Developer

Langara College; Moose Jaw; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Langara College is seeking a Developer to join their team. The role involves evaluating software requirements, developing applications, and providing technical support to users. With a focus on collaboration within a project team, the Developer will contribute to enhancing the College's IT environment while pursuing professional growth and development.

Benefits

Extensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

Hybrid-work program for eligible positions

Generous vacation package plus paid time off during college winter closure

Employer paid defined benefit pension plan

Tuition waivers for courses at Langara College

Wellness classes and campus engagement events

Qualifications

• Minimum four (4) years of recent related experience in designing, developing, integrating, and supporting enterprise-level programs.
• Excellent understanding of Object Oriented design and programming.
• Experience with at least one of the UML modeling tools.

Responsibilities

• Develops applications and supports systems according to SDLC processes.
• Provides applications support and creates documentation.
• Engages in continual training and professional development.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Ability to liaise with clients

Problem-solving

Education

Computer Science Degree

Two-year diploma in computing science

Tools

Java

C#

SQL

HTML

CSS

Power Platform

Job description

Interested in a career at Langara College?

Our employees exemplify Langara's values of excellence, collegiality, innovation and integrity. If you think this position fits your qualifications, we encourage you to apply!

Langara College is located in Vancouver, B.C.: applicants to postings must be located in BC or willing to move to BC to accept work with Langara College. Exceptions to this will be clearly outlined in the event Langara College requires work (or positions to be based) to be performed outside BC or Canada.

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Job Title:

Developer

Employee Group:

CUPE

Employee Type:

Temporary (Fixed Term)

Start Date:

Monday, July 21 2025

End Date (if applicable):

Wednesday, March 31 2027

Job Summary:

Under general guidance of the Development Manager, the Developer evaluates requirements for designs, develops, implements and maintains application software used throughout the College. As a contributing member of a project team, the incumbent develops applications and supports systems in accordance with software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes and procedures, guidelines, and best practices. Primarily involved with the support of staff, faculty, and student communities, the Developer also provides technical support to end users and assistance to other Development Managers, applications developers, and client groups within the department. May assign tasks and supervise on project phases over development staff in junior positions. Incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as required.

Job Description:

Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Develops applications and supports systems in accordance with software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes:

• Requirements

  • Liaises with clients to define project scope. Provides technical expertise in formulating and organizing their ideas and business objectives during client liaisons.

  • Assists internal clients in developing a project scope statement, including the definition and documentation of objectives, translating them into business requirements and clear deliverables.

• Analysis

  • Analyses and gains a detailed understanding of the requirements.

  • Ensures that any ambiguous, incomplete, or contradictory requirements are addressed and clarified.

  • Plans the project with clear deliverables and timelines.

  • Regularly meets with clients for clarification and reviews.

  • Shares and presents the final requirements document to client and the development team.

• Design and Specifications

  • Designs the application or system modification based on the analysis of the business.

  • Illustrates and documents the design clearly and completely.

  • Reviews the proposed design with the rest of the team to solicit opinions, ideas, suggestions, advice, and to promote sharing of knowledge.

  • Writes the testing plan and specifications/scripts.

• Implementation (Coding and Unit Testing)

  • Writes code and unit tests based on the requirements, design and specifications documentation.

  • Throughout the coding phase, participates in periodic team code review sessions to ensure optimization, best practice and standards compliance.

• Integration

  • Ensures that the new application or system modifications coexist as planned with existing applications or systems.

• Testing

  • Supports QA in verifying that the application or the modification(s) satisfies the requirements and produces the results specified by design and detailed specification documentation. Modifies coding until complete conformance is achieved.

  • Reviews the final results with the client for sign-off.

• Deployment

  • Plans and documents the release of the application or system modification(s) to the College production environment.

  • Obtains the necessary sign-offs and approvals.

  • Performs the deployment and verifies system(s) integrity. Liaises with other teams and team members as appropriate.

• Maintenance

  • Maintains and enhances the application or system modification(s) to cope with newly discovered problems/bugs or new requirements.

  • Tracks and documents all modifications to the initial requirements, design, specifications, code, test, release, and operational documentation.

  • Applies SDLC processes and procedures, guidelines, and best practices throughout these changes.

2. Provides applications support:

• Writes and maintains application and system operating procedures, checklists, and other related documentation.

• Monitors and maintains application and system operational functions in the College production environment.

• Defines, analyzes, designs, and maintains operational reports to ensure data integrity and systems conformance.

• Assists users in resolving operational challenges related to the use of IT applications and systems.

• Creates and delivers individual or group end user demonstrations and training regarding new applications and system modifications.

• Gathers and documents user feedback and suggestions for new features, usability enhancements, and other applications and systems improvements.

• Diagnoses, responds to, and resolves routine and emergency applications and systems issues in Production.

3. Engages in continual training and professional development:

• Maintains currency in software industry by continually monitoring trends and evolution of tools, techniques, methodologies and standards, and shares this information with team.

• Participates in conferences, user and special interest groups meetings, online research and personal reading to monitor trends. Shares information with the team via discussions, brainstorming, presentations and other type of activities.

• Based on these observations and findings, makes suggestions and recommendations to the development team to improve and advance software development and system integration within the College.

• Suggests, advises, and engages in continuous personal and team training courses and programs to further his/her personal development and the knowledge and performance of the team.

4. Provides backup to the other IT Development staff.

5. Performs other related duties and/or projects as required.

Qualifications Required:

Education

• Computer Science Degree preferred or two-year diploma from a recognized institution in computing science or equivalent information technology discipline.

• Additional specialized industry training of up to one year in programming languages and software development techniques.

• Minimum four (4) years of recent related experience in designing, developing, integrating, and supporting enterprise-level programs in an IT environment.

• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

• Excellent understanding of Object Oriented design and programming, test-driven development, and agile methodologies.

• Solid understanding of UML and experience with at least one of the UML modeling tools. Enterprise Architect experience would be an asset.

• Experience writing SQL including JOINs, indexing, optimization as well as a solid understanding of Entity Relationship (ER) diagrams.

• Experience with one or more of the following database platforms and tools: Oracle, MS SQL, My SQL, TOAD and SQL Developer.

• Experience with one or more HTML, CSS, JSP, Web Services, J SOAP/REST/XML, MS and/or Oracle AQ, as well as Enterprise Java Beans programming.

• Experience with one or more of the following Web and Application platforms: WebLogic, WebSphere, JBoss, Apache, and Tomcat.

• Experience with programming languages, such as Java and C#.

• Experience developing and configuring solutions in Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps and Power Automate.

• Experience with MS Power Platform, MS SharePoint and WordPress knowledge would be an asset

Skills & Abilities

• Effective communication skills, verbally and written, in English.

• Excel at explaining and demonstrating complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

• Ability to liaise with clients and assist them in the definition and articulation of their business requirements.

• Ability to produce clear, concise, and easy to read design and specifications documentation.

• Ability to develop efficient, optimized, sustainable, well documented, and "elegant code:.

• Ability to "think outside the box", re-evaluate, and improve development techniques for software development and programming.

• Effectively analyze, understand, and evaluate the impact of modifications or enhancements.

• Provide advice and support to users on the use and operation of application systems.

• Organize and manage time to meet deadlines.

• Effectively contribute to the overall improvement of department services and operations, team spirit, and morale.

• Work both independently and as a member of a committee or team.

• Work harmoniously with others.

• Aptitude to learn new languages, methodologies, tools and technologies for software development and programming.

• Perform duties to meet established policies, practices and standards.

Additional Info:

Why Join Langara?

At Langara College, we support the College’s vision of promoting wellness and fostering personal and professional growth for our employees. We are dedicated to embracing, honouring, and advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, while offering a competitive and inclusive benefits package that reflects our commitment to overall health, financial security, and work-life balance.

** Eligibility and entitlements may vary based on the employment group, and if the position is temporary, part-time, or casual **

We offer the following benefits:

• Extensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

• Hybrid-work program for eligible positions

• Generous vacation package plus paid time off during college winter closure (1 week in December)

• Employer paid defined benefit pension plan

• Potential eligibility for educational, training, and developmental programs

• Access to on-site daycare subject to availability

• Tuition waivers for courses at Langara College, subject to space availability

• Course/program tuition reimbursements

• Wellness classes and campus engagement events

Salary Range:

$41.93 - $47.01 per hour

Pay Grade:

CUPE IT Paygrade F

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

37.5

Hours may vary according to the needs of the department.

Compressed Workweek (Fortnight):

No

Closing Date:

Monday, June 23 2025

People and Culture is committed to embracing, honoring, and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workplace. We remain dedicated to focusing our efforts on creating an inclusive employee community that fosters a sense of safety and belonging for everyone. We humbly acknowledge that we are just beginning our journey, which includes engaging in our own internal learning and creating a data-driven action plan that supports the integration of EDI practice into the work of People and Culture and the work we do with employees and leaders. Langara College welcomes applications from everyone including people from groups that are experiencing inequity including, but not limited to, Indigenous people, racialized people, people with disabilities, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. If there are any barriers that you are experiencing or an accommodation that we can provide to support you through the application process, please contact us.

If you were a temporary employee with CUPE Local 15 at Langara College who has worked within the last five (5) months of the closing date on this posting, please contact our recruitment team if you meet the criteria for internal status (850 hours worked) as per Article III.7.g in the CUPE Collective Agreement. Please quote the job requisition title and number with your previous employee ID and last day worked at the College. Please do not email if you worked at the College more than 5 months ago or if you worked in a different union.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to provide proof of educational and professional credentials noted on their resume. In addition, those shortlisted with international credentials must have their education credentials evaluated through WES (World Education Services) and provide Langara College, People & Culture document evaluation access for employment purposes.

We thank you for your interest in Langara College and for taking the time to complete an application. Only complete applications will be reviewed. Please be advised that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted due to the number of applications received.

Langara is committed to enhancing our diverse workforce.