Junior Software Engineer - Achievers

Job Title: Junior Software Engineer
Job Location: Toronto
Job Listing URL: https://jobs.lever.co/achievers/70d329fe-3663-4d93-9461-2ba31d99ca49
Job Description: About Achievers
Achievers offers more than just a thank you program. Our employee recognition and rewards software inspires employees to recognize everyone, every day, everywhere. With 4.3 million global users, we empower employees across 190 countries. Visit us at achievers.com to learn more and check out our platform in action. Join our team of A-players who bring passion to our purpose and believe that meaningful change creates extraordinary outcomes — together, we’ll inspire recognition everywhere and achieve results that matter.

Our commitment to you:
At Achievers, we hire you for you because we value the unique perspective and individuality that each person brings to our team. We are committed to creating an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace where you belong, and your contributions are celebrated. Together, we achieve more by combining our unique strengths, fostering collaboration, and inspiring each other to reach new heights.

The opportunity:

A great opportunity for you to grow your skills with various tools and areas of the full software development lifecycle! Receive ongoing mentorship and coaching from experienced Engineers invested in your growth.

Build innovative product features and solutions that scale to millions of users. Help us continuously evolve the platform with modern, scalable, and focused enhancements that deliver a personalized and cohesive experience for end users.

This is a full-stack hybrid role with 2 days per week in our Liberty Village office downtown.
What you`ll be doing:
Join a collaborative team of Engineers who shape the communication and content experience across our platform.
Contribute to full-stack projects and use a variety of modern technologies: Python, Go, PHP, Kubernetes, Docker, Pub/Sub, GraphQL, microservices and more!
Continuously integrate clean, scalable, robust, and testable code.
Be hands-on with our codebase and deeply involved in code reviews - a great opportunity to receive regular feedback from experienced Engineers and to grow your skills!
Contribute to design and architecture discussions led by Senior and Staff Engineers - you proactively identify and manage dependencies and share your ideas!
Stay up to date on emerging technologies and engineering guidelines, best practices, processes and tools.
What we`re looking for:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
Advanced/professional verbal and written English language skills.
You want to be part of a collaborative team that supports each other and helps each other grow.
1-3 years of professional experience working on back-end or full-stack projects with languages such as Python, PHP, or GO. That can include internships or co-ops you completed during your studies.
You are proactive and take initiative to continuously grow and develop.
You communicate regularly with your team and stakeholders and proactively flag risks and challenges.
You are open and excited to to learn new emerging technologies.