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Senior Software Engineer

Vancouver, BC

At Jungle Scout, we are on a mission to build the best Amazon competitive intelligence tools for Amazon sellers and brands.

At Jungle Scout, we are on a mission to build the best Amazon competitive intelligence tools for Amazon sellers and brands.

We’re growing and we are looking to add a Senior Software Engineer to our fast-paced and customer-oriented Engineering (SMB) team.

We are a distributed team that leverages parallelization and async communication, but we always have each other’s backs, and the team is always around to lend a hand or solve a problem together. 

The Tech Stack:

  • React
  • Ruby on Rails (primary), Typescript, Node
  • AWS RDS and Azure Cosmos DB (Postgres SQL), DynamoDB, ElasticSearch
  • AWS, Azure 
  • Build Pipeline: CodePipeline (AWS), CircleCI 
  • Monitoring: DataDog, Sentry, Cloudwatch
  • On-call: PagerDuty

Location: Vancouver, BC or Remote!

Interested in learning more? Let’s get into the details:

Day in the Life of a Senior Software Engineer: As a Senior Software Engineer, your primary focus will be coding. You'll work on tickets defined by the Engineering Manager or Product Manager, based on technical designs created by you and your teammates.

In this role, you will do:

  • Coding and Contribution: Engage in coding tasks, contributing high-quality code to various projects.
  • Technical Design: Develop and review technical design documents to guide the implementation of features and improvements.
  • Architecture and Infrastructure: Develop and enhance the software architecture and infrastructure to ensure scalability and robustness.
  • Collaborative Development: Work closely with UX designers and PMs to build features that meet user needs and business goals.
  • Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to other engineers, fostering their growth and development.
  • Team Syncs: Participate in two-week sprints to prioritize, set goals and track progress effectively.
  • Opportunity Identification: Identify potential opportunities for high-impact initiatives  and advocate for their implementation.
  • On-Call Rotation: Participate in the on-call rotation to maintain and support the system's reliability.
  • Remote Communication: Utilize Slack for asynchronous communication to maintain swift and efficient workflows in our remote environment.

This role is a blend of technical expertise, collaboration, and mentorship, ensuring a dynamic and impactful work environment.

If your answer is “heck yeah!”, please read on….

You will excel in this role, if you have: 

  • Experienced Senior Full Stack Engineer: You’re a seasoned Full Stack Engineer with over 5 years of experience. You excel at shipping end-to-end features, from user interfaces to the backend services that power them, using modern frameworks like React and Ruby on Rails. Some of your experience comes from a startup environment.
  • Cloud Savvy: You have hands-on experience deploying, monitoring, and maintaining high-traffic services on AWS or other modern public cloud platforms.
  • Master Communicator: You are fluent in written and spoken English, and you communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Strong Collaborator: You thrive in collaboration with UX designers and Product Managers to bring beautiful designs to life and deliver them into the hands of customers.
  • Passionate Mentor: You seize every opportunity to share knowledge with your team and mentor junior engineers.
  • Dedicated Owner: You take strong ownership of your work and deliverables, ensuring high-quality outcomes.
  • Customer-Focused: You have a genuine passion for delivering customer-facing features that enhance user experience.
  • Remote Work Expert: This isn’t your first remote role. You know how to work effectively in remote settings, utilizing tools like Slack and Zoom to maintain productivity and communication.

Note: The one constant in our evolving, dynamic environment is change. Needless to say, you’ll never get bored ;) The responsibilities listed above are our needs today but we are keeping future needs & opportunities in mind when hiring for this position. We value adaptability and a growth mindset in team members. Although it’s not promised, the successful candidate should be prepared for the possibility that their role may evolve over time as our business strategies and priorities change.

What you’ll get:

💥The BEST team. You’ll work alongside the smartest, most passionate, and kindest humans day in and day out making work fun.

💥Remote-first culture. Jungle Scout has been remote-first since day one. We believe team members should work from the place where they do their best work. Whether that's working from home, in office at one of our hubs, a co-working space.

💥 A growth culture! We have tons of opportunities for you to elevate your skills and take you to that next step; we are here to help you find the ones that matter most to you through exposure and training.

💥 Ability to make impact! Although it’s a highly collaborative culture, team members are empowered to work autonomously and take extreme ownership of their work. You'll have the opportunity to truly make a difference and impact our customers.

💥 Competitive compensation packages! We structure our compensation packages to reward our team members' contributions to our company's success - you’ll have a bonus tied to performance and will be invested into our long-term success with Equity. 

💥 Flexible Time Off. With our generous PTO and recognition of local holidays, escape to the beach, recharge mentally, or use your Volunteer Time Off (VTO) to give back through volunteering.

💥 Comprehensive Health Benefits & Retirement Program. We offer comprehensive healthcare and retirement matching plans for eligible employees.

💥 Paid Parental Leave Policy. Jungle Scout values the importance of family and offers a paid parental leave that provides the support and flexibility you need to embrace this special time in your life. We also offer a ramp-back period for a seamless transition for you and your family.

About Jungle Scout

Jungle Scout is the leading all-in-one platform for selling on Amazon, supporting more than $50 billion in annual Amazon revenue and 10 global Amazon marketplaces. Founded in 2015 as the first Amazon product research tool, Jungle Scout today features a full suite of best-in-class business management solutions and powerful market intelligence resources to help entrepreneurs and brands manage their ecommerce businesses. 

The Jungle Scout team is a group of smart, motivated, and fun-loving professionals working hard to help our customers achieve success. We have a remote-first culture with employees across the world as well as in our hub offices in Austin, TX and Vancouver, BC. We believe team members should have the opportunity to choose the work environment that works best for them, so we give our team members the option of working from home, at one of our hub offices, or from a co-working space.

We prioritize Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 

At Jungle Scout, we recognize the value of different experiences, backgrounds and cultures. We hire intentionally, with this in mind.

Jungle Scout is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

All offers of employment at Jungle Scout are contingent upon clear results of a comprehensive background check. Background checks will be conducted on all final candidates prior to start date.

 

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