Software Engineering Team Lead

We are seeking an innovative, motivatingEngineering Team Leadfor a permanent full-time position at our Hamilton office. Reporting to the VP of Product, the Engineering Team Lead will collaborate with their team, create a seamless software experience for our clients, and contribute to the improvement of our AckrooMKTG products and processes. This position supports our marketing platform that manages gift cards, loyalty, and promotions. The ideal candidate is a senior developer ready to step the next step in their career leading peers and projects and can take on challenges with minimal supervision.

An innovative SaaS-based technology Company that is consolidating, simplifying and improving the loyalty marketing, payments and point of sale industry.We provide creative marketing, financial and operational solutions tohelpAutomotive,Hospitality,Petroleum, andRetailmerchants of all sizes attract, retain, and grow their customers and their revenues with greater ease, speed and insights.Founded in 2012, our organization continues to experience phenomenal growth and thrives on an entrepreneurial spirit, passion, and top-tier talent.

Why join the ‘Kroo?

• Work-life Balance: Thriving both personally and professionally is key to success at Ackroo. Hybrid work, paid time off, and comprehensive benefits are offered to support your health and wellness.
• Innovation: We foster a culture of innovation and out-of-the-box creativity.
• Collaboration + Teamwork: Collaborating with a group of passionate, driven people makes our gears run smoothly.
• Ownership: Not only does our team get to own their projects, through our stock options program, they get to be an owner.
• Transparency: Building trust as a team through transparent, open feedback and communication

What you’ll do

• Actively seek ways to improve business software processes and interactions
• Ensure software security by developing programs to actively monitor the sharing of private information
• Develop intuitive software that meets and exceeds the needs of the company
• Analyze and test programs and products before formal launch
• Collaborate with and provide support to team members to determine best practices and client requirements for software
• Professionally maintain AckrooMKTG software and create updates regularly to address customer and company concerns
• Aid and support the coaching and training of other team members to ensure all employees are confident in the use of software applications
• Troubleshoot coding problems quickly and efficiently to ensure a productive workplace

A little bit about you

• Must have strong written/verbal communication skills
• Positive attitude with a desire to work in a fast-paced environment
• University Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of web development technologies (HTML5/Javascript//CSS/jQuery …)
• Knowledge of Object Oriented Programming and Design concepts
• Knowledge of SQL
• Strong ability to work in a team and ability to learn quickly
• 7+ years of Ruby on Rails and/or other scripting style languages (PHP, Python, Node.js)
• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer

Experience with any of the following would be considered an asset:

• Knowledge of NoSQL databases like MongoDB, BigQuery
• Payments Knowledge – POS terminals, POS systems, credit/debit/gift/loyalty transactions processing
• Previous experience as a manager or team lead
• Ideally 7+ years of experience working on a software development team
• Cloud Infrastructure and Continuous Integration tools (e.g Google Cloud, Gitlab, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with Agile development process
• Experience with .NET Development Framework
• Knowledge of RESTful Web Services interfaces
• Advanced MySQL experience
• Experience developing on Windows/Linux

What we offer

• Quarterly performance-based bonuses
• A fun work environment with a great team and lots of snacks
• 3 weeks’ vacation + 6 flexible/sick days
• Stock options
• Salary: $115,000-$125,000
• Employer-paid health and dental benefits