Full Stack Developer – Senior

Swim Recruiting; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Swim Recruiting is seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer for contract opportunities supporting provincial government digital services from Edmonton. You will join cross-functional teams and contribute from discovery through deployment, delivering reliable software.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in full stack development, strong Agile experience, and comfort with Git, testing, and database technologies. Expect collaboration with UX and product owners.

Qualifications

• At least five years of full stack development in Agile environments.
• Strong experience with Git and collaborative development.
• Minimum three years of automated unit and integration testing.
• Three years with relational and alternative databases.
• Three years building production apps with modern frameworks.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Contribute from discovery and solution design through development, testing, deployment and improvement.
• Collaborate with product owners, developers and designers in delivery teams.
• Translate user and business needs into reliable software and reusable capabilities.

Skills

Full stack development

Agile methodologies

Code quality

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Git

Automated testing frameworks

Relational databases

Modern application frameworks

Job description

Senior Full Stack Developer contract opportunities supporting user-centred digital services and modernization initiatives for a provincial government organization.

What & Why:

Our client is expanding its digital delivery capability to make government services simpler and easier to use. You will join a cross-functional team working on service innovation, program review and digital transformation. Working across two to three projects, you will contribute from discovery and solution design through development, testing, deployment and ongoing improvement. Your work will help translate user and business needs into reliable software and reusable capabilities.

Who:

You will collaborate with product owners, developers, front-end designers and other members of multidisciplinary delivery teams. Teams use human-centred design, Agile methods and modern data practices. Developers participate in research, technical discovery, backlog refinement, sprint planning and delivery.

You:

You are a senior developer with hands-on experience across the front end and back end of complex production applications. You can explain technical options, estimate effort, write maintainable code and support reliable releases. You work effectively with designers and product owners and can demonstrate how your contribution improved a product or service.

Critical Experience Requirements:

• At least five years of full stack development on complex software solutions in an Agile environment.
• At least five years using source control, particularly Git, in collaborative development.
• At least three years of automated unit testing and integration testing.
• At least three years with database technologies, including relational databases and alternatives.
• At least three years developing production applications using modern application frameworks.
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or an equivalent background accepted under the client’s criteria.
• Ability to work within Canada and cover Alberta business hours.
• Ability to attend Edmonton sessions on reasonable notice.
• Ability to supply the required computer, software and remote workspace.
• Willingness and eligibility to complete applicable security screening.

Nice to Have:

• Incremental modernization of legacy systems.
• Design patterns and software architecture.
• Collaboration with UX and service design teams.
• Government of Alberta development guidelines and principles.
• Relevant experience applying generative AI and agentic tools.

Compensation:

Hourly contract compensation will be discussed based on experience, engagement structure and alignment with the client’s requirements.