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Senior Software Developer

HeyOrca

HeyOrca

Software Engineering
Remote
Posted on Apr 4, 2025

Newfoundland Time - Eastern Time | Canada

Application Deadline: May 2, 2025

Position Start Date: Jun 2, 2025

Salary range: $105K - $120K CAD/year

About HeyOrca

We are a fully remote company that values meaningful work and meaningful relationships. Our mission? To help social media managers build communities. As a member of our talented development team, you’ll help deliver world-class software (with a whole lot of heart!).

Job Description

We’re looking for an enthusiastic Senior Software Developer to join our development team and help us build high-quality software that delivers value to our customers every day.

This role offers room for growth within the company, whether you’re looking to deepen your expertise in various technologies from cloud infrastructure to client-facing web and mobile applications, or elevate your team management and leadership capabilities. We value collaboration, learning, professional and personal growth, and providing team members with the resources to expand their skill sets.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Software Developer, you'll work closely with our product, design, and QA teams to build secure, high-quality, and scalable software. Your responsibilities will include:

  • Rapid prototyping of ideas for collecting feedback from customers
  • Building the validated prototypes in a thoughtful and scalable manner
  • Collaborating with the customer and customer support teams to resolve issues
  • Contributing to the technical architecture of new features
  • Contributing to the design of new features in team-wide design brainstorming sessions
  • Analyzing and improving existing code to maintain and improve performance, stability, and scalability
  • Contributing to DevOps to manage and improve reliability and CI/CD

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of practical experience in software development
  • Practical understanding of software development best practices
  • Experience in developing with technologies such as REST APIs, PHP/Laravel, React.js, Typescript, a scripting language, and SQL databases
  • Fast learner and eager to improve by learning new technologies and getting feedback from lead engineers
  • Teamwork, collaboration, and accountability
  • Comfortable switching direction and focus frequently
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced environment
  • Comfortable working remotely and able to communicate effectively in such an environment
  • Experience in end-to-end tracing
  • Familiar with web development DevOps
  • Familiar with web application performance analysis

Nice to have

  • Familiar with AWS
  • Experience setting up scalable cloud infrastructure

What You’ll Love About Us

At HeyOrca, we’re passionate about fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and inclusivity. We value your creativity and expertise and believe in building products that make a difference for our users.

We are committed to building a collaborative workplace where every team member feels empowered and valued. At HeyOrca, your perspective matters, and your contributions will shape the future of social media management.

Some of our perks include:

  • 3 weeks vacation
  • 2 weeks Christmas holiday
  • Day off on your birthday
  • $500 home-office allowance
  • $300 ergonomic assessment allowance
  • $500 yearly Orca wellness plan
  • 5% RRSP matching
  • $1000/year personal development allowance

At HeyOrca, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where every team member feels valued and empowered. We believe that our differences make us stronger and drive innovation. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. HeyOrca is an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Please note that we will only communicate with our job applicants by using @heyorca.com domains and no-reply@collage.co email. We will never contact applicants from any other email address. We will never ask for money or private information like SIN from potential employees. Be cautious of any unauthorized solicitations. You may view the most current and accurate job postings at HeyOrca by visiting https://www.heyorca.com/careers.