Full-stack Engineering Lead

remote
Vancouver, BC, Canada .
full-time . January 20, 2025

Description

About Course Studio

We’re a full service digital product agency. We build businesses at the intersection of content and commerce, and since 2020, we’ve been focused on the creator economy and online education space.

We're a distributed team, based in Canada, and are open to candidates located within 4 hours of PST timezone. Preference will be given to Canadian applicants, and depending on the candidate, we're open to working with someone on a contract-basis.

About the role

Our engineering leads are involved in projects from the very start—developing the product vision, defining the roadmap, and setting our developers up for success. To thrive in this role, you should be comfortable working directly with leadership, enjoy working with designers, and exercise good judgment in technical decisions. As a lead, you’ll also mentor other developers and help us evolve our processes.

If you’re passionate about building high-quality products in the creator space, and working with talented teams, then this could be the role for you. Come join us and be part of building the next generation of creators.

Responsibilities

Oversee all engineering activities throughout any given project, making technical decisions, keeping the team unblocked, and jumping into the code alongside your fellow engineers as needed
Support with scoping and estimating projects, ensuring alignment with client expectations and internal capacity
Lead client presentations and conversations about technical strategy, team health, and delivery milestones like sprint-based demos and ongoing releases
Coach and mentor other members of the technology team
Foster an open, collaborative, and inclusive environment where our teams are empowered to do their best work
Help grow the Engineering team by participating in hiring interviews and regular code reviews, making suggestions for improvements to process and standards
Identify the department’s opportunities for growth and help develop side-initiatives that enrich the company’s engineering practices

What we’re looking for

You have 5+ years of engineering experience, some of which in an agency environment
You have experience in a lead role: leading projects and managing other developers
You have experience scoping projects and estimating timelines and technical requirements
You care about people and are motivated to help your team members achieve success on projects
You can communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences and are comfortable leading frequent presentations of work
You can design and communicate strong technical solutions that our internal and client teams understand
You understand how to compromise on business trade-offs and technical decisions
You have experience building full-stack applications across both the frontend and service layer using modern Javascript/Typescript and Python frameworks (ie. React, Next, Django)
You have experience creating both REST and GraphQL APIs that enable client applications to persist, process, and retrieve data from various types of databases (ie. SQL, NoSQL)
You have experience deploying and maintaining web applications in production
You’re adaptable and quick to embrace unexpected changes in direction
You appreciate design and are able to protect its integrity without compromising fidelity or feasibility
You’re motivated by feedback and by the opportunity to improve in your role, in the work, and in how you work together as a team

Compensation and benefits

Unlimited paid time off for vacation, sick days, and personal time as needed. We actively encourage team members to make use of this time-off policy
Flexible working hours and remote-friendly culture
Extended health care benefits for Canadian employees
The chance to play a part in the genesis and evolution of important creator brands, such as Esther Perel, Colin & Samir, Shan Boodram and Sophia Amoruso
Competitive compensation (*Salary Range: $110k - 140k CAD)

As an organization headquartered in British Columbia, we’re required to post the salary range if the position to be filled locally. This range may be higher or lower for candidates based outside of BC, and actual pay will take into account the candidate’s experience and competencies.

Compensation

$110,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year

Know someone who would be a perfect fit? Let them know!