Senior Software Engineer

Insight Global; Southwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking an experienced full stack developer to design, develop, and troubleshoot software applications located in Southwestern Ontario. The candidate will work in an Agile environment, defining strategies and managing risks while ensuring optimal software performance.

The ideal applicant will have over 5 years of experience with REST APIs and familiarity with JCypress and jMeter for testing. This role involves ongoing system maintenance and contributions towards critical operational plans.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a full stack developer in an Agile environment.
• Strong experience with REST APIs.
• Familiarity with test frameworks such as jMeter and Cypress.

Responsibilities

• Design, execute, assess, and troubleshoot software programs and applications.
• Evaluate priorities, design goals, risks, options, and recommend approaches.
• Develop and review software programs, code, and unit tests.

Skills

Full stack development

REST APIs

Agile methodologies

jMeter

Cypress

Job description

This position is responsible for the design, execution, assessment, security, and troubleshooting of software programs and applications. This includes configuring, coding, developing, and documenting software specifications throughout the project life cycle. In addition, the Software Engineering stream provides day‑to‑day operations and production support, including off‑hours problem resolution of supported applications.

Strategy and Planning

• Evaluate priorities, design goals, risks, options, and compromises and recommend the most suitable approach.
• Familiar with architectural patterns that contribute to the production of secure, reliable, manageable, and high‑performance solutions.
• Perform architectural modelling to assist in determining solution efficacy.
• Perform estimating, prioritizing, planning, and coordinating of work to reliably and consistently deliver according to plan.

Acquisition and Deployment

• Direct research on emerging application development software products, languages, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.
• Perform detailed technical design of proposed solutions.
• Evaluate relevant risks and determine mitigation strategies.
• Identify requirements and manage the procurement process and vendor selection for new technologies.

Operational Management

• Develop and review software programs, code, and unit tests for new and existing applications and systems, ensuring functional and non‑functional requirements are met.
• Develop and maintain supporting documentation as required.
• Gather statistics and prepare and write reports on the status of the programming process for discussion with management and/or team members.
• Recommend, schedule, and perform software improvements and upgrades for optimal performance of company workstations.
• Perform troubleshooting and root cause analysis in support of incident and problem management. Recommend options to address identified issues.
• Participate in development, implementation, and maintenance of plans to ensure continuation of critical operations in the event of a disaster or interruption.
• Provide ongoing system maintenance and monitoring to ensure adherence to SLAs.

Required Skills and Experience

• 5+ years as a full stack developer in an Agile environment.
• Test frameworks such as jMeter and Cypress.
• Strong experience with REST APIs.

Nice to Have Skills and Experience

• Test frameworks such as jMeter and Cypress.

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