Senior Software Developer, Data Acquisition Products

Canadian Institute for Health Information; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A health information organization in Toronto is seeking a Senior Developer to define and develop system solutions. The candidate will work with technologies such as Java, Spring, and AWS, engaging closely with business partners to enhance information systems. This role emphasizes teamwork and offers exposure to exciting initiatives including cloud migration and data science projects.

Benefits

HOOPP Pension Plan

Generous vacation days

Work-life balance

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Java development for web-based environments.
• Knowledge of automated testing and DevOps is a plus.
• Strong understanding of user and business requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop information systems including design, coding, and testing.
• Work closely with business partners for system enhancements.
• Manage operational tasks related to incident troubleshooting.

Skills

Java

Spring

Spring Boot

Maven

REST

SQL

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Git

Education

University Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

CICD tools

Linux

Windows

Job description

Overview

At CIHI, we recognize what matters to our employees.

Some of the benefits of working at CIHI include

• HOOPP Pension Plan (Defined Benefits Pension)
• Retirement Planning Program
• Generous vacation days for permanent and long-term contracts
• Work-life balance
• Career Planning Program
• Learning and Professional Development Program
• Flexible benefits program from your first day on the job for permanent and long-term contracts

Role and impact

Why is this role important?

As a Senior Developer in the ITS Product Delivery branch, you will be working on defining system solutions to acquire and share data and develop information and analyses to CIHI’s clients and stakeholders. CIHI is embarking on a few exciting initiatives like migration to Cloud, defining a new set of tools to support development of system solutions, implementing Agile delivery approach, implementing a Data Science environment to support advance analytics, and others. The Senior Developer role in ITS is instrumental in operating, maintaining and developing system solutions in current technologies as well as supporting and enabling initiatives on new platforms, technologies and services as opportunities arise.

What you'll do

1. Work as part of technical teams, to develop information systems, which may include the full range of requirements and feasibility analysis, design, coding, testing, quality assurance, implementation, and documentation, as well as day-to-day application maintenance and end-user support.
2. Work closely with business partners, develop business processes knowledge and maintain ongoing contact, to ensure satisfaction by meeting their needs through information systems development, enhancements, and integrations.
3. On a rotation mode, execute the operational tasks related to incident troubleshooting and correction and scheduled product releases, and work on optimizing and automating these tasks to reduce operational effort.
4. Analyze software deficiencies / problems and change requests, implementing the changes within the production systems. May be required to oversee and ensure timely implementation of the changes for the technical team.
5. Develop, modify, and execute test plans, using automation to improve testing coverage and reduce effort.
6. Ensure the correct testing and sign-off procedures as part of CIHI’s quality assurance review.
7. Ensure the promotion and implementation of applications in accordance with departmental change management processes.
8. Participate in the planning, development, and delivery of end user training.

What you'll bring to the table

• University Degree or equivalent education / experience in Computer Science, Mathematics or related discipline.
• Proven experience with Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Maven, REST, XML, HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, SQL, RDBMS (Oracle), Python, JBOSS, Linux / Windows, and Git.
• Experience as a Java Developer, developing technical solutions for a web based environment.
• Knowledge and experience with CICD and AWS environment, tools and services are definite assets.
• Knowledge and experience with automated testing and DevOps are definite assets.
• Ability to understand and prioritize user and business requirements, and to conceptualize information processing solutions in response to them.
• Ability to plan and coordinate workload effectively, including managing and prioritizing multiple tasks.
• Strong team player with a client / user orientation.