Job description
Hi, we are ecobee.
ecobee introduced the world’s first smart Wi-Fi thermostat to help millions of consumers save money, conserve energy, and bring home automation into their lives. That was just the beginning. We continue our pursuit to create technology that brings peace of mind into the home and allows people to focus on the moments that matter most. We take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment, all while being part of the exciting, connected home revolution.
In 2021, ecobee became a subsidiary of Generac Power Systems. Generac introduced the first affordable backup generator and later created the category of automatic home standby generator. The company is committed to sustainable, cleaner energy products poised to revolutionize the 21st century electrical grid. Together, we take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment.
Why we love to do what we do:
We’re helping build the world of tomorrow with solutions that improve everyday life while making a positive impact on the planet. Our products and services work in harmony to provide comfort, efficiency, and peace of mind for millions of homes and businesses. While we’re proud of what we’ve done so far, there’s still a lot we can do—and you can be part of it.
Join our extraordinary team.
We’re a rapidly growing global tech company headquartered in Canada, in the heart of downtown Toronto, with a satellite office in Leeds, UK (and remote ecopeeps in the US). We get to work with some of North America and UK’s leading professionals. Our colleagues are proud to bring their authentic selves to work, confident that what we do is grounded in a greater purpose. We’re always looking for curious, talented, and passionate people to join our team.
Who You’ll be Joining:
As an Intermediate Software Engineer you will be continually involved in shaping the direction of what technologies we are using and how we use them. We encourage a relaxed view on coding that allows for individual expression - where everyone has a voice and every opinion is valued. Our team believes in a thoughtful and well-planned development cycle. We iterate, refactor, rewrite - in other words, no throwing code over the fence. You’ll have ownership of the experiences you create, continually improving them and eventually providing production support.
How You’ll Make an Impact:
As an Intermediate Software Engineer on the Home Services team, you’ll have the ability to work full stack across both our backend and frontend. You’ll be responsible for the services that power our Smart Security and Air Filter subscriptions, providing homeowners peace of mind that they are improving the efficiency and security of their home. You’ll also be responsible for our SmartBuildings product that enables simple, scalable thermostat management for multi-family and commercial buildings, as well as our platform services that help HVAC Pro Contractors proactively help our homeowners with their HVAC needs. You’ll also have the opportunity to continually modernize and enhance the platform, ensuring its maintainability and scalability. Needless to say, your contributions will have significant impact on our company and objectives.
What You’ll Bring to the Table:
- You like to continuously challenge yourself by finding new and better ways to solve complex problems
- You don’t mind learning new technologies if it means getting you there sooner
- The bigger the challenge, the better. You want to fearlessly dive into issues of scale, concurrency, management of massive data sets, security, redundancy, fail over, and everything else you imagine a successful IoT company would need to consider
- You have experience designing and implementing APIs for both internal and external usage
- You have experience implementing and debugging microservices, using SQL databases, BigQuery, and leveraging Google Cloud Platform tooling and services
- You are skilled in and have experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and the general deployment, management, and observability of microservices
- We use a mix of TypeScript/JavaScript and Golang, so you’re not shy of mixing it up because you understand the importance of “the right tool for the right job”
- You understand the craft of software development; automated testing, continuous integration and deployment, design patterns, etc.
- You are familiar with how to get your code “live”, from getting it reviewed, merged, then deployed on the cloud or in a datacenter. You care about the quality and stability of what you build so our customers have a great experience 24⁄7; this means being on a team that believes in and relies on metrics, a healthy on-call rotation to react to anomalies, and in general, creating wonderfully robust systems
- You’re a team player who enjoys solving problems with others
- Just so you know: The hired candidate will be required to complete a background check.
We’ve built the above list as a guideline for some of the skills and interests of our team - but we strive to build our teams with members from a diverse background and skill set, so if any combination of these apply to you, we would love to chat!
Interview Process (3 stages):
- A 30-minute phone call with a member of Talent Acquisition
- A 1-hour virtual interview with the Hiring Manager – expect technical, behavioural, and situational questions.
- A 2-hour technical interview. This will be a virtual interview where you will meet folks from the engineering team. This interview will be comprised of a pair programming exercise and Q&A. This will also allow you to get to know the team you would be joining and for the team to learn more about you.
With ecobee, you’ll have the opportunity to:
- Be part of something big: Get to work in a fresh, dynamic, and ever-growing industry.
- Make a difference for the environment: Make a sustainable impact while on your daily job, and after it through programs like ecobee acts.
- Expand your career: Learn with our in-house learning enablement team, and enjoy our generous professional learning budget.
- Put people first: Benefit from competitive salaries, health benefits, and a progressive Parental Top-Up Program (75% top-up or five bonus days off).
- Play a part on an exceptional culture: Enjoy a fun and casual workplace with an open concept office, located at Queens Quay W & York St. ecobee Leeds is based at our riverside office on the Calls.
- Celebrate diversity: Be part of a truly welcoming workplace. We offer a mentorship program and bias training.
Are you interested? Let’s make it work.
Our people are empowered to take ownership of their schedules with workflows that allow for flexible hours. Based on your job, you have an option of a office-based, fully remote, or hybrid work environment. New team members working remotely, will have all necessary equipment provided and shipped to them, and we conduct our interviews and onboarding sessions primarily through video.
We’re committed to inclusion and accommodation.
ecobee believes that openness and diversity make us better. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply regardless of race, gender, age, religion, identity, or any other aspect which makes them unique. Accommodations can be made upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Our recruitment team is happy to answer any questions candidates may have about virtual interviewing, onboarding, and future work locations.
We’re up to incredible things. Come and be part of them.
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