Job Description

Organizations don't innovate; people do.

As part of our digital transformation business, you’ll help clients unlock innovation, embrace the future, and change communities for good.

And we’ll help you stimulate new thinking, accelerate your career, and connect you to projects that really matter.

Join our team of over 600 data scientists, design thinkers, immersive digital consultants, project managers, and innovators, all working to create positive change for generations to come."

Who are we looking for?

We are on the look out for Intermediate Full-Stack Software Developer, for our offices in Waterloo. As an intermediate software developer with 5+ years of experience, you have moved beyond the fundamentals and are building proficiency across the full stack. You will have a working foundation in one or more of JavaScript, Python, or .Net and be a dependable contributor who can take a well-defined task from design through deployment with limited supervision. In this role, you are expected to bring a practical, consulting-oriented mindset to your work, helping shape software solutions that support a range of technical disciplines across the business.

You will contribute as a reliable member of the team, applying sound judgment, clear communication, and a quality-focused approach to the work you deliver. This role offers the opportunity to deepen your technical capability, broaden your understanding of the business, and continue developing toward a senior level.

Be part of the dynamic culture! Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Join us in the office, three days a week, to contribute, connect, and excel in our vibrant environment.

Working with an energetic and high-performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:

• Development and Implementation: Design, code, test, and deploy features and applications. Ensure your code meets the company’s standards of security, quality, performance, and maintainability.
• Accountability: Take ownership of assigned work, deliver on agreed timelines, and proactively raise risks, issues, or blockers as they arise.
• Self-Direction: Manage day-to-day work effectively, progressing defined tasks independently while seeking guidance on more complex or ambiguous issues.
• Planning and Requirements Development: Engage with technical stakeholders across the business to understand their challenges, capture and refine requirements, and translate business needs into technical story cards with clear acceptance criteria, ready to be tackled in upcoming sprints.
• Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement: Operate as an internal consultant by working closely with peers, senior developers, and technical stakeholders to shape solutions, validate requirements, and ensure the software being delivered addresses real business and discipline-specific needs.
• Communication: Maintain clear, concise communication with team members and stakeholders. Lead effective discussions to clarify requirements, surface constraints, provide progress updates, and build shared understanding throughout the delivery process.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies, including AI tools and workflows that can improve the way we work. Participate in training and development opportunities to grow your skills.

What you will bring to the Team:

• Programming Languages: Working proficiency in one or more of: JavaScript, Python, or .Net.
• Front-end Frameworks: Experience with at least one modern front-end framework (React, Vue) and responsive design principles.
• Database Management: Experience with relational databases such as Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL; exposure to NoSQL databases (Azure CosmosDB or MongoDB) is an asset.
• API Development: Experience consuming and developing RESTful APIs.
• Version Control: Familiarity with Git and standard branching workflows.
• Agile Delivery Tools and Practices: Working knowledge of agile delivery methods, particularly Kanban-based development, and experience using Jira and Confluence to manage work items, document requirements, and support team collaboration.
• Cloud & DevOps Awareness: Basic working understanding of Azure and CI/CD pipelines or equivalent AWS experience.
• Testing: Understanding of unit and integration testing along with supporting libraries.
• Problem-Solving: Solid troubleshooting ability and a willingness to dig into unfamiliar problems.
• Architecture: Awareness of common architecture concepts (monolith, n-tier, event-driven, microservices) and a desire to deepen this knowledge.
• Security: Awareness of secure coding practices and authentication/authorization standards (e.g., OAuth, JWT).
• AI Fluency: Comfort using AI tools across the development lifecycle for research, design exploration, requirements analysis, documentation, testing, and day-to-day problem-solving, along with sound judgment in their responsible application.
• Requirements and Stakeholder Engagement: Ability to engage technical stakeholders, elicit and refine requirements, and translate business needs into practical, fit-for-purpose software solutions.

Stakeholders and Key Relationships

• Team Members: Collaborate with peers and senior developers; participate in code reviews and share knowledge.
• Team Leads and Managers: Communicate progress, dependencies, and blockers to team leads and managers to support successful delivery.
• Technical Stakeholders and Product Team: Partner with technical stakeholders and the product team to understand priorities, validate requirements, align on solution outcomes, and support successful delivery.
• People Team: Engage with the People team for professional development and support.

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• The salary range for this position is: $68,850 to $111,750.
• The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for GHD locations in its major city centres. Ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At GHD, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications, and work location. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhering to all relevant pay transparency legislation.
• The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in recruiting is just getting started and may be used during the process to improve efficiency and fairness. Your application may be reviewed by both AI and our hiring team. While AI supports some steps through the process, all final hiring decisions are made by humans
• This position is for an existing vacancy.