Associate Software Engineering

About Us

Ritchie Bros. (NYSE and TSX: RBA) is a global asset management and disposition company, offering customers end-to-end solutions for buying and selling used heavy equipment, trucks and other assets in numerous industries including construction, transportation, agriculture, energy, oil and gas, mining, and forestry. Our mission is to create compelling business solutions for the world's builders to easily and confidently exchange equipment. Learn more about us at: https://www.ritchiebros.com/

About The Team

Our Technology teams work collaboratively from different locations across the world on multiple eCommerce sites, mobile applications, and automated online auctions. We encourage and celebrate technical innovation and work with some of the industry’s leading technologies and tools.

Every day your work will make a difference in the way we run our business and the in the way customers interact with us.

Job Description

We are looking for a passionate Associate Software Engineer to strengthen our Product Engineering team. You will be working together in building scalable and performing web applications to facilitate our Web Experience domains. This entry-level position offers the chance to work with the more experienced engineers, UX/UI designers, product managers, and all other different team members and helps to implement features that are user-focused while constantly learning and improving technical capabilities. Design and implement features while complying with the technical standards and quality expectations of the team. This role is a good one to gain experience on how to deal with front-end experiences and back-end technologies in the collaborative and supportive environment.

Responsibilities

Collaborate within your product teams to develop sustainable, performant, and well-designed products that meet RB Global’s technical standards

Be part of the activities for both front-end feature development and back-end feature development

Learn and practice the development best practices, including coding standards and design patterns

Assist with technical scalability, performance, and integration challenges for projects

Participate in team discussions to help make improving processes and active contributions to knowledge sharing possible

Continually learn from the seniors on the team to improve capability and gain exposure to new learning in the software development world.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Other Related Fields

1-2 years of work experience in web development, probably focused on front-end or back-end technology

Basic skills in React or any JavaScript frameworks meant for front-end development along with good programming knowledge

Any knowledge about the Spring Boot or similar frameworks used to create back-end services

Understanding of best practices in software development and coding standards

Working knowledge of version control tools such as Git and CI/CD pipelines

Very strong problem-solving skills combined with a willingness to learn new technologies and techniques

The ability to work well within both collaborative and remote, cross-functional team environments

Excellent communication skills, being able to ask questions and just learn from feedback