Canary Technologies is a fast-growing enterprise hospitality technology company that provides hotels with innovative solutions to drive efficiency and enhance the guest experience. Our core solutions get rid of antiquated technology in hotels. With backing from some of the top investors in Silicon Valley, including Y Combinator, Canary Technologies is trusted by thousands worldwide and serves some of the world’s largest and most iconic hotel brands.

This opportunity will provide close interaction with senior leaders and founders. Our founders are alums of the Cornell Hotel School, Columbia University, and The University of Pennsylvania- Wharton. They have previously built software companies and have worked at firms such as Bain & Company and Starwood Hotels & Resorts.

We are an organization that strongly believes in meritocracy and performance. There is significant opportunity for advancement and growth in this role, both of which are based on performance and talent.

About the role

Canary's engineering team is fully remote!

We're looking for a Lead Engineer to join our team to enable Canary's next phase of growth. You should be a strong technical leader that can deal with ambiguity, be able to define and guide our future architecture, and mentor junior engineers. You should also care deeply about the customer experience and work closely with Product Managers to inform product decision-making. The services built and owned by you will have to operate at a large scale and hence passion and discipline around operational excellence are essential.

 

Job responsibilities -

1. Directly lead a pod of engineers responsible for Canary's core products

2. Set an example as an IC in terms of both the quality and velocity of code that you ship

3. Think about overall architecture and own its evolution based on engineering and product needs

4. Understand metrics and how our customers use our products, strong voice on product decisions and prioritization

5. Independently mentor and advise engineers in a pod

6. Build engineering execution plans, breakdown and assign work to engineers in the pod

7. Run pod processes autonomously and escalate appropriately when required

8. Active in hiring and interviewing

Our Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• 5-8+ years of a strong engineering background including being in IC engineering role
• 3+ years of proven experience of leading successful engineering teams
• Strong Javascript skills
• Solid knowledge of developing backend applications
• Have a strong demonstrated ability to ship high-quality products
• Self-motivated, collaborative, and diligent work ethic
• Excellent communication skills. You love being part of a diverse team, building consensus, and establishing credibility. You are a Class-A communicator: curious, thoughtful, clear, and (mostly) correct
• Comfort with ambiguity and is eager to embrace ownership and accountability
• BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience, MS/PhD
• Expert in Python with knowledge on at least one industry standard framework like Django, Flask, etc.
• Experience using Docker and cloud technologies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Database design skills

Benefits

• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Competitive benefits package
• Flexibility to visit and travel to our offices (SF, NY)

Most importantly, we work hard to ensure Canary is a fun and exciting place to work. How do we do this?

First, we've added Canary Days to the calendar as company holidays to ensure that the team has 1 long weekend each month.

Second, we have a list clubs and perks listed below that create space for us to hang out!Self Improvement Club: We meet each month and share our personal goals for the month. We are able to expense $75 towards any purchases that helped us achieve these goals.

Fireside Chat: We meet each month to discuss a wide range of issues. This group was started focused on women's issues and has expanded in scope over the last several months.