Senior Software Engineer (backend)

What makes us Qlik?

A Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for 14 years in a row, Qlik transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights, driving strategic business outcomes. Serving over 40,000 global customers, our portfolio leverages pervasive data quality and advanced AI/ML capabilities that lead to better decisions, faster.

We excel in integration and governance solutions that work with diverse data sources, and our real-time analytics uncover hidden patterns, empowering teams to address complex challenges and seize new opportunities.

We were also recognized as one of National Capital Region's 2024 Top Employers in Canada, read on to see why!

The Senior Software Engineer (backend) Role

Join our Cloud Alerting Services team as a Backend Developer and become part of a dynamic and innovative group that is shaping the future direction of our company.

If you thrive in a collaborative environment and are passionate about building high-quality software, this role is for you.

What makes this role interesting?

• Continuous Innovation: Work alongside a diverse and talented team to innovate and improve our next-generation product architecture. Embrace challenges and collaborate with your colleagues to find creative solutions.
• End-to-end Ownership: Enjoy end-to-end ownership of microservices, from development to deployment and monitoring in production. Take pride in your work and see the impact of your contributions firsthand.
• Cutting-Edge Technologies: Utilize your expertise in containerization, orchestration, cloud providers, API development, and web application best practices to drive the development of our services.

Here’s how you’ll be making an impact:

• Collaborative Partnership: Partner effectively with colleagues in Development, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and Product Management throughout the software development life cycle, contributing to the analysis, design, and implementation of service improvements.
• Performance and Quality Standards: Set the bar for performance, reliability, and quality standards within the team, ensuring that our services meet the highest standards of excellence.
• Software Development: Design, implement, test, troubleshoot, and debug software, actively participating in test strategy definition and implementation alongside your colleagues.

We’re looking for a teammate with:

• Educated in Computer Science, Software Engineering or with a scientific background.
• Have a working experience of 7+ years in software development.
• Familiar with software languages like Go, JavaScript/node.js or you can pick it up fast.
• Familiar with microservice architecture and development with clean, tested code and well-documented.
• Deep knowledge of established design patterns.
• Cloud infrastructure: Docker container engines, Kubernetes, and related tools like Grafana, Splunk/Dynatrace.

The location for this role is:

Ottawa, ON Canada

Apply now and help change how the world transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights and turns complex data challenges into new opportunities!

More about Qlik and who we are:

Find out more about life at Qlik on social: Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and X/Twitter, and to see all other opportunities to join us and our values, check out our Careers Page.

What else do we offer?

• National Capital Region's 2024 Top Employers in Canada: https://reviews.canadastop100.com/top-employer-qliktech
• Genuine career progression pathways and mentoring programs
• Culture of innovation, technology, collaboration, and openness
• Flexible, diverse, and international work environment

Giving back is a huge part of our culture. Alongside an extra “change the world” day plus another for personal development, we also highly encourage participation in our Corporate Responsibility Employee Programs

The anticipated base salary range for this role is $135,000 - $150,000 CDN per year. Final compensation offered by Qlik will be based on factors such as the candidate’s location, job-related skills, education, experience, and other business and organizational needs. Qlik offers a comprehensive benefits package, eligibility requirements for benefits will be controlled by applicable Qlik plan documents and policies.

If you need assistance applying for a role due to a disability, please submit your request via email to accessibilityta @ qlik.com. Any information you provide will be treated according to Qlik’s Recruitment Privacy Notice. Qlik may only respond to emails related to accommodation requests.

Qlik is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Qlik via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Qlik. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Qlik as a result of the referral or through other means.