Jobs in Calgary, Canada

Do you want to empower organizations to fairly and equitably hire, promote, retain and compensate their employees? Syndio is a Series-C technology company committed to fairness in the workplace. Fueled by investments of $83M from Bessemer Ventures, Voyager Capital and social change organization Emerson Collective, Syndio is investing in growing our team and products.

This is a critical moment when organizations are looking for ways to take tangible action to fight gender and racial bias, and we believe creating diverse and inclusive workplaces for all starts with workplace equity.

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced Full Stack Software Developer with a strong interest in product delivery and support to join our engineering team and collaborate on challenges at a fast-paced startup. Customer success hinges on high-quality application development and support. Your solid and dependable developments and improvements on our software products will have a meaningful impact on helping companies achieve fairness in the workplace.

Why This Job Is Exciting

• Own the full stack. Design, develop and deploy impactful features across our platform, from front-end user interfaces to back end systems.
• Collaborate with software developers, product managers, and designers to support and maintain mid to large features and services to deliver exceptional user experiences- both internally and externally.
• Mentor junior team members, share your expertise, and advocate and lead technical initiatives that drive our strategic goals.
• Build and improve software that directly helps organizations achieve workplace equity.

• Software Development Experience: Extensive experience in supporting, maintaining, and improving existing web applications and features.
• Programming Proficiency: Strong skills in full-stack development with proficiency in Go or Python, Django, React, and Typescript.
• Cloud Architecture: Experience in architecting applications on cloud platforms, such as GCP, AWS, or Azure (we use GCP).
• Data Management: Experience with data model and schema design, and technologies such as PostgreSQL, Redis, and Cloud PubSub.
• API Development: Thorough knowledge of API architecture and development.
• Testing Methodologies: Familiarity with current testing methodologies, such as unit, integration, end to end, and service tests.
• Communication Skills: Effective communication capabilities for interacting with both technical and non-technical teams.
• Team Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to work with cross-functional teams in a collaborative environment.
• You assume positive intent, are humble and eager, expect the best from yourself, value partnership over perfection, and provide grace and understanding in stressful situations.
• You value a remote work environment and know that it requires greater intentionality on your part to build and maintain strong working relationships.
• You currently reside within commuting distance of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Relocation is not currently offered.
• Kindly note, you must also be eligible to work there legally, as we are NOT able to provide visa support at this time.

• Experience with optimizing web applications for efficient resource efficiency and scalability.

• Check out our Employee Experience page for more information on our Mission & Values, Work-Life Balance, Pay Transparency, Diversity, Culture, and Benefits.
• Competitive Compensation. For this role our base salary is targeted at $125-145k CAD. Final offer amounts are determined by factors such as experience and expertise.
• Syndio Equity. So you can share in Syndio’s success.
• 20 days annually. We encourage our team to recharge when they need to, plus paid sick & safe time, compassion leave, and voting leave.
• Pension Contribution.
• Remote-First (within commuting distance of Calgary).

• First month: We'll get to know each other! You’ll understand the user problems and priorities and see how our platform can support them. You'll set up and service your development environment and be able to run the entire app and critical workflows locally. Not only that, but you'll also start handling tickets and small requests.
• Second month: You'll deepen your understanding of user pain points and start to form an opinion on necessary improvements in the codebase. Share these insights with the Software Development Manager. Expect an increasing workload, and start providing more input on building complex functionality.
• Third month: You’ll be fully ramped up and working at full capacity! You'll share your opinions, mentor junior team members, and independently execute and break down tasks for yourself. Now's the time to start proposing technical investments and improvements. Time to innovate!

Below you'll find an outline of the interview plan for our Software Developer, Full Stack position. Please note that this is what we expect the process to look like; we may ask you for supplemental information or require an additional step before making a final decision.

• 30 min phone call with a member of our Talent Team.
• 45 min Zoom interview with the Hiring Manager.
• Technical Skills Evaluation - Take-home Assignment.
• Three 45-60 min Technical Interviews (Live Coding) with Engineering.
• 30 min Finalist Interview with Product Manager.

At Syndio, we're building a diverse team that values candor, curiosity, and community. If you share these values and are interested in joining us, we'd love to talk with you even if you don't 100% meet the "about you" listed here. We don't expect anyone to have all the answers, as long as you're willing to learn and grow with us.

Employees joining the Syndio team at this early stage of growth will impact this critical social issue and support a growing customer base (including Nordstrom, General Mills, Match Group, and others) to take tangible action on workplace fairness.

Syndio is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are building an inclusive and collaborative workplace as we grow, and we welcome team members regardless of gender/identity, sexual orientation, race or cultural background, religion, physical disability and age.