Senior Backend Developer

At Loblaw Digital, we know that our customers expect the best from us. Whether that means building the best, most innovative online shopping experiences, or designing an app that will impact the lives of people across the country, we’re up for the challenge. Loblaw Digital is the team responsible for building and operating the online businesses of Canada’s largest and most successful retailer. Based in downtown Toronto, we are an entrepreneurial, fast-paced, and collaborative team working towards transforming the way Canadians shop by creating leading eCommerce experiences in the online grocery shopping, beauty, pharmacy, loyalty, and apparel spaces, and we’re only just getting started! To achieve these goals, we are looking for talented and passionate individuals who want to collaborate and solve challenging problems and make significant and lasting impact on Canadians. 

The impact you’ll make

As a Senior Developer, you will be working with junior members on the Software Development team, and you will have an experienced and knowledgeable Manager to guide you. You will have exposure to every aspect of the software development cycle, and you will be encouraged to express your opinions and challenge assumptions.

Working from our downtown office, you will report to the E-Commerce Software Development Manager and will assist in building, improving and maintaining a world-class, multi-channel e-commerce platform. This is a rare opportunity to build new technology that will operate at a massive scale and impact the lives of millions of Canadians.

What You'll Do

• Application design for microservices in a DDD culture
• Participate in development of Event Driven Microservices
• Implement REST API for the Microservices
• Implement infrastructure as a code to deploy the applications to GCP
• Understand the intricacies of business logic, and apply your expertise to capture and code it effectively
• Mentor, oversee and help other developers to achieve team goal
• Cultivate a deep understanding of the portfolio of applications we utilize, along with their respective strengths and weaknesses, to provide solutions to existing and future challenges.
• Solve complex technical problems in situations with no clear best path
• Lead the design of software components to enhance our portfolio.
• Construct design documents and documentation to aid in maintenance and code reuse.
• Through your knowledge of industry trends and tools, together with your own experiences, work with the team to improve our software, our environment, and our process.
• Provide guidance and direction to the development teams to tear down obstacles and keep initiatives on target and moving forward.
• Translate project goals and product roadmaps into organized technical tasks.
• Organize, prioritize, and manage multiple projects and multiple stakeholders simultaneously.
• Provide technical guidance and support in resolving critical issues.
• Offer your input and expertise to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Deliver high-quality code along with applicable unit and integration tests

Does This Sound Like You

• Excellent development skills and minimum of 5 years of experience in backend software development
• Fluent in Java Programming language
• Fluent in Spring framework
• Deep understanding of Microservice architecture
• Knowledge of design Pattern and industry best practices for the backend event-driven microservices
• Understanding of Cloud
• Keen awareness and understanding of performance, security, and other software engineering principles
• RESTful API design
• Communication skills to effectively explain your ideas to the team

Preferred Qualifications

• A degree in computer science or computer engineering would help.
• Kotlin Programming language
• Infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Understanding of Google Cloud Platform
• Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines
• Some functional programming expertise

How you’ll succeed

At Loblaw Digital, we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture. We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections. We’re able to keep innovating because our colleagues are passionate about their work and excited about the future of eCommerce. You will get to work with some of the best digital minds and will have the support of world class technologies to craft products our customers will love!

If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.

We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.