WE EMBRACE A TALENT-LED CULTURE

Our work is driven by our team’s desire to be pioneers.

In 2009, we created Robots & Pencils with the then-contrarian view that mobile would be more transformative than the Internet. Turns out we were right.

Today, our thinking is rooted in the belief that, in the age of unprecedented technology acceleration, maintaining a competitive advantage requires new strategies and a focus on innovation.

Our approach has been to create a company designed to follow the talent, allowing us to amass an unfair share of hyper-skilled people who call Robots & Pencils home. A team of people who not only develop innovative solutions to transform businesses, but also create products that have been previously inconceivable.

Our Core Values:

Strong Work Ethic
Top Drawer
Always Learning
Heart
Discipline
Efficacy
Together

Robots & Pencils Offers:

We care about Talent. Hard stop.

We do this in many ways, by offering:

An attractive compensation package
A fast paced environment with a culture that embraces change, and working together to find a far better way
Work hybrid, or in office daily if you live in an area where we have a local office.
High quality talent: we hire only the best talent we can find. You do remarkable things and solve tough problems where many others have failed before.
Excellent benefits Medical, Dental, Vision etc. (this routinely gets reviewed each year for enhancements)
Paid stat/federal holidays, vacation and sick days
Flexible paid stat/federal holidays (because we care about what you care about and want to celebrate our culturally diverse team!)
R&P branded swag
Parental & adoption leave top up / salary continuance
401K/RRSP matching

But we also know a job isn’t just defined by the above, so we pride ourselves in being a company that also offers:

A #FollowTheTalent mentality -- meaning you can work hybrid in our local offices. (We have 10+ years of experience building virtual working environments #WeKnowWhatWereDoing)
A dynamic, fast-paced environment where we’re constantly #alwayslearning.
And lastly, a team that cares about you and wants to drive the talent experience. How do we do this? Over the years we’ve hosted comedian shows, had holiday parties, happy hours, brunches with the CEO, surprise coffee runs for the team, health & wellness events and prizes, trivia nights, surprise dinners for R&P team members and their family and so much more! (And yes, we’ve prioritized a way to do these things in a virtual setting and not just in person - thank you Zoom!)

Responsibilities:
Design, program and test software while creating a shared sense of direction in team identity
Author and maintain relevant documentation for developers, Clients, and users to encourage innovation
Develop and refine prototypes to confirm requirements
Program according to project plans (versions, sprints) while also seeking innovative solutions
Test according to predetermined test plans
Drive release and post-release activities, such as support, versioning, and maintenance
Collaborate with our pencils (designers) to create interfaces that conform to the design guidelines
Build out mobile APIs and web applications for mobile and browser Clients
Peer review other team members’ code, and learn and adapt from peer review of your own code
You leverage your own knowledge to teach and mentor other team members
Support sales and project managers with technical insights, leading to the creation of budgets and schedules for projects
You apply wisdom and knowledge to resolve issues and challenges while looking for new innovative solutions
Attending and contributing to practice code/development meetings
Writing and maintaining code on internal (product) and external (client) projects
Work in tandem with other robots and the QA team on bug fixes
Support building reusable code and libraries for future use

Qualifications:
7+ years of delivering software
B.S. or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience
Experience with React (primarily), Python, and AWS (secondarily)
Proficiency in designing and architecting software, including interactions with hardware, databases, browsers, file systems, and various infrastructure types
Strong grasp of and ability to teach others's about design's impact on comprehensibility, maintainability, performance, and availability in software development
Stories that express why you believe what are best practices for applying systematic and disciplined approaches to software development, including requirements gathering, software design, testing, debugging, and maintenance
Deep expertise in writing, analyzing, and debugging code in various programming languages
Excellent problem solving skills, including a strong understanding of data structures and algorithms
Sound understanding of computer networks, protocols, network security, and internet data transmission.
A rigorous approach to achieving software privacy and security, including secure coding practices, threat avoidance, and threat mitigation • Procedural knowledge for when and how to leverage parallel and distributed computing
Demonstrated ability to learn new skills and technologies
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to share insights and expectations with stakeholders, clients, team members, and various levels of management across multiple time zones
Ethical, pragmatic approach to computation theory, considering automation, human involvement, and ethical boundaries
Commitment to incorporating human-centered, universal design with empathy for user and developer experiences

Sr. Fullstack(Python/React/AWS) Developer