Intermediate Full Stack Developer

At CoLab, we help mechanical engineering teams bring life-changing products to market years sooner. Our product, CoLab, is the world’s first Design Engagement System (DES) - a category defining product that Engineering teams use to engage in meaningful, productive design conversations, catch preventable mistakes, and get to market faster. Our customers include the largest engineering organizations in the world such as Ford, Johnson Controls, Komatsu, and Polaris in the industrial equipment, consumer products, automotive, aerospace defense, and shipbuilding industries.

This position will require occasional travel for on-site team meetings in Newfoundland Canada, at least twice per year (primarily in December and June). We recognize that travel can involve personal commitments, and we strive to accommodate individual circumstances, however the expectation is that travel to, and attendance at, the majority of these events is mandatory. Details about travel arrangements and covered expenses will be discussed during the hiring process.

As an Intermediate Full-stack Developer (Software Developer III), you will work with a multidisciplinary product development team to design, build and ship critical product features and improvements to our valued customers on a regular basis.

What you’ll do:

• Understand complex customer problems and requirements and collaborate in a team to build a solution that adds value for the customer and the product as a whole
• Develop, test and ship critical user-facing features on a regular basis
• Participate in code reviews and help your team deliver high-quality software
• Champion all aspects of the user’s experience, with a focus on clarity and speed
• Contribute to company and product vision, ideation and planning
• This role is a 70/30 split between front end and back end tasks

What you’ll need:

• 3+ years of professional, hands-on frontend/backend development experience
• Proficient with JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3
• Hands-on React JS / React Native, GraphQL and Python experience
• Experience with Git workflow (pull requests, code reviews)
• Passion for working in teams with emphasis on respect and continuous improvement
• Experience with front-end tools such as Webpack, NPM and ESLint would be considered an asset
• Competence in UI/UX and design and attention to detail would be considered an asset
• Experience working on SaaS, large-scale distributed systems would be considered an asset
• Consistent track record of building and maintaining highly scalable products would be considered an asset

Success will be measured by:

• On time delivery of new product features
• Delivering clean and maintainable code
• Clear communication and regular participation in team discussions
• Self directed and takes ownership of tasks

The extra details:

• Compensation: This is a full-time, permanent position with an attractive compensation package that includes a stock options package.
• Benefits: This role offers an extended health and benefits package that includes unlimited paid vacation and RRSP matching.
• Remote/Hybrid Work: Our main office location is in St. John’s, NL where we offer hybrid and remote opportunities. This role has the flexibility to work from anywhere within Canada.