What makes us Qlik?
A Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for 15 years in a row, Qlik transforms complex
data landscapes into actionable insights, driving strategic business outcomes.
Serving over 40,000 global customers, our portfolio leverages pervasive data
quality and advanced AI/ML capabilities that lead to better decisions, faster.
We excel in integration and governance solutions that work with diverse data
sources, and our real-time analytics uncover hidden patterns, empowering teams
to address complex challenges and seize new opportunities.
We were also recognized as one of National Capital Region's 2024 Top Employers
in Canada, read on to see why!
The Senior Software Engineer Role
We're seeking an exceptional Senior Software Engineer to join our team and lead
the technical evolution of Qlik's platform. In this senior technical role,
you'll combine hands-on engineering excellence with architectural vision to
deliver innovative solutions that power our next-generation products. As a
technical leader, you'll mentor teams, drive best practices, and directly
contribute to our most challenging engineering problems.
What makes this role interesting?
Technical Excellence & Engineering Leadership
- Participate in all aspects of software engineering including designing,
planning, coding, verifying, integrating, releasing, monitoring, supporting
and maintaining.
- Lead by example through hands-on coding, code reviews, and technical
mentorship.
- Drive technical decisions and establish engineering best practices across
teams.
- Architect scalable, performant solutions while maintaining code quality and
reliability.
- Prototype and validate new technologies through proof-of-concepts and
experiments.
Strategic Technical Contributions
- Solve our most challenging technical problems with innovative approaches.
- Evaluate and implement new technologies that enhance our platform
capabilities.
- Collaborate with Product Management to translate business requirements into
technical solutions.
- Assess technical trade-offs and their impact on development timelines and
system performance.
- Champion non-functional requirements including security, scalability, and
maintainability.
Team Leadership & Mentorship
- Mentor junior engineers and elevate the technical capabilities of the team.
- Lead technical design sessions and architectural reviews.
- Foster a culture of engineering excellence and continuous learning.
- Guide teams through complex technical challenges and implementations.
- Build consensus on technical approaches while knowing when to make decisive
calls.
Here’s how you’ll be making an impact:
- Shape the technical direction of products used by thousands of organizations
worldwide.
- Mentor the next generation of engineering talent at Qlik.
- Drive innovations that directly impact customer success and satisfaction.
- Establish engineering standards that scale across our global development
teams.
- Solve complex technical challenges at the intersection of data, analytics,
and visualization.
We’re looking for a teammate with:
- 7+ years of software engineering experience with significant hands-on
development.
- Modern programming languages and frameworks such as Java, Clojure, and
Python.
- Distributed systems and microservices architecture.
- Understand containerization and deployment on Linux using technologies such
as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Software design patterns and architectural principles.
- Performance optimization and scalability engineering.
- Full-stack development with emphasis on backend systems.
- Database design and optimization (SQL and NoSQL).
- CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
- Code quality, testing strategies, and engineering best practices.
- Technical documentation and knowledge sharing.
The location for this role is:
Ottawa, ON Canada
Apply now and help change how the world transforms complex data landscapes into
actionable insights and turns complex data challenges into new opportunities!
More about Qlik and who we are:
Find out more about life at Qlik on social: Instagram
[https://www.instagram.com/lifeatqlik/], LinkedIn
[https://www.linkedin.com/company/qlik/life/lifeatqlik/], YouTube
[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqDEwoclB5Btepxr6O9EkAQ], and X/Twitter
[https://twitter.com/qlik], and to see all other opportunities to join us and
our values, check out our Careers Page
[https://www.qlik.com/us/company/careers].
What else do we offer?
Giving back is a huge part of our culture. Alongside an extra “change the world”
day plus another for personal development, we also highly encourage
participation in our Corporate Responsibility Employee Programs
[https://www.qlik.com/us/company/corporate-responsibility]
The anticipated base salary range for this role is $140,000 - $150,000 CDN per
year. Final compensation offered by Qlik will be based on factors such as the
candidate’s location, job-related skills, education, experience, and other
business and organizational needs. Qlik offers a comprehensive benefits package,
eligibility requirements for benefits will be controlled by applicable Qlik plan
documents and policies.
If you need assistance applying for a role due to a disability, please submit
your request via email to accessibilityta @ qlik.com. Any information you
provide will be treated according to Qlik’s Recruitment Privacy Notice
[https://res.cloudinary.com/talend/image/upload/v1711824872/qlik/docs/Legal/Policies/qlik-recruitment-privacy-notice_z5gswn.pdf].
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