Software Developer (12 Month Contract) (Job Req #2024-272)

Why Work at Ross Video? We have a great group of people working together to create and deliver cutting edge products that look amazing and are easy to use. We go all out so that our customers can have the best possible experience and achieve quality results. With a product focus, continual learning, results driven processes, and creative thinking, we constantly strive to improve our solutions and to deliver results. If you've ever watched live television, news, sports, or entertainment, you've seen our products in use. All of the major Hollywood award shows, most professional sports teams, and many of the largest broadcasters in the world use Ross Video technology. Get behind the scenes and learn about what it takes to make live events possible. If that resonates, and you’re someone with integrity, commitment, and a strong drive to deliver great products, we’d love to hear from you.

Are you passionate about frequently delivering high-quality, valuable software to our customers. Can you do more than just code, are a craftsperson who cares about how software is designed, written, tested, and deployed to maximize customer satisfaction. You care about how you and your team work together to efficiently achieve desired business outcomes. You enjoy working in a collaborative Agile environment and appreciate the power of iterative development and continuous improvement. You learn quickly and can thrive when faced with uncertainty.

Who you report to: Software Manager – Editorial

What we offer: 

Ross offers competitive salaries and comprehensive health plans, as well as several perks to help you perform at your best.   

Some of these perks include flexible hours, generous paid time off, fitness/wellness allowance, employee share ownership program, professional development support and a ton of fun social activities and events! 

Best of all, you will be part of the Ross Video team, and we’ve got a pretty energizing environment here.  

What the job is all about:

• Participate in the full software development lifecycle – requirements gathering, scoping, design, implementation, documentation, testing, and maintenance.
• Estimate development tasks and project effort levels.
• Participating in code design and code reviews.
• Perform debugging and troubleshooting solutions as well as provide user support.

Who you are: 

• Post secondary degree in Computer Science, or other relevant Engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 4 years experience with full stack software development life cycle in an agile environment.

• The ability to explore and integrate different tools and technologies in your applications.

• Experience with following languages and technologies: React Native, React.js, Java, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, Jetty, Ajax, Eclipse, OSGi, Struts, and Hibernate, Redux
• Experience with Test Driven Design, Behavior Driven Design, Domain Driven Design, Java Design Patters, and principals of Object Oriented design and implementation.
• Knowledge and experience with unit testing and test automation
• You enjoy working collaboratively on projects.
• You take pride in providing high quality innovative solutions.
• You are prepared to tackle challenging work.
• Adaptive to change and always looking for ways to improve.

Bonus points if you have the following:

• Experience with one or more of cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or Google Web Platform.
• Knowledge of professional broadcast equipment in television standards.
• Familiar with Git code revision system.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
At Ross, we embrace diversity, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work. We are committed to building a team that includes a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Inclusivity drives innovation and creativity, and that’s something we’re passionate about at Ross!  We believe everyone should be able to enjoy a rewarding career at Ross, regardless of race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, veteran status, physical or mental disability. If a disability means that you need any additional support during the recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.