Location: Vancouver, Canada
Remote: Yes, Vancouver onsite possible
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Ruby on Rails, React, Angular, C#, Java
Résumé/CV: https://www.anthonyoconnor.ca/resume/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyjoconnor
Email: anthonyoconnor+hn@gmail.com
Most recently I've been the Director of Software Engineering at a small fintech company. I have been leading development teams for over 10 years. Experience growing dev teams from hiring through leadership and mentorship. I like to be actively involved with development from architecture to actual coding and delivery. Looking for an engineering manager or senior IC position.
Paul Sellers has a book about hand tools. I haven't read it personally but I've watched the majority of his youtube videos. He is an excellent teacher and a joy to watch work.
Came to recommend his online course as well. You aren't going to find a better handtools introduction series IMO. You might be able to piece one together from Chris Schwarz, Sellers, Roy Underhill, and some others. But Common Woodworking is designed and offered specifically for someone like OP to get started IMO.
You will work as part of the development team to create a hybrid advice platform for use within Worldsource Wealth Management. The team will leverage ModernAdvisor’s existing robo advice proprietary technology to create a new robo advise platform directly for Worldsource. You will be involved in the initial design and development of systems that will integrate directly with downstream systems to provide functionality such as account onboarding and client updates.
The current ModernAdvisor tech stack is Ruby on Rails (v6) with an AngularJS front end and MySQL DB. Everything is hosted and run on AWS. We will be leveraging our existing platform to bring digital experiences to Worldsource Wealth Management. Some interesting technical challenges that will be worked on include moving away from a legacy AngularJS framework, scaling the existing system to handle an large increase in the number of clients, as well as supporting different backoffice processes under Worldsource including new third party system integrations.
Experience in Ruby on Rails is helpful but not required. If you are a good developer you can easily pick up whatever is needed to be successful.
All our developers are involved in taking features from ideation through design, development, testing, deployment and support. This provides a great way to expand your experience and be involved in the full development lifecycle. We ship to production multiple times a week. Generally all of our developers work on both front end and back end.
If you are interested in fintech and would like to learn more email me at anthony+hn@modernadvisor.ca with some info about yourself.
Interview process: 30 minute call to discuss the role in more detail. 1 hour technical interview. 1 hour interview with CEO at ModernAdvisor and/or Director of Business Systems and Development at Worldsource Wealth Management.
ModernAdvisor and Worldsource Wealth Management are subsidiaries of Guardian Capital Group Limited. You will work as part of the development team to create a hybrid advice platform for use within Worldsource Wealth Management. The team will leverage ModernAdvisor’s existing robo advice proprietary technology to create an end-to-end digital experience for clients. The successful candidate will be involved in the initial design and development of systems that will integrate directly with downstream systems to provide functionality such as account onboarding and client updates.
The ModernAdvisor tech stack is Ruby on Rails with an AngularJS front end and MySQL DB. Everything is hosted and run on AWS.
We will be leveraging our existing platform to bring digital experiences to Worldsource Wealth Management. Some interesting technical challenges that will be worked on include moving away from legacy AngularJS framework, scaling the existing system to handle an large increase in the number of clients, as well as supporting different backoffice processes under Worldsource.
Experience in Ruby on Rails/AngularJS/Javascript are helpful but not required.
All our developers are involved in taking features from ideation through design, development, testing, deployment and support. This provides a great way to expand your experience and be involved in the full development lifecycle. We ship to production multiple times a week.
Generally all of our developers work on both front end and back end. However if you have a particular interest in UI/UX that could be beneficial. Experience with Dataphile API or system is also a huge bonus as this project will involve an integration directly with Dataphile.
If you are interested in fintech and would like to learn more email me at anthony+hn@modernadvisor.ca with some info about yourself.
Interview process: 30 minute call to discuss the role in more detail. 1 hour technical interview. 1 hour interview with CEO at ModernAdvisor and/or Director of Business Systems and Development at Worldsource Wealth Management.
Modern Advisor | Full Stack Developer | Vancouver Canada or Remote (within Canada only) | Full-time/Contract | Salary range CAD $80-130k | https://www.modernadvisor.ca/
Modern Advisor is a leading Canadian digital advisor platform based in Vancouver, Canada. ModernAdvisor is part of Guardian Capital Group.
Our current tech stack is Ruby on Rails with an AngularJS front end and MySQL DB. Everything is hosted and run on AWS.
We currently have a team of 5 developers and are expanding to take on new projects. We will be leveraging our existing platform to bring digital experiences to Guardian Capital Group and its subsidiaries.
Experience in Ruby on Rails/AngularJS/Javascript are helpful but not required as long as you are willing to learn.
All our developers are involved in taking features from ideation through design, development, testing, deployment and support. This provides a great way to expand your experience and be involved in the full development lifecycle. As a small team we are always looking at ways to improve our process and automate as many tasks as possible. If you have ideas that would benefit the team and company you can take ownership of it and see it deployed and used by our clients. We ship to production multiple times a week.
Generally all of our developers work on both front end and back end. However if you have a particular interest in UI/UX that could be beneficial. Experience with Dataphile API or system is a huge bonus.
If you are interested in fintech and would like to learn more email me at anthony+hn@modernadvisor.ca with some info about yourself.
Modern Advisor | Multiple Roles: Software Engineers Back End, Front End, Full Stack | Vancouver Canada or Remote (within Canada) | Full-time/Contract | https://www.modernadvisor.ca/
Modern Advisor is a leading Canadian digital advisor platform based in Vancouver, Canada. ModernAdvisor is part of Guardian Capital Group.
Our current tech stack is Ruby on Rails with an AngularJS front end and MySQL DB. Everything is hosted and run on AWS.
We currently have a team of 5 developers and are expanding to take on new projects.
Our immediate need is for 2 backend developers to work on an API integration project. We also have a need for more UI focused developers in the coming months.
Generally all of our developers work on both front end and back end. However if you have a particular interest in UI/UX that could be beneficial.
Experience in Ruby on Rails/AngularJS/Javascript are helpful but not required as long as you are willing to learn.
Remote will be considered if you are within a few hours of the Vancouver timezone (+/- 3 hours).
If you are interested in fintech and would like to learn more email me at anthony+hn@modernadvisor.ca with some info about yourself.
Outside of a FAANG I doubt it. Maybe something stock trading related. Considering the income for most software engineers is very far from 350K even if that is the limit for how much you can make you are still doing a lot better than most ever will.
Just for reference here in Canada the average income for sofware developers is around 70k CAD which is maybe 55k USD.
What is it in particular that you find 'dreary' to think you have maxed out your earning potential doing the same type of job you are doing now? Do you enjoy doing what you are doing?
1. Yes and I did about a year ago. I think I'll find it hard if I have to go back to 5 days a week. It's really nice to have long weekends every week. I've time to work on other things and take days to go hiking or skiing. It makes the work week really fly by as well. Some downsides are having to catch up on everything you missed on your day off, so it can suck up time. Also it takes people a while to realize that this is a permanent thing and to stop inviting you to meetings on a Friday. I would highly recommend that you pick the same day every week and stick to that. I picked Fridays and marked my whole calendar as out of office that day. Otherwise its too hard for others to manage if you take a Monday off one week and a Thursday the next.
2. Yes. I did this too. Although technically I negotiated to reduce to a 32 hours week instead of a pay increase. But I have the option of going back to a 5 days week with a 20% pay increase. Software engineers generally earn pretty good wages so I'd prefer to have the time than the extra money.
