About the Role:
As a Software Engineer at BWZ you are responsible for the whole development process, starting with discovering, planning and developing, ending with testing and deploying. You will work in an environment that offers freedom with responsibility, and encourages simplicity with risk taking.
You will be working in the BWZ's Tech Team, highly involved in the development of our back-end systems and integrations (using Node.js, Python, AWS, etc), but also participating on the development and architecture of our multi-site Web Platform (built in WordPress), our Ad Tech Platform (built in Ruby on Rails), among many others systems and products.
You can work remotely or in a flexible regime, if you are in Curitiba, Brazil. Keep in mind that our teams work in the PST time zone, and your hours should be as least partially compatible with it.
What You’ll Be Doing:
Reporting to the Technology Director, working in the BWZ Labs Team but also closely with the Web Platform. You will be tasked with the development of internal systems used by dozens of employees, as well as customer facing systems used by thousands of clients.
You don’t have to know all the answers, because you will have the time to research and learn new technologies and solutions, so you can make suggestions and implementations that might fit our product needs to better perform and scale.
\n- You are a software engineer with meaningful experience building web applications.
- You are good at curating your own priorities.
- You are curious about how things are done and how they work.
- You are good at communicating your deliveries and demands with pairs and stakeholder.
- You don’t like repetitive tasks, so you automate everything you can.
- You like to test new things, and you don’t mind if it doesn't work and move on
- We don’t like to measure effort, rather we try to focus on effectiveness.
- You will be accountable for your results, not the hours you worked.
- You will be part of a team, collaboration is a key factor.
- Curiosity to understand how things work.
- An unbridled openness to learning new technology.
- Great time-management and prioritization skills.
- Openness to learn and use new programming languages.
- You are comfortable to read / write documentations from / to others.
- Good communication in English.
- Meaningful experience building and maintaining web applications with modern frameworks (e.g., SolidJS, React, Next.js, or similar).
- Proven track record of full stack development, covering frontend, backend, and deployment.
- Strong experience working with CMS platforms, particularly WordPress (custom themes, plugins, REST API, headless setups).
- Solid understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript and how to structure large-scale applications.
- Experience with backend development in Node.js, PHP, or similar languages.
- Familiarity with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.) and how to optimize queries for performance.
- Good understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar) and modern deployment pipelines.
- Experience with AWS-based architectures (EC2, Lambda, S3, CloudFront).
- Familiarity with Cloudflare or similar platforms for caching, performance, and security.
- Hands-on experience with headless CMS approaches, connecting WordPress with frontend frameworks like Next.js or SolidJS.
- Strong grasp of performance optimization for high-traffic websites (Core Web Vitals, CDN strategies, server-side rendering).
- Knowledge of MVC or component-based frameworks.
- Experience developing and consuming APIs, including GraphQL.
- Comfort with writing automated tests (unit, integration, and end-to-end) and implementing CI/CD pipelines.
- Exposure to SEO best practices and accessibility standards for modern web platforms.
About Us:
Black and White Zebra is a rapidly growing, independent media tech company headquartered in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. Since 2012, our portfolio of influential digital publications has been helping millions of people succeed at work.
Our brands cover project management, product management, people management, customer experience, quality assurance and others, with the goal of connecting people with the knowledge, skills and tools they need to succeed professionally.
We got our start in 2011 as The Digital Project Manager blog, founded by our CEO Ben Aston. Since then, we’ve grown into an international team of 70+ creators, strategists, and innovators with a portfolio of more than 14 online publications. We enjoy an impact-driven environment that combines the agility of a startup with the creativity of an agency and the diversity of a global company.
We’ve recently ranked #30 in The Globe and Mail’s Fastest Growing Company list and received a CMI award for Best Digital Publication for The Digital Project Manager—and we’re listed in both Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers, and Best Employers in BC.
All of this growth is driven by our commitment to our mission: In a world of evolving skills, practices, and technology, we’re creating a playbook for the future of work and empowering communities to create it with us.
Want to learn more? Watch this video to learn why the team love working at BWZ!
Diversity Equity and Inclusion:
Black and White Zebra is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran’s status (including protected veterans, as may be required by federal law), sexual orientation or any other category protected by law. We celebrate all backgrounds and attributes that continue to help make our team impactful, iterative, adaptable, and fun!
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