Principal Developer

June 10

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Coconut Software

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Coconut Software is a market leader in providing appointment scheduling, advisor optimization, and lobby management solutions specifically designed for financial institutions such as banks and credit unions. Their platform helps increase operational efficiency and customer experience by ensuring that customers connect with the right experts at the right time. Coconut Software offers a comprehensive suite of features, including video banking, reporting and analytics, and integrations with existing systems, to streamline the services financial institutions provide. Their solutions help drive profits by increasing product sales and improving customer satisfaction and loyalty.

51 - 200 employees

☁️ SaaS

🏦 Banking

💳 Fintech

📋 Description

• We’re looking for a well-rounded, seasoned Principal Developer to join Coconut! • Reporting to our CTO, Principal Developers at Coconut will work together with Engineering, Product, and Security to identify and test strategic, horizontal opportunities for differentiation across roadmaps. • Principal Developers should become subject matter experts in multiple domains relevant to Coconut and our industry. • You will represent senior technical leadership within our organization. • You should have the desire to solve problems, mentor, and elevate engineering teams. • This role asks that you develop a deep understanding of our product, and not only rely on your advanced technical skills, but also on the ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams. • A Principal Developer focuses on solving our current technical issues, having the instinct to anticipate needs and ensure our solutions fit into the future technical vision of the product. • A Principal Developer also reaches beyond immediate technical needs, looking for ways to have a broader impact. • The successful candidate for this role will have a strong understanding of software development practices, especially architecture, stay up to date with the latest best practices in software development, and possess the ability to identify technical and delivery dysfunctions and champion solutions to address them. • We don’t need you to be an expert in PHP or React but you must be willing to learn as you go and you’ll have our full support on this journey. • We innovate on top of a modern solution stack consisting of web technologies (such as React and Laravel) utilizing a RESTful architecture, and backed by relational DBs (MySQL and PostgreSQL) and deployed using Docker and Kubernetes in an AWS environment. • We don't follow rigid Scrum, but we do work in an agile, iterative way, and continuously improve and implement what works for us. • Blameless culture and a continuous improvement mindset.

🎯 Requirements

• 15+ years proven experience in shipping multiple products, preferably within multiple roles - full-stack development, deployment, and testing across multiple web platforms • Proposes initial technical implementation which supports architectural changes that solve scaling and performance problems • Adept at simplifying complex codebases with concern toward maintainability • Mastery at ramping up quickly in new languages and frameworks • Experience in automating development, understanding when best to implement • Extensive knowledge of multiple programming paradigms and software development methodologies, understanding when best to apply different approaches (TDD, DD, etc.) • Strong understanding of GIT and associated workflows (pull requests, code reviews) • Experience writing / working with REST and associated technologies (JWT, JWE, etc) • Experience with javascript (React, Redux) and CSS, PHP 7+, Laravel or Symfony, MariaDB / MySQL is preferred but not required • Exceptional communication skills - be able to convey your thoughts, ideas, and projects effectively across the organization; even to non technical audiences • Ability to create thorough technical documentation and articulate design decisions driving alignment throughout the department and company (as needed) • Ability to connect the dots between systems and problems and communicate the impacts and recommendations to the team • The desire to be a large proponent of an organization’s engineering culture and influence the adoption of better practices • Proven leadership skills - having mentored, coached, or unblocked members on a team, as well as encourage them to strive for best practices • You’ve used AI tooling for work or personal use. You explore new tools, workflows, and ideas to make things more efficient, and are eager to deepen your understanding of AI and use it regularly • Experience in or knowledge of the Financial Industry would be a bonus

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive Salaries - we pay fairly based on experience and expertise, not your ability to negotiate! • Health & Dental Benefits, Virtual Care, & Disability top up - all starting from day 1! • Virtual mental health and EAP platform • WealthSimple GRSP & Matching • Annual Wellness Benefit ($1000 per year) • Opportunity to work remote - anywhere in Canada! • Employee Options - everyone shares in our success! • Internet Subsidy on each paycheck • Tiki Bucks Incentive Program - everyone is entitled to earn bonuses! • A People First Company - 4.4 rating on Glassdoor • Recently named "Most Admired Corporate Cultures" and ranked #6 in "Best Workplaces in Canada" in company size category