Lead Software Developer

Who we are:

Geotab ® is a global leader in IoT and connected transportation and certified “Great Place to Work™.” We are a company of diverse and talented individuals who work together to help businesses grow and succeed, and increase the safety and sustainability of our communities.

Geotab is advancing security, connecting commercial vehicles to the internet and providing web-based analytics to help customers better manage their fleets. Geotab’s open platform and Geotab Marketplace ®, offering hundreds of third-party solution options, allows both small and large businesses to automate operations by integrating vehicle data with their other data assets. Processing billions of data points a day, Geotab leverages data analytics and machine learning to improve productivity, optimize fleets through the reduction of fuel consumption, enhance driver safety and achieve strong compliance to regulatory changes.

Our team is growing and we’re looking for people who follow their passion, think differently and want to make an impact. Ours is a fast paced, ever changing environment. Geotabbers accept that challenge and are willing to take on new tasks and activities - ones that may not always be described in the initial job description. Join us for a fulfilling career with opportunities to innovate, great benefits, and our fun and inclusive work culture. Reach your full potential with Geotab. To see what it’s like to be a Geotabber, check out our blog and follow us @InsideGeotab on Instagram .

Who you are:

The Lead Software Developer is primarily responsible for designing, building and maintaining efficient, reusable, reliable code to develop high throughput, performance critical, scalable applications. Part of this role involves collaborating and building relationships with other software developers, engineers, and internal technical teams in a mentorship role, and contributing towards the development of the team’s roadmap.

What you'll do:

As a Lead Software Developer your key area of responsibility will be designing, building and maintaining efficient, reusable, reliable code to develop high throughput, performance critical, scalable applications. You will be responsible for leading the development of scalable code, prototypes, and PoCs, taking ownership of complex, long-term projects, and ensuring timely delivery. You will need to work closely with other software developers, engineers, internal technical teams, cross-functional partners, product managers, and external stakeholders.

To be successful in this role you will be a strong team-player and mentor with an entrepreneurial mindset, comfortable working under pressure in a flat organization, and possessing excellent verbal and written communication skills to document complex technical systems. In addition, the successful candidate will have expert technical competence in design and architecture, exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, and strong project management capabilities to manage multiple fast-changing priorities simultaneously.

How you'll make an impact:

Independently and proactively identify key areas of architecture improvement, including preparing proposals on achieving the improvements.

Lead, oversee and plan the development of scalable code, prototypes, minimum viable products and PoCs.

Take ownership of complex/ long-term projects and contribute to their implementation, including defining scope, requirements, communicating project progress, challenges and solutions, while ensuring timely delivery.

Collaborate with other development teams on design and implementation of features spanning multiple products.

Conduct comprehensive testing and code reviews to ensure that code quality is maximized and best-practices are followed.

Provide expert project-leadership and guidance as a SME, to the department and larger organization.

Contributes to defining strategic direction, planning the roadmap, and synthesizing feedback to ensure team success.

Serve as a cross functional resource across team/department and products to contribute to solving technical issues in development.

Builds relationships and serve as a technical point of contact partnering with stakeholders including customers, product managers, cross-functional partners, and external partners and other internal team members.

Mentor other developers on the team and work with the team leads to set the direction of the team and guide key stakeholders on execution choices and trade-offs, and advise manager with insights and recommendations to improve the team.

Appropriately document system design and architecture such that it is easy to understand, maintain and extend.

Support Geotab global strategic initiatives.

Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotating schedule (if applicable).

Independently evaluate technical solutions, while contributing to the team roadmap

Present and lead technical discussions and training at the department wide level.

Stay up to date on emerging technologies and changes in best practices in the development field and present them to senior leadership for consideration.

Write complex scalable, high quality and secure software in a variety of programming languages and environments, such as C#, JavaScript, SQL.

Serve as a domain expert (ex GBQ), consulting in the area of expertise for the department and across the organization.

What you'll bring to this role

7+ years of required of professional experience developing and supporting production software using C#/.NET, including object-oriented design

Post-secondary Diploma/Degree with specialization in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent working experience.

Experience diagnosing production issues using logs and tools such as BigQuery and Sentry.

Proven expertise in design and architecture, particularly for large production systems spanning schedulers, report generation, templates, and dashboards.

Experience with SQL Server and Postgres database design, optimization and writing queries.

Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/CSS, JavaScript, XML, ES6, jQuery) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js, Vue.js) and experience with UI/UX design .

Expert knowledge with optimizing databases (e.g. MySQL).

Proficiency in Git, or some other distributed source control tool, and are comfortable with resolving merge conflicts and renaming branches, etc.

Repeated success with mentorship and development of employees, including serving as the mentor for various interns over several years.

High accuracy and meticulous attention to detail.

Strong analytical skills with the ability to problem-solve to well-judged decisions.

Strong project management skills; able to identify needs, develop effective solutions and manage projects through to completion.

A strong team-player with the ability to engage with all levels of the organization.

Technical competence using software programs, including, but not limited to, Google Suite for business (Sheets, Docs, Slides).

Able to research and solve open-ended design problems.

Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to communicate and document complex technical systems and decisions.

Highly organized and able to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.

Ability to work well under pressure and respond to multiple fast changing priorities.

Entrepreneurial mindset and comfortable in a flat organization.

If you got this far, we hope you're feeling excited about this role! Even if you don't feel you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply.

Please note: Geotab does not accept agency resumes and is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Please do not forward resumes to Geotab employees.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Why job seekers choose Geotab:

• Flex working arrangements
• Home off