Junior Software Developer

About the role

We’re looking for a Junior Software Developer who can design, build, test, and ship high quality software that delivers value to our customers. You’ll work on a small and agile team that continuously incorporates feedback to refine and improve the products and features you deliver. You will learn and follow established patterns and best practices and be supported in delivering high quality work as part of the team. The team will own the entire delivery lifecycle from beta releases to production ready, scalable products suitable for new and existing customers. This job is open to candidates across Canada, in provinces where we can legally hire and will report to the Senior Manager, Software Development.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

- Deliver low-complexity projects ensuring alignment with coding and design standards, testing practices, and company guidelines for security, accessibility, and privacy.

- Contribute to the successful execution of the team's roadmap by asking questions, providing input, and promptly escalating identified risks and scope changes.

- Actively engage in team activities, working out loud, learning from peers, contributing to code reviews and documentation as you work towards achieving team goals.

- Actively engage in troubleshooting, addressing minor bugs independently, and collaborating with senior team members to resolve more complex issues.

- Work within a cross-functional team, fostering positive team relationships, and maintain effective communication with peers and stakeholders.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

- A degree in Computer Science or Engineering, and 1-2 years of experience developing and maintaining software (including co-op terms and internships) or an equivalent level of education or work experience.

- Learn and follow existing patterns and best practices in delivering code and writing tests for individual stories.

- Experience with Java or a functional programming language.

- Ability to learn about and use root cause analysis to identify and address bugs and outages. Follow logging, monitoring and debugging best practices in the components and classes you work on.

- Learn and follow existing architecture concepts and best practices to extend existing software modules and components that meet system performance, modifiability, maintainability and reliability needs.

- Learn about and follow basic security and compliance practices in daily work.

- Follow common agile processes and continuous integration and delivery practices to ship stories and own low complexity epics/projects.

- You can collaborate and communicate effectively within a team. Participate in technical discussions, listen actively and understand non-technical input from design and product.

- Actively seek guidance, feedback, and learning opportunities within the team to foster personal and professional growth.

- Display eagerness to learn and collaborate on goal-setting. Supported in creating and aligning goals with personal development.