Senior Full Stack Developer

First Resources Management Group; North Bay; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Excellent benefits

Job summary

First Resources Management Group in North Bay is seeking a Full Stack Developer to lead the development of a DaaS/SaaS geospatial platform. The role will involve working with our geomatics team to build applications that measure, monitor, and map forests sustainably.

Ideal candidates will have at least 2 years of experience with cloud-native technologies and a strong background in GIS frameworks. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience with cloud native applications.
• Ability to manage and implement security and data protection modes.
• Experience translating technical requirements from non-technical users.

Responsibilities

• Lead application development of a DaaS/SaaS geospatial platform.
• Serve as technical lead on geospatial web applications.
• Test, troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade software.

Skills

Experience with multi-tenant cloud native applications

Understanding of GIS frameworks

Proficiency in Python and Django

Familiarity with container-based development

Experience in software testing and debugging

Tools

GitHub

JIRA

Docker

AWS

Job description

FRMG is a leading geomatics company developing a DaaS/SaaS platform designed to deliver geospatial data to insurance, re‑insurance and catastrophic modelling sectors. We are looking for a full stack developer with some familiarity of geomatics software/processes. Our SkyForest division serves government and industry clients across Canada with its proprietary satellite technologies to measure, monitor and map forests, to ensure their sustainability and manage wildfires. Our Forest Carbon division monitors carbon sequestration to ensure organizations meet their ongoing commitments. We offer competitive salary and excellent benefits.

Job Description

Overall Requirements

• The Full Stack developer leads application development of a desktop and web app DaaS/SaaS geospatial platform working with our geomatics team.
• Experience in all phases of the software development lifecycle (analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance).
• 2+ years of experience working with multi‑tenant cloud native applications.
• Serve as technical lead on projects and enhancements related to custom geospatial web applications.
• Translates business requirements from non‑technical users into specialized geospatial desktop and web apps.
• Support continuous improvement by investigating new technologies.
• Contribute to all phases of the software development lifecycle in a team environment using project tracking tools such as GitHub or JIRA.
• Develop and manage well‑functioning databases and applications.
• Test, troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency.
• Manage and implement security and data protection modes.

Qualifications

Preferred Skills & Qualifications:

• Knowledge/experience with GIS frameworks such as OpenLayers, QGIS, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, GeoServer, GDAL/OGR, MapServer, Leaflet, Esri Leaflet, serverless GIS.
• Experience with installing, configuring, and using GeoServer.
• Design and development of web‑services to support modelling, data collection and data visualization objectives (Python, Django, Java, GDAL, QGIS).
• Knowledge/experience of WMS, WFS, WCS, WMTS and WPS web services of the OGC.
• Development of front‑end web applications to support the collection, dissemination, and visualization of map/environmental data to end users.
• Familiarity with container‑based software development and deployment (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, Laravel) is a plus.
• Experience working with cloud environments such as AWS EC2, EBS, S3, RDS, EKS and familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, Lambda etc.).
• Experience writing integrations with third‑party APIs and developing REST APIs.