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Born in the Prairies, now part of a worldwide network, SKIP is a tech company with an entrepreneurial spirit and the drive to be the best. We're a people-first, collaborative company with a fun, dynamic and innovative environment. Our vision is to empower everyday convenience. Whether it’s a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, grabbing some groceries or sunscreen, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery and convenience partners across the globe.
About This Role
SKIP continually looks for high performers who are excited to join our entrepreneurial team to revolutionize food ordering and the delivery industry. We are a technology and logistics company that partners with locations globally. SKIP simplifies this process and provides an exceptional experience to users by leveraging leading-edge technology and an extensive courier network.
Your ingenuity will help us continue to drive innovation, making an impact on the reliability, performance, and scalability of SKIP’s industry-leading technology.
The DXP team believes in building intuitive, informative and efficient systems that empower our operations teams to deliver best in class support for couriers.
These are some of the key ingredients to the role:
Build intuitive, informative, and efficient systems that empower our teams to deliver best-in-class support.
Responsible for the full lifecycle of our projects and applications (SDLC)
Work closely with the product team, providing technical knowledge and expertise helping to design the future of our products
Accountable for the health of our systems in production environment
Identify improvements, assess risks vs benefits and translate them into technical requirements.
What will you bring to the table?
5+ years of experience in Software development
Excellent problem-solving skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Solid experience with Javascript
Solid knowledge of component-based frameworks/libraries (e.g. React.js, Vue.js, Angular, Svelte). While these are all great, we use React.js on our stack.
Solid understanding of state management solutions, like Redux and MobX. We're currently using Redux.
Solid understanding of REST principles and API consumption.
Front-end development tools, including Webpack, Babel and Yarn.
Strong application of software engineering fundamentals and best practices, including automated testing, debugging, code review and metrics
Ability to deliver solutions in a fast-paced environment with continuous delivery, deployment and integration
Take ownership of personal growth, learning and work closely with your team
A team player who can suggest improvements, review PRs and is open to different approaches to the same problem
Must be able to work with certain autonomy and under minimal supervision
Optional toppings:
Experience with Typescript
Experience with other programming languages, such as Java
Experience with Graphql
Experience creating and tracking metrics to ensure the systems health
Experience mentoring/influencing peers
What’s It's Like To Work At SKIP:
SKIP is the kind of workplace that garnered a “Top Places to Work in Manitoba” and it was no small coincidence. We set out to make this a place our employees are proud to tell their Mothers, Fathers, friends and anyone who will listen that they work here. SKIP team members feel pride knowing their input and uniqueness are not only embraced but make an impact on a major Canadian company and its satisfied customers. As the company grows, so do you — you meet and surpass new challenges every day.
That’s just a small taste of what it’s like to work at one of Canada’s leading tech companies. If you’re hungry for opportunity, growth, and something meaningful in a dynamic, fun and challenging environment, we’d love to hear from you.
SKIP is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where all employees feel they truly belong and where everyone is included, seen, heard and respected.
In keeping with our values, all applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of: gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, marital/domestic partner status, (dis)ability, neurodivergence, or any other characteristic protected by law. Should you require any accommodations throughout the hiring process, we encourage you to reach out to your talent acquisition specialist.
Note: All employees will be asked to sign a Consent for Disclosure of Personal Information in order to complete a background check. Job offers will be conditional upon results that the Company determines to be satisfactory.
Are you ready to take your seat? Apply now!
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