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Company

ApplyBoard

Location

Kitchener - Canada

Job type

Full-Time

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ApplyBoard simplifies the study abroad search, application, and acceptance process by connecting international students, recruitment partners, and academic institutions on one platform. With an exceptional team from around the world and speaking more than 75 languages, our diversity is one of our greatest strengths. Our core values, such as Caring About Each Other, Innovating and Improving, and Making Work Fun, propel us forward together and continuously strengthen our engaging culture. We are in growth mode and are looking to empower passionate and exceptionally talented team members.
The Opportunity:
ApplyBoard simplifies the study abroad search, application, and acceptance process by connecting international students, recruitment partners, and academic institutions on one platform. With an exceptional team from around the world and speaking more than 75 languages, our diversity is one of our greatest strengths. Our core values, such as Caring About Each Other, Innovating and Improving, and Making Work Fun, propel us forward together and continuously strengthen our engaging culture. We are in growth mode and are looking to empower passionate and exceptionally talented team members.
The Role
As a Software Engineer, you value collaboration and nurture innovation while working in an energetic team. Your strong foundation in frontend and backend development will amplify our growing team and contribute to our impact at scale. You will be joining our innovation team, focused on new products and initiatives that will shape the future of ApplyBoard.
Our stack and platform includes Typescript, React, AWS (Lambda, S3, SES, SQS, DynamoDB, Cognito, Redis, OpenSearch, CDK)
What you’ll be doing every day:
  • Actively contributing to all stages of the software development process
  • Supporting and maintaining existing applications to improve efficiency and support the growth of extensive software systems
  • Designing, and building server-side Restful APIs running in the cloud
  • Implementing modern single-page front-end applications.
  • Developing Full-stack well-designed solutions deployed to AWS using TypeScript and React.
  • Working with GitHub Actions, AWS CloudWatch, and AWS CloudFormation via CDK
  • Learning and proposing new technologies and solutions
  • Creating and maintaining documentation, diagrams, technical docs and schemas
  • Working alongside Product and Design to understand our stakeholders' requirements and provide solutions for their needs
  • Helping drive technical direction and feature breakdown for your project
  • Raising technical risks and trade-offs for consideration
  • Mentoring teammates and guiding them through their development
  • Experiencing and learning the next steps for your career path
What you bring to the table:
  • Competency in Data Structure and Algorithms
  • Experience with token-based authentication and authorization
  • Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code patterns
  • Experience designing, building and supporting new applications from scratch to production
  • A passion for utilizing innovative technologies like Docker, API-Gateway, AWS Lambda, SQS, SNS, Fargate and other new cloud technologies
  • Comfort with different database technologies like RDS, ElasticSearch, MongoDB and DynamoDB
  • A sense of pride, ownership, and a thirst for growth within the organization.
  • Design, develop, and deploy AWS pipeline for CICD process utilizing CDK, IaC
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Great written and verbal communication skills
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience
  • Fluent in software design patterns like SOLID principles, data structures, and algorithms
  • Competent in one or more software development languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js, (Python, Node.js, or Golang) but eager to learn others
  • Familiar with cloud technologies, specifically AWS Serverless tech stack
  • Adept at front-end development such as React
  • Experience writing RESTful API endpoints
  • A good understanding of relational and NoSQL databases
  • Bonus: Experience scalable development CDK, CICD pipelines, Jenkins
Life at ApplyBoard:
By joining our team, you have the opportunity to:
  • Join the fastest-growing technology company in Canada, with many opportunities for growth and advancement
  • Work alongside a globally diverse team of over 1,500 team members based in over 25 countries, who speak more than 75 languages.
  • Make a difference in the lives of thousands of students as they explore educational opportunities
  • Want to learn more about ApplyBoard, read our
    Life at ApplyBoard Blog
    , and be sure to follow us on our
    LinkedIn page
    .
About ApplyBoard
ApplyBoard empowers students around the world to access the best education by simplifying the study abroad search, application, and acceptance process to more than 1,500 institutions across Canada, Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. ApplyBoard, headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, has helped more than 300,000 students from more than 125 countries along their educational journeys since 2015.
ApplyBoard was named the fastest-growing technology company in Canada by Deloitte, ranking #1 on the Technology Fast 50™ list in 2019 and #2 in 2020.
ApplyBoard was also been named to LinkedIn’s list of Top Startups in 2020 and 2021 and TechTO’s list of top Canadian Rocketship companies to accelerate your career in the Tech Industry.
In 2021, ApplyBoard announced a C$375M Series D funding on a C$4B valuation. This funding will allow us to further invest in our technology, grow our team around the world, and serve more students on our mission to educate the world. Thank you for your interest in ApplyBoard. Please note that only qualified applicants that have been selected for an interview will be contacted.
ApplyBoard is committed to providing an inclusive and diverse workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. If you require any accommodations or assistance during the recruitment process, please let us know.
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