Software Engineer

Software Engineer

MCAP at a Glance

Joining MCAP means you will be a part of our diverse workforce of highly talented individuals who are recognized for their expertise and success! At MCAP, your professional expertise, commitment to teamwork and passion for service excellence are recognized and rewarded with competitive total rewards offering, a career with continuous learning and development (formal & informal training), and exciting opportunities in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment.

The Role

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

• Contributes to evaluation of design options and approach.
• Familiar with architectural patterns that contribute to the production of secure, reliable, manageable, and high-performance solutions.
• Contribute to architectural modelling to assist in determining solution efficacy.
• Performs estimating, prioritizing, planning of tasks to deliver according reliably and consistently to plan.
• Estimates feasibility of requests and negotiates on deliverables.

Acquisition and Deployment

• Conduct research as directed on emerging application development software products, languages, automation tools, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.
• Performs detailed technical design of proposed solutions for individual software components.
• Contributes to the determination of relevant risks and determines mitigation strategies.

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 software applications.
• Perform troubleshooting and root cause analysis in support of incident and problem management and recommend options to address identified issues.
• Participates in development, implementation, and maintenance of plans to ensure continuation of critical operations in the event of a disaster or interruption.
• Provides ongoing system maintenance and monitoring to ensure adherence to SLAs.

What You Bring To The Team

• 5 years relevant experience.
• Familiar with automated software engineering concepts including CI/CD and related processes used to streamline cycle time and improve product quality.
• Development of web-based applications and API services.
• Familiar with security principles and concepts such as AAA, OWASP.
• Experience with SQA/testing practices including functional, unit, and shift-left testing principles and methodologies.
• Familiar with the threat landscape as it relates to web-based applications and mitigation concepts and practices.
• Minimum knowledge of cloud native development practices and design patterns using private or public cloud providers required.
• Basic understanding of cloud patterns and infrastructure management using private or public cloud providers required.
• Strong competency in Agile methodology to drive collaborative and adaptive solution delivery in a fast-paced IT environment.
• Post-secondary degree or diploma in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.

Technical Skills

• Vue.js or any other UI libraries.
• Azure DevOps.
• JavaScript/Typescript.
• Node.js/Express.
• MS SQL Server.
• NoSQL (MongoDB).
• Message Brokers (RabbitMQ).
• Docker.
• Testing frameworks (jMeter, xUnit, Selenium).
• Postman.

If this sounds like you and you are looking to be a part of one of Canada’s largest independent mortgage finance companies, then we want to hear from you!

Be A Part Of Something Great

MCAP is Canada’s largest independent Mortgage Finance company with over $150 billion in assets under management providing mortgage solutions for residential and commercial properties. For over 35 years, MCAP originates, trades, securitizes and services mortgages in offices across Canada. MCAP originates residential mortgages exclusively through the mortgage broker channel as we believe that a professional mortgage broker is a consumer's best option and MCAP actively promotes the services of mortgage brokers across the country. MCAP is also a leader in the Canadian residential construction lending market with over 25 years in the business. Our teams of dedicated professionals serve a variety of developer, construction and lender clients across Canada.

Position #: req2022

Employment Status: Permanent Full Time

Location: Waterloo; Ontario

Number Of Openings: 1

Department: Information Technology

Internal Job Title: Software Engineer

The above information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in the position. It is not designated to contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

MCAP provides equal opportunities for all applicants and is committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees feel valued, respected and supported throughout the recruitment and employment process. If you require accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.