Developer - Senior

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia•North Vancouver, BC

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Information Services Division is currently looking for a Senior Developer to join our applications team. In this position, you will take on the integral role of leading the enhancement and maintenance of the online tools and applications our teams, partners and customers use on a daily basis. You will have a chance to use your expert skills in the areas of web and mobile friendly development, testing and deployment.

Requirements

5+ years of relevant hands-on experience or a combination of relevant post-secondary education in computer science and related business experience.
Expert level experience in Java/C#/C++, SQL/Oracle, XML, data modelling, version control tools (e.g. SVN, Gitlab, Bitbucket), JIRA, web development, ITSM tools (e.g. HPSM, ServiceNow)
Expert level knowledge in Agile methodologies including experience as a Scrum Master/Team Lead/Architect Owner
Advanced experience with Dev-Ops, build and release management, migration methodology and related toolsets (e.g. Jenkins, SPLUNK etc.) including requirements to plan, implement or oversee releases into production
Expert level experience with unit testing, functional testing, automated testing and application debugging techniques
Advanced experience with Enterprise Architecture including supervising the development of web services including REST API, queues including MQ, sync/async messaging while maintaining the integrity of the solution
Demonstrated ownership with design of enterprise solutions
Exposure to security frameworks (e.g. authentication - LDAP, AD)
Experience defining/implementing functional/non-functional requirements
Experience performing production support including incident, problem and change management
Demonstrated experience in a leadership role, including facilitation, relationship building, identifying and mitigating technical risks, and conflict resolution
Ability to work without supervision and in a cross-functional team environment
Ability to plan, prioritize and complete multiple concurrent tasks in an environment of changing deadlines, priorities and requirements
Experience in guiding and mentoring team members including code reviews and code refactoring
Applied knowledge of industry best practices, and experience researching tools and techniques for systems review and design to ensure effective application design

Nice To Haves

Experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter, Guidewire Insurance Suite, Cloud architecture. OutSystems and Mobile application development would be an asset.

Responsibilities

Providing expert level technical knowledge while managing and supervising complex work for the design, configuration, development, and delivery of software applications
Proactively identifying and driving architectural refactoring
Maintaining the architectural integrity of your teams solution
Designing and implementing scalable, resilient, and secure cloud-native architectures
Defining and promoting architecture patterns such as microservices, event-driven, and serverless
Providing advanced experience in cloud platforms (Azure, AWS)
Investigating and resolving production problems related to the applications
Providing estimates for business cases, impact assessments, projects and action requests in response to requests from Business Systems Analysts or Team Leads
Developing automation methods, identifying performance and system capacity requirements, and implementing development tools to gain efficiencies with application development and operational support
Acting as a lead and facilitator for team members engaged in development activities.