Full Stack Developer

Job description

About Borrowell:

At Borrowell, we’re on a mission to help Canadians feel confident about their money. We empower individuals to take control of their financial futures by providing the tools and insights needed to understand, build, and use their credit effectively.

1 in 10 Canadians use Borrowell for comprehensive credit monitoring and personalized insights. Our innovative services, including Credit Builder and rent reporting, help consumers build credit so they can unlock access to a wider range of financial products at more competitive rates. Additionally, we offer personalized financial product recommendations from Canada’s most trusted providers based on each member’s credit profile and financial goals.

Our team is diverse, inclusive, and driven by a shared passion for making a meaningful difference in the lives of Canadians. We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of collaboration, humility, and innovation. If you’re looking to join a company that’s transforming the financial landscape and empowering Canadians to achieve their financial aspirations, we invite you to explore career opportunities at Borrowell. Together, we can help Canadians feel confident about money.

About the Role:

As a Full Stack Developer on Borrowell’s Engineering team, you will design, develop, optimize, test, and maintain application code for in-house web and mobile products. You will ensure that software meets both the technical and business requirements that guided its design.

You will be involved in the technical roadmap of upcoming net new products and you will see how your hard work directly impacts the lives of 3 million people using the Borrowell marketplace. Specifically, maintenance of existing products will happen in any role, but this isn’t one of those roles where the majority of your job is maintaining something that was already created. Instead, a large chunk of your time will be spent on working in cross-functional teams (with Product, Engineering, QA, Automation, and others) to experiment, explore, and build new products and functionalities from the ground up.

• Working experience building scalable web micro frontend applications on the cloud, preferably in microservices architecture. Our back end is .NET 8 on Azure, but we are open to all technical backgrounds.
• Knowledge of modern JavaScript front-end frameworks. We primarily use React, React Native (Expo), and Typescript, with some Angular.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure
• Demonstrated proficiency with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Turborepo knowledge

Our Engineering Team Values

1. We work well as a team and collaborate always!
2. We are humble and open to each others’ ideas and opinions
3. We are not afraid of making mistakes and we are always learning
4. We are persistent about solving problems we are facing
5. Change is good and welcomed
6. We are always willing to take on new challenges
7. We are not afraid to say, “I don’t know,” or, “I need help”
8. We take ownership over our platform and the work that we deliver
9. We communicate clearly to ensure we collaborate well
10. We find the simplest solutions possible for the hardest problems

The Interview Process

We believe in fast, lean, and efficient processes and that trickles into every aspect of our work, including hiring. That means we don’t think you need to jump through 8 hoops to land the role. Interviewing for this role is typically done in 3 steps:

• A phone call with a recruiter
• A technical coding challenge and discussion that is grounded in being practical, realistic, and open book - we’re trying to understand your skills holistically, not trying to see how much you can memorize algorithms
• A conversation with 1-2 senior leaders

That’s it! After each step, we will follow up within the week.

• The Opportunity - join and have a major impact at a growing company that is helping make financial stability possible for everybody

• Comprehensive Health Benefits - medical, dental, vision, and paramedical health benefits for you and your family, with extra yearly coverage for psychotherapists and massage therapists

• Additional Health Benefits- virtual benefit offering that allows you to connect ²⁴⁄₇ with nurses, doctors and mental health professionals

• Maternity & Parental Leave Top-up- available to new parents

• Wellness Benefit - $600 annually to spend on whatever brings you joy

• WFH Reimbursement - we ship you gear like a laptop, mouse, keyboard, and you can reimburse additional items to make your workplace better for you

• Employee Development Benefit - annual reimbursements on payments to help your learning

• Givewell Benefit- 1 paid volunteer day a year to give back to the community

• Flexibility - flexible working hours and a flexible vacation policy

We are remote-first across Canada with an office in Toronto. This role will require you to attend in-person meetings and team-building events.

At Borrowell, one of our core values and firm beliefs is that diversity makes us better. If you’re unsure about your qualifications for this position, we’d still encourage you to apply. We’re looking for candidates who have experience, but know that not everyone’s had a chance to demonstrate what they can do. What’s most important is that you have a growth mindset and care about helping people with their finances - an area in their lives that causes a lot of stress.

Please note that due to the sensitive nature of the work we do, clearing a credit and criminal record check is a condition of employment.

Borrowell encourages applications from candidates with differing abilities. Please let us know if you require accommodation at any stage in the selection process.