Job Description

General Skills:

• Experience in programming and analysis; specialized software package support at the specified experience level
• Ability to collaborate with IT Professionals throughout the Software Development process
• Experience in Agile/Scrum methodology for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications
• Experience in design, code, test and debugging applications
• Experience in one or more programming languages
• Experience with relational database technologies
• Experience in the use of information retrieval using query languages (e.g. SQL)
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills

Full Stack Skills:

• Proficient with both front-end and back-end development, including any associated areas such as database design/management and DevOps
• Design and implementation of the overall solution architecture
• Implementation of approved user interfaces, design and deployment of databases
• Ensuring the entire stack is designed and built for speed and scalability
• Design and construction of REST API services
• Integrating Front-End UIs with the constructed APIs
• Supporting the implementationupkeep of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CICD) pipelines

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge and understanding of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
• Ability to provide system documentation as required

SkillsExperience and Skill Set Requirements

Microsoft/Azure Development and Quality Assurance Experience - 65%

• Must have
  • Google Angular Framework (expert-level experience and ideally using versions 12+)
  • NET Framework and/or .NET Core-based design, development, and testing
  • Entity Framework or other Object-Relational Mapping data access tools
  • REST APIs
  • C#, JavaScript
  • SQL experience
• Nice to have
  • Angular Material
  • Azure SQL
  • Responsive Web front-end, Web APIs, and web services design, development, and testing
  • Unit testing and test automation support (e.g. NUnit, XUnit, MSTest, Karma or Jasmine)
  • Microservices and container-based platform development, delivery, and testing
  • JSON
  • Azure Cloud Development including PaaS and SQL services, or other cloud hosting technologies.
  • Regression testing (manual and automated), including familiarity with web-based QA automation software such as Playwright, and supporting the use of such tools via coding techniques
  • GIT, Azure DevOps (VSTS/TFS)
  • CI/CD pipeline setup and management

Agile Delivery Team Experience - 20%

• Experience participating in Scrum Agile development
• Experience contributing as a Developer or Tester (QA) in a balanced team which is comprised of roles including Developers, Testers, product Management, and Design
• Experience participating and contributing to task planning, daily stand ups, iteration demos, and review meetings
• Providing input to development estimates and designs
• Experience working with a team using concurrent development practices including Git-based source control, feature branches, and DevOps CI/CD pipelines

Business Analysis - 10%

• Experience translating business requirements into software code/implementations

Soft Skills - 5%

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Oral and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Highly developed interpersonal skills

Must haves:

Microsoft/Azure Development and Quality Assurance Experience