Senior Application Developer

Jace Holdings Ltd.; Stellarton, Mississauga, Calgary; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Application Developer to join their dynamic team. This role focuses on designing and enhancing Azure-based applications, ensuring seamless integrations with third-party systems, and conducting thorough code reviews. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud-native development and a passion for creating high-quality, scalable solutions. Join a collaborative environment that values innovation and teamwork, and contribute to impactful projects that improve customer experiences. If you are ready to make a difference and grow your career, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health and dental coverage

Life insurance

Short- and long-term disability insurance

Access to Virtual Health Care Platform

Employee and Family Assistance Program

Retirement and Savings Plan

10% in-store discount

Learning and Development Resources

Parental leave top-up

Paid Vacation and Days-off

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Azure application development with strong proficiency in Node.js and C#.
• Experience with cloud-native development, REST APIs, and automated testing frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Azure-based applications and microservices to enhance platform functionality.
• Conduct design and code reviews to ensure quality software delivery practices.

Skills

Node.js

C#

.Net Framework

REST APIs

SQL

NoSQL

Agile methodologies

Azure application development

Automated testing frameworks

Monitoring and Observability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

CI/CD Pipelines

ARM templates

Bicep

Job description

Requisition ID: 187752
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: Technology Solutions - Marketing
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Alberta; Nova Scotia
City: Calgary / Stellarton
Location: Foord St. Office, Calgary Office

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

Ready to Make an impact?

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have a full-time opportunity for an Application Developer. This role can be based out of one our main offices including: Stellarton, NS; Calgary, AB.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing:

As a Senior Application Developer with Sobeys, you will:

• Design, develop, and enhance Azure-based applications and microservices to support platform functionality.
• Build and maintain seamless integrations with third-party systems and APIs.
• Conduct design and code reviews to ensure the solution delivered conforms to IT and team standards and quality software delivery practices.
• Create unit test plans with detailed test cases.
• Provide accurate estimates from analysis and design specifications for yourself and other team members to work on.
• Ensure application scalability, performance, and cost-effectiveness by optimizing Azure resources.
• Ensure solutions align with security and compliance standards.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices.
• Address and resolve bugs and performance issues promptly to ensure system reliability.
• Resolve problems with increasingly less supervision.
• Maintain application performance and availability to support system uptime.
• Provide Tier 2 or Tier 3 production support of cloud applications.
• Support the application outside business hours in case of critical issues.
• Work closely with DevOps, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to implement new features and improvements.
• Support analyst in converting business requirements into technical specifications and solutions.
• Capture and define technical and operational requirements for solutions.
• Ensure the development of detailed functional, technical and operational specifications for delivery of recommended solutions.
• Ensure all documentation is created, up to date and correct before solutions or changes are implemented into production.
• Provide user, operational and system documentation for implementation.

What you have to offer:

Your experience and resume will show us:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years in Azure application development: Proficiency in Node.js, C# and .NetFramework.
• Strong experience with cloud-native development and APIs: Experience with secure data exchange over REST APIs (encryption, security best practices), implementation of JWT access & refresh tokens, and OAuth flow.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases: Understanding of Cosmos DB (container partition strategy, query optimization, DB caching).
• Experience in implementing automated testing frameworks and building automated test harness.
• Experience in Azure DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines including hands-on experience with ARM templates and Bicep for infrastructure automation and deployment.
• Experience in load balancing and auto-scaling.
• Experience in Monitoring and Observability capabilities.
• Ability to conduct research into software-related issues and products.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in learning and understanding new technologies.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and standard development processes.

At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.

We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Parental leave top-up.
• Paid Vacation and Days-off.

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.