Summer Student - IT (Software Development)

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Date: Mar 13, 2026

Location: Pickering, ON, CA

Type of Position: Summer Student ( Student Req )

Number of Positions: 7

Salary Min: $17.60

Salary Max: $19.35

Do you want to be part of a team helping to strengthen every community across Ontario? Are you interested in seeing the importance of your work firsthand?

Become a Summer Student - IT (Software Development) with MPAC

The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is made up of a team of experts who understand local communities and assess every property in Ontario. What we do provides the very foundation that municipalities use to base the property taxes needed to pay for the services we use every day.

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Job Description

What makes you great for this role? You are a collaborative team player who is eager to learn and contribute in a supportive environment. You are interested in building your technical skills while assisting the Information Technology team with day-to-day activities related to the development, testing, and support of IT systems, applications, and services. Your curiosity, attention to detail, and willingness to take on new challenges help you contribute to team projects while gaining hands-on experience.

We have:

• A team of highly skilled, dedicated and collaborative staff
• Leadership that supports you
• An enterprise that embraces change
• A work environment that has flexible work locations (including hybrid), hours of work and overall employee wellness support

You have:

• Current enrollment in a post-secondary education in an IT related field such as Computer Science, with a confirmed return to school in September
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Basic experience or coursework in writing clear, well-documented code and familiarity with source version control tools
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Self-motivation, be a team player and possess action-and-results oriented skills
• The ability to meet deadlines and implement instructions under pressure
• Must meet Ontario's minimum working age for the job duties required

Nice to have:

What you will do:

• Support members of the Information Services team by assisting with documenting simple business or technical requirements and reviewing existing code and related processes.
• Assist with basic systems analysis activities by helping assess the impact of minor maintenance updates or feature enhancement requests.
• Contribute to User Interface development by assisting with simple coding tasks and debugging activities based on provided technical requirements.
• Work collaboratively with IT staff to help write and test well-documented code under the guidance of senior team members.
• Support the creation of simple prototypes or proof-of-concept solutions to help demonstrate ideas or potential system improvements.
• Participate in team discussions and design reviews to learn how solutions are developed and ensure they align with functional requirements and technical standards.

Summer Student Wage Rates:

• Summer Students currently enrolled in secondary school or students working solely on administrative activity: $17.60 per hour
• Summer Students enrolled in post-secondary, first-time hire: $18.35 per hour
• Summer Students enrolled in post-secondary, returning employment: $19.35 per hour

Duration of Employment: May through to the end of August

Additional Information:

• Requisition ID: 2942
• Existing Vacancy: No
• Job Type: Union
• Closing Date: March 26, 2026

Ready to apply?

Please note, only applications submitted through the Applicant Tracking System will be accepted.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo a background verification with Mintz Global Screening. By applying to this job posting, you are providing your consent to MPAC to share your name, email address and phone number with Mintz, to conduct the criminal and driver abstract check and for Mintz to disclose the results to MPAC, should you be the successful incumbent.

MPAC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment where all employees and members of the public feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflect the diversity of the public and communities we serve.

Persons with disability who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may email their request to careers@mpac.ca.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Please note that MPAC prohibits employees from holding a current/valid real estate license and successful applicants must at least suspend their real estate licenses during their period of employment at MPAC as outlined in our Employee Code of Conduct.

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