Software Developer

Description

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Why Meridian?

At Meridian our aspiration is to integrate our purpose into everything we do for people, the planet, and communities. We believe that our greatest opportunity is to create opportunity and meet people where they are.

Factor us into your next career opportunity. We want you to grow with us and have an experience that’s different. This is a place where you can expect the unexpected.

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The role:

In this role, you will design and architect robust software solutions with a strong focus on scalability, performance, and long‑term maintainability. You will write clean, well‑structured applications leveraging low‑code and no‑code platforms. Your work will be supported by thorough unit testing to ensure quality and reliability, along with clear documentation, including meaningful inline comments, technical documentation, and user‑facing materials that support ongoing use and supportability.

You will contribute to the evolution of programming, low‑code, and system integration standards, collaborating closely with other developers to promote consistent, high‑quality engineering practices across both traditional and low‑code solutions. This includes integrating third‑party software and platform services seamlessly into existing applications and infrastructure, ensuring solutions remain secure, scalable, and aligned with architectural standards. Within applications, you will design and implement complex features, maintain and enhance existing components, resolve defects, optimize performance and resource utilization, and ensure adherence to regulatory, compliance, and audit requirements.

Collaboration is central to this role. You will provide input into project deliverables, including effort estimates and cost considerations, and work closely with project managers, business analysts, and stakeholders to determine the most effective implementation approach, balancing custom development with low‑code or no‑code solutions where they deliver the greatest value. You will actively participate in project planning, sprint reviews, and other agile ceremonies, helping to ensure solutions are well‑designed, realistically planned, and successfully delivered.

Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:

• Complex Technical Tasks:
  • Design and architect software solutions, considering scalability and performance.
  • Conduct unit testing to ensure software quality.
  • Thoroughly document your work, including code comments and user manuals.
• Integration Standards:
  • Contribute to the ongoing development and documentation of programming and system integration standards.
  • Collaborate with other developers to ensure consistent practices.
  • Integrate third-party software seamlessly into existing applications and infrastructure.
• Application Components:
  • Design and implement complex features within applications.
  • Maintain existing components, addressing bugs and enhancements.
  • Optimize performance and resource utilization.
  • Ensure adherence to regulatory and audit requirements.
• Project Collaboration:
  • Provide input on project deliverables, including time estimates and cost assessments.
  • Collaborate with project managers, business analysts, and stakeholders.
  • Participate in project planning and sprint reviews.

We’d Love to Work with You If You Have the following skills and abilities:

• Minimum of 2-3 years of application development experience in corporate environment
• Degree or diploma in computer science or related field with emphasis on Web development
• A strong knowledge of software development processes, analysis, design, tools and techniques
• Experience with relational database systems
• Experience in building frontend applications using Power Apps
• Experience automating processes using Power Automate
• Experience building RESTful APIs using .NET Core for building connected, service-oriented applications
• Experience writing SharePoint Timer Jobs and console applications
• Understanding of SharePoint framework (SPFx)
• A strong understanding of financial tools and the banking sector is a definite asset

This role represents an existing vacancy. Internal candidates are being considered as part of our standard process.

Salary Range: CAD $68,800 – $100,000 annually

Compensation for this role is based on a combination of skills, experience, and internal equity. Candidates with stronger alignment to the role’s requirements may be placed higher within the range. Your recruiter will share more information about our total rewards package during the hiring process.

Office Location: Toronto Corporate Office with the ability to travel to our St. Catharines office as needed. This is a hybrid work opportunity.

Meridian has a remote work policy that allows flexibility for employees to work remotely but also requires a minimum of one day per week in the office for purposeful meetings to collaborate, innovate and build effective relationships with your team, your colleagues and your leader which is important to us.

What's in it for you?

• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages teamwork, creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success!
• We provide you with the tools and technology needed to delight your candidates and clients!
• You will get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders and colleagues, who have hailed from top organizations.
• Hybrid work arrangements with in-person office time to collaborate, innovate and build relationships with your colleagues.
• This is not your typical "corporate" job. We work hard and we have fun!

Build the Future of Banking with Us

At Meridian, we’re not just adapting to the future—we’re shaping it. We see talent as a catalyst for sustainable growth, community impact, and future-readiness. As the financial landscape evolves, we’re looking for team members who bring:

• Embedding & leveraging technology – Confidence and willingness to learn and integrate AI and emerging technologies into new ways of working. Experience with low/no code tools like the Microsoft Power Platform and generative AI productivity tools like Microsoft Copilot is considered an asset
• Critical Thinking – The ability to analyze, evaluate and interpret information from various sources and apply logic and problem solving to make decisions.
• Data Driven– Leverage data and insights to identify, prioritize and improve member experience and business efficiency.
• Curiosity & Flexibility – Comfortable navigating and embracing change and uncertainty, ask more questions, explore more options. Continuously learn and grow.

Who we are:

Meridian is Ontario’s largest credit union, and second largest in Canada, helping to grow the lives of our more than 380,000 Members. Meridian has more than 80 years of banking history and is 100% owned by its members. With 87 retail branches and 15 Business Banking Centers across Ontario and $ 32B in assets under management, Meridian offers a full range of financial products and services to its retail, business banking and wealth members. With over 2200 employees and corporate offices located in Toronto and St. Catharines, Meridian has a track record of creating and delivering innovative new offerings and is committed to investing in the communities that we serve. Our plan is to build on our momentum as we deliver on our purpose - helping our members achieve their best life.

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