Hybrid Associate IT Developer

at RhythmQ

• Job title: Associate IT Developer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: CA$54,000 - CA$58,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Bootstrap, JavaScript, Node.js, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Mississauga, Canada

About the role

• Develop and support RQ products that include web and mobile platforms. Collaborate with internal teams to design, deliver, and enhance RQ products.

Responsibilities

• Participate in developing and maintaining large scale web applications, as per industry standards and best practice
• Design interfaces to improve user experience, and translate UI/UX wireframes to functional mobile and web elements
• Write maintainable, testable, and performant software in creating the entire platform, end-to-end
• Implement and deploy a robust set of services and APIs to power applications
• Integration of the front-end and back-end aspects of the application
• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Troubleshoot and debug to optimize performance
• As an RQ product and technical expert you fully understand its technical capabilities and limitations, and can communicate them in non-technical terms
• Actively work with the rest of Engineering team to ensure feature upgrades, new developments and bug fixes are formally tested and documented
• Perform quality assurance process for all RQ products using formal automated and manually best practices
• Implement specific customizations requiring technical backend updates within timelines, setup client instances, and support development of RQ products
• Resolve support issues in a timely manner (based on defined SLAs)
• You will respond to assigned customer requests and issues as the highest priority (within defined SLAs)
• Run requirement gathering sessions with internal teams and external stakeholders for incoming custom projects
• Communicating clearly and effectively collaborating with team members to create long-term solutions for customers
• Participating in code review and performing extensive testing to ensure high-quality software through code profiling
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Write unit test plans and provide coordination and support of testing using different tools
• Maintain technical documentation and training material
• Research and suggest competitive features, applications, and processes
• Stay up to date with new technology trends, and suggest options to enhance user experience within the product ecosystem
• Leave things better than you found them.
• Regularly meet with other members of the RQ team to keep abreast of current customers and their requests, and new product pipeline
• Provide expert customer insight to the Sales, Onboarding and Success Teams on what innovations and improvements should be top priority to enhance the user experience, product capabilities and features
• Develop yourself. Grab a book, listen to a podcast, take a course – choose what area of your career you’d like to build and commit to it

Requirements

• Experience with SQL, CSS (Bootstrap framework), XML/JSON and ASP desired for legacy application development.
• Highly knowledgeable and able to demonstrate a strong experience with HTML, JavaScript.
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling and leveraging REST APIs via Node.js.
• Experience in working with Single Sign-On integrations and Payment Gateway integrations.
• Strong understanding of CSS, cross-browser differences, and an eye for detail within front-end development.
• Good understanding of SQL Server and best practices for data management.
• Solid understanding of software development practices and design patterns.
• Perform maintenance and support for existing legacy system.
• Strong organizational and critical thinking skills.
• Required soft skills: confident, outgoing, adaptive and willing to speak their mind when they've got an opinion to share.

Benefits

• Extended health care
• On-site parking