What You’ll Be Doing

• Solving technical challenges and building features as we work towards growing the Barley platform
• Collaborating closely with other engineers and product in an agile environment
• Building with a strong orientation towards data schemas, analytics, and database design
• Taking initiative to understand “the why” of what you’re building, the business context, and user problems to propose improvements, eliminate gaps, and reduce risk

Experience & Skills You’ll Bring to the Team

• Strong foundational knowledge of software development
• Relentless curiosity to learn new things and receptive to feedback
• Experience with modern web application development, using TypeScript (or JavaScript), ReactJS, GraphQL, Node.js Vite, NestJS, and/or Hasura
• Experience with schema design and relational databases such as PostgreSQL
• Professional experience shipping cloud-based software products to market is a PLUS
• Experience with cloud and serverless infrastructure (GCP, AWS or Azure) is a PLUS
• Hands-on experience with microservices, containerization (Docker), and CI/CD (Github Actions) is a PLUS
• Haven’t worked with some of our specific technologies? No problem, a deep experience with web technologies and willingness to learn our tech stack goes a long way

Why You’ll Love Working at Barley

• As an early member of the Barley team, you’ll play a key role in setting the stage for future employees
• You’ll help push forward an important mission of driving more rational and equitable pay
• You’ll have a piece of the pie - every Barley employee participates in our stock option plan
• A generous vacation policy and full health and benefits coverage that kick in on your first day
• An annual learning and development allowance to invest in your professional growth
• We’re a remote-first company, but also have offices in Toronto and Vancouver for the option to collaborate in-person
• We host fun company-sponsored events (e.g. team dinners) as well as multi-day off sites (like our retreats which have been cabins in Whistler, BC and Ontario lake country)

Our Interview Process

• Stage 1: Screening Interview: This is a 45 minute Zoom meeting where we’ll share more about the role, learn about your background / experience (and alignment to the position), and answer any questions you may have.
• Stage 2: Skills Interview: This is an hour and a half Zoom meeting that consists of a pair programming exercise with the Head of Engineering, a system design exercise, as well as technical questions to assess your experience.
• Stage 3: Case Interview & Meet the Founders Interview: This is an hour and a half Zoom meeting that consists of a logic exercise related to our space and discussing your experience and major accomplishments with one of the co-founders.