Lead Web Developer

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Lead Web Developer (Perm"Toronto- REMOTE ")

Lookingfor an energetic, detailed-oriented and experienced developer to lead the webdevelopment team and support the development of several applications fordigital image processing.

The successful candidate will be expected to assessand scope complex problems, design robust solutions, and oversee and contributeto the technical development of web applications (Flow, Live, Scholar) designedfor viewing, annotating, and analysis of extremely large datasets, specificallywhole slide images (WSI).

You willbe responsible for ensuring development targets are met in a timely fashion, aspart of the Engineering department, by providing oversight and mentoring tojunior developers.

The Lead Web Developer will continually strive to improvedevelopment processes, leading to development of high-quality, well-tested, anduser-friendly software.

Responsibilities

oStrive to achieve a 50-50 ratiobetween team management and software development tasks

oTakean active role in understanding technical requirements and devise solutions forachieving them

oWorkclosely with other members in the Engineering team to develop architecture andcreate implementation plans

oAssesstasks to determine the effort required and estimate complexity

oSupportthe web development team in carrying out tasks on a routine basis

oLeadand mentor other developers towards best practices and high developmentstandard

oReview,test and enhance existing features

oPerformancetuning, testing, and documentation

Qualifications

o5+ years of professional experiencewith developing web applications

oExcellentEnglish communication skills; both verbal and written

oAbilityto develop comprehensive and well-designed solutions for complex problems

oEnjoymentoring and leading a team of developers and be accountable for their results

oDetail-orientedwith the ability to learn new technologies and libraries through self-study

oStrongunderstanding of frontend frameworks such as React (preferred) or similarframeworks

oExtensiveexperience with developing web application backends using Flask (preferred), Django, Rails, Express , or equivalent frameworks

oExperiencedeveloping, optimizing and debugging complex SQL databases

oExperiencewith using software development tools and methods (source control, unittesting, bug tracking, continuous integration, etc.)

oExperiencedeploying software on cloud platforms (, GCP, AWS, Microsoft Azure)

Nice-to-have

oImage analysis (, algorithmdevelopment) background and / or training

oLeadershipand management experience