Senior Cloud Developer

Product Development – Toronto, Ontario

At Interaxon, we develop engaging experiences using brain sensing technology. We are a passionate team of researchers, technical experts and scientists building the world’s leading science-based brain platform to empower personal transformation through human-centered innovation. Our Muse and Muse 2 headbands are designed to make meditation easier and provide real-time audio and visual feedback on your meditative state through the Muse companion app.

As a Senior Cloud Developer at Interaxon, you’ll help us build APIs used by cross-platform mobile apps, revenue-generating web apps, and big data infrastructure that enables our neuroscientists to comb through our enormous brain data set. You are someone with a keen eye for detail, who thrives in a fast paced environment, and have extensive experience of architecting and building scalable distributed back-end systems.

What you‘ll be doing:

• Design and build scalable distributed back-end systems.
• Able to contribute to front-end single-page web applications too.
• Look out for and evaluate promising technologies/services most suitable for the task.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Designers to ensure the specifications make sense.
• Review code from others in a collaborative way. No stone goes unturned.
• Test your code, ensuring high coverage and shipping features that you are proud of.
• Participate in Sprint rituals, especially story point estimation.
• Share your opinion and experience in technical design sessions, developer processes and practices
• Coach junior developers, raising the bar for everyone on the team.
• Develop your craft as you learn something new and grow while on our team.

Your skills and experience:

• 5+ years of experience working with cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud, building large distributed systems.
• 5+ years of experience with Python, Node, Go, PHP, or Ruby, working in a team environment.
• Built applications using both SQL and NoSQL databases, has solid understanding of different design principles and trade-offs.
• DevOps mindset, experience with operating code in production.
• Expert in Git.
• Experience with CI/CD tools.
• Experience building RESTful APIs
• Computer Science degree or similar degree.
• Expert in unit testing and end-to-end testing methodologies
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology

What we offer:

Our collaborative culture is an extension of our vision to empower personal transformation to improve lives and change the world. We have a flexible working environment, great benefits package, meditation space, onsite gym with subsidized membership, a kitchen full of snacks, a variety of food nearby on King Street / Queen Street, onsite bicycle parking and easy access to the TTC. Join a team passionate about making a difference.

Interaxon is a company fueled on innovation and inclusion.  We believe that diversity is an essential part of our workplace culture, and we continue to grow our team through equal opportunity and barrier-free recruitment. Additionally, if you require any accommodations during the selection process, please let us know!

Please Apply here