Job Description

About Cova:

Cova has been the fastest-growing software solutions company in the history of the legal cannabis industry and is now the #1 POS in North America. After launching commercially 6 years ago, we surpassed over 50 other companies as the industry preference. Through constant product innovation, execution of a clear growth strategy, and high integrity in everything we do, Cova delivers a premium service to its clients.

We design and build products on an open API architecture platform that elevates the dispensary retail experience. Our point-of-sale solution (POS) is purpose-built for cannabis retail and is based on years of experience in high growth/high complexity industries.

The legal marijuana market is on a fast growth trajectory with more new states legalizing every year. 5 more just passed in Nov 2020 and 2 additional states legislatively opted for retail operations in 2021.

Cova operates as a young company that spun out of a solid, well-established 20+ year old software company called iQmetrix. Collectively, our software can be found in over 20,000 stores across North America in several verticals, and we support retailers with one location and others who have thousands. Cova has invested heavily to have the industry-leading platform for enterprises and is technologically ahead of where the industry is heading.

Let\'s shape the next generation of cannabis retailers together and own it.

Reports To: Director of Engineering

Team Description:

As the newest product line at Cova, the eCommerce team at Cova is working together to provide retailers with an online storefront that aligns to their in-store experience while updating from their Cova POS. Also giving retailers the opportunity to reach and retain more customers through marketing automation and SEO

After an acquisition in 2022 and going to market shortly after, the eCommerce Team is growing to meet the demand.

Job Summary:

As the Technical Lead of eCommerce, you will partner with the Product Manager to develop and implement a technology strategy that delivers exceptional eCommerce experiences. You will lead a global Engineering Team and apply industry best practices to create a reliable, performant, and scalable software solution. Collaboration with other Technical Leads will help define the company\'s technical strategy and ensure alignment with all engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a global engineering team of developers to create exceptional eCommerce experiences.
• Provide technical vision on projects while working in close partnership with the Team\'s Product Manager.
• Work with technical Leadership and your team to find solutions that meet the needs of the business and customers.
• Maintain the operational quality of the team\'s software portfolio.
• Be aware of all development work the team is working on and what work is coming up.
• Advocate and support process improvements for the team.
• Be prepared to answer questions that come up or troubleshoot issues while working on other things.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to support troubleshooting issues or questions, as they arise.
• Contribute to the development team\'s development flow.
• Implement features, fix bugs, contribute to pull requests, etc.

Qualifications:

• Experience in a leadership role minimum 2 years.
• Expertise in delivering and supporting consumer-facing enterprise software.
• Advocate of clean code with a history of writing SOLID code.
• Experience in implementing and improving continuous integration and deployment practices.
• Experience in implementing an observability program with a passion for telemetry and familiarity with platforms such as New Relic, Grafana, and StatsD.
• Experience in WordPress, PHP, and MySQL, including building and supporting WordPress plugins and familiarity with WooCommerce.
• Deep expertise in APIs using REST and JSON.
• Familiarity with Cloud, platform-as-a-service providers such as Atlas, Azure or AWS is an asset.
• Experience with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes is an asset.
• A degree in computer science, software engineering, or similar discipline is an asset.

90-Day Goal:

In the first ninety days, you will have reviewed and gained an understanding of Cova\'s eCommerce product. You will have a basic understanding of retail cannabis business, and the Cova product suite. You will understand the general architecture of the eCommerce platform, and you will have begun to form opinions on how to better the experience of our customers and their end users.

What Really Matters:

A lot can be learned or trained, but there are a few things that can\'t.

• Strongly self-motivated with a drive to succeed.
• Caring about our clients and their customers.
• Being able to collaborate with others to ensure that we all succeed together.

Want to Join the Team?

If you\'re interested in a career with Cova, please submit your resume and cover letter. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, faith, colour, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We are a hybrid work environment, remote and in-office for all employees in an office city.

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