POSITION SUMMARY:

The Senior Programmer/ Analyst’s role is to define, develop, test, analyze, and maintain new software applications in support of the achievement of business requirements.

They are responsible for the end-to-end design and development of custom software, in accordance with HomeEquity Bank’s development methodologies, technologies, and guidelines including:

• Effort estimation and planning
• Design and development of front-end user experience
• Design and development of backend components, API’s and services.
• Database design and tuning.
• Effective testing, using automated techniques where available.
• Create technical documentation to ensure knowledge transfer.

MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE ROLE:

• Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery.
• Peer reviews and retrospectives to provide and receive feedback on the overall effectiveness of the team including:
• Defining and maintaining development standards
• Code refactoring
• Process Improvements
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
• Review completed tasks to ascertain compliance with standards.
• Troubleshooting technical problems and collaborating on potential resolutions.
• Researching and prototyping new technology and technical solutions.
• Keep up with trends in the constantly evolving information technology industry.
• Design and development of front-end user experience
• Assists tech leads and senior team members with software design tasks when required.
• Provides technical guidance and review to other team members by conducting technical walkthroughs.
• Keeps current on rapidly changing technological trends, self-teach new technologies and maintain an understanding of the Division’s business and technology strategies
• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget.
• Research and evaluate a variety of software products.
• Assist in the collection and documentation of user's requirements, development of user stories, estimates and work plans.
• Package and support deployment of releases.
• Effective testing, using automated techniques where available.
• Create technical documentation to ensure knowledge transfer.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Post-Secondary education in computer science or related discipline
• Related experience in software design and development.
• Exceptional ability to understand complex business processes and rules, with a demonstrated ability to provide simple technical solutions to support them.
• Exceptional analysis, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated excellent knowledge of core development patterns and best practices.
• Excellent knowledge of the Microsoft development stack:
• Visual Studio Professional 2017 +
• SQL server 2016
• .NET Framework
• C#
• MVC, WebAPI
• Report design with SSRS
• ETL using SSIS
• Excellent knowledge of web development technologies:
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• Responsive design
• Frameworks such as Bootstrap 3.0, bootgrid, jQuery, Select2, and Moments
• Excellent knowledge of testing methodologies including test automation using Visual Studio.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders, such as peers (technical and non-technical), business stakeholders, and third-party vendors.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize multiple responsibilities effectively to meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with project team members on complex development projects.
• Experience in the financial industry considered an asset.
• Experience with the following technology considered a strong asset:
• Salesforce 6 Administration, Apex and/or Lighting development
• CI/CD Azure Devops
• Google Big Query
• Python

Working Conditions Unique to Job:

• Standard office environment