Job description
About us
We’re the indie media company helping millions of people succeed at work. And we’re on a roll, growing faster than any company you’ll have worked at before. For the past five years we’ve benefited from consistent triple digit growth.
We make content - from in-depth guides, to training courses, to members forums that help people succeed at work. We support organizations through better led, better equipped teams that benefit from smarter buying decisions.
We’ve built a portfolio of influential online brands with community memberships, products, and strategic partnerships that work together to seamlessly connect people with the knowledge, information and tools they need to succeed.
About the Role:
As a Software Engineer at BWZ you are responsible for the whole development process, starting with discovering, planning and developing, ending with testing and deploying. You will work in an environment that offers freedom with responsibility, and encourages simplicity with risk taking.
You will be working in the BWZ’s Tech Team, highly involved in the development of our back-end systems and integrations (using Node.js, Python, AWS, etc), but also participating on the development and architecture of our multi-site Web Platform (built in WordPress), our Ad Tech Platform (built in Ruby on Rails), among many others systems and products.
We value technical skill and curiosity the most—so don’t worry if English isn’t your strongest language just yet. Many of our engineers are based in Brazil and collaborate in Portuguese outside of meetings and naturally develop their english language fluency over time.
You can work remotely or in a flexible regime, if you are in Curitiba, Brazil. Keep in mind that our teams work in the PST time zone, and your hours should be as least partially compatible with it.
What you’ll be doing:
Reporting to the Technology Director, working in the Back-End Team but also closely with the Web Platform and Ad Tech teams. You will be tasked with the development of solutions for back-end systems, AI Agents, and a variety of integrations between back-office tools.
You don’t have to know all the answers, because you will have the time to research and learn new technologies and solutions, so you can make suggestions and implementations that might fit our product needs to better perform and scale.
Who You Are:
- You are a Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience in software development projects.
- You have experience working with data engineering projects
- You have experience working with back-end development.
- You don’t like repetitive tasks, so you automate everything you can.
- You are good at managing your own working time.
- You are curious about how things are done and how they work.
- You like to test new things, you don’t mind if it doesn’t work and move on.
How your success will be measured:
- We don’t like to measure effort, rather we try to focus on effectiveness.
- You will be accountable for your results, not the hours you worked.
- You will be part of a team, collaboration is a key factor.
Your skill set includes:
- Curiosity to understand how things work.
- An unbridled openness to learning new technology.
- Great time-management and prioritization skills.
- Openness to learn and use new programming languages.
- You are comfortable to read / write documentations from / to others.
- Good communication in English.
Required experience:
- 5+ experience as a software developer working with web applications projects.
- Experience with system design for data engineering projects.
- Deep understanding of databases and how they work.
- Experience with programming languages, such as PHP, Python, Ruby, or similar.
- Experience with Javascript technologies, such as React, Ember.js, Node.js, or similar.
Nice to haves:
- Experience with AWS-based architecture.
- Experience with AI development tools.
- Experience developing Python applications.
- Experience developing APIs.
- Experience writing tests and deployment processes.
About Us:
Black and White Zebra is a rapidly growing, independent media tech company headquartered in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. Since 2012, our portfolio of influential digital publications has been helping millions of people succeed at work.
Our brands cover project management, product management, people management, customer experience, quality assurance and others, with the goal of connecting people with the knowledge, skills and tools they need to succeed professionally.
We got our start in 2011 as The Digital Project Manager blog, founded by our CEO Ben Aston. Since then, we’ve grown into an international team of 70+ creators, strategists, and innovators with a portfolio of more than 14 online publications. We enjoy an impact-driven environment that combines the agility of a startup with the creativity of an agency and the diversity of a global company.
We’ve recently ranked #30 in The Globe and Mail’s Fastest Growing Company list and received a CMI award for Best Digital Publication for The Digital Project Manager—and we’re listed in both Canada’s Top Small & Medium Employers, and Best Employers in BC.
All of this growth is driven by our commitment to our mission: In a world of evolving skills, practices, and technology, we’re creating a playbook for the future of work and empowering communities to create it with us.
Want to learn more? Watch this video to learn why the team love working at BWZ!
Diversity Equity and Inclusion:
Black and White Zebra is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran’s status (including protected veterans, as may be required by federal law), sexual orientation or any other category protected by law. We celebrate all backgrounds and attributes that continue to help make our team impactful, iterative, adaptable, and fun!
