Technical Lead

hybrid
Toronto, Ontario, Canada .
full-time . September 27, 2024

Description

JMIR Publications is transforming scholarly communications as the fastest-growing open-access publisher of peer-reviewed Science, Technology, and Medicine journals. JMIR creates and leverages the latest technologies to organize conferences, researcher connections, social and online media content platforms, and our award-winning innovative knowledge translation products that connect people to research.

Join one of Canada’s Top Growing Companies that’s rapidly expanding (138% three-year growth) and hiring now with over 20 years of experience in scholarly communication. We are expanding our product range to patients and consumers making health and medical information available to people when they need it.

Openness is at the heart of what we do.

We are looking to hire a talented Technical Lead to join our team. If you are an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual who loves to mentor and lead a group of developers, we would love to connect with you!

To keep our candidates safe, JMIR Publications is hiring and on-boarding in a remote/hybrid work environment. The successful candidate will have:

Your Impact:

Reporting to our Chief Product and Technology Officer, you will be responsible for the following:

Producing high quality, highly efficient code across projects
Fuelling the growth of our organization and industry-leading technologies and systems
Mentor and be mentored, holding up the highest standards for rigorously tested and elegant code

Job Qualification & Requirements:

Leadership

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, related disciplines, or equivalent experience
At least 5+ years of combined development and leadership experience including providing technical leadership to remote teams
The ability to communicate complex ideas clearly; thrive in an ambiguous and agile environment
The ability to lead a development and delivery cycle as technical subject matter expert end-to-end

Technical

Cloud exposure and containerization exposure. AWS preferred, with hands on experience with controlling infrastructure, releases, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
Architectural principles such as SOLID, basic understanding of domain driven design, microservice experience, and design patterns
Node.js plus frontend framework knowledge
SQL database design/development/administration experience
Familiar with Site Reliability Engineering concepts
PHP is nice to have, also Python is nice to have
NoSQL such as Redis, ElasticSearch, and graph databases

Our Core Technologies:

AWS, Docker, Node.js, Vue, Nuxt, SQL, PHP, Python

What We Offer:

Opportunity to be part of a dynamic, high-performance team where you can develop and advance your career in a fast-growing organization with no micromanaging
A fantastic place to work and grow your career with mentoring, support, and talented people who excel at what they do
A focus on meaningful work and cutting-edge technology that drives your professional development
A culture of transparency where your team members are part of meaningful conversations
Great tools, technology, hardware, and support so you can unleash your best and be proud of your impact

Great Benefits:

Extensive 100% employer-paid insurance benefits - Extended Health Care, Dental Care, Vision Care, and Life Insurance for you and your family with nothing taken off your paycheque
Beautiful new office space near the Toronto Harbourfront
An extremely competitive salary based on experience
Great atmosphere with great people to work with
Excellent company events
Free snacks and beverages
Casual dress
Flexible working hours around our core hours
Remote/hybrid work environment

JMIR Publications is an equal opportunity employer.

We wish to thank all those who apply. Our team will contact individuals whose skills and experience most closely match our requirements.

Compensation

$130,000.00 - $160,000.00 per year

Know someone who would be a perfect fit? Let them know!