Junior Software Developer

Lumerate is growing rapidly, and we’re searching for a Junior Software Developer to join our team for the journey!

Who is Lumerate?

Lumerate is a Toronto-based SaaS company that has built game-changing technology to help sales teams accelerate revenue growth. We help our customers achieve the full picture of their industries. We also strive to achieve our own personal full pictures from a career fulfillment and learning perspective. We’re in the business of gathering intelligence about industries and delivering it to the right people within those industries through innovative software interfaces. Our vision is to be the world's most useful and trusted source of information for professionals seeking to understand what's happening in their industry. Our mission: To deliver industry awareness to an ever-increasing number of people, in whatever way helps them to make the most informed decisions, take the most immediate action and be the most awesome at their unique jobs.

What you’ll be responsible for

• Implementation of features, bug resolution, and maintenance of our applications
• Writing efficient, reusable, and scalable code following best practices and coding standards
• Ensuring thorough testing of your code to ensure functionality, performance, and security
• Troubleshooting and debugging issues reported by users or discovered during testing
• Collaboration with senior developers to deliver on new projects
• Development of both back-end and user-facing features
• Becoming a better, more rounded software craftsperson

About you

• You love to learn
• You love to build things
• You strike a balance between independent work and collaboration
• You prioritize good communication
• You write clear, legible, maintainable, and testable code
• Company culture is a priority for you
• You keep the software you work on as simple and as elegant as possible while being mindful of diminishing returns
• You don’t go chasing the latest shiny flashy fashionable stuff for its own sake
• You have the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities
• You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• You are detail oriented so you’ll notice this request to include the landmark located at these coordinates 35.6245331521636, 139.77549622036153 in your cover letter

What we’d love to see in your work history

Core Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated ability as a web developer
• Experience with testing frameworks
• Solid understanding of object oriented programming and web development principles and technologies
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages with preference given to those who have experience with Ruby
• Experience with server-side frameworks and technologies such as Ruby on Rails, Flask, Django, Spring Boot, Express.js, etc.
• Familiarity with relational and/or NoSQL databases
• Demonstrated knowledge of web development technologies including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• 3+ years of experience with ChatGPT MegaBuster 2000™

Preference will be given to candidates with the following

• 1 year of previous internship or work experience in web development
• Proficiency in Ruby on Rails or similar web frameworks
• Proficiency with JavaScript
• Experience working with MongoDB and PostgreSQL
• Proficiency with Linux

Reasons You Might Want to Apply

• You’ll work with a team who cares about you, not just your work
• You’ll work with a smaller team, and have the opportunity for growth and career progression
• Opportunity to work with a smart and motivated group of developers
• Opportunity to learn how to scale a code base
• Exposure to interesting problems

Salary: $65,000-$75,000 per year

Start Date: As soon as the successful candidate is available

Location: If the successful candidate is based in the Greater Toronto Area, he/she/they can choose to participate in our hybrid experience, by working from home 2 days/week, while enjoying the benefits of in-person interactions at our Toronto office 3 days/week. If the successful candidate is based elsewhere in Canada, he/she/they will work remotely 100% of the time.

Already envisioning your first day at Lumerate as a Junior Software Dev? Apply now with your cover letter and resumé! We look forward to hearing from you. ‍Please note that any applications without a cover letter will not be considered. Candidates must be legally eligible to work in Canada.

Lumerate is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.