***Contractor is required to come on-site at least once a week (Thursday) We are open to hire for 3 other locations : Toronto (, Ottawa, Quebec City***

Roles and Responsibilities

• Assist the team with Jira tasks that are more experimental in nature:
  • spikes, POCs, design
  • specifically, the tech lead should review all design work
• Collaborate with other teams to:
  • incorporate new technologies and processes
  • share code and SDLC practices
  • Provide mentorship to team members
  • Participate in some code reviews
  • Maintain alignment between the technical focus of the team and:
  • business requirements coming from stakeholders
  • architectural requirements for new projects
  • new architectural requirements for existing projects
  • Provide leadership in strategical decisions
• Unblock the team:
  • In general, seek out those points in the cycle of each sprint where blockages or delayed are occurring and find ways to avoid them
  • specifically, unblock the team when they need help with a technical or other blockage
  • Work with the scrum master to maintain existing SDLC practices and to improve on them
  • Maintain a higher-level view of the team's projects and their relation with projects of other teams
• Provide in-depth technical input for:
  • refining individual Jira tasks
  • backlog refinement
  • Work with the PO to do detailed architectural design when there is no software architect available
  • Ensure that operational problems are handled in a timely fashion and follow up on outstanding items
  • Contribute to project meetings and report on issue status

Characteristics

• Deep knowledge of programming, SDLC, Design Patterns and Software Architecture
• Knowledge of the full development stack
• Have design skills
• Expertise in microservices, containerized development
• Ability to create, troubleshoot code, infrastructure and orchestration of such an environment
• Good expertise of CI/CD pipelines
• Good expertise with Test Driven Development
• Knowledge in IT Security (SSDLC)
• Ability to create clear documentation that synthesizes the technical and business aspects of any problem
• Critical thinker – demonstrated ability to tackle complex problems effectively and to take a higher-level view
• Avid learner – continuous learner of all things technical and process
• Team player – ability to work with a wide range of geographically distributed teammates
• Great communicator – ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization
• Focus driven – ability to manage stress and pressure in a collaborative environment
• Transformational agent – agile and ability to mobilize resources and execute on critical initiatives needed to transform our business