Backend Software Developer

About The Role The Backend Software Developer at GoodMorning.com is responsible for designing and implementing backend software solutions and the associated infrastructure for e-commerce. If you are a systematic, detail-oriented, and forward-thinking software developer, then GoodMorning.com is the right place for you. About Us GoodMorning.com Inc. is a Canadian digitally native direct-to-consumer brands company. Our mission is to provide branded products of remarkable quality and value that customers love. We earn market share by obsessing over our customers, being relentlessly better, moving fast and doing it right, applying an ownership mindset when solving challenges, and celebrating wins together. Benefits and Perks

• Competitive compensation, vacation, profit share, and equity package
• 100% employer-paid extended benefits - health and dental
• Employee Assistance Program
• 125% RRSP matching (10% of salary, up to a maximum of $10k/yr)
• Employee product discounts
• Transportation Reimbursement

In this role, you will

• Coordinate with internal and external customers to establish requirements and objectives for deliverables
• Ensure internal and external customer expectations are consistently met or exceeded
• Develop high level designs and associated work plans prior to implementation
• Develop fully defined minimal interface definitions prior to implementation
• Deliver solutions that scale effectively in terms of both usage and future expansion
• Collaborate with and support digital designers on front-end development
• Optimally draws from a large and continuously growing pool of tools and strategies to solve problems
• Maintain and leverages infrastructure as part of the development process
• Contribute to the development of the development process itself, within the team

Requirements

• Minimum 4 year bachelor's degree in computing science or engineering
• Understanding of object-oriented design principles, and an ability to apply them in practice
• Ability to think strategically and design under constraints
• Firm understanding of version control in both theory and practice
• Solid grasp of the English language in terms of speaking, reading and writing
• Familiarity with the following computer languages: PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Bash, C++, and SQL
• Familiarity with the following systems or applications:

• GNU/Linux and POSIX compliant environments in general
• Build systems
• DevOps processes
• Git
• Web servers (Apache, Nginx, lighttpd)
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL
• WordPress/WooCommerce