Full Stack Developer - Remote

Full Stack Developer

Division: IT
Job location: Remote (Ontario, Quebec, Alberta)
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Employment type: Full-time Permanent

A little about us

Hi, we’re Aurora Cannabis, and we’re so excited to meet you!

We’re a global cannabis company with operations across Europe and North and South America. We’re driven by our passion to help people improve their lives and have a diverse team who bring their best every day, so Aurora can be the cannabis provider of choice for patients and consumers. We love our work, and we especially love our high quality, innovative brands that make up the Aurora family – from Aurora, Aurora Drift, San Rafael ’71, Greybeard and Whistler.

Our people combined with our collective passion for the industry is what makes Aurora a special place to work and defines what we call our “A-Team”. We are a high-performing team of cannabis experts, innovators, and champions, that work, learn and win together. We think BIG, act BOLD and execute with PURPOSE in all that we do, and will stop at nothing to cultivate the ultimate cannabis experience for our community.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Manager, IT Commercial Solutions, we are looking for a talented and motivated Full Stack Developer to join our dynamic team who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment. As a Full Stack Developer, you will be responsible designing, supporting, maintaining & developing front-end Web applications and back-end database integrations including Shopify eCOMM Solution, websites and web-based user interfaces supporting automated processes. You will focus on designing and ensuring our systems are efficient, scalable, and user-friendly Your responsibilities will also include providing support, recommending updates, and implementing optimizations based on feedback from stakeholders. You will play a crucial role in ensuring our products meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and performance.

Sounds Interesting? Here’s a little more…

As theFull Stack Developeryou will be involved in …

• Work across the full stack, building highly scalable distributed solutions that enable positive user experiences and measurable business growth
• Communicate & collaborate regularly with stakeholders, project managers, quality assurance teams, UI/UX design and marketing teams and other developers regarding progress on long-term technology roadmap
• Develop new features and infrastructure in support of rapidly emerging business and project requirements
• Ensure that customer facing applications are designed to be highly available, observable, and resilient adhering to software engineering best practices.
• Assume leadership of new projects, from conceptualization to deployment
• Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, and maintain high standards for code quality and application design
• Work with agile development methodologies, adhering to best practices and pursuing continued learning opportunities
• Recommend systems solutions by comparing advantages and disadvantages of custom development and purchased alternatives
• Execute and adhere to software development lifecycle best practices
• Develop technical design documentation.
• Provide ongoing support for existing systems, troubleshoot issues, and recommend solutions.
• Participate in application auditing, user access reviews, and audit walkthrough meetings as part of IT General Controls and SOX compliance requirements.

You would be the best fit for this role if you have…

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology.
• 7+ years of experience in designing and developing web applications
• Experience in leading development teams
• Excellent knowledge of and experience with: Java, ReactJS, NodeJS, PHP, NoSQL database services such as DynamoDB and Cosmos DB, RESTful APIs, version control tools such as GitHub and Bit Bucket, and Shell Scripting
• Experience working with Shopify Platform, including Liquid templates, ReactJS headless front-end, Java Script, CSS, Shopify Ruby scripting, APIs and custom private Shopify Apps
• Experience working in AWS (Lambda, EC2, S3, CloudFront, Route53) and Azure
• Strong software development skills, including product design, development, testing, deployment, and long-term support.
• Excellent debugging, troubleshooting and optimization skills
• Experience in unit, integration, regression and performance testing

Bonus points if you have…

• Ability to think strategically, problem solve and make quick decisions.
• Experience with Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies.
• Proficiency in tools such as JIRA, Confluence, AI Tools or other project management and documentation software.
• Experience with ServiceNow or similar incident management software
• Understanding of incident response, incident management, and change management processes and best practices. ITIL certification is considered an asset.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment.
• Industry Experience: Working in the Cannabis industry or highly regulated industry would be considered an asset
• Environment: Comfortable in a start-up “like” environment, must be willing to wear multiple hats, be flexible and pitch in whenever and wherever needed to help get the job done. We love people who are excited to get involved where needed.

Why you’ll love working at Aurora

• Flexibility: you will enjoy a flexible work environment that is the perfect blend of work and fun! You will be empowered to achieve work-life balance with flexible hours, remote work options, meeting-free-Friday-afternoons and more!

• Total Rewards: we will motivate you to go above and beyond with a competitive salary, professional development opportunities, company SWAG, team activities and modern technology.

• Team: we are a diverse and global team of cannabis enthusiasts, energetic innovators, fitness gurus, caring parents, foodies and more, with a collective passion to nurture an inclusive environment that helps you grow and provide people better days with cannabis.

Next steps
Apply today by submitting your resume through our website. You can expect your application to be reviewed by our Talent Acquisition Team and we will contact you if we see a fit via email.

Think you’re the ideal candidate but you don’t meet all the requirements? Apply anyways. We would love to review your application to see if you’re the right fit or find you an alternative opportunity. Not the role for you? Share this posting with your network while subscribing to our Talent Community to learn more about upcoming opportunities (hot tip: if you are an Aurora employee, take advantage of the employee referral program by sharing this posting with someone in your network! If they are the successful candidate, you may be eligible for a bonus!).

Diversity and inclusion
At Aurora, we are proud to foster and celebrate a diverse community of professionals! We take pride in nurturing an inclusive culture that empowers our people to be their authentic selves, celebrate their differences and love where they work.

Our diverse community combined with our inclusive culture, is what sets us apart in the industry and equips our A-Team with superpowers – and this is why, we encourage all candidates to apply for job opportunities regardless of race, national origin, colour, religion, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital and family status, disability, or any other identifying characteristic. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site or alternate format of job posting) during the recruitment and selection process, please do not hesitate to let our team know!