Senior Software Engineer – Mobile App

Senior Software Engineer

Company: ARC’TERYX

Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:

ARC’TERYX is expanding its guest experience, business models, and operational capacity. The Technology group is pivotal in supporting and accelerating this growth. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in developing our technical product domain, guiding team decisions, product capabilities, and software architecture. You will collaborate with a team of driven engineers who are passionate about improving existing systems and ensuring long-term operational stability. You thrive in a team environment, eager to learn from and share expertise with colleagues.

Location:

This role is based at ARC’TERYX headquarters in North Vancouver, BC. We offer a hybrid or remote work option. Remote candidates must commit to Pacific Time Zone hours. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.

Meet Your Future Team:

The technology team builds the backbone for arcteryx.com websites. We collaborate with cross-functional agile squads to launch new features, enhance performance, and develop self-serve tools for business stakeholders, creating an exceptional online experience for our guests.

Core Responsibilities & Activities:

• Direct the development direction and technical health of a medium-sized product area.
• Become a subject matter expert in your specific product business domain.
• Deeply understand systems to debug them effectively and efficiently.
• Demonstrate significant expertise in at least one area outside of programming (e.g., DevOps, performance optimization, monitoring, visual design).
• Mentor and elevate the technical skills of other team members.
• Produce technical documentation for existing systems and propose refactoring strategies.
• Participate extensively in code reviews and mentor others through code reviews and pairing.
• Execute performance tuning, improvement, balancing, usability, and automation.
• Contribute to common code bases and define team standards.
• Present at team meetings for knowledge sharing.
• Own technical design for moderately complex projects, understanding trade-offs in creating good software.
• Require minimal oversight beyond high-level direction, breaking down complex user stories into sub-tasks and completing them effectively.
• Show initiative by identifying and suggesting future work for yourself or the team.
• Seek evidence to support ideas and build cases for them.
• Work effectively with non-technical team members, identifying problems with requirements and helping the team course-correct.
• Align daily work with ARC’TERYX leadership practices and culture.

Future Projects:

• Coaching and mentoring other software engineers.
• Building and delivering maintainable, high-quality software for a best-in-class e-commerce experience.
• Implementing superior developer experiences through team events and knowledge sharing.
• Initiating refactoring of underperforming software components.
• Contributing to the software architecture of new products.
• Improving application tests and quality.
• Defining clear system contracts and maintaining integrations.
• Setting up non-regression detection systems with SLAs.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant experience with full-stack development in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Programming language polyglot, excelling in 1 or 2 languages.
• Extensive knowledge of programming best practices.
• Proficient in TypeScript and NodeJS.
• Expert in React Native, and comfortable with Swift/Kotlin, and mobile-specific challenges.
• Experience with transactional and NoSQL databases.
• Proficient in writing and maintaining automated user and unit tests.
• Advocacy for a schema-first approach (defining API schema before coding).
• Experience integrating with 3rd party APIs, OAuth 2.0, and headless solutions.
• Experience with cloud computing providers, container solutions, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of Micro Services concepts and architecture.
• Experience with CDN, Web Servers, and Load Balancer configuration and management.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Proactive in identifying root causes and developing solutions.
• Highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity.
• Passion for both work and the outdoors.

Compensation:

• Salary Range: CAD$94,000 - CAD$124,000

Total Rewards:

• Base pay is determined by skills, experience, and responsibility level, with most new members starting between the beginning and midpoint of the range.
• Commitment to fair, equitable, and competitive pay, regularly reviewed for market relevance.
• Health & Wellbeing: Extended health, dental, vision coverage, mental health support, fertility benefits, gender-affirming care, and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Financial Wellbeing: RRSP matching, eligibility for the Arc’teryx Annual Incentive Plan, and access to the Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
• Time & Flexibility: Paid time off, wellness time, and the "No Wasted Day" program.
• Family Support: Parental leave top-up and a nesting period for new parents.
• Growth, Community & Gear: Professional development opportunities, Arc’teryx Academies, Employee Belonging Councils, and employee discounts/Pro Deals.

Equal Opportunity:

ARC’TERYX is committed to fostering an inclusive culture where voices are heard, people are seen, and values are respected. We believe inclusion drives creativity, innovation, and reflects our communities.