We are a team of mission-driven people who want to enable companies to protect themselves against cyber crimes and we’re damn passionate about it. We thrive on trust, operate with integrity and above all support our people so they can do their best work and be their best selves. If you continuously challenge yourself to learn and grow, are driven by the impact your work has and are equally as mission driven as we are, check us out

Working at Flare means working with:

- A growing and innovative startup where we recognize your impact and will empower you to take on even bigger challenges as the company grows. Work in a dynamic environment and participate in the incredible growth of the company.
- A people-first company where the work-life balance is valued and where we do everything to have happy and rested employees.
- An award-winning team, recognized in multiple hacking competitions and whose work has been referenced in leading academic journals and international media.
- Flexible work hours; Remote, office or hybrid work options; Dog friendly office; Stock options; Unlimited vacations with a minimum of 3 weeks per years; Health insurance and more

What you’ll get to work on

The Flare platform’s search engine is built on top of Elasticsearch and Postgresql databases with billions of entries. We are looking to hire an experienced data developer to join our development team in order to accelerate the search capabilities of our platform and increase its scalability. This is a role for someone who is autonomous, a quick learner and motivated to work on projects that will have an important impact on the development of the company’s core technology.

Role and responsibilities:

- Design large scale distributed and resilient systems with high complexity to support our big data applications
- Leverage cloud, database and AI infrastructure to solve such large scale problems
- Conduct feasibility studies for upgraded software systems




- Maintain our product’s existing data systems while designing and supporting migrations that enable us to bring it to the next level without compromising on its current operations
- Design new software programs, data flows, and applications
- Use and automate new processes to keep a tested and high quality code base

Qualifications:

- 3+ years of experience building large scale data systems
- Experience using large SQL or ElasticSearch databases to solve complex data engineering problems
- Experience with some of the following technologies: Python 3, Flask, JavaScript, VueJS, Amazon Web Services, RabbitMQ and Kubernetes
- Experience designing scalable and complex database queries
- Experience leveraging contemporary AI tools to speed up delivery
- Ability to learn a variety of technologies quickly
- Ability to consistently deliver value over time by iterating on solutions
- Ability to support less experienced developer within their area of expertise
- Ability to communicate their decisions and tradeoffs about their designs

Good to have:

- Experience in cybersecurity

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Flare we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

(French Version)

Nous sommes une équipe de personnes animées par une mission, qui souhaitent permettre aux entreprises de se protéger contre les cybercrimes, et nous en sommes mauditement passionnés Nous carburons à la confiance, opérons avec intégrité et, surtout, soutenons nos employés afin qu'ils puissent fournir leur meilleur travail et être la meilleure version d'eux-mêmes. Si vous vous lancez constamment des défis pour apprendre et évoluer, si vous êtes motivé par l'impact de votre travail et si vous êtes aussi passionné par notre mission que nous le sommes, jetez-nous un œil

Travailler chez Flare signifie travailler avec:

- Une start-up en croiss

📌 Senior Data Engineer (Montreal)
🏢 Flare
📍 Montreal