Software Developer (6 Month Contract)

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.

Find our story here:

The role: We’re hiring a contract Software Developer (6 months) to accelerate delivery of secure, reliable API integrations on Azure. This is a tactical, roll‑up‑your‑sleeves engineering role—designing, building, testing, and production‑hardening cloud services that plug into our broader architecture.

You’ll work closely with EA, platform teams, and delivery leads to implement patterns we can trust in production. Clear communication, good engineering instincts, and comfort working independently are important.

This is 6 month contract opportunity

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Azure Functions and .NET services that support mission‑critical integrations.
• Develop and publish APIs using Azure API Management, including policies, versioning, and gateway configuration.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization flows using OAuth2/OIDC.
• Use Azure Key Vault for secrets management and enforce secure-by-default design.
• Instrument applications with Azure Application Insights for logging, telemetry, tracing, and operational monitoring.
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps with consistent build/test/deploy controls.
• Apply strong engineering practices: automated testing, code reviews, quality gates, and performance validation.
• Harden services for production—resiliency, scale considerations, defensive coding, and operational readiness.
• Collaborate with architects to align with existing patterns and help shape reusable components.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Solid hands-on experience with Azure API Management and Azure Functions/.NET.
• Strong understanding of OAuth2/OIDC flows and identity integration.
• Practical experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
• Comfort working with App Insights, Key Vault, and the surrounding Azure ecosystem.
• Strong testing discipline—unit, integration, performance, and security testing.
• Experience deploying and supporting production workloads in Azure.
• Clear, pragmatic communication style and willingness to collaborate across teams.
• Knowledge of enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience in financial services or other regulated environments.
• Familiarity with cloud networking, private endpoints, and VNet‑integrated services.
• Comfort learning and adopting new digital tools, with an openness to using AI‑enabled technology to enhance productivity, accuracy, and the Member experience

This posting is for a newly created position. Internal candidates are being considered.

Salary Range: $68,800.00 to $103,200.00 CAD

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.