Senior Programmer, Analyst

HomeEquity Bank • Toronto, ON

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Programmer/ Analyst’s role is to define, develop, test, analyze, and maintain new software applications in support of the achievement of business requirements. They are responsible for the end-to-end design and development of custom software, in accordance with HomeEquity Bank’s development methodologies, technologies, and guidelines including: Effort estimation and planning Design and development of front-end user experience Design and development of backend components, API’s and services. Database design and tuning. Effective testing, using automated techniques where available. Create technical documentation to ensure knowledge transfer.

Requirements

• Post-Secondary education in computer science or related discipline
• Related experience in software design and development.
• Exceptional ability to understand complex business processes and rules, with a demonstrated ability to provide simple technical solutions to support them.
• Exceptional analysis, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated excellent knowledge of core development patterns and best practices.
• Excellent knowledge of the Microsoft development stack: Visual Studio Professional 2017 + SQL server 2016 .NET Framework C# MVC, WebAPI Report design with SSRS ETL using SSIS
• Excellent knowledge of web development technologies: HTML CSS JavaScript Responsive design Frameworks such as Bootstrap 3.0, bootgrid, jQuery, Select2, and Moments
• Excellent knowledge of testing methodologies including test automation using Visual Studio.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders, such as peers (technical and non-technical), business stakeholders, and third-party vendors.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize multiple responsibilities effectively to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with project team members on complex development projects.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the financial industry considered an asset.
• Salesforce – Administration, Apex and/or Lighting development
• CI/CD
• Azure Devops
• Google Big Query
• Python

Responsibilities

• Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery.
• Peer reviews and retrospectives to provide and receive feedback on the overall effectiveness of the team including: Defining and maintaining development standards Code refactoring Process Improvements
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
• Review completed tasks to ascertain compliance with standards.
• Troubleshooting technical problems and collaborating on potential resolutions.
• Researching and prototyping new technology and technical solutions.
• Keep up with trends in the constantly evolving information technology industry.
• Design and development of front-end user experience
• Assists tech leads and senior team members with software design tasks when required.
• Provides technical guidance and review to other team members by conducting technical walkthroughs.
• Keeps current on rapidly changing technological trends, self-teach new technologies and maintain an understanding of the Division’s business and technology strategies
• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget.
• Research and evaluate a variety of software products.
• Assist in the collection and documentation of user's requirements, development of user stories, estimates and work plans.
• Package and support deployment of releases.
• Effective testing, using automated techniques where available.
• Create technical documentation to ensure knowledge transfer.

Benefits

• Extended health and dental benefits
• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Employer-Matched Group Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Share Investment Plan
• Well-being initiatives including: a wellness account; virtual self-care programs and extended mental health benefits
• Employee corporate discount for GoodLife Fitness
• one paid day off each year to volunteer at their favourite local charity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree