We are hiring a Senior Software Developer to join our Motion team!

Our Spare headquarters is located in Vancouver, BC. Unfortunately, we are not able to hire this position outside of BC at this time.

As a Senior Software Developer in the Motion team, you will...

Work with traffic, routing, and vehicle routing algorithms;
Work with a functional language around 25% of your time (Scala);
Be in a high-impact position, empowered to make decisions that lead us to success while building complex products and features;
Be highly involved in product and design discussions related to code architecture;
Collaborate with and mentor engineers of all levels;
Actively participate in the day-to-day operations of the team, contributing ideas for how the team can better meet the needs of customers;
Work on a complex distributed system, where real-time data updates and impacts the system every second
Mentor other developers on the team
Help us iterate and improve upon current engineering processes, to improve efficiency and to ensure 99.99% uptime and support the team in doing the same;

About this role✨

In this role, you will...

Deliver high-quality code. Design, code, test, document, and release new features using a combination of tools and languages (like Javascript/Typescript, Scala, Docker, Kubernetes and GCP, for example);
Improve routing engine for driver application;
Participate in team agile rituals;
Uplift the team capacity (collaborating with engineers of all levels, mentoring junior engineers, improving code base);
Demonstrate an unrelenting focus on quality, speed, and overall excellence;
Provide input for the ongoing improvement of engineering practices and procedures;
Be part of on-call SRE team, after fully ramping up to the rest of this roles responsibilities;
Occasionally talk to customers to better understand their needs and how to achieve them

About the Motion team ✨

The Motion Team works on anything and everything relating to the Spare Engine - our matching and routing algorithms. This includes tweaking and improving our state-of-the-art optimization algorithm to help it solve NP-hard problems many times per second, combining this with custom application logic to ensure that the decisions made by our system are intuitive to our end users. It also involves building out tooling and visualizations to help end users engage with the Engine: correcting data, optimizing inputs and schedules, and taking manual actions when necessary.

Benefits

Purposeful work: Be a part of a mission-driven company that is solving real-world problems and improving the lives of people around the world. Learn more about the impact were making in our 2023 Global Impact Report!
Growth Opportunities: Spare is growing fast and there is uncapped potential for rapid advancement of motivated high performers on our team! 🚀
Market-competitive pay: We benchmark roles annually to attract and retain top talent. For Growth roles, we also offer a competitive commission/bonus structure that rewards strong performance.
Stock options: Enjoy the feeling of ownership. All Spartians are provided stock options, so you can share in the growth and success of Spare!
Flexible work: Work remotely from anywhere in Canada, in your own time zone.
In-office collaboration: If youre in Metro Vancouver, you have the option to work out of our HQ located downtown, close to Waterfront Station. If youre located elsewhere, youll have access to CA$200/month to spend on a coworking membership to work together with team members in your city.
Home office allowance: We recognize the importance of a productive home office setup to help you do your best work, which is why we provide a CA$1,000 home office allowance.
Team offsites & socials: We love the flexibility of remote work, and we also value the importance of in-person connection. Each team has an annual budget for travel and accommodations to get together for a team offsite or hackathon. Plus you have access to a CA$50 monthly budget to socialize with other Spartians in your city - go out for a meal or hit up a karaoke spot!
Health insurance: We offer a fully-paid health insurance package for you and your dependents that includes prescription drug, paramedical, mental health, dental, life insurance, travel insurance, and Employee Assistance Program.
Lifestyle Spending Account: We offer CA$500 per year Lifestyle Spending Account (taxable benefit), which you can use to get reimbursed for a variety of expenses including education, wellness, transportation, and childcare/pet care.
Paid time off: Along with your three weeks of annual vacation, we offer unlimited sick days and have company-wide shut-down days to help you rest and recharge.
Parental leave top-up: Top up of up to 80% for 15 weeks to help you adjust to the new addition to your family!