Contract Engineer

Position Overview

Roofr is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Contract Engineer to join our early-stage, high-growth company. You will play a crucial role in driving backend architecture, contributing to technical implementation, and shaping our technology roadmap. At Roofr, we are obsessed with our customers and are building a powerful CRM that connects sales tools, payments, material ordering, and more into a seamless platform. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a successful startup with a strong culture and clear growth trajectory.

What You'll Get to Do:

• Help drive backend architecture to the next stage of Roofr’s systems.
• Work in a fast-paced cross-functional team that values doing things ‘the right way’.
• Contribute in an early-stage company with an engineering-first culture.
• Participate in all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle, from planning to delivery.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to develop technical requirements.
• Write clean code to develop functional web applications and reusable libraries.
• Write unit, functional, and acceptance tests.
• Troubleshoot and support production applications.

What You'll Bring to the Role:

• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Proficiency with PHP language & Laravel framework.
• A champion of agile methodologies and enjoys shipping code often and confidently.
• A track record of breaking down complex problems into incremental solutions.
• Proactively recommends initiatives to improve our engineering technologies and culture.
• Enjoys working in a collaborative environment where everyone helps each other grow.
• Takes ownership of the product and is proud of the quality of their work.
• Excellent communication skills and appreciates the value of good documentation.
• Understands the challenges of early-stage company priorities.
• Bonus Skills: DevOps, Big Data / Data Science, Machine Learning, GIS.

This is an ongoing contract role.

What We Offer:

🏝️ Vacation/Paid Time Off:

• 1st week of employment is mandatory PTO.
• 1 Friday off per month (Laundry Days).
• Company-wide paid shutdown between Christmas and New Years.
• Flexible time off.

Benefits:

• 80% employer-paid benefits.
• RRSP/401k match.
• Generous Parental Leave policy.

🤝 Perks:

• 2 retreats per year and great team-building activities.
• Ample learning and development opportunities.
• Home office setup stipend.
• Internet and phone allowance.
• Remote-first culture.
• Weekly Friday paydays.

Company Information:

At Roofr, we are obsessed with our customers and constantly gather feedback to shape, prioritize, and launch the products they truly need. Our CRM connects essential sales tools like aerial roof measurements and digital sales proposals with payments, material ordering, and more into a seamless, powerful platform. We have an amazing culture, strong financials, and best-in-class company metrics. It’s an exciting time to be part of an extraordinary startup that is already successful, yet still early enough to offer its team significant growth, equity, and the opportunity to make a real impact. Building a powerful user experience is what sets Roofr apart from all other roofing platforms.

Roofr is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity in the workplace regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status.

Important Notice:

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