Software Developer – Intermediate/Senior

Forsite Consultants Ltd•Edmonton, AB

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Forcorp Solutions Inc., part of Forsite, is actively looking for a Software Developer – Intermediate/Senior to join our team in Edmonton, Alberta. We believe in flexibility, collaboration, and fostering an environment where everyone can thrive. Forcorp Solutions Inc. is part of Forsite, a geospatial intelligence company operating across Canada and the United States, formed through the unification of six established organizations including Forcorp and Forsite Consultants Ltd. Since 1993, Forcorp Solutions Inc. has provided high quality and innovative services and solutions to industry, government, and academic organizations in the areas of natural resource management, information technology, health care, and data management. Our software helps manage natural resources across Alberta: platforms for forestry land management, weather data processing that feeds wildfire risk modelling, and systems that track watershed health and fish migration province-wide. We also build the software used to manage clinical trials in Alberta. Our success relies on developing an in-depth understanding of our clients' needs and delivering solutions and services that improve their business.

Requirements

Legally permitted to work in Canada
Degree in computing science or computer engineering
4+ years of professional experience building web applications
Strong Java skills, including production experience with Spring or Spring Boot
Strong relational database skills, including schema design and query optimization (we use PostgreSQL)
Experience with a modern JavaScript or TypeScript frontend (we use React), and comfort working on Linux
Full life cycle experience: design, development, testing, deployment, and support of high availability applications
A self-starter who is comfortable owning a project end-to-end
A mentor who enjoys helping junior developers grow
Curious and committed to continuous learning, especially when tackling hard technical problems
Thoughtful about tools like AI coding assistants – you know when to lean on them and when not to
Comfortable working directly with clients and translating their needs into technical decisions

Nice To Haves

Geospatial tools (PostGIS, OpenLayers, Geoserver)
Performance tuning experience
RabbitMQ, Docker, CI/CD pipelines
Python
Experience building LLM-powered features

Responsibilities

Work as part of a small, collaborative agile development team focused on full-stack development, with exposure to every piece of the project
Build web-based applications in Java and Spring Framework, with a React/TypeScript frontend, backed by PostgreSQL and Apache Solr, using RabbitMQ for asynchronous processing (current stack: Java 21, Spring Boot 3, React 18)
Work on spatial-oriented projects using open source libraries such as PostGIS, Geoserver, Geotools, and OpenLayers, solving complex spatial and routing problems (e.g., Dijkstra, A) over large datasets
Tackle hard technical problems such as query optimization, multi-threaded debugging, deep-diving open source internals, with a strong culture of continuous learning
Focus on our web platforms (not mobile), though opportunities on our offline-first Android field data collection apps may arise later
Contribute to AI-powered product features and use AI coding tools in daily development, with an emphasis on code review and reasoning skill over raw output speed
Take ownership of projects from start to finish: working directly with clients, making design and architecture decisions, and mentoring junior developers.