Senior Application Developer, IT

First National Financial LP; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 108,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Benefits package

Career advancement

Health Spending Account

Maternity and Parental Leave Top Up

Virtual work environment

Modern office for collaboration

Team events

Job summary

First National Financial LP is seeking a Senior Application Developer in Toronto. You will analyze, develop, and implement changes within a cross-functional team, ensuring quality, scalability, and maintainability of mortgage systems. You will mentor junior engineers and help drive modernization initiatives.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years of application development experience, strong OOP and UML skills, and familiarity with COBOL, DB2, and IBM iSeries in mortgage processing environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years of experience in application development.
• Post-secondary degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
• Strong understanding of UML and architecture modelling (class diagrams, sequence diagrams, use cases).
• Excellent knowledge of OOP concepts and frameworks.
• Mortgage industry experience is a plus.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Participate actively in all development phases: research, design, code, test, deploy.
• Contribute to effort estimations and risk assessments in early project stages.
• Ensure alignment with modernization plans and architecture roadmaps.
• Uphold best practices, coding standards, and design principles across the team.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather consensus and informed decisions.

Skills

COBOL

DB2

IBM iSeries

Mortgage lifecycle

Mortgage industry

OOP concepts

UML modelling

Communication

Debugging

Education

Post-secondary in CS/IT

Tools

.NET

Angular

Blazor

MS SQL

Entity Framework

Job description

Reporting To: Director and Team Lead

Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time

Posting Date: September 11, 2026

Closing Date: October 9, 2026

Salary Range: $108,034 - $128,034

Hours of Work: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Grade: 14.4

Office Location: Toronto, ON

What we offer: Highly competitive compensation package which includes base salary, bonus, benefits, and career advancement opportunities!

*Eligibility for benefits is dependent on the terms of employment

The Opportunity

The Senior Application Developer working within a cross-functional product team, will be responsible for analyzing, developing, and implementing application changes and enhancements. The Senior Application Developer develops solutions ensuring quality, scalability, and maintainability. The Senior Application Developer will provide guidance to junior members on their team.

How you will contribute

• Participate actively in all phases of development, including research, design, coding, testing, and deployment.
• Participate in effort estimations and contribute to impact and risk assessments during early project stages.
• Ensure alignment with application modernization plans and architecture roadmaps.
• Ensure adherence to best practices, coding standards, and design principles across the team.
• Ability to work with various stakeholders to gather consensus and make informed decisions.

The experience you need

Skills and Attributes

• COBOL, DB2, IBM iSeries experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong technical skills and hands on development and production support experience with legacy mortgage administration systems.
• Experience and understanding of the mortgage lifecycle.
• Experience in the mortgage industry.
• Experience with Mortgage Administration Systems.
• Strong analysis/debugging skills to help remove blockers for the team.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and multitask effectively.

Education/Certification/Experience Requirements

• Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum 7+ years of experience in application development.
• Working knowledge of UML and other architecture modelling notations (class diagrams, sequence diagrams, use cases, etc.).
• Strong understanding of OOP concepts and frameworks.
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Nice to Have

• .NET, Angular, Blazor
• REST, SOA
• Entity Framework, MS SQL

Working Environment and Physical Demands Analysis

• Office environment
• Periods of high volume with tight timelines
• Long periods of stationary position/sitting
• Prolonged periods of repetitive movement (i.e. using a keyboard and mouse)
• Long periods of time in viewing a computer screen
• Multi-tasking may include speaking to customers on a telephone call while looking up information on a computer program.

Why join First National

• Competitive Compensation
• Comprehensive benefits program (i.e., Health Spending Account, Maternity and Parental Leave Top Up)
• Virtual work environment
• Extensive training programs to set our employees up for success
• Modern office environment conducive to collaboration
• Supportive teamwork culture
• Opportunities to give back to the communities and work through events focused on a variety of charities
• Ongoing social events throughout the year

The team you'll join

Founded in 1988, First National is one of Canada’s largest non-bank lenders. We provide residential mortgages exclusively through the mortgage broker channel and we are Canada’s largest commercial mortgage lender.

First National has been consistently recognized as a great place to work and we are proud that our employee engagement feedback is higher than our industry partners.

We would like to thank all applications for their interest in this existing vacancy but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

First National is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender identity, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation and any other category protected by law.

First National supports requests for accommodation from applicants with disabilities; please contact Human Resources at [e-mail] should you need an accommodation at any point in the recruitment process.

Artificial Intelligence is not used in our recruitment or hiring process for this role.