Backend Software Engineer

 WHO IS RATEHUB?

We’re a company on a mission - We are a unique Canadian Fintech that is the one stop shop for all financial needs of the consumer - Save, Spend, Borrow, Invest, and Protect. Every single team member, from product & engineering to sales & marketing, finance, operations, and everything in between is obsessed with one thing;  helping Canadians make better financial choices. And we’re pretty great at it, too. Via our digital application technology and our award-winning in-house brokerages, we help over 2M Canadians per month make a positive impact on their finances. We have many unique businesses - a mortgage brokerage, a life insurance brokerage, a home and auto insurance brokerage, a mortgage originations and servicing business, a Financial Services Marketplace and a content business across Ratehub and MoneySense. 365 days a year we deliver our users the best online mortgage experience, personalized Credit Card and Loans options, and cheaper auto & home insurance policies than they typically get from their existing financial adviser. 

Changing how people make financial choices isn’t easy, though. We know that achieving our mission is full of challenges; challenges that can be complex and often unexpected, but that are always interesting, rewarding, and fun to solve as a team. This is where you come in. We are on the hunt for the right kind of people to join us and help lead us forward to continued growth.

We're looking for a Backend Software Engineer to join our remote-first team. As a member of our mortgages team, you will play a central role in the evolution and creation of web-based microservices. The successful candidate will work closely with product managers, QA and other developers to allow us to help Canadians make better financial decisions.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build and evolve our suite of HTTP-based and event-driven microservices
• Create, extend and evolve shared libraries
• Write automated tests to ensure correctness and protect against regressions
• Integrate services into our observability platform, configure alerts, monitor services in production and improve them based on the data gathered
• Participate in best practice discussions and suggest improvements to our processes, libraries and ways of working
• Work with developers and other members of the business to identify improvements, suggest implementation options, trade-off alternatives, and make technical architecture decisions
• Give advice on technical issues impacting many functions across the business and discuss issues with technical teams from partner companies

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of industry experience as a backend developer
• Experience building web-based web microservices
• Fluency with JavaScript and/or TypeScript; experience with Node/Express-based microservices preferred
• Experience with PHP is not strictly required, but very beneficial
• Knowledge of interfacing with Salesforce, Filogix and/or BOSS are an asset.
• Familiarity with distributed application (micro-service) architecture and best practice
• Experience integrating 3rd-party APIs within a microservices environment
• Experience with event driven services and application architecture
• Proficiency with both relational (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL) and document databases (e.g. MongoDB, Firebase)
• High degree of comfort with Git source code management
• Experience with kubernetes and managing infrastructure via gitops is an asset
• Familiarity with Linux or other Unix-like environment; feeling at home in the terminal
• Curiosity and ability to learn quickly and write maintainable code
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

OUR TECH STACK:

• Language/Framework: Node/Express, PHP/Laravel, Java
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDb, Redis
• Eventing/Pub-Sub: Kafka
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Argo Workflows
• Packaging and Deployment: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, GCP/GKE
• Observability and Monitoring: New Relic

CULTURE FIT:

• Members first - we prioritise the interests and needs of our members above all else.We solve member pain points and focus on member satisfaction. We start with members, and end with the P&L.
• Growth mindset  - we set ambitious goals and challenge the status quo. We take responsible risks and are accountable for our actions.
• Better together - we are One team with One common goal. We make our footprint bigger than our foot, leave our egos at the door, support each other to achieve great results as One company. 
• Run after problems - we tackle problems head on and focus on finding solutions. Obstacles are seen as opportunities for growth and innovation. We have the hard conversations and choose the harder right over the easier wrong. And we do it with a smile.
• Measure Learn Iterate Innovate - we focus on getting things done. We measure what matters, iterate, learn, iterate many times in a data-driven way, which is how we will innovate.

JOB PERKS:

• Competitive salary: We know it’s expensive to live/work in Canada
• Remote-first organization: we love opportunities to get together as a team, but for the most part we offer our employees the flexibility to work anywhere in Canada
• Flexible hours: Enjoy a couple more hours of sleep in the morning, if you want
• Benefits: Health is wealth! A benefits package with no employee contribution required
• Perks: RRSP matching program, individual training allowance, fun team socials (remote AND in-person) and more!