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Canada
Remote only
Who We Are
Having surpassed $300M ARR and continuing to grow, Optro helps enterprises transform risk into opportunity through its AI-powered GRC Intelligence Platform. More than 50% of the Fortune 500, including 7 of the Fortune 10, leverage our award-winning technology to move their businesses forward with greater clarity and agility. And our customers love us: Optro is top-rated on G2.com and Gartner Peer Insights.
At Optro, we inspire each other to innovate and are proud of what we are producing. We spend each day thinking of new ways to help our customers and contribute to the greater good of our company and our surrounding communities. We are all about assisting each other and breaking through barriers to create the most loved audit, risk, ESG, and InfoSec platform by our customers. This is how we have become one of the 500 fastest-growing tech companies in North America for the seventh year in a row, as ranked by Deloitte!
Why This Role is Exciting
We are looking for a highly motivated senior software engineer who can lead large, strategic, and complex projects. This position demands a high level leadership, mentoring other engineers and helping to design and architect scalable solutions. In this role, you will face a huge array of challenges - from building scalable systems to designing new product features. Our ideal candidate is someone who loves to collaborate with others but can also work independently to take an idea from concept to implementation. We're a hardworking, energetic team that is passionate about our customers and believes that to be successful we should never stop learning: learning about our customers, our product, and how to build better software.
Key Responsibilities
Build and ship product features end-to-end
Ability to write clear and well defined design documentation
Mentor fellow engineers
Lead application architecture decisions
Troubleshoot, debug and resolve software bugs
Implement back-end APIs in Python and Node.JS
Work on our React, Vue, Ember SPA front-ends
Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers
Participate in an Agile software development life cycle
Write well-designed, maintainable & testable code
Be product-minded and think about the customer
Work with Python, Django, TypeScript, Node.JS, React, Ember, Docker, PostgreSQL, Terraform, Kubernetes, etc.
Contribute to open-source projects
Attributes of a Successful Candidate
8+ years of experience developing web based applications
Experience guiding high quality work through delivery across multiple developers
Experience with a web framework such as Django or Rails
Experience with a modern front-end framework (React, Vue, Ember, Angular, etc.)
Experience writing REST / JSON APIs (Swagger / OpenAPI Spec)
Experience writing software tests
Ability to solve technical problems independently
B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Computer Science or equivalent
Motivation to work hard and always be learning
Preferred Skills
Experience with infrastructure as code tools, such as Terraform
Experience with Node.JS and modern ES6 or TypeScript
Experience with React or Ember.JS
Experience with cloud computing platforms, such as AWS
Experience working on SaaS web applications
Bonus: Docker or Kubernetes experience
Perks (Canada)
Launch a career at one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in North America and EMEA!
Live your best life (LYBL)! $200/mo (USD) for anything that enhances your life
Comprehensive employee health and life insurance coverage
Competitive compensation & bonus program
Statutory vacation + Flexible vacation
Time off for your birthday & volunteering
Employee resource groups
Opportunities for team and company-wide get-togethers!
*perks may vary based on eligibility/location
Our Company Values
Customer obsession: It starts and ends here. Consistently ask yourself how what you’re doing creates value for our customers. It’s a mindset.
Gritty resilience: Make it happen. Find a way. Move fast, stay positive, and do what it takes.
Drive innovation: Create the future. Continuously improve what exists and invent what’s next.
Win, together: One team. No silos, no egos. Drive to be the best and support each other’s success.
Growth mindset: 10x, not 10%. Think in orders of magnitude, not increments. Seek feedback, learn, and improve.
Please note that background checks are required. Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. This role may have access to highly sensitive data, including employee data, customer data, company financials, and proprietary product information.
We love building strong partnerships, but please note that Optro cannot accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Any submissions without a signed agreement in place will not create a fee obligation.
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