PointClickCare is searching for a Principal Software Engineer who will
contribute to best practice application development by writing and rigorously
defending production-grade code on a regular basis, while also encouraging and
optimizing the daily execution of technical excellence across an empowered Scrum
team. This is a hands-on leadership role, requiring the ability to design and
implement features from the ground-up while mentoring other team members and
delivering both business and technical objectives through ambiguity and
uncertainty.
To succeed as a Principal Software Engineer at PointClickCare, you need to be
collaborative, adventurous and passionate. Collaborative means that you’re
enthusiastic about jumping in to help achieve the team’s top priorities, no
self-promoting politicians allowed. Adventurous means that you’re not afraid to
dive into uncharted technical territory and get your own hands dirty while
supporting and driving delivery of complex features through a dedicated Scrum
team. Passionate means that you’re eager to learn and share knowledge that
drives the team forward and excited to be part of a movement that is positively
impacting the lives of seniors and their caregivers all over North America
Principals are part of scrum teams so are expected to contribute to the team
deliverables as well as contributing to system design and leading initiatives
What your day-to-day will look like:
· Identify, prioritize and execute tasks in the software development life
cycle
· Work with business to iterate over software requirements
· Develop tools and applications by producing clean, efficient code
· Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting
· Analyze and debug systems
· Perform validation and verification testing in a test-driven manner
· Review the work of others, and invite others to review your work
· Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to fix and improve products
· Ensure software is up-to-date with latest technologies
What qualifications we’re looking for:
· Experience writing clean code that performs well at scale using Java
· Experience with Spring Boot
· In-depth knowledge of relational databases (e.g. Microsoft SQL Server,
MySQL)
· Solid experience writing RESTful API endpoints
· Absolutely love TDD and have working knowledge of it
· Proficient in GIT
· Experience using system and performance monitoring tools (e.g. New
Relic, DataDog)
· Experience with automated testing frameworks (e.g. Selenium, Cypress,
RestAssured)
· Excellent organization, critical-thinking and personal leadership skills
· Self-starter with the ability to deliver with minimal supervision
· Being okay with the uncomfortable feeling that comes from learning new
things
· Team player
· Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude
· Proven experience as a great Engineer
· BSc/BA in Computer Science or a related degree
Bonus points for:
Prompt Engineering for Productivity – Strong ability to craft effective prompts
for AI tools like GitHub Copilot to generate, refactor, and explain code.
[http://code.AI-Augmented]
AI-Augmented Development in IDEs – Daily use of IDEs (e.g. IntelliJ, VS Code,
Cursor) with AI-powered extensions (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Junie, Windsurf) to
accelerate coding, testing, and debugging tasks. [http://tasks.AI]
AI in the SDLC Beyond Code – Leverages AI for writing documentation, generating
test cases, summarizing technical discussions, and assisting with incident
response or backlog grooming.
· Experience with UI development and frameworks (e.g. Vue.js
[http://vue.js/], React, Angular)
· Nice to have React, Selenium automation and cloud experience
· Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and Istio
· Experience with Ansible
· Experience with Jenkins CI/CD pipeline
· Linux and IP networking knowledge
· Experience with AWS/Azure cloud services or equivalent
· Experience with SAML, OAuth and OpenID Connect
· Experience working on a SaaS product
· Experience withService Oriented Architecture
· Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, Bash or Groovy
· On-call experience with production grade systems
· Has mentored others in a professional setting
LI-AV1
LI-Hybrid
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$155,000 - $172,000 a year
At PointClickCare, base salary is one of the many components that make up our
total rewards package. The CAD base salary range for this position is
$155,000-172,000 (not overtime eligible) + bonus + benefits. Our salary ranges
are determined by job and level. The range displayed on each job posting
reflects the target for new hire salaries for the position across all
CAD locations. Within the range, individual compensation is determined by
job-related skills and knowledge, relevant experience including professional and
lived experience, and/or work location. Your recruiter can share more
information about our total rewards package during the hiring process.
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