Job opening - Cloud Software Engineer at ActiveState (Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Cloud Software Engineer

For information on all of the development roles currently available at ActiveState, please visit our website at http://www.activestate.com/company/careers.

ActiveState is looking for an experienced software engineer to help us develop Stackato, our advanced cloud platform-as-a-service product, for a full-time position in our Vancouver office. You will work with our experienced team of developers to consistently iterate and deliver new features of high quality and stability.

You will be responsible for components of complex engineering and bringing together multiple technologies to deliver a cohesive platform as a service product. You will bring strong development skills in Ruby, Python and or Java and an understanding of cloud architectures and network management. You will assist in the core engineering activities and be responsible for core product features of a multi-langu! age private PaaS offering.

You will have a passion for technology tempered by a level-headed approach to problem solving, and broad experience with other language engines and their deployment. You will bring a hunger for problem-solving and desire to understand and play with newer, cutting-edge technologies and software methodologies. You will be able to focus on multiple feature areas and components simultaneously, while still maintaining a high level of quality.

If you think you've got what it takes, and you can put check marks next to most of the following, then send us that HR-friendly stuff to careers@activestate.com:

Responsibilities:

• Design, build and troubleshoot robust, scalable and secure product features


• Efficiently implement your own features with minimal technical debt


• Identify risks and mitigation strategies for your own and team feature areas


• ! Participate in regular design, architecture and engineering di! scussions including code reviews and support of joint initiatives


• Proficient in debugging and troubleshooting software, with a willingness to facilitate open and effective communication with internal and external teams


• Evolve own feature areas with new ideas to realize greater benefits or to solve newly anticipated problems


• Work with other teams to make sure that the application components work harmoniously together


• Write regression tests for application components


• Maintain collaborative working relationship with others by seeking, using and giving feedback

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