Hoot Hiring Sprint for Lead, Software Development (Data Technology) February 24th - March 6

*Please See Sprint Details Below The Job Description*

We’re looking for a Team Lead, Data Technology to help us build and lead a high-performance team that solves challenging data engineering problems as we build our next generation data platform to support Hootsuite’s growing data needs. You will support the Senior Manager, Data Analytics to hire, grow, coach, and lead a team of developers to build, scale, monitor, and optimize data and analytics infrastructure used daily by Hootsuite decision makers. This is a remote-first role and is open to applicants located within provinces/states where we comply with our legal hiring entities.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Lead development and maintenance of scalable and efficient data pipeline architecture
• Work within cross-functional teams, including Data Science, Analytics, Software Development, and business units, to deliver data products and services.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and translate requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Monitor and communicate project statuses while mitigating risk and resolving issues.
• Work closely with the Senior Manager to align team priorities with business objectives.
• Assess and prioritize the team's work, appropriately delegating to others and encouraging team ownership.
• Proactively share information, actively solicit feedback, and facilitate communication, within teams and other departments.
• Design, write, test, and deploy high quality scalable code.
• Maintain high standards of security, reliability, scalability, performance, and quality in all delivered projects.
• Contribute to shape our technical roadmap as we scale our services and build our next generation data platform.
• Build, support and lead a high performance, cohesive team of developers, in close partnership with the Senior Manager, Data Analytics.
• Participate in the hiring process, with an aim of attracting and hiring the best developers.
• Facilitate ongoing development conversations with your team to support their learning and career growth.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• A degree in Computer Science or Engineering, and senior-level experience in developing and maintaining software or an equivalent level of education or work experience, and a track record of substantial contributions to software projects with high business impact.
• Experience planning and leading a team using Scrum agile methodology ensuring timely delivery and continuous improvement.
• Experience liaising with various business stakeholders to understand their data requirements and convey the technical solutions. 
• Experience with data warehousing and data modeling best practices.
• Passionate interest in data engineering and infrastructure; ingestion, storage and compute in relational, NoSQL, and serverless architectures
• Experience developing data pipelines and integrations for high volume, velocity and variety of data.
• Experience writing clean code that performs well at scale; ideally experienced with languages like Python, Scala, SQL and shell script.
• Experience with various types of data stores, query engines and data frameworks, e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL, S3, Redshift, Presto/Athena, Spark and dbt.
• Experience working with message queues such as Kafka and Kinesis
• Experience with ETL and pipeline orchestration such as Airflow, AWS Glue
• Experience with JIRA in managing sprints and roadmaps
• Open Communication: clearly conveys thoughts, both written and verbally, listening attentively and asking questions for clarification and understanding.
• Builds inclusive, cohesive teams which apply diversity to achieve common goals.
• Capably delivers results through others, is good at establishing clear direction, helping others achieve their best work.
• Identifies key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long-range goal or vision; Builds an integrated plan for course of action to accomplish this vision.
• Challenges and supports others to create results but also develop new capabilities.
• Successfully develops the capacity and capability of the team and individuals on the teams.

WHO YOU ARE:

• Solution seeker. You’re focused on tackling new challenges, solving problems, and moving the business forward—and you don’t wait to be asked.
• Lifelong learner. You have a growth mindset – you’re here to learn, experiment, seek, apply, and provide feedback, share what works with your team, and move on from what doesn’t.
• Resilient adapter. In the face of change and challenges, you bring a thoughtful, calm approach, and a focus on finding the new opportunity.
• Intentional collaborator. You build positive working relationships across the business, bringing people together to foster new opportunities and to facilitate the efficient flow of information.
• Critical challenger. You have the trust in your team to ask difficult questions in order to get to the best end result.
• Active communicator. You listen actively and communicate ideas and information clearly, inclusively, and proactively.
• Integrated thinker. You look beyond your role and responsibilities to understand how your team’s work drives broader organizational goals.
• Accountable owner. You take pride in the work you’re responsible for with a mindset of ultimate accountability and reliability for the outcomes.
• Bar-raiser. You step up to help your team grow and succeed, even when that means going beyond what might be expected.

Developers, we’ve got big plans. As software developers at Hootsuite, we build solutions and pioneer new social technologies. It means owning product development from concept to launch, fearlessly sharing big ideas, and seeing our code make an immediate impact. 

We’re hiring for a Team Lead Developer position for our Data Technology team. We’re looking for talented people like YOU to join our software development team. We know you’ve heard this before—a lot of companies are looking for your talent. 

We believe in living our values, and one of our guiding principles, #GoFastBeAgile, is the perfect example. 

At Hootsuite, you’ll have…

• The possibility to work with the following technologies, depending on the role:
  
  • Back-end: PHP,  Docker, Jenkins, Kafka, Redis, AWS Aurora (MySQL) and Java in an environment that’s using Amazon Web Services, Terraform, Kubernetes, Scala (or another functional language), Go, Javascript/TypeScript, Domain Driven Design, Command Query Responsibility Segregation, Event Sourcing, Test Driven Design and Agile
  • Front-end: TypeScript, Javascript, React, Redux, React Testing Library, Playwright, Cypress, Jest, HTML/CSS, Storybook, GraphQL, Node.js, Go, Scala, PHP and MongoDB Atlas in an environment that’s using Amazon Web Services, Grafana, Sumo Logic, Prometheus, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, Jira, Content Management Systems, Content Deployment Networks, and A/B testing tools
  • Full-stack: Docker, Jenkins, Kafka, Redis, AWS Aurora (MySQL) and Java 21 in an environment that’s using Amazon Web Services, Terraform, Kubernetes, Scala (or another functional language), Go, React, Javascript/TypeScript, Domain Driven Design, Command Query Responsibility Segregation, Event Sourcing, Test Driven Design and Agile
• The opportunity to work on and own high-quality projects that make an impact. You’ll write code that is used by millions of customers and play an integral role in future product integrations. 
• An agile team of developers that work in a triad with design, product and engineering to develop new features, technical designs, and products. 
• Constant encouragement to challenge the status quo by breaking, rebuilding, and iterating to make improvements. 
• An entire company dedicated to making Hootsuite a place where everyone feels safe, welcome, valued, and empowered to do their best work without compromising who they are.
• Learning and development support to take your career to the next level. 
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits (including a paid wellness week).

One of our guiding principles is #GoFastBeAgile—and we’re living our values by launching our Hoot Hiring Sprint from February 24th to March 6th, 2025. We’re giving talented developers like you the opportunity to meet our team, interview, and receive an offer to join the nest in two weeks! 

Our interviewing process includes four interviews, where you will get the chance to meet various members of the team you'll be working with. Here’s what you can expect: 

• Feb 24th - 28th: Interview with a Recruiter
• March 3rd - 4th: Technical Interview - Coding and Algorithms focused
• March 4th - 5th: Technical Interview - System Design focused
• March 6th: Final Interviews with Hiring Managers - Guiding Principles focused
• March 10th - 12th: Offers Extended

Submit your resume or LinkedIn profile below and you’ll hear from our team! 

Code your future at Hootsuite —apply now!

Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.