Information Technology - Senior API Developer/API Developer, eCommerce Technology

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Job Details

Full Time

Location

Canada

Job Description

THE TEAM

The mission of the Platform Engineering team is to provide the process, tools, and coaching to drive Development and Engineering efficiency.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Aritzia is growing and our Platform Engineering team is growing with it. This is a unique opportunity to be part of the team responsible for providing training and ownership of integrations to drive scalability, productivity, and standardization. As the Senior API Developer, Platform Engineering, you will support with Aritzia's digital growth ambitions by ensuring that APIs built on top of our digital platforms adhere to our enterprise standards and are scalable, available, reliable and resilient. With the skills you gain in this role, the opportunities are endless - from a rewarding career in Platform Engineering to continued growth and development with Aritzia.

THE ROLE

As the Senior API Developer, Platform Engineering, you will:

Support with ensuring all APIs developed adhere to our enterprise API standards governing data access, security, frameworks, and patterns.
Partner with our Enterprise Cloud Engineering & DevSecOps teams to adhere to our enterprise standards.
Support with building APIs and backend functionality required to service requests.
Partner with our QA team to define the test approach and implement structured testing that ensures functionality, identifying and addressing deficiencies.
Work with our other platform teams to define a low-touch deployment approach for APIs.
Support with ensuring all APIs are monitored for uptime and availability within our Observability & Monitoring platform.
Support with minimizing the impact of disruptions within features and identifying and addressing underlying issues to prevent recurring incidents.

THE QUALIFICATIONS

The Senior API Developer, Platform Engineering has:

Proven and best-in-class skills, applicable certifications, education, and/or experience
- Proficient in JavaScript, Typescript, Java.
- Basic understanding of React & ReactNative and how applications designed using these frameworks ingest APIs.
- Experience with designing & developing scalable, secure, reliable distributed services that power ecommerce & mobile app.
- Solid understanding of distributed caching and comfortable in using products like Redis for performance optimization of services.
- Understands the role of CDN and WAF to improve API availability and security.
- Willingness to learn the products within our enterprise platforms to build integrations (including Apigee X, Google Cloud Functions and SAP CPI Cloud Foundry).
- Willingness to learn the products within our digital platforms to implement the business logic required to services the API requests (including Salesforce Service Cloud, SAP Emarsys, SAP Customer Data Capture)
- Experience with creating automated API test using tools like ReadyAPI or Postman.
- Leadership skills to coach and mentor junior members of the team to enable progressive career development and an incredible employee experience.
- Highly data driven - know how to infer metrics about the health & performance of a team and optimize around them.
A commitment to learn and apply Aritzia's Business and People Leadership principles

THE COMPENSATION

The typical hiring range for this position is $100,000 - $150,000 CAD per year. The final agreed upon salary may vary based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills and experience. Additionally, this position may be eligible for bonus.

We are always looking for top talent. If your qualifications differ from those listed above, the scope of work and final agreed upon salary may be adjusted to reflect your individual qualifications.

Aritzia's Everyday Luxury compensation package goes beyond the base salary with endless growth and recognition opportunities through our pay-for-performance philosophy. With comprehensive benefits, aspirational workspaces and elevated employee perks and experiences - we provide it all.

THE PERKS

Some of the industry-leading benefits you will receive working at Aritzia:

Product Discount - Maybe you've heard of our famous product discount? Or our exclusive private shopping events? You have now.
A-OK Commissary & Cafe - Everyday Luxury dining, exclusive to Aritzia. Our in-house bistro and cafe is a private oasis where employees can enjoy curated, subsidized Everyday Luxury dining.
The SET - Our in-office fitness studio and gym with state-of-the-art equipment, custom-created classes and optional personal training. Open 7 days a week, it works out well.
Aritzia Virtual Wellness - Because your health, happiness and safety matter, we provide 24/7 resources to support you in your wellbeing goals, whether they're physical, mental, social or financial.
Aspirational Workplace - Our offices are specially designed to be spaces of creativity, productivity and inspiration. They're also dog friendly. Woof.
Amenities - Additional amenities include a private parent's room, shower facilities with elevated complementary conveniences, bike rooms and more.
The Extras - We also offer a multitude of other perks like dry-cleaning, hotel and restaurant discounts, self-care promos and on-site medical care.

ARITZIA

Aritzia is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Our goal is to be inclusive, diverse, and representative of the communities where we work while creating an environment where every person can enjoy a successful career. This commitment applies to all candidates and employees regardless of race, ethnicity, citizenship, creed, place of origin, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, family status, marital status, disability, age, and any other protected characteristic.

Requests for accommodation due to a disability or any other protected characteristic can be made at any stage of the recruitment process and during employment by contacting our People & Culture Team.

About Aritzia

Aritzia is an innovative design house and fashion boutique. We conceive, create and retail fashion brands with a depth of design and quality that no one can match at our competitive price point. Each of our exclusive brands is treated as an independent label with its own vision, team and aesthetic point of view. As a group, they are united by an unwavering commitment to superior fabrics, meticulous construction and relevant, effortless design. Founded by Brian Hill in 1984, Aritzia now has 80 locations in select cities across North America, including Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, New York, San Francisco, Boston and Chicago. We pride ourselves on creating immersive shopping destinations, selecting each location with care and designing each space individually. Both in our stores and on Aritzia.com, our focus is on delivering truly world-class, memorable customer experiences. Aritzia est une boutique de vêtements et une maison de mode d’avant-garde. Notre mission : concevoir, créer et faire la vente au détail de marques d’articles de mode dont la conception et la qualité ne peuvent être égalées à prix comparable. Chacune de nos marques exclusives est une entité individuelle possédant sa vision, son équipe et son point de vue créatif. Elles sont unies par un engagement indéfectible pour les tissus de qualité supérieure, une confection méticuleuse et des styles modernes à la portée de tous. Fondée par Brian Hill en 1984, Aritzia compte maintenant 80 boutiques dans plusieurs grandes villes d’Amérique du Nord, dont Vancouver, Toronto, Montréal, New York, San Francisco, Boston et Chicago. Nous sommes fiers d’offrir des expériences de magasinage immersives. C’est pourquoi nous choisissons chaque emplacement avec soin et concevons chaque espace individuellement. En boutique comme sur le site aritzia.com, notre objectif est d’offrir une expérience d’achat exceptionnelle de calibre mondial.