Senior Application Developer

Sobeys; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading grocery retailer is seeking a Senior Application Developer to identify functional solutions and ensure the development of specifications. You will work in a hybrid model requiring office presence at least three days a week. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with Azure applications, C#, and solid software engineering methodologies. Join a dynamic team with great benefits and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive Benefits Package

Access to Virtual Health Care Platform

Learning and Development Resources

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in applications development, preferably cloud-based.
• Ability to communicate effectively and conduct research into software-related issues.
• Strong written communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify functional and technical solutions to meet requirements.
• Ensure development of specifications for IT solutions.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure quality of delivery.

Skills

Experience with developing Azure applications using containers

Experience with Azure DevOps

Experience in C#

Strong experience in software engineering and solution delivery methodologies

Experience in CI/CD pipelines

Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

Experience with agile and lean methodologies

Education

Undergraduate Degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience

DEC and a minimum of 7 years relevant experience

Tools

SAP HANA

ABAP in an SAP Retail environment

Job description

Overview

Senior Application Developer role at Sobeys. This role can be based out of Stellarton, NS; Mississauga, ON; Calgary, AB.

Location notes: Foord St. Office, Calgary Office, Tahoe Office.

What You’ll Be Focusing

As a Senior Application Developer with Sobeys, you will :

• Identify functional and technical solutions to meet requirements.
• Ensure the development of detailed functional, technical and operational specifications for delivery of recommended solutions.
• Translate user requirements into solution design for development and implementation of business technology solutions.
• Conduct design and code reviews to ensure the solution delivered conforms to IT and team standards and quality software delivery practices.
• Provide accurate estimates from analysis and design specifications for yourself and other team members to work on.
• Capture and define technical and operational requirements for solutions.
• Provide expert knowledge of a particular architecture and discuss how the solution’s features meet business requirements.
• Ensure all documentation is created, up to date and correct before solutions or changes are implemented into production.
• Ensure management is informed of progress, status and issues of delivery team activities.
• Code, test, and analyze software programs and applications throughout the system development life cycle.
• Analyze and amend software to correct errors in a timely and accurate fashion and provide status reports where required.
• Determine the most effective program/configuration solution from technical specifications.
• With assistance, provide estimates for all aspects of work and work to deadlines.
• Create unit test plans with detailed test cases and consistently write and test solutions to best practices.
• Assist in the preparation and documentation of program specifications.
• Resolve problems with increasingly less supervision and develop or support software application solutions in a project team environment.
• Provide Tier 2 or Tier 3 production support of cloud applications.
• Provide user, operational and system documentation for implementation.
• Assist senior developers and business analysts in conceptualizing and development of new software programs and systems.

What You Have To Offer

Your experience and resume will show us :

• An Undergraduate Degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience or a DEC and a minimum of 7 years relevant experience.
• Experience with developing Azure applications using containers, Data Factory, or Functions.
• Experience with Azure DevOps.
• Experience in C# programming language.
• Experience in CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience in building automated test harnesses.
• Experience in Monitoring and Observability capabilities.
• Strong experience in software engineering and solution delivery methodologies.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in learning and understanding new technologies.
• Ability to communicate effectively and conduct research into software-related issues and products.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
• Experience with agile and lean methodologies.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities and ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Strong experience in working with business to leverage technology to meet goals and requirements.
• Strong written communication and presentation skills and strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong team leadership skills and work ethic.
• Ability to be highly self-motivated and detail-oriented.
• ABAP experience in an SAP Retail environment and SAP HANA migration experience are assets.

Hybrid work model: Sobeys requires presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week.

Benefits and Rewards

• Competitive Benefits Package, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• Retirement and Savings Plan.
• 10% in-store discount at participating banners and other discount programs.
• Learning and Development Resources to support professional growth.
• Parental leave top-up and paid vacation.

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.