Programmer Analyst Intern (12 months) - Winter 2027

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited; Steinbach; Hybrid; CAD 32,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Career growth opportunities

Product discounts

Job summary

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited is seeking a student to join the Transportation Development & Support team in a hybrid role in Canada. You will assist in analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation of transportation decision-support systems, gaining exposure to SDLC, Agile, and DevOps practices.

You’ll work with business analysts and clients to gather requirements, write maintainable code, and prepare reports and documentation while contributing to innovative, scalable

Qualifications

• Pursuing post-secondary education in CS, programming or software engineering.
• Experience with SDLC, source control and change management.
• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps environments.

Responsibilities

• Assist in analysis, design, development, testing and implementation.
• Document functionality and maintain reports and manuals.
• Collaborate with analysts and clients to gather requirements.
• Develop logical and physical specifications and data transformations.

Skills

ASP.NET stack

Agile methodologies

DevOps practices

Communication skills

Education

CS/Programming degree

Tools

SSIS

MS Access/VBA

Job description

Our Commitment to Students At Canadian Tire, we are committed to providing students with a supportive and collaborative environment that fosters knowledge sharing and offers key experiences to help them develop their capabilities through projects and objectives. We believe in setting specific and measurable goals that align with our business objectives to support learning and help students achieve their full potential. Our culture emphasizes learning from others, continuous improvement, agility, growth, and innovation, and we are invested in building a talented, diverse workforce for the future of Canada and Canadian Tire. Additionally, we are dedicated to building strong relationships with our student employees by engaging with them throughout their education and career pursuits and creating opportunities for ongoing communication and relationship building.

What You’ll Do

The Transportation Development & Support (TD&S) Team’s objective is the timely delivery of reliable, robust, and accurate systems for our Transportation clients. TD&S delivers process improvement initiatives and technology solutions to increase Transportation capacity, improve service levels, reduce costs and drive better decisions. We are building the next generation of decision support systems to help launch the omni-channel retail Supply Chain.

Assist in analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation activities to meet project goals, ensuring thorough documentation throughout the process.

Collaborate with Business Analysts and external clients to gather requirements, document functionality, and enhance decision support for Transportation.

Analyze user needs and develop logical and physical specifications, recommending appropriate technologies and solutions.

Encode project requirements in programming languages and input data into systems, ensuring accurate implementation.

Create and maintain reports, manuals, and documentation on application status, operation, and maintenance.

Contribute to sustainable application development and act as a change advocate for new initiatives, defining data ingestion and transformation processes using best practices.

What You Bring

Currently pursuing a post-secondary education in Computer Science, Computer Programming or Software Engineering or a related discipline.

Demonstrated experience with SDLC practices, including source control and change management.

Experienced with Agile and DevOps methodologies, with a passion for critical thinking, problem-solving, and leveraging emerging technology to simplify processes.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Strong understanding of ASP.NET (C#, MVC, Bootstrap, jQuery, AngularJS, Web API) and MSSQL through coursework and projects.

Experience with SSIS and MS Access/VBA is an asset.

Candidates should be able and readily prepared to provide examples of their ability to efficiently write flexible, maintainable code.

Hybrid

We value flexibility. We have adopted a hybrid work model whereby employees use a combination of working in office and virtually in service of outcomes. Each leader is empowered to decide what work is best achieved in person based on the unique needs of their team.

In addition to competitive pay, we offer:

Career growth opportunities and product discounts Broadband Salary Range: $23.00– $37.00. Our typical hiring range is between $23.00 and $30.00 CAD Hourly. Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, job-related knowledge, skills and competencies, market location, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements.

#LI-CD1 This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization.

We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, over 1,600 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees.

As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees.

Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility.

It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.

We are one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With world-class owned brands and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies, we are continually innovating with purpose: to excite and serve Canadian customers from coast-to-coast. We are connected to communities, big and small, from coast-to-coast, offering products and services that reflect the diverse nature of every one of them. From sports to outdoors, automobiles to homes, we know and understand life in Canada like no other retailer.

We are always on the lookout for curious, creative people who are able to navigate and excel in a rapidly evolving retail environment. If you’re ready to take on new challenges – be it in digital, IT, marketing, data & analytics, merchandising, or one of the many other roles we have – there is a place for you here.