Golang Job: Development Engineer

As a trusted partner to the world’s leading loyalty programs, Points builds, powers, and grows new ways for members to get and use their favorite loyalty currency.

More than 1 billion loyalty program members touch our products through brands like Hilton, Air Canada, Lyft, British Airways, United Airlines, Air France-KLM, Chase Bank, Etihad Airways, and many more. Our team of 250+ people across 5 global offices works together to build and launch new solutions, solve complex challenges for our partners, and create a one-of-a-kind company culture.

Points is looking for a Backend Development Engineer to join our Gizmos Software Engineering team. Team Gizmos is an Agile team focused on our Points Loyalty Wallet product — helping customers track, redeem and exchange points, miles and rewards from many of the world's largest loyalty programs.

Join an incredibly motivated and collaborative team working across a breadth of technologies with end-to-end visibility and ownership of our tech stack. We take pride in our culture of working, sharing and celebrating together and create a supportive environment where everyone can be their true self at work.

Reporting to the Team Lead, you will join a multidisciplinary team where you will:

• Develop modern backend applications, while also managing the existing codebases
• Assist with the development of new products for very strategic clients, with some of the largest API’s in the loyalty space
• Share responsibility for your team’s technical health: architecture, best practices, reliability, security, etc.
• Always want to improve both the developer and user experience through thoughtful design, rigorous testing, and clear documentation
• Our teams own the written code from beginning to end. This includes not only writing great code, but also making sure that the code is well tested, scalable and that we constantly promote engineering best practices.
• We cherish the growth of our team members, and we’d like you to find your own way to continue to grow and add to your skill sets as part of the work here. This means that while we’ll enable and encourage you to grow, you should have the drive to learn.

• Experience building backend web services
• Desire to develop your skills across all levels of the technical stack
• Belief in the importance of teamwork, cooperation, and communication

Technologies we use and teach:

• Golang
• PostgreSQL
• Docker, ECS
• AWS
• GitLab

What we offer:

• Flexible hours
• Extra days off
• Extended health care from day one
• Parental leave top-op
• Fitness Credit
• RRSP Matching Plan
• Learning & Development
• Free coffee, snacks & drinks
• The best Technology
• YOLO leave
• Green Commute or WFH credits
• Company-sponsored activities such as bowling, movies, sports, paintball, and more!

Our Process:

Points is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing an accessible recruitment process. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of gender identity or expression, race, ethnic origin, creed, place of origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, and any other category protected by law. Upon request we will provide accommodation for applicants with disabilities.

We believe in diversity and inclusivity and that is why our interview process is designed for a positive candidate experience and to ensure every candidate is evaluated equally. All applications will be reviewed from our Talent Team and the successful candidate(s) will go through the following recruitment process:

• Recruiter Phone Interview

• Hiring Manager Interview

• Take-home Assessment or remote coding exercise (If applicable)

• Team Interview

All candidates will be provided with feedback regardless if they pass or didn’t pass any of our interview stages. All your information will be kept confidential.