Innosphere is seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Developer with experience building applications in both Ruby on Rails and Node.js with Typescript. The ideal candidate will have a background in Ruby development coupled with significant expertise in Node.js and be capable of rewriting Ruby logic into Typescript. This individual will play a crucial role in migrating our existing Ruby applications to Node.js, ensuring seamless functionality and optimized performance.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Analyze features written in Ruby on Rails and produce documentation to aid conversion to Typescript, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.
Design, develop, and implement scalable and efficient Node.js solutions to replace existing Ruby components.
Utilize knowledge of system architecture to optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability within an AWS-centric environment.
Contribute to elevating the development pace of the team and helping the team stay ahead of the quarterly goals. This is a massive legacy codebase that has a significant impact on the company's bottom-line. Therefore a solid grasp of not just programming fundamentals is as important as the ability to hit the ground running and writing Typescript code from scratch.
A strong sense of ownership to drive investigation into bottlenecks and rallying the team as well as stakeholders to push forward a solution. This is a team of all senior engineers and as a result autonomy and ownership go hand in hand.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define architecture requirements and ensure alignment with business goals.
Utilize your expertise in Node.js to develop server-side applications, microservices, and backend systems.
Implement best practices for Node.js development, including code organization, error handling, and performance optimization.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
Significant professional (7+ years) experience in software development, with a focus on Node.js development.
Familiarity with migrating applications from Ruby to Node.js in production environment
Solid understanding of software development principles, best practices, and design patterns.
Experience leading a small team of developers, providing technical guidance and mentoring.
Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
About Innosphere:
Founded in 1997, Innosphere provides technology staffing solutions to clients across North America. We have specialized in remote work for over 15 years. Our staffing solutions include fully managed development teams coupled with expert consulting, full-time hiring, and flexible staffing.
Innosphere is a permanent remote company but we do have an office location in Guelph to provide employees opportunities to work intermittently in an office environment. We have collaborative space for meetings, lunches, and company events. Our employees have the freedom to choose where they prefer to work.
Innosphere is committed to providing its employees with endless possibilities to learn new things and to work with the latest technologies.
When we hire, we look for people who align with our core values:
Remote First: Innosphere is a remote company but offers in-office workspace. Employee connections are fostered through shared experiences and events.
Community Involvement: Innosphere strives to make a difference in the community through charity initiatives and volunteer opportunities.
Employee Growth: Innosphere provides opportunities to work with new technologies and funds employee training. Our philosophy is to promote internally when possible.
Life as an Innospherian - Who we are and how we work:
Work From Home
Flexible Work Schedule
Team Owned Deliverables
Charity Initiatives
Promote From Within
Some other perks:
Generous Time Off
Above Average Benefits (Dental, Health, Vision, STD, LTD, AD&D, Life, Dependent Life)
Home Office Benefit Program
Yearly Professional Development Budget
Annual Fitness Benefit
Lunch & Learns and Virtual Events
Annual In-Person Celebrations
RRSP with Company Match
Volunteer Days
Sports Tickets for Blue Jays games
Birthday Club
Innosphere welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Only applicants meeting the criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process. All applicants are subject to a criminal, educational, and employment history background check. Must be currently residing in Canada and legally permitted to work in Canada. No phone calls please.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $130,000.00-$150,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Company events
Dental care
Extended health care
Paid time off
RRSP match
Vision care
Work from home
Schedule:
Monday to Friday
Work Location: Remote