Programmer Analyst Student (12 months) - Winter 2026

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited; Brampton; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading retail company located in Brampton, Canada, seeks a student to support the Transportation Development team. The role involves assisting with analysis, development, and implementation of systems to enhance transportation services. Candidates should be enrolled in Computer Science or a related field, and have a strong understanding of ASP.NET and MSSQL. This position provides an excellent opportunity for practical experience in a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a post-secondary education in Computer Science, Computer Programming or Software Engineering.
• Experience with SDLC practices, including source control and change management.
• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Assist in analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation activities.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts and clients to gather requirements.
• Analyze user needs and develop specifications.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Education

Currently enrolled in post-secondary education in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

ASP.NET

MSSQL

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 enrolled in 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.