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IMPORTANT:   1. Unfortunately, if you're located in Quebec, we cannot accept your application. This is due to their particular labor laws. Resident of all other Canadian provinces are welcome to apply,   2. The region/country on the post's title is not related to the location of the clients you'll be serving. It's just a reference to the current residence of the applicant! All of Very's clients are US-based.   About Very   Very has been a remote-first company since 2011 which has allowed us to develop an amazing remote working experience and to have a remote office culture that exceeds that of any traditional on-site office.   We’ve built a collaborative, tight-knit team that thrives, whether we’re hanging out in person at our annual retreat or coordinating work across time zones. The results show that we’re doing something right. In 2020, we were named one of Inc’s Best Workplaces, Parity.org's Best Companies for Women to Advance List, and Fatherly’s Best Places to Work for Dads.   At Very we are focused on delivering world-class IoT hardware, software, and smart product engineering services to our clients. We have a wide array of clients from enterprise-level clients such as Vizio, Clear and iHeart Radio to small greenfield start-ups. Whatever size company our goal remains the same - Deliver world-class IoT services and solutions and truly partner with our clients to ensure overall product success.     About this Role   Very is looking to hire an experienced full stack engineer to work across a wide variety of projects and technology stacks.   As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering high quality, scalable and well tested code. At Very, teaching and learning is at the core of what we do. Whether through pair programming, workshops, conferences or other cross project collaboration we expect every engineer to continue advancing and developing their skills. Responsibilities: - Execute end-to-end software development and deployment in an agile environment - Provide technical guidance to other team members - Influence work of multiple teams relating to overall engineering group objectives  - Drive continuous process and technology improvements - Lead production monitoring and resolution impacts - Own and operate large sections of software and systems - Partner with Product to spec out the technical aspects of a feature from inception through delivery - Guide software design and delivery through influence and education - Write acceptance, integration and unit tests - Coach and mentor other engineers - Conduct architecture discussions when necessary - Participate in recruiting of candidates and improvement of the overall interview process - Support sales and pre-sales engineering work to ensure Very Client fit   At Very we do not have just one technology stack as we work on interesting problems, not specific technologies. However, we do have some preferred stacks and proficiency in two of them is required:   Backend Web / Embedded Technologies Elixir: Phoenix / Nerves Python: Django / Flask / Serverless / Scientific Python Ruby: Rails JavaScript: NodeJS Backends Kotlin/Java: Web Backends C/C++: Zephyr RTOS / BareMetal   Frontend Web / Mobile Technologies TypeScript: React / React Native Swift/Objective C: iOS Native Kotlin/Java: Android Native   We value well-tested, reusable code and expect our engineers to be as good of practitioners as they are leaders and teachers.     What You’ll Be Working On   We take customer success extremely seriously here at Very. As a senior engineer, you will be partnering with our clients to bring their products to market. You will be utilizing one or more of the above mentioned technology stacks coupled with a cloud provider to deliver an end-to-end solution for our customers.    Each project is slightly different and can contain any combination of hardware, firmware, web / mobile frontend as well as an API backend/cloud architecture. We follow best practices such as Infrastructure as Code, well thought out and designed CI/CD pipelines, TDD, and other testing best practices, and always keep an eye on scalability.    We remain as agile as possible working on delivering a vertical slice of all involved layers as early as possible so we can iterate and demonstrate progress. Your role on a project will be focused on your area of expertise coupled with your learning goals.     Qualifications   Required Unfortunately, applicants who do not meet these criteria will not be considered.   * Lead-level Software Engineering experience: Can guide a team to successful outcomes by architecting overall solutions, ensuring that work across the team meets a high standard, and helping the team focus on efficient solutions to business problems.  Their quality of work and overall approach to problem-solving means that review of their work is mostly for the sake of discussion/clarity, rather than to ensure quality.  * Strong communication skills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues to a non-technical audience * Strong experience with Android App and SDK development experience with Java and Kotlin * Experience delivering and supporting  Android applications * Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle required * Good understanding of cross-platform app development * Experience with using RESTful Web Services with applications * Experience building web and API services, using remote data via REST and JSON * Have published multiple Android native apps * Experience in object orientated design and programming, design patterns, and related frameworks * Demonstrated expertise in continuous integration/delivery/deployment   Nice-to-haves * Experience with Docker and Kubernetes * Cloud development experience with AWS   How You’ll Be Compensated   Base compensation Depending on your skill and experience, you can expect an annual salary between CAD $164,000 and $173,400 upon joining the company.  We also offer performance bonuses, a generous maternity/paternity leave policy, and numerous other employee benefits (including eliminating the stress and cost of commuting each day)   We also offer world-class perks: - Extended Health Care Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision) - Paid Parental Leave - Life Insurance / AD+D - Registered Retirement Service Plan RRSP = 25%  / Match- $1 CAD for every $4 CAD contributed. - Continuing Education Stipend - After 1 year of Employment  ($3000/ year for learning and 100% of the costs if you’re speaking at an event) - Home Office Stipend ($1000 per year for your workstation/office) - $190/mo Monthly Communications Stipend (Can be used towards Cell Phone Data Plan, WiFi Plan, VOIP, VPN) - PTO / Sick Time - Variable Compensation based on performance - MacBook Pro (Provided)

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