Senior Specialist, Software Engineering (Full Stack Developer)

Senior Specialist, Software Engineering (Full Stack Developer)

Job Requisition ID: 12377

Position Status:Permanent Full Time

Position Type:Hybrid

Travel Requirement:Limited

Language Skill Levels (Read/Write/Speak):ZZZ

Security Requirement:Reliability Status

Salary:Our salaries generally range from $104,180.28to $130,225.36and are based on qualifications and experience.

About CMHC

The work you do and the work we do together matters. We come to work every day with a common purpose: to contribute to a well-functioning housing system.

At CMHC, we hold ourselves accountable for our results and support our colleagues in their achievements. We thrive on collaboration, connecting across CMHC and involving the right people to get our work done. Our leadership style is guided by trust, where our leaders favour an adaptive approach based on the needs of their teams.

Join us and be part of a team that's committed to making a real difference and be part of something meaningful.

What’s in it for you

We’ve got the purpose, the people and the perks you need for a fulfilling career. Here’s the comprehensive and generous benefits you get when you’re a permanent employee:

• Annual Paid vacation.


• Annual individual performance incentive.


• Comprehensive group insurance plan to support your well-being from day one.


• Support towards your personal and professional growth with training, mentorship and more.


• An inclusive workplace culture and environment.


• While positions at CMHC require some in-office presence, alternative work arrangements may be considered for Indigenous candidates.

Members of the following employment equity deserving groups will be prioritized for this job: Indigenous Peoples

About the role

Join the Business Solutions Engineering team, in the Senior Specialist, Software Engineering position, where we are developing the next generation of software applications to enable CMHC to achieve its strategy. As a Subject Matter Expert, you will guide a team of Developers specializing in one of CMHC’s platforms. Your skills and passion for collaborative application development, programming, leading teams, user-centric design and software reliability will contribute to the development and maintenance of CMHC’s business platforms and other applications to propel CMHC forward efficiently and securely.

What you’ll do:

• Being CMHC’s leading expert on a platform or set of application development technologies, while also guiding and advising a team of developers in their work by providing mentoring, guidance, and knowledge sharing.


• Interface with the client community to determine their system needs, document the current and proposed business processes, and advise clients of the proposed solutions and their impacts.


• Author technical specification documents and diagrams for CMHC’s platforms and custom developed applications.


• Develop logical and physical system models incorporating the business processes and prepare clear, concise and well-written analysis documents or program specifications.


• Design logically sound, readily maintained program structures based on program specifications.


• Completes application development projects for SSDLC implementation into production, particularly programs to be coded of higher complexity.

What you should have:

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Management, or a related field. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.


• A minimum of 7 years of experience in programming, developing, and implementing business applications. This experience would be in roles and projects with increasing complexity in application development.


• Leading expertise in CMHC’s application development platforms/environments. This position will be CMHC’s expert in our technology platforms (see below).


• An advanced ability to design and implement scalable applications aligned with business goals, including setting technical standards, best practices, and reference designs.


• Advanced Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven architecture with a focus on Microsoft technologies.


• Proven interpersonal, leadership and business competencies, including teamwork, facilitation, communication, presentation, influencing and negotiation skills.


• Thrive for automation and early feedback. And ability to collaborate with team members.

Technologies:

• ReactJS, NodeJS, Typescript.


• Knowledge of design patterns and best practices.


• Source code management and DevOps practices with Azure DevOps and Git.


• Knowledge of automated testing tools to collaborate with QAs : Playwright, Postman.


• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA) and testing tools : Jest-Axe, WAVE, NVDA is an asset.


• Experience working with cloud platforms (Azure (preferred), AWS, GCP) Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus and API Management.

Posting closing date:

Note, the competition will remain active until filled.

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

We’re committed to employment equity and encourage women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, veterans and persons of all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions to apply. We also welcome applications from non-Canadians who are eligible to work in Canada.

CMHC is an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought - and of people - are recognized, valued, and considered essential to achieving our mission.