Lead Software Engineer - RBCx Ventures (Ownr)

Ownr is on an ambitious mission to help Canadian entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses. We are building a platform that takes the difficulty out of registering and maintaining sole proprietorships and corporations, letting our incredible business owners save time and money to focus on what matters - building their business. We’ve already helped start over 150,000 companies, and we’re just getting started. Being a part of RBCx Ventures, we are a unique type of business. We chart our course developing the technology our clients need, delivering frequently and continually improving our applications and processes. At the same time, we have direct access to the technical resources, expertise and opportunities of one of the world’s leading financial institutions.

We are looking for a talented leader and passionate team player to join the Ownr team as a Lead Software Engineer. You’ll play a big part in building our platform's next evolution as we provide extensive new capabilities to business owners, working alongside a close-knit group of fun and ambitious engineers, product managers, and designers. Your experience will contribute to the functionality, reliability, and delivery of our fast-moving Node/React-based application, leveraging the latest JavaScript-based tooling, best practices and various technology responsibilities. As part of a growing team, you will have daily opportunities to lead and mentor other developers, exercising your skills as a well-rounded cross-functional contributor and technical leader in an enterprise environment.

The Opportunity

• You’ll have visibility into and influence over all parts of the technology stack and enjoy a high degree of autonomy in your work.

• You’ll have a clear view of the product roadmap, the business’s long-term vision, and the opportunity to contribute to how we can achieve both of them.

• You’ll work with an extremely committed team of colleagues constantly challenging each other.

• You’ll contribute to planning, designing, developing, deploying, monitoring, and maintaining significant portions of the software that support our users, including the system infrastructure.

• You’ll have the chance to provide and receive feedback from your peers, get coaching from more experienced engineers, and provide coaching to other developers within the team and the broader organization.

• You’ll use modern tooling throughout, whether that’s something currently part of our stack or something new that you assess needs to be added to reliably deliver the desired user experience. A snapshot of what’s currently in use:

  • Web client: React, Styled Components

  • Web server: NodeJS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Express

  • DB: PostgreSQL

  • Infrastructure: Heroku and AWS (services include RabbitMQ, Redis, s3, etc.)

  • CI/CD: CircleCI and Github Actions

  • Testing frameworks: Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress

About you

• You have 4+ years of experience using JavaScript to build real-world applications, preferably public-facing.

• You have experience building, monitoring and maintaining highly available, scalable, and resilient software.

• You’re curious and naturally invest energy into learning new technologies, techniques, and interpersonal skills that help improve your productivity and happiness and those around you.

• You’ll take responsibility for finding opportunities to improve our technology in any feature you work on iteratively, and you'll make paying down technical debt a habit.

• You’re a creative problem solver who can develop a plan, take ownership of tasks, and are outcome focused.

• You’ll work to empathize with the software’s users and understand their challenges, whether they are fellow developers, immediate team members, or entrepreneurs who rely on us to support their businesses.

• You’re passionate about mentoring and coaching other engineers and have a practiced ability to spot when help is needed and tactfully provide guidance to get things unstuck.

• You behave proactively and drive the solution when facing unforeseen challenges and complexity in your projects to meet the overall goals.

• You have significant production JavaScript experience and have formed explicit opinions about how different development patterns and practices can negatively and positively impact your ability to be productive in a codebase and, by extension, the reliability of a business software platform.

• You understand web/application security and the importance of data privacy.

• You have excellent spoken and written communication, time management, and project management abilities.

• You are comfortable asking questions and speaking up to help us continuously improve our practices and processes.

What do you need to succeed?

Must have:

• 4+ years of solid hands-on programming experience, with a sizable portion in JavaScript, TypeScript, GraphQL, React, CSS, and Postgres.

• Experience leading development teams, mentoring junior developers, and working with non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience writing automated tests, from unit tests to end-to-end tests, and have some knowledge of JavaScript-based testing frameworks.

• Experience with source control (e.g. Git + Github) and modern software delivery techniques and tools, including pull requests.

• Experience with DevOps best practices and some experience in setting up and configuring cloud computing infrastructure.

• Experience building production systems and understanding the deployment, monitoring, and security best practices required to run production software. 

• Experience in developing for Cloud Agnostic Architecture

Nice to have:

• Experience working with various development workflows and methodologies, with an understanding of the benefits and drawbacks of different ways of working

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in a computer or software design-related program.

• Experience working with Heroku or AWS

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best and work together to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. Here is what you can expect if you join our team:

• Work in an agile, collaborative, and high-performing team

• The opportunity to do challenging work and take on progressively larger responsibilities

• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact

• Leaders who support your development through regular coaching

• The opportunity to interface with senior-level executives from many different parts of the organization

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including competitive compensation, bonuses, and flexible benefits

About Ownr

At Ownr, we have helped thousands of Canadians establish their businesses. As we redefine the entrepreneurship landscape, we take pride in simplifying what it takes to be a business owner. We're on a mission to become the leading platform for entrepreneurship in Canada, and it takes an entire team to build something big. So join our team and discover how we can help entrepreneurs realize their dreams.

About RBCx

RBCx pursues big, bold ideas and leverages RBC’s extensive experience, networks, and capital to help shape what’s next. Our four pillars – Banking, Capital, Platform, and Ventures – combine to support tech businesses of all sizes and stages, making us the go-to backer of Canadian innovation. Our people are our most valuable assets, so we invest deeply in ensuring RBCx isn’t just a place to work but a place to belong.

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