[Hiring] Intermediate Backend Developer @LifeWorks

Role Description

TELUS Health is empowering every person to live their healthiest life. Guided by our vision, we are leveraging the power of our leading edge technology and focusing on the uniqueness of each individual to create the future of health. As a global-leading health and well-being provider – encompassing physical, mental and financial health – TELUS Health is improving health outcomes for consumers, patients, healthcare professionals, employers and employees.

Join our team and what we'll accomplish together. Our Benefits Administration team is the backbone of how millions of Canadians access and manage their employee benefits. We maintain and evolve the platforms that serve some of Canada's large enterprises. Every day, our team configures customized benefits packages, processes client requests, and ensures seamless benefit experiences for millions of employees across the country.

We manage two platforms: Powerflex, our legacy system that powers critical client configurations, and ABL (Area Benefits LifeWorks), our modern, next-generation platform architecting the future of benefits administration. You'll work across both, maintaining stability in our proven systems while architecting the innovations that define tomorrow's platform.

What makes this team special: We value developers who own their work end-to-end. You won't just write code—you'll analyze tickets, understand business context, collaborate directly with stakeholders, implement solutions, and deploy them to production.

Your code powers how Canadian employees access their healthcare, dental, pension, and welfare benefits. You'll directly shape the systems millions of people rely on.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on backend development experience at an intermediate level or strong track record of proven technical growth.
• Strong expertise in C# and deep familiarity with the .NET 4.8 ecosystem.
• Advanced relational database skills with hands-on experience writing and optimizing T-SQL queries.
• Experience building and maintaining APIs and backend service layers in a production environment.
• Solid understanding of Object-Oriented Programming principles, design patterns, and best practices for maintainable code.
• Strong communication skills.
• Resourcefulness and initiative.

Requirements

• Own tickets end-to-end: Analyze issues, review relevant code, collaborate with business stakeholders for clarity, implement fixes, and deploy to production independently.
• Develop and optimize backend business logic using C# and .NET 4.8, with a focus on secure, maintainable code.
• Write, debug, and fine-tune complex T-SQL queries, stored procedures, and database schemas in SQL Server to support critical application features.
• Build and maintain APIs and backend service layers that reliably support the frontend team and downstream services.
• Participate actively in agile ceremonies (sprint planning, standups, retrospectives), work collaboratively with Business Analysts on user stories, and contribute to technical planning sessions.
• Engage in code reviews and technical discussions, sharing knowledge with teammates and learning from peers.
• Deploy features through our CI/CD pipeline, ensuring quality and reliability at every stage.

Benefits

• Comprehensive total rewards package highlighting competitive salary and bonus structures, minimum 3 weeks of vacation, and flexible benefits plan to meet the needs of you and your family.
• Flexibility to work in-office, virtually or a combination of both.
• Generous company matched pension.
• Opportunity to give back to communities in which we work, live and serve.
• Career growth and learning & development opportunities to develop your skills.
• And much more…

Company Description

We’re a people-focused, customer-first, purpose-driven team who works together every day to innovate and do good. We improve lives through our technology solutions and foster a culture of innovation that empowers team members to solve complex problems and create remarkable human outcomes in a digital world.

TELUS is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.