Senior Systems Developer/Designer (Data Focus)

Municipal Property Assessment Corporation; Pickering; On-site; CAD 92,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation seeks a Senior Systems Developer/Designer focused on data to enhance operational effectiveness. You will leverage your extensive experience in programming and cloud technologies to resolve complex issues, collaborate with departments, and lead projects aligned with data integrity standards. Join an inclusive environment and contribute to community well-being through innovative IT solutions.

Benefits

Flexible work locations

Employee wellness support

Leadership support

Qualifications

• 5+ years of systems development experience.
• At least 2 years in a senior development role.
• Experience with Python, Groovy, and JavaScript technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design protocols to validate data integrity.
• Lead analysis of data issues during development.
• Mentor junior staff and provide senior-level technical advice.

Skills

Data analysis

Cloud computing

Programming patterns

SQL

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

AWS

Kubernetes

JSON Schema

Job description

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Location:

Pickering, ON, CA

Type of Position: Permanent ( Standard Req Only)

Number of Positions: 1

Salary Min: $92,209.00

Salary Max:

Description:

Do you want to be part of a team helping to strengthen every community across Ontario? Are you interested in seeing the importance of your work firsthand? Do you have a passion for big data and cloud computing – and know the benefit of using data to improve business practices?

Become aSenior Systems Developer/Designer (Data Focus)with MPAC

The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is made up of a team of experts who understand local communities and assess every property in Ontario. What we do provides the very foundation that municipalities use to base the property taxes needed to pay for the services we use every day.

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism

MPAC is committed to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism. We are taking important steps towards ensuring that all voices are respected, valued and being heard. MPAC is dedicated to fostering an environment where employees can bring their full, unique and authentic selves and are inspired to do their best work.

Our Information Technology team works closely with each department across the business to design, build and deliver innovative solutions that help make MPAC an international leader in the property assessment industry. The way we think about technology is different, and our teams are proud to share their knowledge and contribute to meaningful, technology-enabled success stories that enhance operational intelligence and customer service delivery. We tackle complex problems collaboratively in an agile environment, and are committed to ensuring MPAC technology is consistently available, scalable, performance-based and secure. We’re a group of forward-thinking and talented professionals who stay ahead of the game by using open source technology, cutting-edge cloud computing, advanced analytics and predictive and machine learning models.

Job Description

What makes you great for this role?

You are forward thinking and can provide technical leadership in data analysis, design, development, configuration and support services related to the inception, elaboration, construction and transition of a diverse range of IT solutions.

We have:

• A team of highly skilled, dedicated and collaborative staff
• Leadership that supports you
• An enterprise that embraces change
• A work environment that has flexible work locations (including remote), hours of work and overall employee wellness support

You have:

• A minimum of 5 years progressively responsible systems development experience and advanced knowledge of
  • Computer science concepts including programming patterns, data structure and algorithms
  • SQL, functions, and regular expressions for any relational database
  • Implementing software engineering best practice, such as continuous integration/continuous delivery, version control, documentation, and automated testing
  • Application design using software design patterns, web services, and messaging technologies
• At least 2 years of experience in a senior development capacity, analyzing, designing and developing/configuring applications utilizing one or more of the following technologies:
  • Python, Groovy, (+ for PostgreSQL, Amazon Web Services - Lambda functions and Elastic Search, Kubernetes), Drools rule engine
  • JavaScript, REACT, TypeScript, HTML and CSS, and RESTful APIs, JSON
• Demonstrated experience translating business requirements into IT solutions
• Experience with writing database stored procedures using PLSQL
• Experience with analyzing data from RESTful APIs
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical people

Nice to have:

• Certification earned or in progress in the above technologies
• Experience working with nested data structures in JSON and JSON Schema, including the ability to analyze and interpret these structures effectively
• Ability to analyze data and their patterns to capture consistency and integrity
• Ability le to test a rule script through a test API call

What you will do:

• Design protocols to validate data integrity and consistency to meet business/client needs
• Take a lead role in the analysis data issues during the application development process and life cycle
• Create prototypes or proof-of-concept efforts, ensuring quality attributes (performance, scalability, extensibility) are met
• Lead troubleshooting, diagnosis and solution recommendations for reported data incidents/problems based on script execution log or API response and carry out the technical activities associated with the deployment of the fixes
• Provide senior level technical advice and expertise regarding data requirements
• Coach and mentor junior staff
• Research technology, systems and products, recommending tools, techniques, standards and performance criteria ensuring compliance the Enterprise Architecture

Additional Information:

• Requisition ID: 2615
• Job Type: Union
• Closing Date: July 2, 2025

Ready to apply?

Please note, only applications submitted through the Applicant Tracking System will be accepted.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo a background verification with Mintz Global Screening. By applying to this job posting, you are providing your consent to MPAC to share your name, email address and phone number with Mintz, to conduct the criminal and driver abstract check and for Mintz to disclose the results to MPAC, should you be the successful incumbent.

MPAC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment where all employees and members of the public feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflect the diversity of the public and communities we serve.

Persons with disability who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may email their request [e-mail] .

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Please note that MPAC prohibits employees from holding a current/valid real estate license and successful applicants must at least suspend their real estate licenses during their period of employment at MPAC as outlined in our Employee Code of Conduct.

Job advertisements for positions that have been designated bilingual will be posted in both English and French on our website. Positions that are not designated bilingual are not translated and are only posted in English on the English version of our website.

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