Senior Software Engineer - #189772

About Achievers

The Achievers Employee Experience Platform is more than a thank you program. Our recognition platform inspires employees to recognize everyone, everyday, and everywhere – driving results that matter. With almost 4 million global users, the Employee Experience Platform empowers employees in over 170 countries. Visit us at www.achievers.com to learn more and check out our platform in action here . Join our team of A-players who bring passion to our purpose and believe that meaningful change can create extraordinary outcomes.

Our commitment to you:

At Achievers, we hire you for you because we value the unique perspective and individuality that each person brings to our team. We are committed to creating an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace where you belong, and your contributions are celebrated. Together, we achieve more by combining our unique strengths, fostering collaboration, and inspiring each other to reach new heights.

We are seeking a talented Senior Software Engineer to join our growing Recognize Engineering team. In this role, you will leverage your past experiences and deep understanding of feature development with scalability in mind. Your work will directly impact how our 4M+ global users engage with our leading product, Recognize.

Responsibilities:

• Use the right tool for the job. We love modern technology/framework and use things like Python, Go, PHP, GCP, pubsub, Kubernetes, Microservices, React, and more  
• Participate in team's SCRUM process, including sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives and help the team and Product Manager with the backlog items (user story writing, estimation and priority assignment)
• Help the team achieve its agreed-upon goals
• Coach the team and individuals for continuous increased performance
• Take ownership of the various areas of the software/product delivery
• Stay up to date on emerging technologies and corporate engineering guidelines, best practices, processes and tools, and be a mentor to the team members
• Collaborate with other teams to proactively identify and manage dependencies
• Remove roadblocks, and advise and escalate issues as needed
• Hands-on with our codebase and deeply involved in code reviews
• Possess good intuition for code quality and rarely needs supervision/feedback/guidance on syntax/convention to improve code quality/style. Delivers projects in accordance to acceptance criteria with scalability design concerns in focus
• Continuously integrate clean, scalable, robust, testable code
• Support cross functional teams as the subject matter expert of our domain
• See all solutions through a security lens and make our solutions safe from get go
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in computer science or Masters in Computer Science or related field
• 6+ years’ experience with a software development experience in enterprise-level environment
• Experience with agile development methodologies including Scrum and Kanban
• Experience in coaching and people management
• Proficient in web frameworks and server-side language such as Python, PHP, GO, etc.
• Proficient in a relational and NoSQL databases such as MySQL and MongoDB
• Willingness to learn new emerging technologies and keep up with the latest frameworks and APIs
• Proficient in microservices and deployment in Google Cloud
• Ability to interact and clearly explain complex technical language to technical and non-technical teams and varying levels of staff
• Confident in object modelling and OOP concepts
• Confident in data modeling and database design concepts
• Advanced/professional verbal and written English language skills
  
  

Why you’ll love working at Achievers:

• We are passionate about disruptive technology that’s rooted in science, research and data.
• We understand the value of employee success in the workplace and have been recognized in numerous publications for our contributions to HR, for technical excellence, and for our outstanding workplace culture!
• We foster an environment of connection, security, and community. You’ll feel at home, without reservation.
• We believe in moving quickly, failing fast, and adapting to change.
• We enjoy coming to work every day because we believe in our product and love our culture.
• We’re committed to achieving excellence in everything we do.
  
  

Benefits & Perks for permanent full time employees:

Competitive Pay

Parental Leave Top-up

Health Benefits and Life Insurance Coverage Upon Your First Day

RRSP Matching

Flexible Vacation

Employee and Family Assistance Program

Full access to the LinkedIn Learning Library

Internal Mentorship Program

Employee-Led Employee Resource Groups

A beautiful office space located in Liberty Village, Toronto

Participation in our Points-based Employee Recognition Program

Opportunities for professional development and career growth

Our work environment:

Achievers is a hybrid-first company located at 99 Atlantic Ave in Liberty Village, Toronto. Our hybrid work experience is designed to cultivate an engaging employee experience, where pioneering research intersects with cutting-edge technology. We strongly believe that collocating teams increases the chance to innovate together, foster passive learning, create spontaneous connections, and promote better communication.

Achievers does not offer employment to prospects without first ensuring that qualified candidates speak directly with the hiring manager and a member of our HR team. All qualification will be done face-to-face, whether that is in person or over Zoom. Achievers does not send out offers of employment without meeting candidates and does not offer employment via text. If you are requested for any personal information via text and/or without having met a member of our hiring team in person, please disregard.

Our employees are a diverse and inclusive team of passionate, hardworking individuals. Achievers is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating an environment where our employees can do the best work of their lives. We encourage all qualified candidates from all backgrounds and experiences to apply to join our A-Player family.

Achievers is committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. If you require any accommodations for your interview, such as assistive technology, wheelchair accessibility, or alternative formats of materials, please let us know. We are happy to make necessary arrangements to support your needs.

Achievers does not use AI to make hiring decisions. When you apply to work with us, a real person reads your application—every time. We believe in thoughtful, human-centred hiring, and we think your experience, personality, and potential can’t be judged by an algorithm. That’s why we keep it personal and take the time to get to know each qualified candidate.

This is an existing vacancy that we’re actively looking to fill.