Intermediate Software Developer - Canada (Remote)

Why you should join us

• Work with like-minded individuals in a work-hard/play-hard culture
• Continued learning is a major part of our best-practice-driven environment. We support our teams with a substantial budget for training and career development
• Work-life balance is important to us: after-hours and weekend work are rare to non-existent
• You will work in a highly collaborative team that functions efficiently even in a remote work setting. You will have flexibility to work from home, at one of our unique offices in London (Ontario) or Toronto, or in a hybrid mode

We offer great competitive salaries, benefits plan, and RRSP matching plans 

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced Intermediate Software Developers, especially people who really care about the quality and impact of what they’re building. Our stack is built with Ruby on Rails, MySQL, and JavaScript frameworks. 

No prior experience with Ruby on Rails is required; developers should expect continued learning in their career, and we’ll support you as you get up to speed. 

Your responsibilities as a Intermediate Software Developer:

• Build, test, and support the development of web software applications and internal tools
• Analyze requirements and decide the best ways to meet or even rework them; unique and innovative ideas are welcome
• Be proactive by finding and addressing areas of technical concern
• Mentor your peers and contribute to code reviews, and be mentored if something is new to you
• Collaborate across teams to continually improve our processes
• Promote the use of design patterns and best practices 
• Contribute to Agile ceremonies for prioritizing, understanding, and estimating
• Support the growth of our Agile practices through Retrospectives

Minimum qualifications:

• Degree or diploma in Computer Engineering, Software Development or similar program from an accredited institution
• Minimum 4 years of experience in a professional software development role
• Experience supporting and mentoring junior to intermediate developers
• Comfortable developing in an Agile product development framework
• Development experience with an MVP style framework

Must Have Skills: 

• Backend Development
• Experience developing relational database solutions
• SQL authoring and optimization

• Frontend Development
• Basic experience with HTML 5, CSS3, JavaScript, and JS frameworks
• Ability to communicate technical details
• Experience with source control software
• Ability to maintain focus on priority, and deliver solutions appropriate to requirements

Nice to Have: 

• Experience with Ruby and/or Ruby on Rails
• Experience with Salesforce integration
• Exposure to AWS tools & services

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick all the boxes!

Info-Tech Research Group of companies is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic including Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Disability/Veteran and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants. To that end, upon request, ITRG will ensure, to the extent possible, that accommodation be made available to applicants throughout the recruitment and hiring process.