Student, Full-Stack Developer (Fall 2026, 4 Months)

OMERS•Toronto, ON

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a talented Full Stack Developer co-op student to join our pension technology development team as we develop modern web applications using the latest web technologies and paradigms. We operate in an agile environment with daily stand-ups and work closely with other functions such as stakeholders, product owners, QA testers, back-end team and business analysts. The pensions technology is relied on by over 500,000 members. We are located in downtown Toronto with a newly renovated office including two kitchens, snacks, Microsoft surface hubs, and sit/stand work desks. We pride ourselves on diversity, inclusion, and building a great team culture where everyone feels welcomed, supported, and empowered. We encourage continuous learning, and you will be working with many skilled developers with a wealth of experience to guide you. Your work will be meaningful and help drive OMERS further into the future.

Requirements

HTML
CSS with pre-processors like Sass being an asset
Javascript ES6
Node.js
Object-oriented and functional programming experience
ExpressJS
ReactJS, with associated testing and state libraries as an asset (Jest, Redux, Thunk)
MSSQL or MySQL, MongoDB or other no-SQL databases
Web services experience; building and consuming: especially RESTful APIs
AWS, Google GCP, Azure, Heroku and other cloud platform experience is an asset.
Docker, Kubernetes experience is an asset
Git and Github/Gitlab workflow, git command line is an asset.

Responsibilities

Consume and understand business, functional and technical requirements presented by the BA team
Participating in solution evaluation, analyze feasibility of features, and develop proof of concepts when needed to explore a new technology or idea
Collaborate with other team members to interactively design and develop new applications and features
Develop and maintain complete end-to-end cross-browser compatible web applications with a high level of code quality
Put stability and security first
Develop technical documents to accurately represent the design and code, as well as commenting your code.
Create unit tests for your code to a high level of coverage
Participating in design review sessions with project teams, acquiring consensus and approval on designs and documentation