Senior JavaScript (React/Node) Developer with GCP (or other cloud) experience to support the Global AI/ML team with one of our major banking clients -
Office Location: Fully remote – only Canada
Contract Duration: 12 months (Chance of Extension)
Hours: 37.5 Hours Per Week
Story Behind the Need:
You will be a member of the Global AI & ML team focused on designing and implementing innovative, intelligent software solutions across the Bank’s business lines. Your role will be an integral part of the organization’s AI/ML strategy dedicated to creating value for the Bank and its customers. You will work closely with a team of data scientists, data engineers, AI/ML product managers, and other software engineers to understand global business partner challenges and processes in order to turn those insights into working software solutions.
Typical Day in Role:
Take ownership of your work and deliver scalable, robust, and polished products for end users. - Gather and refine business requirements and transform them into concise technical specifications. Perform independent research and design efficient solutions which meet specifications and adhere to the industry's best practices and organizational policies. Develop existing and new software products with the goal of providing an outstanding service for our customers. Communicate ideas verbally and in writing with the team while making it a practice to document designs, deliverables, as well as any other pertinent information such as operational and support runbooks and processes. Derive data insights and apply them to address business opportunities.
Must-Have skills:
8-10 years of work experience in software engineering, web application, and full-stack development. 5-7 years of work experience with modern JavaScript, NodeJS, Express, React/Redux, and related toolsets. 5-7 years of work experience with programming and scripting languages such as Python and Bash preferred (other languages also accepted). Experience with DevOps and Cloud technologies. E.g., GCP (preferred), AWS, or Azure. Experience working with databases and key-value data stores (e.g., MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL).
Nice-To-Have Skills:
Knowledge of Python (e.g., Flask, FastAPI) is a very strong plus. Advanced experience with Docker/Docker Compose, Kubernetes, GCP and Linux are a very strong plus. Experience writing/maintaining Helm Charts (preferable) and working with other IT Automation software (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) is a strong plus. Experience with information retrieval systems/search engines such as Lucene, Solr or Elasticsearch is a strong plus. Experience with building/using CI/CD pipelines (e.g., ArgoWF/ArgoCD) is a plus. Experience with AI Machine Learning (e.g., LLMs) is a plus. Experience with web crawlers (e.g., Apache Nutch) is a plus. Experience with using a message broker-like service (e.g., RabbitMQ, Kafka, bonus points for GCP Pub/Sub). Consistent use of version control (e.g., git).
Best vs. Average Candidate:
The best candidate will have a clean, error-free resume and avoid generic descriptions of their experience. They should provide detailed examples of how they used technology to solve problems within their organization. Great communication skills to be able to collaborate with team members also to be detail oriented.
Education:
You have a university/college degree in a relevant STEM discipline. (Electrical/Computer/Software Engineering, Computer Sciences, Mathematics) is a strong asset.
Candidate Review & Selection
• 1st round MS Teams video interview – HM (30 minutes)
o Introductions and discuss project details
• 2nd round MS Teams video interview – Panel with technical team (1.5 hours)
o Discuss candidate’s skills/experience and gauge the depth of their knowledge, behavioural questions.
o Technical questions
o Assess match for team culture
