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We grow one neighbourhood at a time. We’re a local tech company in every sense of the word, and we start with integrity and the belief that good work matters.\nWe believe homeowners should have everything their home needs in one place, and that neighbourhoods work best when trust runs high and stays local. Commissions should be small and charged only on completed work, so the best Pros can actually say yes. 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mentoring engineers; and giving constructive feedback\nExcellent communication, leadership, organizational and problem-solving skills\nAbility to bridge divides and create shared understanding among engineers, product managers, designers and customer-facing teams\nIN A PERFECT WORLD, YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE IN MANY OF THE FOLLOWING\nA tech lead or engineering manager role where you were a full-time enabler and force-multiplier (as opposed to one where you were also doing hands-on development work)\nCloud-based distributed systems\nMany/most of the specific technologies we use: TypeScript, Node.js, React, React Native, Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, AWS, K8s, Terraform, PHP/Laravel\nWrangling messy legacy systems, and step-wise techniques for evolving and/or replacing them\nSaaS products which serve the needs of both small businesses and consumers\nMarketplace products which balance the needs of a variety of market participants while ensuring that all of them are getting a good deal\nHelping your team work through uncertainty and ambiguity, and bringing clarity to complex, fast-changing situations\nIdentifying and navigating trade-offs between short-term and long-term needs, and between functional requirements, technical health, and business needs\nEnsuring security, data privacy and compliance with Ontario legal requirements for accessibility, data privacy, payments and CASL\nROLE SALARY BAND\n$160,000 - $210,000\nLOCATION\nWe believe that in-person work builds a level of connection and shared understanding that fully-remote work cannot achieve.\nThis role requires you to work at our office every Monday, every Thursday and every second Tuesday. Reasonable exceptions are made when life happens, but these should be infrequent.\nIf you are not already located in Toronto or one of its nearby suburbs, we will only be able to consider your application if you already have concrete plans to relocate to the Toronto area.\nOUR VALUES\nIntegrity - We prioritize integrity over comfort, convenience, and the short-cuts of success that drive metrics but undermine trust.\nTrust - We cannot win unless we win on trust. Trust is hard to earn and easy to lose. We need to be built for it in our DNA.\nCompetitiveness - We believe that competitiveness is a critical complement to integrity and trust. If we’re not our customer’s best choice, then we’re wasting their time. We believe in the power of healthy competitive markets, and we believe we need to be uniquely competitive to win in this space. We have too much respect for the other players in this space to expect things to be easy. That’s a good thing.\nEmpowerment - Any win we achieve needs to be first and foremost a win that we deliver to others, starting with our customers, and their long term best interests.\nVACATION AND BENEFITS\nWe know the power it takes to be successful in a challenging mission and we want to ensure our team is rested and ready to go.\nWe offer 30 days of PTO annually, which can be used for vacation, personal days, or illness. Five of these days are designated as company-wide closures around the start and end of the year.\nIn addition, our benefits plan covers health, dental and wellness to add that extra pep in our step, and help us sleep at night.\nWe have a tech allowance benefit to help set you up for work. \nWe have pregnancy and parental leave policies, and we’re ready to support your family’s next stage of growth.\nEMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP\nWe’re a team on a mission. 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