Overview

Company Overview

At Vena Solutions, our mission is to help smart companies better manage their data, spreadsheets, and files. Our cloud solution leverages the flexibility and ease of use of widely-used spreadsheets while adding web-based automated workflows and a powerful cloud-hosted database to make mission-critical Finance and Accounting processes simple. Viewed by many as one of the most innovative Canadian startups, we’re part of a growing industry where there are many opportunities for new solutions and product innovation in response to real world business problems.

 

About the Role

Here’s your opportunity to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment using the latest open source libraries and technologies. We’re looking for strong JavaScript developers to join our software development team to help create one of the most sophisticated SaaS cloud technologies for managing business processes. Depending on your skill set and experience you could find yourself working on our front-end HTML5 JavaScript web application, our mobile enabled UIs or prototyping new and exciting JavaScript applications for the next evolution of our product. 

You will work with our small team of passionate, talented software engineers who love solving hard problems. You have a passion for new and emerging technologies and you are excited about taking risks when pushing the limits of what is possible. You love to work with and learn from a closely-knit team as you strive to grow and learn your own skill set.

 

Responsibilities

• Write clean, object-oriented JavaScript code
• Create robust, speedy production components and develop prototypes quickly
• Design and implement strong HTML5/CSS3 designs
• Refactor, simplify and optimize code to develop features more effectively
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members on features, design and implementation

 

Skills & Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related technical discipline and/or equivalent experience
• Fluent in JavaScript and capable of writing fast, scalable code for single-page applications
• Experience with various frameworks and stacks, be it jQuery, YUI, Node, Backbone, etc.
• A passion for technology and a focus on keeping our stack current with the latest client-side tools and libraries
• Experience in building rich UI designs using the latest in CSS3/HTML5
• Solid CS foundation in software design, algorithms, etc.
• Experience programming in Java or C#/.Net would be advantageous in understanding and contributing to Vena’s end-to-end solution would be an asset in this role

 

Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Local candidates only. No agencies please.

Should you require accommodation throughout any stage of the recruitment and selection process, please describe your requirements to careers@venasolutions.com when making an application and we will be sure your accommodation needs are met.