Job Description

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Position Title: Senior Software Developer

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time \xe2\x80\x8b

Position Location: Toronto HQ

Requisition ID: 23001

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We know the importance that food plays in people\'s lives - the power it has to bring people, families and communities together. Our purpose is to bring enjoyment to people\'s lives through great tasting food, in a way which reflects our values.

TEAM OVERVIEW:

Earth Observation at McCain operates as a new, independent start-up division under McCain Foods Limited. Through the use of satellite and other remote sensing technologies, the business unit delivers crop insights to McCain agriculture, farmers, and other non-competitive crop buyers to improve decision-making on crop production and agricultural practices under climate volatility.

The business unit aims to deliver data insight services globally across McCain and commercialize its offering for potato and other crops. We are a new, growing team looking to quickly scale this exciting technology.

This team will advance McCain\'s commitments to regenerative agriculture through smart and sustainable farming practices. Its growth feeds into McCain\'s purpose with sustainability at the heart of producing delicious, planet-friendly food.

JOB PURPOSE:

As a Senior Software Developer, you will work in a small team with developers and data scientists to develop, operate and maintain our automated data processing pipeline within AWS to provide agricultural metric data to meet our customers\' needs. You will work on a variety of projects to research and analyze technical and system needs with goals such as integrating statistical and machine learning based models.

This role can operate remote-first if the individual prefers. Hybrid and in-office work arrangements are also available within McCain\'s office footprint (primarily Toronto and Florenceville). There will be a requirement to be in-person roughly once per quarter for team workshops and events.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work in a small team building new and innovative products in the world of agriculture
• Work with data scientists and engineers to ensure newly developed crop metrics are integrated efficiently at scale in our processing pipeline
• Continuous improvement of our pipeline performance, security, stability, and availability
• Continuously develop Docker containers
• Be involved with all technical activities within the team such as estimating, sprint planning, software development life cycle activities, code reviews, testing, deployments and documentation creation
• Mentor other Software Developers within the team
• Travel within Canada at least once per quarter for in-person team meetings and events

KEY QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCES:

• 5+ years of experience working in a similar role

• Required Skills:

• Experience in application development, developing reliable, scalable and well-documented applications
• Intermediate experience with Python
• Intermediate to expert experience with relational database solutions (Postgres, MySQL)
• Intermediate experience with Docker
• Experience with testing frameworks like pytest
• Familiar with CI tools like CircleCI, Jenkins, etc.

• Valued Skills:

• Interest in agriculture, food systems, or sustainability
• Knowledge of Python libraries such as Flask, SQLAlchemy, etc
• Knowledge of Documentation solutions like Sphinx and ReadTheDocs or other documentation solutions
• Experience with front-end frameworks like Angular, React
• Experience with Javascript
• Experience with AWS or equivalent cloud platform (GCS, Azure)
• Experience with data warehousing solutions (Snowflake, Redshift, etc)
• Familiar with artifact repositories like CodeArtifacts
• Experience with ECS (Fargate)
• Experience with Lambda
• Experience workflow management frameworks such as Step Functions, etc\xe2\x80\xa6
• Knowledge of Cognito
• Experience with business intelligence tools such as PowerBI, Superset
• Knowledge of machine learning lifecycle

The above information indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

The health and safety of McCain employees and their families has been our number one priority since the start of COVID-19 pandemic. With vaccination restrictions easing across the globe we do not currently require employees to be vaccinated, but we reserve the right to change this mandate in line with health guidance and regulations in each country.

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Job Family: Information Technology
Division: Global Strategy
Department: \xe2\x80\x8bData Development \xe2\x80\x8b
Location(s): CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol

Company: McCain Foods (Canada)

McCain Foods