Location: On-Site, Montreal
About the RoleValnet's Automotive Group is looking for a Backend Team Lead to guide and grow a multi-functional development team. The ideal candidate must possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, proven leadership ability, and a desire to work in a fast-paced environment. This person will lead a team of backend developers while working closely with the development team and leaders to develop tools supporting our automotive website projects. In this role you will work primarily on Valnet Auto's proprietary systems and tools.
Responsibilities- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of backend developers, supporting their day-to-day work and professional growth
- Responsible for new development and maintaining all public sites to optimal performance levels
- Play an active role in the analysis phase when defining features with the functional analysts
- Improving, maintaining and establishing code standards in cooperation with the rest of the team
- Maintaining performance and core web vitals for web pages
- Maintain strong knowledge about the latest web development standards and development tools
Technical Requirements- 5+ years of experience as a back-end developer
- Development with AI assistants
- Strong knowledge of SQL (MySQL, ClickHouse) and PHP
- Strong knowledge of Javascript (TypeScript)
- Experience working with high traffic websites
- Experience with Core Web Vitals optimization
- Experience with single page applications and REST API/Ajax
- Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming
- Strong knowledge of modularization and library development approaches
Technical Assets- GIT (BitBucket), JIRA, Visual Code, Jenkins
- Shell Script (Bash)
- Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, and SCSS
- Vector Database
- LLM Prompting
- Good understanding of SEO practices, Google Analytics, and Google PageSpeed
Benefits- Full health insurance plan (including medical, dental, and vision)
- Daily on-site snacks & coffee
- Fitness subscription reimbursement program
- Competitive salary and bonus structure
