Lead Back-End Software Developer

About Scrawlr

Scrawlr is a company building a software platform and series of products dedicated to enabling alternative forms of communication layered on existing internet content, together with delivering superior monetization flexibility and content ownership for content generators. We have recently completed our internal beta and are preparing for our external beta. We are looking forward to bringing on additional like-minded individuals to assist in product launch. The founder, board of directors, and lead investors in Scrawlr have a strong background in a variety of successful, transformational startups, and we are building our platform alongside a number of other startups within a successful ecosystem.

Why you should work here

We are working on a transformational project that we believe will have a global impact, and we expect our team members to solve complex, unique technical problems on a daily basis. Our team members are given a high degree of product ownership, including the latitude to propose and implement approaches that can be divergent from all standard or existing solutions.

We are committed to an environment where we seek and adopt the best possible solution to any problem, evaluating solutions on the basis of merit rather than hierarchy. We are looking for leaders who have the capacity to challenge existing solutions, both from within and outside of the organization, and propose superior alternatives.

Compensation

$100k - 140k per annum plus an options grant commensurate with capacity for contribution to the team

Responsibilities

• Build backend API features
• Database design
• Meaningfully contribute to product planning, project management tasks and overall company development
• Mentor and lead a medium sized team
• Handle task creation, task breakdown, and distribution
• Improve our infrastructure and continuously improve our Backend Team

Desired Skills or Experience

• Five (5) years of work experience in a development agency or company development environments
• Experience leading small to midsize multi product backend teams with demonstrated ability to mentor, grow team members as well as provide technical guidance and oversight on implementation direction
• Experience designing RESTful API and microservices architecture
• In-depth experience with Laravel/Lumen framework
• Very Strong database design and optimization experience
• Solid experience with debugging and identifying performance bottlenecks
• Experience with Postgres (SQL) and Redis (In-memory DB) or similar
• Strong Knowledge of security best practices
• Good working knowledge of API/microservices authentication/security flows (JWT, OAuth and similar)
• Experience writing and maintaining automated unit/feature/mutation testing (PHPUnit, Infection, Bats)
• Solid analytical and problem-solving mindset combined with experience troubleshooting large scale systems

Nice to Have Skills or Experience

• GitHub profile with sample projects you would like to showcase
• Experience working in start-up environments
• Two (2) years of work experience in a dev agency or company environments
• Experience with CI/CD systems (CircleCI or similar)
• In-depth knowledge of Linux systems (specifically Ubuntu/Apline)
• Container tools experience with Docker or Kubernetes
• Solid understanding of building scalable, high performing systems and services
• Experience working with modern frameworks such as VueJS, NestJS
• Expertise with big data, analytics, machine learning, and data personalisation

If you are interested in changing the way the world communicates, and then subsequently evaluates and monetizes content, we would love to speak with you. This position is a unique opportunity for an individual interested in launching a transformational product in a challenging, dynamic work environment.

We are looking for exceptional individuals, and from there we can work with all levels of experience. If what we are doing is of interest to you, but you are not sure if you fit into this role, we look forward to engaging to find the right position.

Please note: Candidates must be currently authorized to work in Canada

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.