good time,

• Leadership that invests in you, your development and career growth,
• An education budget so you can stay sharp within your role,
• We have a lineup of customers many could only dream of working with, including Warner Bros., Jagermeister, the Vancouver Canucks and the ViacomCBS,
• We compensate fairly. We are committed to pay equity/fair pay practices and closing the gender salary gap. Our compensation package includes:
• Competitive salary,
• 100% employer paid benefits plan including paramedical and mental health support,
• Generous vacation allowance,
• Self-managed approach to sick, personal and mental health days, and
• Parental leave top up just to name a few!

Interested? Yeah. We thought you might be.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Software design and architecture: Working alongside product management to co-create product requirements, then transform them into high-quality components and services for Rival’s flagship enterprise product.
• Refactoring and technical debt management: Advocating for a healthy code base, proactively adding architectural improvements to the product backlog to maintain a scalable and reusable infrastructure.
• Software testing: Coordinating and implementing testing strategies with quality assurance resources, reinforcing stability of production level code.
• Continuous integration and deployment: Coordinating with Dev Ops resources to continually push completed code into production environments and improve continuous delivery.
• Coaching and mentorship: Acting as a technical leader for the junior members of the development team, teaching them best practices and behaviours.
• Ownership and delivery: Calling out blockers as early as possible that could impact the timeliness of deliveries.

About the Role

As a senior software engineer you are quick to spot missteps in design and architecture and own the overall quality of the code that makes it into the Rival product suite. You are seen as a technical leader on your team, inspiring those around you, and are willing to mentor more junior members of the team.

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This may be the right opportunity for you if: *

• You strive to understand business problems in order to recommend the right technical solution.
• You aren’t afraid to take on the most technically challenging problems the development team faces.
• You have a knack for problem solving and can clearly explain why the technology or pattern choice you’ve made is the correct one for the problem being solved.
• You want to be responsible for the overall quality of all code being pushed to production.
• You’re capable of breaking big problems down into digestible chunks of work that other developers can understand and execute on.
• You’re looking for a fast-paced development environment.
• You’re an excellent written and verbal communicator.
• You aren’t afraid of change and speak up when you have concerns.

• *Qualifications

You have 5+ years as a software engineer working with:

• The design and implementation of service-oriented products and/or working with microservices
• Event-driven architecture and systems
• REST or GraphQL based APIs
• SQL and NoSQL databases
• Front-end development and JavaScript frameworks
• Writing unit, integration and end-to-end tests
• Stream processing tools like Kafka or AWS Kinesis
• Search indexes like Elastic Search, Lucene or Solr

• *In addition to your technical skillset, you also have experience with:

• Documenting architectural decisions and working with design patterns, e.g.: domain driven design
• Mentoring other developers

Bonus Points If You Have:

• Experience with event sourcing or CQRS
• Experience with AWS technologies like Cloud Formation, Lamdbas, SNS, SQS, etc…
• Experience with ReactJS
• Understanding of security best practices or working in a SOC2 environment

Applying for this Role

When you apply for this role here are a few things that we would be interested to hear:

• Share a project that you have worked on, a link to a blog or Github.
• Tell us about an (open-source) project you contributed to in a software design capacity.

A Place for all Genders in Tech. Gender diversity and equality benefits everyone. We’re committed to supporting all gender identities and expressions in tech by sharing stories and advocating for equality. We’re also proud to partner with forward-thinking organizations like Chic Geek and Next Gen Men, who continue to build a more vibrant, inclusive and diverse technology landscape.

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Apply Now!*
If you think you’re a good fit, please connect with us ASAP with your resume. We’d also be interested in hearing about a project you’ve worked on! Please note, you must be eligible to work in Canada to be considered for this role. We thank everyone for their interest, however only successful applicants will be contacted.

If you don’t see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on the posting above, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We are committed to creating a more equitable, inclusive and diverse company and we strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientations, and life experiences to apply.

Rival Technologies welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Support is available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Finally, we know from time-to-time emergencies happen and you may need to reschedule an interview – we understand and encourage you to be in communication without worrying about losing the opportunity or your credibility.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Please note that all Rival employees are working remotely for the time being as the health & safety of our employees and their families is extremely important to us. All interviews will be conducted via Zoom and the position will be 100% work remote until internal work from home restrictions are lifted.

No recruiters and no phone calls, please!

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion. Rival Technologies Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, age, ancestry, gender, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Job Type: Full-time