[Hiring] Software Developer / Senior Software Developer @THE EMPIRE LIFE INS. CO

Role Description

Empire Life is looking to hire a Software Developer or Senior Software Developer - Perl to join our Development team! The Software Developer is an intermediate to senior software developer of web-based applications and application program interfaces (API’s) with additional skills and experience in DevOps.

• Contribute to the full design and development cycle of applications and API’s from Proof of Concept to production.
• Software development (“coding”) of high quality, production-ready applications and API’s.
• Lead the delivery of new and existing applications and services to production while working with the infrastructure, security, and operations teams (aka DevOps).
• Contribute to automated testing with unit, functional, and behavioral testing.
• Proactively work with internal network and security teams to monitor applicable applications and services.
• Troubleshoot problems and ensure resolution of issues.
• Research and investigate improvements; analyze and provide findings and recommendations to management.
• Enable the team to achieve success beyond their individual capabilities.
• Provide technical expertise from experience.
• Mentor teammates, facilitate the solving of challenging problems, and make difficult decisions.
• Contribute to architecture design while collaborating with the Solution Architecture team.
• Contribute to process improvements while using data-driven decision making.
• Follow and proactively respond to technology and industry changes which impact our business.
• This position may require you to work outside of business hours on occasion.

Qualifications

• 5+ years working experience, 2-3 years of which within the Perl programming language within a web setting.
• Good knowledge of shell scripting like Bash and other Linux command line tools.
• Excellent knowledge of SQL and working with open source DBs like Postgres or MySQL.
• Experience working with a legacy application including Apache CGI (common gateway interface) approach to building dynamic web applications.
• Strong ability to help document and diagram an existing legacy code base.
• Demonstrated capability to manage all forms of stakeholder and client communication, lead discussions with technical and business teams.
• Ability to think logically, analyze and solve problems, prioritize multiple tasks and projects, and to pivot effectively to meet challenges.
• Ability to work independently and as a team member.
• Knowledge and experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) including Github Actions.
• Web security with OAuth2.
• Experience with different types of testing: automated testing (unit, functional, and behavioral testing).
• Load testing applications to ensure acceptable performance according to agreed upon SLAs.
• Strong experience with programming language and framework proficiency in Python (Django framework), Node.js, Javascript, Java, React.js, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience with Database schema design, REST API, and SQL query development.
• Knowledge of message buses such as Google Pub/Sub and Kafka.
• Strong experience with event-driven programming with Kafka or equivalent.
• Documentation of delivered software with architectural decision records (ADR’s) and OpenAPI specifications.
• Experience working in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Google AppEngine, CloudSQL Pub/Sub, and Cloud Functions.
• Kubernetes deployments.
• Terraform for managing configuration.
• Experience with agile development methodologies (e.g. Scrum) and related platforms (Jira) an asset.
• Completion of a University degree, college diploma, technical training, and/or equivalent experience.

Requirements

• If you are applying for a position which is open to applicants across Canada, language proficiency in English is required for communicating with customers, advisors, or employees across Canada.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries with annual pay increases.
• Annual bonus program, which recognizes both strong company performance and individual contributions, for non-sales positions.
• Competitive uncapped commission, for sales positions.
• A comprehensive employer-funded benefits package starting from day one of employment, that includes life insurance, disability, health and dental, and a generous health account.
• Flexible work arrangements and an annual allotment of personal health days.
• Four weeks annual vacation from hire date.
• A defined contribution pension plan with generous employer matching.
• Top up programs for parental leave and compassionate leave.
• Employer-sponsored wellness and recognition programs.
• A cash employee referral program.