We’re looking for a Lead, Software Development to help us build and lead a high-performance team that solves challenging engineering problems as we build the next generation of social products. You will support the Senior Manager, Development to hire, grow, coach, and lead a team of developers to build, scale, monitor, and optimize our billing infrastructure working on account management, pricing and packaging, subscription lifecycle, compliance, payment processing and more. While based in Canada (in locations where we can legally hire), you will report to the Senior Manager, Software Development. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO: 

• Build, support and lead a high performance, cohesive team of developers, in close partnership with the Senior Manager, Development
• Facilitate ongoing development conversations with your team to support their learning and career growth
• Proactively share information, actively solicit feedback, and facilitate communication, within teams and portfoliosParticipate in the hiring process, with an aim of attracting and hiring the best developers
• Assess and prioritize the team's work, appropriately delegating to others and encouraging team ownership.
• Maintain high standards of security, reliability, scalability, performance, and quality in all delivered projectsHelp shape our technical roadmap as we scale our services and build new products
• Design, write, test, and deploy high quality scalable code
• Work with the following technologies: Go, Scala, PHP, Docker, Jenkins, Kafka, Redis, Cassandra in an environment that’s using NoSQL databases, Domain Driven Design, Event Sourcing, Test Driven Design and Agile

WHAT YOU’LL NEED: 

• A degree in Computer Science or Engineering, and at least 5 years of experience in designing, developing and maintaining software or an equivalent level of work experience, and a track record of substantial contributions to software projects with high business impact
• You are proficient in Go, Scala or a similar language and have a desire to learn other languages
• Understanding of distributed systems and how to work in high availability environments
• Experience with mentoring, coaching, and pairing with coworkers
• An understanding of SaaS software development practice, previous experience working on a SaaS product will be viewed favorably
• Collaboration and Teamwork: works with others to deliver results, meaningfully contributing to the team and prioritizing group needs over individual needs
• Creativity and Innovation: seeks new and better ways of doing things, generating original and imaginative ideas, products, and/or solutions
• Problem Solving: uses an organized and logical approach to find solutions to complex problems and looks beyond the obvious to understand the root cause of problems and proposes several possible solutions
• Resilience, Tolerance for Change/Ambiguity: can effectively cope with change, finding ways to advance work and projects

WHO YOU ARE:

• Tenacious. You are determined to succeed, and you are motivated by the success of customers, colleagues and the community
• Curious. You are always learning and seeking ways to make things better
• Conscientious. You keep your promises, taking your commitments to others seriously, and you have strong integrity
• Humble. You lead with humility and empathy, respecting and learning from the perspectives of others

Share our values: We champion the power of human connection. We’re united globally by our shared values of innovation, grit, humility, and passion for customer success. 

Make an impact: Working at the speed of social, we create value for our customers by delivering solutions that power relationships at scale. Our pace of work enables fast learning and fosters an environment where you can stretch yourself and make an impact.

Learn and grow: We’re committed to growing the capabilities of our people. We are building a learning community where you can work with diverse individuals, explore new ways of thinking, and expand your capabilities. Our employees are teachers and learners who work out loud and share their knowledge to enhance each other’s growth.

We are dedicated to building a diverse community, one where employees feel a sense of belonging, and are valued for their contributions and the perspectives they bring. Our purpose is to champion the power of human connection and the heart of connection is inclusion. You belong here.

Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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Are you eligible for co-op at D2L?

Our co-op roles are open to applicants who are:

• Currently enrolled in a post-secondary program, and will not graduate prior to this co-op role (preference for students enrolled in an official co-op program)
• Able to work 40 hours per week
• Able to work in-person from a D2L office (office location dependent on role)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 19, 9:00am ET

(Note for University of Waterloo students: please apply to the posting for this job on WaterlooWorks, and NOT here. Thank you!)

Every day, our software is used by millions of people around the world, and we are looking for students who share in our excitement and passion for transforming the way the world learns. At D2L, we believe that learning should be accessible and engaging. Our goal is to create easy, flexible, and smart software that ignites the desire to learn in everyone. To do this, we need to give talented, enthusiastic, and passionate people, like you, opportunities to create, develop, and collaborate on projects that revolutionize the learning environment.

Software Test Developers at D2L are passionate about building quality, secure, high performing software. They tackle tough technical and non-technical testing challenges. You will contribute to technology that will transform teaching and learning for millions of people. Improving education for millions of people provides a rare opportunity to make a real and significant difference in the world!

What you’ll get out of working at D2L:

• You will work on an Agile development team which includes Developers, Testers, Designers, a Product Manager, and a Development Manager
• Teams can tackle any problem in any area, ensuring exposure to a variety of problems and technologies
• All members of the team contribute to the definition, requirements, development, and testing of the problems we are solving
• Our testers are flexible, and can adapt how they spend their time according to the needs of their team and projects

How you'll make an impact: 

• Take charge of your team’s overall quality strategy; help the team to adapt and optimize for quality up front, rather than providing a safety net to catch failures
• Leverage your strengths to help your team improve quality in various ways: perhaps you’ll contribute to product code, participate in code reviews, design and write automated tests, plan and execute exploratory testing, implement reliability engineering strategies, or take on any other activities that will help your team increase confidence in what they’re building
• Coach other members of your team about how to approach quality-related activities, and foster a mature quality culture within the team
• Be a compelling communicator of quality concerns

What is D2L looking for from you?                                                     

Your experience is important, but most of all we are looking for people who are quick to learn, passionate about what they do, and are eager to collaborate with others to create innovative products that will delight and inspire our users. In general we are looking for:

• You thrive at finding defects and design issues in software during all phases of the software development process
• You have a high bar for quality, software performance, and security
• You create and nurture feedback loops to provide information for continuous improvement of testing
• You identify risks and gaps in analysis and test coverage through sound critical thinking
• You design effective automation tests and contribute to automation frameworks
• You collaborate effectively, helping your team to develop testable features, and identifying test tasks during design
• You are passionate about our users and are their advocates in the development process

Education Recommendations                

Currently a candidate for Bachelor's degree or diploma in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field with the co-op option

Why we're awesome                                               

We offer our Co-ops monthly internet reimbursement, monthly co-op events, and opportunity to be a fully involved member of a team. Plus, we're always hiring superstar New Grads, so get a step ahead of the rest by networking within D2L on your work term.

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This position is to fill an existing vacancy