Software Developer

About the Team:

Our Technology Team is a dynamic group of innovators, problem-solvers, and tech enthusiasts.  They drive digital transformation, elevate user experiences, and empower our company to thrive in the ever-evolving tech landscape. 

Purpose of the Role:

We are looking for Software Developers with an interest in learning about the financial industry and working on financial data, including backend process automation, internal tooling, reporting, and the client facing website. Ideally, you would be interested in all areas of software development, including the cloud operations, automation of builds, automation of tests, database design, web backends, client frontends, and administrative tooling.

Core Responsibilities:

Learning Mindset

You must be interested in continuous learning and improving your development skills. If you want to solely work in one kind or software (all frontend, backend, DB, etc.) then this is not the role for you. We want you to want to learn about, and work on, all aspects of the technology in use, and to learn the business space well enough to understand why we are doing what we are doing.

Problem Solving

You must be able to go beyond searching for premade answers online and be able to deconstruct a problem, analyze it, propose, and test hypothesis around it, and work with others to produce solutions; technical or otherwise. Our aim is to solve our user’s problems with high quality, pragmatic, and robust solutions built by collaborating with the people directly affected by them.

Working well with others

We are a team, and you will be expected to help, and be helped by, other team members. You should be looking forward to sharing your experience and knowledge with others and having lively, respectful, debates about how to approach solving problems, while accepting that time and business constraints will not always allow for a consensus.

Caring about quality

We take pride in what we produce while building solutions that solve the problems of the business. That includes writing code with automated testing and system diagnostics in mind, while remembering that manual testing is sometimes still the better option. You should agree that automating most of the testing of your code is crucial to creating and maintaining high quality solutions.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

The minimum requirement for all applicants is basic working knowledge of JavaScript (or TypeScript), HTML, CSS, HTTP, and SQL.

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

Any of the following experience would be helpful. We do not expect someone to have all of it and will work to train everyone in any areas we are actively using.

• SQL Schema design & SQL queries (MSSQL, Postgres)
• Frontend frameworks (Vue, React, Angular, etc.)
• Backend (DotNet, IIS, NodeJS, Rails, Tokio, etc.)
• Automated testing (Mocha, Jest, Cypress, etc.)
• Networking & Protocols (TCP/IP, TLS, gRPC, etc.)
• Mentoring and teaching others

Compensation & Benefits Package:

This position comes with a base salary range of $85,000 - $100,000 plus a competitive performance bonus, RRSP contribution and participation in our profit-sharing program. Base salary will be commensurate with experience, skills, and qualifications.

At Nicola Wealth, our people grow our business, delight our clients, and live our values every day. Our comprehensive compensation and benefits package reflects our appreciation for this commitment. Whether it’s participating in our profit sharing and benefit programs on day one, or the opportunity to participate in our share ownership program, our people are able to go beyond a conventional salary and bonus structure. To learn more about our complete package, visit: www.nicolawealth.com/total-rewards.