Python Job: Business Development Manager

Development Team Lead (Remote)

A Little Bit About Us:

We are a growing global technology company that is looking to reinvent the way organizations build Trust in People with technology and AI-backed background checks. We are proud to share that we recently secured 43 million in funding, were named one of Canada’s Companies-to-Watch in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50™ Awards, and are on track to become one of Canada’s fastest-growing start-ups.

Who are Certonians?

We are soccer players, DIY creators, spicy-food lovers, karaoke lovers, wine connoisseurs, and so much more! We are a team of 150+ people currently living the dream at Certn and are looking for more team members to level us up. If you are excited about working with a group that values accountability, working synergistically with one another, being inclusive of different perspectives, and not being an a**hole - aka approaching all solutions & problems with compassion and empathy - we want to hear from you!

This Opportunity:

We are looking for a Development Team Lead to expand our growing Engineering team in Australia! Reporting to a member of our Engineering Leadership team, you will be responsible for building out and scaling our products as well as driving continuous improvements to our data pipeline – the central point for data acquisition, aggregation, transformation, identification, and filtering.

Success in this role requires someone strong in software architecture and with a collaborative people-first approach to leadership who is excited about coaching their team to solve complex problems.

Key Responsibilities

• Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery while maintaining high standards of software quality by establishing good practices and habits.
• Manage a team of 4 to 5 developers. Identifying and developing career paths for your team by encouraging their areas for growth and improvement through feedback and regular 1 on 1 meetings.
• Lead technical discussions of new solutions and architectures. Ensure that technical decisions support our goals of quality, performance, scalability, reliability, availability, and security.
• Champion innovating ideas and foster an environment of continuous improvement.
• Work with our operations team to improve the architecture while building and scaling services.
• Build new features with a focus on testability and extensibility.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

• Proven experience building amazing things that speak for themselves in a technical leadership position.
• Ideally, but not required, experience working with Python and Django.
• An understanding of SQL and relational database design.
• Optional, but preferred understanding of asynchronous programming, Postgres, JSON Web APIs, AWS, Jenkins, Python, Django, Linux.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken.
• Excellent interpersonal skills (collaborate, facilitate, and negotiate).
• Understanding of cloud platforms and experience deploying on AWS.

Benefits
Our goal is to make sure Certn to be the best place for you to work. That means we are consistently asking for your feedback, researching best practices, and implementing new programs and changes in the way we work so that we can each walk away every day feeling proud to work here!

Some of the benefits you can expect at Certn are...

• 4 weeks of paid vacation
• 12 wellness days
• Remote-first and supports flexible remote arrangements
• Green transportation allowance
• Fitness & wellness allowance
• Work from home allowance
• Professional development budget
• And a few more goodies!

Does this role sound like it was made for you, yet you don’t check every box?
We value diversity in our teams’ experience. Whatever your background, experience, ethnicity, physical ability, sexual orientation, race, and gender is, we want to hear from you! We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment for all employees from all walks of life. One of our corporate goals is to build an environment that will be the best place for you to work and spend your time. To accomplish that, we know we need to develop a diverse team where everyone feels included and where a variety of voices are heard.

*If you have a disability that requires accommodation during any stage of our recruitment process, please let us know how we can best assist you*

Job Type: Full-time