Title: Co-op, Software Developer, DevOps 

Location: #5 East 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC 

Term: 4 months

Start Date: May 2024, summer term 

Openings: 2 

This Job is for Students pursuing a Career in Computer Science, Software Development. You'll work on a tight-knit team of passionate developers to build and maintain mission-critical cloud platforms that power our social media applications. You’ll pair with a mentor and work within a passionate, egoless team having fun building something bigger than themselves. Experience what it’s like to make a difference in people's lives by building the products that our customers turn messages into meaningful relationships. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO: 

• Work with mentors to learn the craft of writing software - tools, automation services
• Work with mentors to learn to build our cloud platform using cloud native technologies
• Participate in code reviews to continually improve your craft and approach to problem solving
• Communicate by writing documentation, participating in meetings, and showing off your work at demos
• Iterate in an agile fashion; creating hypotheses and testing them with incremental changes
• Working with the AWS platform and modern cloud technologies such as K8s and Terraform, you'll code in various programming languages (Python, PHP, Go, Scala and more) and interacting with various managed relational and NoSQL databases

WHAT YOU’LL NEED: 

• Experience shipping code or a demonstrated interest in programming or cloud technology 
• A demonstrated history of creative thinking and collaborative problem solving 
• A drive to complete things because you want to, not because you have to 
• Collaboration and Teamwork: works with others to deliver results, meaningfully contributing to the team and prioritizing group needs over individual needs 
• Courage: steps up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said 
• Creativity and Innovation: seeks new and better ways of doing things, generates original and imaginative ideas, products, or solutions
• Open Communication: clearly conveys thoughts, both written and verbally, listening attentively and asking questions for clarification and understanding 

WHO YOU ARE: 

• Tenacious. You are determined to succeed, and you are motivated by the success of customers, colleagues and the community. 
• Curious. You are always learning and seeking ways to make things better.
• Conscientious. You keep your promises, taking your commitments to others seriously, and you have strong integrity.
• Humble. You lead with humility and empathy, respecting and learning from the perspectives of others. 

Read more about our people, process, and technology on our Code blog http://code.hootsuite.com

See what our university co-ops do and say about working at Hootsuite http://code.hootsuite.com/co-ops/

In all we do, our six guiding principles light the way:

Step Up: Show the world what it looks like to live and work by these guiding principles. #StepUp

One Team: Make Hootsuite a place where everyone feels safe, welcome, valued, and empowered to do their best  work without compromising who they are. #OneTeam #FreeToBeMe

Customer Obsessed: Focus relentlessly on helping our customers succeed. #CustomerObsessed

Go Fast, Be Agile: Widen our competitive advantage by committing to speed and simplicity over perfection and complexity. #GoFastBeAgile

Play to Win: Commit to building an incredible, profitable company for our customers, our employees, and our stakeholders. #PlayToWin #NoExcuses

Neighbours & Allies: Give back to our communities and be an ally. #SocialForGood #Allies

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please submit your resume and cover letter for consideration.

Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.