Lead Web Developer

YoushConsulting is excited to partner with a Canadian start -up to help build theirnext global success. We are hiring the best talent in Information Technology inToronto, and across several European countries. If you wish to be part of a globalsuccess story building life changing technologies that help millions of people livinga healthier life, then you must contact us.    Lead Web Developer (Perm"Toronto -REMOTE") Lookingfor an energetic, detailed -oriented and experienced developer to lead the webdevelopment team and support the development of several applications fordigital image processing. The successful candidate will be expected to assessand scope complex problems, design robust solutions, and oversee and contributeto the technical development of web applications (Flow, Live, Scholar) designedfor viewing, annotating, and analysis of extremely large datasets, specificallywhole slide images (WSI).  You willbe responsible for ensuring development targets are met in a timely fashion, aspart of the Engineering department, by providing oversight and mentoring tojunior developers. The Lead Web Developer will continually strive to improvedevelopment processes, leading to development of high -quality, well -tested, anduser -friendly software. Responsibilitieso   Strive to achieve a 50 -50 ratiobetween team management and software development taskso   Takean active role in understanding technical requirements and devise solutions forachieving themo   Workclosely with other members in the Engineering team to develop architecture andcreate implementation planso   Assesstasks to determine the effort required and estimate complexityo   Supportthe web development team in carrying out tasks on a routine basiso   Leadand mentor other developers towards best practices and high developmentstandardo   Review,test and enhance existing featureso   Performancetuning, testing, and documentation Qualificationso   5+ years of professional experiencewith developing web applicationso   ExcellentEnglish communication skills; both verbal and writteno   Abilityto develop comprehensive and well -designed solutions for complex problemso   Enjoymentoring and leading a team of developers and be accountable for their resultso   Detail -orientedwith the ability to learn new technologies and libraries through self -studyo   Strongunderstanding of frontend frameworks such as React (preferred) or similarframeworkso   Extensiveexperience with developing web application backends using Flask (preferred), Django, Rails, Express, or equivalent frameworkso   Experiencedeveloping, optimizing and debugging complex SQL databases o   Experiencewith using software development tools and methods (source control, unittesting, bug tracking, continuous integration, etc.)o   Experiencedeploying software on cloud platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS, Microsoft Azure)Nice -to -haveo   Image analysis (i.e., algorithmdevelopment) background and/or trainingo   Leadershipand management experience Requirementso   5+ years of professional experiencewith developing web applicationso   ExcellentEnglish communication skills; both verbal and writteno   Abilityto develop comprehensive and well -designed solutions for complex problemso   Enjoymentoring and leading a team of developers and be accountable for their resultso   Detail -orientedwith the ability to learn new technologies and libraries through self -studyo   Strongunderstanding of frontend frameworks such as React (preferred) or similarframeworkso   Extensiveexperience with developing web application backends using Flask (preferred), Django, Rails, Express, or equivalent frameworkso   Experiencedeveloping, optimizing and debugging complex SQL databases o   Experiencewith using software development tools and methods (source control, unittesting, bug tracking, continuous integration, etc.)o   Experiencedeploying software on cloud platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS, Microsoft Azure)Nice -to -haveo   Image analysis (i.e., algorithmdevelopment) background and/or trainingo   Leadershipand management experience