Senior Developer - Tech Lead

Job Requisition ID : 10561

Position Status : Permanent Full Time

Position Type : Hybrid

Office Location : Ottawa (ON); Montreal (QC); Toronto (ON)

Travel Requirement : Occasional

Language Designation : English Essential

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

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.

We have flexibility , in how, when, and where we work, within the boundaries of the business needs and the nature of your role.

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.
• Defined benefit pension plan.
• 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.

About the role

Join the Technology Solutions Team in the Senior Developer - Tech Lead position. As a Subject Matter Expert, you will guide a team of Senior Developers and 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.
• Guide and advises a team of developers in their work by providing mentoring, guidance knowledge sharing and helping team members grow their technical skills and making sure coding standards are followed.
• Play key role in system architecture and design and technical decisions (technologies, frameworks and tools selection)
• Conduct code reviews and provide feedback on code quality and design best practices and help resolve technical issues.
• Oversee the implementation, maintenance of the product and of the tools for the automated builds, tests, deployment, security infrastructure.
• Ensure that documentation is created and maintained for architecture, design, development and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders (product owners, other technical teams, etc.) to ensure technical aspects align with business goals.
• Author technical specification documents and diagrams for CMHC’s platforms and custom developed applications.
• Complete application development projects for SDLC implementation into production.

What you should have :

• 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 programming, developing, and implementing business applications. This experience would be in roles and projects with increasing complexity in application development.
• Leading expertise in at least one of CMHC’s application development platforms / environments. This position will be CMHC’s expert in a technology. (see below)
• Advanced ability to program and design applications to drive business objectives and innovation while meeting requirements.

This includes setting 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 IT and predictive analytics, with a focus on Microsoft technologies.
• Proven technical leadership and advanced ability in making technical decisions in the context of large-scale application development.
• Solid experience with end-to-end solution implementation, including project planning, estimation, and solution architecture.
• Proven interpersonal, leadership and business competencies, including teamwork, facilitation, communication, presentation, influencing and negotiation skills.

Technologies :

• NET development (C#), ASP.Net MVC, .Net Core, ASP.Net, Web API, Visual Studio, .NET Full Stack Development.
• ReactJS, NodeJS, Typescript.
• Experience with containerization technologies.
• Source code management and DevOps practices with Azure DevOps and Git.
• Experience working with cloud platforms (Azure (preferred), AWS, GCP) Azure Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus and API Management.

It would be great if you also had :

• Graduate degree or certificate in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Management, or a related field.
• Technical certifications in application architecture, cloud development and administration (ex. Azure Administrator, Azure developer).

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.

What happens after you apply

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We’re excited to see what you bring to the table this time around!