Tech Lead - Jobs in Victoria, BC

Job Description

About UsFlytographer helps people around the world celebrate their stories through the magic of photography. Launched as a female-founded startup 8 years ago, we were the first global marketplace to connect travellers with hand-picked local photographers for fun, hassle-free photo shoots. Since then, we’ve expanded beyond vacations to offer local shoots in your hometown and, most recently, headshots and personal branding photos. Capturing treasured memories for customers around the world and interacting with heart-forward photographers across six continents is deeply rewarding work — you get to see and feel the impact you are having every single day.Called the “future of travel photography” by Conde Nast Traveler, and an “Ingenious Track Hack” on Oprah.com, Flytographer has captured over 3 million photos for customers across 350 cities and was voted “Outstanding Workplace of the Year” in 2020 by the Victoria Chamber of Commerce. We are a small but mighty team based in Victoria BC, with a few remote team members in Vancouver, Toronto and Mexico City.The RoleAs the lead of our Development Team you’ll work closely with our Product Manager and Intermediate Developer to prioritize and plan features, providing both the technical vision and the skills to implement it. We are a small team solving exciting problems and iterating quickly to bring the best product possible to our internal team and our end users.Responsibilities:Manage The CodebaseCollaborate across teams to plan, prioritize, design, and develop new features, leading user-facing projects from start to finishMaintain and prioritize the technical roadmap of the productMake high-level software architecture and design decisions for all new features / developments and when suggesting refactors of older featuresStay up to date on and manage breaking or implementational changes of third party integrations (Xero, Referral Saasquatch, ActiveCampaign, et al.)Manage The Development TeamProvide consistent, respectful, scaffolded mentorship through technical implementation meetings, code reviews, and pair programmingProvide technical leadership and guidance to the company, consulting on upgrades and improvements and giving advice as necessaryMaintain and manage subscriptions to third party technical servicesManage hardware tracking and dispersal within the companyIn the first 3 months you will…Ramp up on business workflows and processesLearn our tech stack and codebase architectureParticipate in planning meetings and ticket estimation and prioritizationContribute to the codebase, building out new features and iterating on old ones, in collaboration with the development teamProvide technical guidance and mentorship to other team membersIn the first 12 months you will…Lead the way on a quarter of technical upgrades, helping to make our systems more secure, stable, reliable, maintainable, and performantProvide technical leadership to other teams within the company, building features and making site adjustments as neededLead the design and development of new features in accordance with the product and technical roadmaps, prioritizing and delegating tasks within the development teamContribute to technical and feature documentationRelevant Technical KnowledgeAdvanced knowledge of Python3 and FlaskAdvanced knowledge of React (both class based and functional components, as well as React Hooks) + ReduxPostgreSQL, Redis, SQLAlchemyHeroku, AWS, NGINX, WordPressBonus KnowledgePython UnittestCI / CD PipelinesTechnical SEOElasticsearchBenefits and PerksExtended health and dentalGenerous vacationTeam off-sitesProfessional developmentParental benefits programFree annual Flytographer shootAs a company with global outreach, we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion throughout our team, including our international photographer community. We are dedicated to seeking out members who uphold our values of mutual respect, integrity, and transparency. We welcome applicants who will continue to push our company forward as a leader in this space.