Developer in Test, Shared Services - 12 month contract

Pelmorex

  • Canada
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 14 days ago
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN A WORKPLACE THAT HAS...Summer Hours 🌞17 Paid Days Off (in addition to 13 paid Personal Days) 🌅This includes an extra day off during the month of your birthday 🍰- our gift to you!An IDEAS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Awareness, Solidarity) team ⚖️Weather is inclusive, we will be too. Our IDEAS team is committed to making this happen!📣HAVE WE GOT YOUR ATTENTION? WANT TO LEARN MORE?Read about us ! (spoiler alert… we are the home of The Weather Network )📍Canada's #1 most trusted brand in media for the third year in a row!WHY WE NEED YOU? GLAD YOU ASKED...As a Developer in Test you will bring hands-on contributions to our Technology team with the use of automation, software engineering, and test practices at The Weather Network. This is a key role for our Shared Services Agile team.You are comfortable coding in Node, Go, Python. You are comfortable working with Backend and Frontend systems. You are not only a good coder but you know how to design with testability in mind. You have written and tested your own software in the past. You evangelize the importance of quality in all areas of the software development life cycle.We are an agile organization; our teams regularly use pairing and mobbing techniques, giving you exposure to the full code base. You will work as part of a cross-functional scrum team that consists of Software Developers, a Scrum Master and a Product Manager.Please note we are only considering candidates who are eligible to work and are located in CanadaPlease note this is a 12 month contract roleWHAT IS THE DAY TO DAY LOOK LIKE
  • Participate in testing, designing and developing high quality software
  • Lead the implementation of automated test practices within an agile team
  • Contribute to technical solutions and architecture of user stories
  • Participate in the design and engineering of Full Stack products
  • Participate in pair programming and mobbing
  • Implement release engineering practices such as Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
  • Participate in support and maintenance of existing and future products, with a focus on monitoring and logging practices of microservices and/or continuously deployed applications
  • Provide support to our operational teams for systems in production
  • Participate in code reviews to assure quality code following TDD approach
Roles, responsibilities and duties may evolve and change over time.WE ARE HOPING THAT YOU HAVE
  • 2+ years of Core OO language experience. (Design Patterns, OOP, etc)
  • 2+ years of Software Engineering experience
  • 2+ years hands-on experience with automation frameworks developing functional, integration, unit tests.
  • Experience with continuous integration systems
  • Experience with testing applications in a continuous deployment environment
  • Exposure to working with development tools supporting our effort to move to Continuous Integration: GIT, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.
  • You feel at home on a Linux command line. Though you will not focus your efforts on bash scripting, none of the following should make you uncomfortable: 'vi', 'awk', 'sed'
  • Demonstrable experience creating and designing tests for a variety of server based applications, ex Web Interfaces, REST APIs, Batch Jobs, Message Queues, etc.
  • Strong understanding of stateful and stateless applications with some experience running them in production
  • Familiarity and understanding of Agile Scrum
  • Familiarity with Cloud platforms, including GCP and AWS
YOU ARE MADE FOR THIS IS YOU...
  • Have experience testing processes and applications that deal with high volumes of complex data is a definite asset
  • Feel energized in a fast paced environment
  • Are comfortable challenging the status quo and taking initiative to make things better
  • Are an advocate of Test Driven Development
  • Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Have a positive, can-do attitude
  • Are a creative thinker and have a natural curiosity
  • Are enthusiastic and able to work with flexibility in a highly dynamic environment
DON'T MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS? DON'T WORRY…Not all applicants will have skills that match a job description exactly. Pelmorex values and welcomes diverse experiences. While having “desired” qualifications makes for a strong candidate, we encourage applicants with alternative experiences to also apply. If your career is just starting or hasn't followed a traditional path, don't let that stop you from considering Pelmorex. We are always looking for people who will be a culture add (yup, that's right, we don't subscribe to culture fit, we want you to add to what we think is an amazing culture and work environmentINTERESTED? IT GETS BETTER….
  • Open and transparent communication, including All Hands Meetings with our CEO
  • Frequent employee pulse surveys 📝 we value your feedback so we can continue to make Pelmorex a great place to work!
OUR PROMISE TO YOU...We're highly focused on doing the right thing.We'll discuss issues and timelines professionally, so you have the time you need to do the best work you canYou will see the result of your work pushed out to real users quicklyWe're a team that enjoys learning new technologies and we're open to trying new thingsWe'll try our best not to bog you down with boring meetingsWeather inspires, protects, and transforms. For 35+ years, Pelmorex has led the way with trusted forecasts and alerts. With innovation at our core, we provide precision, speed, and unmatched reliability-safeguarding lives, powering decisions, and driving business success. Whatever the weather, we turn its potential into action. We're Pelmorex. Imagine it and we'll deliver it.

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