Senior Backend Software Developer (Rider Experience)

Senior Backend Software Developer (Rider Experience)

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Remote (Canada)

Reporting To: Andre Cytryn

Compensation: $155,575 - $175,161 / year

Description

We are hiring a Senior Developer (Mobile Infrastructure and Automation) to join our Rider Experience Team!

The goal of the Rider Experience Team is to allow our riders to travel seamlessly to their destination; by exploring journey options, selecting the one that best fits their needs, and assisting them throughout the journey. This includes multimodal journey options, booking, ticketing, and payment solutions.

Our Spare headquarters is located in Vancouver, BC, but this position is open to remote work options within Canada. Unfortunately, at this time, we are not able to hire outside of Canada.

About this role

In this role, you will...

Software Development Expertise:

• Be involved in - and sometimes lead - design discussions related to code architecture;
• Deliver high-quality code. Design, code, test, document, and release new features using a combination of tools and languages;
• Work on a complex distributed system, where real-time data updates and impacts the system every second;

Product understanding

• Bring a deep understanding of transit-related challenges (e.g. fares, public transit passenger information);
• Be in a high-impact position, empowered to make decisions that lead us to success while building complex products and features;
• Actively participate in the day-to-day operations of the team, contributing ideas for how the team can better meet the needs of our transit agency customers;

Leadership & Mentorship:

• Mentor and guide developers of all levels, fostering a culture of continuous learning and collaboration, and drive improvements in the codebase, ensuring best practices are followed and high standards are maintained;

Process & Infrastructure Improvement:

• Drive continuous improvement in development processes, tools, documentation, and methodologies;
• Be part of the on-call SRE team, after fully ramping up to the rest of this role's responsibilities;
• Manage the configuration and maintenance of development and production environments, ensuring security, reliability and scalability of our applications.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Collaborate with other development teams to establish best practices and frameworks that support efficient and effective mobile app development across all contributors;
• Work closely with Product, Design, and QA teams to align on goals and deliver high-impact solutions that enhance the overall user experience.

About you

• Extensive Experience in Backend Software Development: You have 4+ years of professional experience working as software developer;
• Understanding of the challenges related to public transit: You have either professional experience or a personal interest in public transportation, allowing you to have an awareness of the challenges related to it (e.g. schedule variability, fare complexity, real-time vehicle position & ETAs);
• Technical Leadership & Problem Solving: You have led and taken ownership of complex projects, engaged in architectural discussions, and proposed innovative solutions while clearly communicating technical trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders;
• Startup Mindset & Adaptability: You thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments and have a proven ability to adapt and excel in a tech startup setting, embracing new challenges and opportunities for growth;
• Passion for Developer Experience: You are committed to creating a seamless and empowering developer experience, proactively seeking to identify and remove roadblocks, and championing best practices that enable all teams to build, test, and release with confidence.

Nice to haves include:

• Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript/Node.js;
• Experience with working with mobility data formats (GTFS, OSM, etc);
• Experience with OpenTripPlanner and other open source transit projects;
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and/or GCP;
• Experience leading meetings, dailies and retros;

About the Mobile Team

The Rider Experience Team works on improving and deploying new features for our Rider app. The Rider app is used by customers who want to book an on-demand mobility ride using our platform. We "white label" our rider apps to brand them individually for each of our transit agency customers. We focus on providing the best experience for riders making sure they have the best options to move from A to B, with a strong emphasis on accessibility and ease of use.

Benefits

• Purposeful work: Be a part of a mission-driven company that is solving real-world problems and improving the lives of people around the world. Learn more about the impact we're making in our 2023 Global Impact Report!
• Growth Opportunities: Spare is growing fast and there is uncapped potential for rapid advancement of motivated high performers on our team!
• Market-competitive pay: We benchmark roles annually to attract and retain top talent. For Growth roles, we also offer a competitive commission/bonus structure that rewards strong performance.
• Stock options: Enjoy the feeling of ownership. All Spartians are provided stock options, so you can share in the growth and success of Spare!
• Flexible work: Work remotely from anywhere in Canada, in your own time zone.
• In-office collaboration: If you're in Metro Vancouver, you have the option to work out of our HQ located downtown, close to Waterfront Station. If you're located elsewhere, you'll have access to CA$200/month to spend on a coworking membership to work together with team members in your city.
• Home office allowance: We recognize the importance of a productive home office setup to help you do your best work, which is why we provide a CA$1,000 home office allowance.
• Team offsites & socials: We love the flexibility of remote work, and we also value the importance of in-person connection. Each team has an annual budget for travel and accommodations to get together for a team offsite or hackathon. Plus you have access to a CA$50 monthly budget to socialize with other Spartians in your city - go out for a meal or hit up a karaoke spot!
• Health insurance: We offer a fully-paid health insurance package for you and your dependents that includes prescription drug, paramedical, mental health, dental, life insurance, travel insurance, and Employee Assistance Program.
• Lifestyle Spending Account: We offer CA$500 per year Lifestyle Spending Account (taxable benefit), which you can use to get reimbursed for a variety of expenses including education, wellness, transportation, and childcare/pet care.
• Paid time off: Along with your three weeks of annual vacation, we offer unlimited sick days and have company-wide shut-down days to help you rest and recharge.
• Parental leave top-up: Top up of up to 80% for 15 weeks to help you adjust to the new addition to your family!