Staff Engineer, Product Engineering Full-time Job

As a senior technical leader on the Product Engineering team, the Staff Engineer plays a critical role in driving the evolution of our organization as we transition to an omnichannel retailer. This individual will be responsible for providing exceptional technical leadership and guidance to the team, ensuring the successful delivery of projects that align with Canadian Tire's strategic goals. The Staff Engineer will embrace challenges, be self-driven, and inspire others through their expertise in architecture and technical design. Their contributions will be instrumental in improving customer experiences, driving traffic, and boosting loyalty across our digital platforms.

 

In this role, you’ll:

• Collaborate with multiple acceptance test-driven development (ATDD) teams to identify areas of improvement in architecture and technical designs.

• Contribute to the development of middleware services and make architecture design decisions.

• Define the long-term vision for your area of expertise within Product Engineering, aligning it with the company's strategic and tactical goals.

• Coordinate with tech leads and other architects to assess the cross-platform impact of changes and mitigate any risks.

• Create functional stories and deliver them to developers, ensuring features and changes align with cross-team architecture.

• Work closely with development teams to ensure the delivery of quality code and scalable technical designs.

• Assist Agile squads and pods in resolving technical challenges with wide-ranging impacts.

• Provide decision support to deliver effective solutions and resolve problems within the team.

 

What you bring

• 7+ years of experience in IT/Software Engineering in an enterprise setting.

• 3+ years of experience working as a tech lead in an enterprise setting, preferably in Microservices development.

• Proficient understanding of Typescript/Javascript/NodeJS, git, and standard agile practices.

• Experience in API development and good understanding of web application architectures.

• Experience with large-scale and high-availability applications.

• Strong knowledge of asynchronous request handling (e.g., Promises, Asyncio).

• Advanced/fluent English communication skills.

• Solid understanding of software engineering best practices, including testing and QA/QC processes.

• Experience conducting code reviews and participating in peer programming sessions.

• Ability to review/create systems designs and provide feedback on design improvements.

 

Preference will be given to candidates who possess experience or education in one or more of the following areas:

• Microservices architecture using NodeJS.

• Working experience with Azure cloud services and Azure Developer Associate certification (or equivalent).

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification (or equivalent).

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.

• Familiarity with TDD (Test Driven Development) environment.

• Experience working with NoSQL and SQL databases.

• Technologies such as TSOA, InversifyJS, Swagger, Open API spec, Jest.

• Cloud-native technologies: Kubernetes clusters, sidecar pattern, dev portals, etc.

• Deep understanding of ELT/ETL tools, including Azure Data Factory.

• Knowledge of Istio service mesh technology.

• Understanding of Kubernetes, Docker, and containerization principles.

• Strong grasp of cloud patterns related to observability, scalability, and fault tolerance.

 

We value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.

 

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Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (CTC) is one of Canadas most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.