Staff Software Developer

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• Développeur/développeuse de logiciels principal(e)

About AppDirect

Become a digital, global citizen and enable the new generation of digital entrepreneurs around the world. AppDirect offers a subscription commerce platform to sell any product, through any channel, on any device - as a service. We power millions of subscriptions worldwide for organizations. We do this by our values-driven culture - one that enables you to Be Seen, Be Yourself, and Do Your Best Work. 

What you’ll do and how you’ll have an impact:

• Take a pragmatic technical leadership role within an autonomous team of 5-7 developers, a dedicated Product Manager and UX support to build, enhance and maintain existing areas of the Tackle platform.
• Solve technical problems of high scope and complexity.
• Write code that is focused on scalability, testability, supportability and maintainability.
• Own your code start to finish, take pride in what you build.
• Actively and enthusiastically participate in thorough code reviews and troubleshooting complex issues.
• Drive the direction of our apprenticeship program for mentoring new team members and less experienced team members.
• Be curious - strive to understand how your contributions tie into the larger picture of your team, your product and Tackle as a whole.
• Welcome different perspectives - be open and inclusive in every interaction.

What we’re looking for: 

• 10+ years of professional experience building modern, scalable and high-performing backend services 
• 4+ years professionally developing in Go.
• Advanced skill in NoSQL database modeling with DynamoDB, including Signal Table Design. 
• Advanced knowledge of relational databases such as Postgres.
• Professional working experience designing and managing services within AWS, including, but not limited to API Gateway, Lambda, and Step-Functions.
• Deep experience in infrastructure as code with AWS CDK, Terraform, or similar frameworks.
• Strong experience designing RESTful APIs 
• Deep understanding of microservice  event-driven design, ideally utilizing Amazon Eventbridge
• Strong fundamentals in type-driven development practices.
• Desire to hold yourself and the team to high standards while evaluating technical trade-offs and delivering balanced solutions.
• Are self-motivated with strong organizational skills.
• Have a positive and solution-oriented mindset.
• Will thrive in a fully remote organization where flexible schedules require asynchronous communication.
• Communicate clearly and effectively in both verbal and written form. 

You Will Stand Out:

• Mastery level of knowledge with PostgreSQL and/or DynamoDB.
• Have a desire to take a leadership role in our Architecture or Testing guilds because you have an eye for quality, design principles and other ilities (Scalability, Usability, Testability, Securability, Flexibility)
• Deployed and released code with CI/CD using CircleCI or GitHub Actions.
• Have a robust public portfolio in GitHub.
• Have experience working in a rapidly scaling organization.

At AppDirect, we believe that innovation thrives in an environment that houses diversity of excellence, experience and thought. We respect each AppDirector as their own fingerprint; unique with no one alike. We foster an environment of inclusion without regard to race, religion, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity enabling AppDirectors to embrace their uniqueness to do their best work. As such, we strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and/or people with intersectional identities.At AppDirect we take privacy very seriously. For more information about our use and handling of personal data from job applicants, please read our Candidate Privacy Policy. For more information of our general privacy practices, please see AppDirect Privacy Notice: https://www.appdirect.com/about/privacy-notice