Senior Staff Developer
Benevity
Software Engineering
Calgary, AB, Canada
Meet Benevity
Benevity is the way the world does good, providing companies (and their employees) with technology to take social action on the issues they care about. Through giving, volunteering, grantmaking, employee resource groups and micro-actions, we help most of the Fortune 100 brands build better cultures and use their power for good. We’re also one of the first B Corporations in Canada, meaning we’re as committed to purpose as we are to profits. We have people working all over the world, including Canada, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and more!
High-Level Overview
Benevity is seeking a talented Senior Staff Developer, who has an extensive record of hands-on Full Stack Development and Architecture experience. This role, reporting to the Director of Engineering, plays a crucial part in shaping and executing on the technical strategy across different teams and layers of the technology organization.
What you'll do:
Mixture of leadership and technical background
- Full stack solution design expert for technology initiatives using public cloud platforms spanning multiple teams and domains within the organization.
- Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following domains:
- Data processing & lifecycle management
- Multi-region data distribution and compliance management
- Data quality, observability, audit
- Content & digital asset management
- Personalized search solution and indexing strategy
- Domain driven design patterns
- Ensure security best practice across the technology stack using cloud native solution design.
- Create and maintain technical documentation related to architecture, decisions record, and implementation processes.
- Drive higher performance, agility and time to market by promoting the adoption of industry standard tools and processes across teams.
- Ideate and implement Proof of Concepts for technical and product advancement.
- Work with Principal Architects to lead the technical direction of our organizational strategy through implementing robust, extendable, and reusable architecture patterns.
- Provide mentorship and guidance to senior and staff developers, encouraging continuous learning and professional development through practical, hands-on examples and constructive feedback, and fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment.
- Collaborate with product managers, staff developers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical specifications.
What you'll bring:
- 8+ years of scalable development experience, with lead and software design accountabilities.
- 2+ years in a leadership role on building scalable platforms, technology transformation and modernization initiatives.
- Solid understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and principles
- The ability to connect designs to implementation with an API-first approach expertise with loosely coupled systems, and domain driven design
- Experience with event-driven architecture and decoupled services
- Proficiency in agile methodologies, Infrastructure-as-Code, DevSecOps best practices, and automated test frameworks
- Comfort with abstract problem-solving and ambiguous challenges
- Well versed in adapter architecture and integration design patterns
- AI driven development with ethical and secured software delivery practice
- Proven track record of building performant, scalable and cost effective products
- Proficiency in Object-Oriented programming methodologies, particularly using Java and Python programming languages.
- Experience with application frameworks such as Spring Boot and FastAPI
- Strong experience domain driven database design to manage datasets using relational, document and warehouse database engines
- Ability to improve velocity and impact by eliminating technical debt.
- Hands-on experience with designing and implementing enterprise technology and data engineering solutions
- Well versed in integration patterns.
- Extensive experience with cloud-native infrastructure in AWS and GCP cloud platforms. Familiarity with Azure is a plus.
- Experience building scalable and automated software delivery supply chain using CI/CD concepts using technologies such as GitHub Actions and Jenkins
- Experience in configuration driven data engineering knowledge developing scalable and extensible ETL and ELT based data processing.
- Commitment to continuous improvement in code, processes, and team development
- Excellent communication skills, translating user needs into actionable technical plans
- Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent professional experience
Discover your purpose at work
We’re not employees, we’re Benevity-ites. From all locations, backgrounds and walks of life, who deserve more …
Innovative work. Growth opportunities. Caring co-workers. And a chance to do work that fills us with a sense of purpose.
If the idea of working on tech that helps people do good in the world lights you up ... If you want a career where you’re valued for who you are and challenged to see who you can become …
It’s time to join Benevity. We’re so excited to meet you.
Where We Work
At Benevity, we embrace a flexible hybrid approach to where we work that empowers our people in a way that supports great work, strong relationships, and personal well-being. For those located near one of our offices, while there’s no set requirement for in-office time, we do value the moments when coming together in person helps us build connection and collaboration. Whether it’s for onboarding, project work, or a chance to align and bond as a team, we trust our people to make thoughtful decisions about when showing up in person matters most.
Join a company where DEIB isn’t a buzzword
Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are part of Benevity’s DNA. You’ll see the impact of our massive investment in DEIB daily — from our well-supported employee resources groups to the exceptional diversity on our leadership and tech teams.
We know that diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills and passions are what move our business and our people forward, so we're committed to creating a culture of belonging with equal opportunities for everyone to shine.
That starts with a fair and accessible hiring process. If you want to feel seen, heard and celebrated, you belong at Benevity.
Candidates with disabilities who may require accommodations throughout the hiring or assessment process are encouraged to reach out to accommodations@benevity.com.
