Senior Software Developer, Backend (D478)

Purpose of the position

Work at SMART Technologies, and you can be part of a team that creates and markets leading-edge hardware and software tools sold around the world. You can join the many skilled professionals who make SMART part of three million classrooms worldwide.

Reporting to the Manager, Software development, you will be a member of a highly Agile team tasked with developing new functionality, as well as maintaining and supporting the existing, publicly available product. The ideal candidate must be self-directed and a fast learner, flexible enough to work on new technologies as well as legacy components.

Responsibilities

Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers, with server side logic Build reusable code and libraries for future use Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability Implementation of security and data protection Design and implement new functionality in our web products. Apply test-driven development practices including writing and maintaining unit tests. Work closely with our test team to ensure automated testing has appropriate coverage. Evaluate and choose new technologies and libraries to incorporate into our products. Contribute to team’s best practices to ensure fast delivery of new code Ensure that the new developments are properly monitored, with the appropriate metrics that allow observability Troubleshoot and fix technical bugs Run performance benchmarking tests

Education And Work Experience

Strong foundations in computer science, in particular data structures, concurrent programming, distributed services, databases, etc. Experience developing web services in Java or Go using REST Understanding test-driven development practices including writing and maintaining unit tests Experience with developing software using Agile software development Building and deploying applications to Amazon Web Services Experience releasing software using a continuous deployment pipeline Strong communication skills in English Ability to take initiative and propose solutions Preferred Experience developing/architecting highly available services Preferred Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field

Supervision

This position does not have any direct reports

For more information on who we are check us out at smarttech or view our youtube channel… or just apply.

At SMART Technologies, privacy is not an afterthought to us. Privacy is at the core of our software design. The result is that privacy is an essential component at the core of our business. To read more about our specific policies, please follow the links below. For more information please review: https://home.smarttech.com/legal/privacy-policy

At SMART Technologies, privacy is not an afterthought to us. Privacy is at the core of our software design. The result is that privacy is an essential component at the core of our business. To read more about our specific policies, please follow the links below. For more information please review: https://home.smarttech.com/legal/privacy-policy

Key Skills

• Frontend
• Java