Software Engineer III

Job Description:

Here at Rakuten Kobo Inc. we offer a casual working start-up environment and a group of friendly and talented individuals. Our employees rank us highly in terms of commitment to work/life balance. We realize that for our people to be innovative, creative and passionate they need to feel valued and supported. We believe in rewarding all our employees with competitive salaries, performance based annual bonuses, stock options and training opportunities.

If you're looking for a company that inspires passion, personal, and professional growth – join Kobo and come help us on our mission of making reading lives better.

The Role:

Rakuten Kobo Toronto is looking for a Software Engineer III to join our amazing Web team You will be joining one of our development teams to deliver awesome new features for our many users to enjoy.

Our engineers are enthusiastic and operate across the development spectrum, from front-end to back-end to CI/CD and infrastructure. We take full responsibility for our work, from requirements gathering and solutioning, to implementation and testing, to deploying and monitoring how our code behaves in front of real customers. Kobo is looking for an engineer who shares these passions and is proud of the work they do.

Reporting to the Software Engineering Manager, the Software Engineer III plays a vital role in all aspects of delivery from design, planning and implementation through to releasing and monitoring.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of user-centric web applications focusing on modern React ) front-end architecture while overseeing and contributing to the .NET back-end services that support them.
• Propose designs and Proof of Concepts to Architecture team and work with the team to deliver the implementation to Production
• Take ownership of technical decisions and guide the team through complex challenges, ensuring best practices and maintainable solutions.
• Participate in code reviews; happy to give and receive constructive feedback
• Communicate clearly and effectively with teammates, Business stakeholders and other development teams in Kobo.
• Mentor and coach junior developers, fostering a culture of learning and technical excellence through regular code reviews and knowledge sharing.

The Skillset:

Required:

• Computer Science or Computer Engineering Degree (or equivalent experience)
• Highly technical and able to communicate well with engineers and cross-functional team members
• Experience building web components with REACT library (preferably Next) and tailwind CSS
• Ample knowledge of JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML and CSS/SCSS
• C#, ASP.NET MVC, WebAPI, RESTful Services, .Net 8 Microservices
• SOLID Principles and Practices, IoC & TDD
• MS SQL, RavenDb, EntityFramework
• Some experience with service bus technology e.g. NServiceBus, RabbitMQ
• Experience with Git
• Experience with OAuth & Open ID
• Experienced and knowledgeable in CI/CD and different testing strategies and techniques (Unit, Integration, UI tests)
• Comfortable with and enthusiastic about learning new technologies

Nice to Haves:

• Working in an Agile environment and team
• Scrum Master or Team Lead experience
• Docker, Solr, Kubernetes
• Test automation using Selenium Webdriver or Playwright
• Working with GitHub or Azure DevOps
• Knowledge of Ruby or other scripting languages

The Perks:

• Flexible hours and remote working environment
• 4 extended summer long weekends
• Full benefits starting from your first day
• Paid Volunteer days, unlimited sick days, and 3% RRSP matching
• Monthly commuting allowance for hybrid employees
• Flexible health spending account
• Training budget + Udemy account
• Free Kobo device + free weekly e-book or audiobook
• Weekly Kobo Tech University sessions
• Maternity/paternity leave top up
• 90 Day Work from Anywhere program
• Daily lunch credit when in-office and in-office snacks
• Dog friendly office

About Rakuten Kobo Inc.

Owned by Tokyo-based Rakuten and headquartered in Toronto, Rakuten Kobo Inc. is one of the most advanced global ecommerce companies, with the world's most innovative eReading services offering more than 6 million eBooks and audiobooks to 30 million + customers in 190 countries. Kobo delivers the best digital reading experience through creative innovation, award-winning eReaders, and top-ranking mobile apps. Kobo is a part of the Rakuten group of companies.

Rakuten Kobo Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Accessibility accommodations for candidates with disabilities participating in the selection process are available on request. Any information received related to accommodation needs of applicants will be addressed confidentially.

Rakuten Kobo would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this role however only qualified candidates will be shortlisted.

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