SPC Student Price Card
React Native Developer
Description
We are on a mission to improve Student Life. Savings for students' every need!
With a focus on creativity, teamwork, and grassroots thinking, we strive to provide value to students. Students are at the centre of everything we do. As an organization, we value building careers with an eager-to-learn attitude to support each other's success - both inside and outside the organization.
We’re looking for a React Native Developer that is highly motivated and always seeking opportunities to learn. You are integral to the internal product team but will also be working closely with an internal team and external development partners. You will be directing new development features, supporting existing systems and providing technical leadership and mentorship. You will be responsible for performing code reviews, app builds, and App Store/Play Store submissions.
YOUR IMPACT
- Thought Leadership: Develop interactive digital in-app experiences
- Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership to build scalable systems, and articulate technical vision through demos and presentations
- Agile Product Development: Participate in sprints, estimation, and high-velocity iterative development
- Requirement Analysis: Translate user requirements into software requirements
- Technical Support: Support front-end applications and back-end services
DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF:
- People Person: You know when to work heads down and focus but also love building relationships with their peers
- Self Learner: You take initiative in self-learning but also know when to seek advice and assistance
- Technical Expert: Strong troubleshooting abilities and willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done by taking ownership of the problem and leading the initiative
DAY TO DAY:
- Work with development teams and product managers to ideate software solutions.
- Work with data scientists and analysts to improve software.
- Develop and manage well-functioning databases and applications.
- Prepare and deploy updates and fixes for both web and mobile products.
- Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
- Accountability: Being accountable and passing on accountability for one's own actions and those of colleagues and the organization.
- Communication: The ability to convey information to another effectively and efficiently and practice active listening.
- Adaptability: The ability to remain fully functional by adapting to changing circumstances (environment, procedures, people).
- Collaboration: The ability to work effectively with others on a common task; taking actions which respect the needs and contributions of others; contributing to and accepting the consensus; negotiating a win-win solution to achieve the objectives of the team
- Problem Analysis: The ability to detect problems, recognize important information, and link various data; to trace potential causes and look for relevant details.
- Time management: Planning and Organizing: The ability to determine goals and priorities and to assess the actions, time and resources needed to achieve those goals.
TECHNICAL ABILITIES
- React Native
- Python
- RESTful APIs
- SQL/NoSQL
NICE TO HAVE:
- Experience with Flask
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform
- Experience with VueJS, HTML/CSS/Javascript
REQUIREMENTS
- Diploma or Bachelor – in the field of Computer Science or a related field, or, Self-taught with 4 years of strong focus on experience and projects that can be presented
- 3-5 years of working experience as a React Native Developer
- Experience in an agile environment
- Experience with version control (Git)
- Experience with agile and DevOps principles, test-driven development and continuous integration/continuous development
- Experience in the loyalty space is an asset
ABOUT SPC
Founded in 1992, Student Price Card Ltd. (SPC) is Canada's largest student-based loyalty program with over 1.1 million members across all ages, genders and levels of education, from coast to coast. Created with the sole purpose of helping students save on their everyday purchases, SPC is now partnered with over 450 brands across Canada, encompassing the fashion, dining, beauty, travel, tech health and fitness, sporting industries. Working alongside recognized retailers, such as American Eagle Outfitters, ALDO, Urban Outfitters, Samsung, Pizza Pizza, Burger King and Taco Bell, hundreds of local and independent brands, as well as hundreds of universities, colleges and high schools, SPC has always adapted to consumer interests while establishing nationwide brand awareness and support from our members.