Position Title: Senior Software Developer, Digital Development (Telework/Hybrid)
Status of Employment:Contractee Long-Term (Fixed Term)
Position Language Requirement:English, French
Language Skills:English (Reading), English (Speaking), English (Writing), French (Reading), French (Speaking), French (Writing)
Unposting Date: 2026-08-07 11:59 PM
This is a one-year contract.This role is a hybrid work arrangement. Work schedule to be discussed with the Hiring Manager according to the guidelines defined by the department.
How you will make an impact:Full-Stack Development- Design, build and maintain scalable frontend and backend applications powering our Real-time Content Analytics platform.
- Build and maintain backend APIs and services using Python, Flask and GraphQL.
- Develop modern web experiences using JavaScript, React, and D3.
- Develop and optimize data access patterns and integrations with Google BigQuery and related cloud services.
- Improve application performance, scalability and reliability across frontend and backend systems.
- Contribute to the maintenance of authentication and authorization workflows.
Platform Modernization & Optimization- Help address technical debt and modernize platform architecture and dependencies.
- Improve real-time data processing and analytical insights delivery.
- Optimize frontend state management, data rendering and caching strategies for analytics-heavy workflows.
- Improve backend service efficiency, API performance and data handling patterns.
- Support scalability initiatives for new audience analytics and demographic insight features.
Observability, Quality & Reliability- Improve application observability using OpenTelemetry and GCP tracing tools.
- Expand automated testing coverage across frontend and backend systems.
- Contribute to CI/CD implementation and deployment automation practices.
- Improve development workflows, deployment reliability and operational tooling.
- Participate in incident investigation, debugging and production support as needed.
Technical Collaboration- Partner closely with product manager, ATL, and cross-functional engineering teams.
- Help shape technical direction, engineering standards and development best practices.
- Mentor developers through collaboration, code reviews, pair programming and knowledge sharing.
- Contribute to Agile planning, technical discovery and iterative product delivery.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate analytical and product requirements into scalable technical solutions.
What you bring to our team:Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Development or a related field - or an equivalent combination of practical experience, professional work and technical training.
Technical Experience:- 4+ years of professional software development experience, including experience in a senior or technical leadership capacity.
- Extensive backend development experience using Python and Flask (or related micro-framework such as FastAPI or Sanic).
- Expertise in Python and Javascript.
- Strong experience building modern frontend applications using React.
- Experience with frontend tooling and frameworks such as React Router, Vite, MUI, Emotion and D3 or similar visualization libraries.
- Experience building and maintaining APIs using GraphQL.
- Experience working with cloud platforms and services, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Experience building and maintaining automated test suites using tools such as Vitest, Testing Library, Playwright and pytest.
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Bitbucket pipelines, Google Cloud CLI), deployment automation, and modern development workflows.
- Familiarity with YAML-based configuration and shell scripting for operational tooling and deployments.
- Experience optimizing application performance, scalability and reliability in production systems.
Nice to Have:- Experience with Google App Engine and Firebase.
- Experience with Firebase Authentication, and/or JWT.
- Experience working on analytics, audience measurement or data visualization platforms.
- Experience building products with real-time or near real-time data requirements.
- Knowledge of media, streaming or digital publishing environments.
Soft Skills:- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor developers and contribute to a healthy engineering culture.
- Strong problem-solving and systems-thinking mindset.
- Comfortable working in Agile, cross-functional teams with iterative delivery practices.
- Passionate about continuous learning, experimentation and improving engineering practices.
This position will not be filled until consideration has been made by the CBC/Radio-Canada / APS Workforce Adjustment Committee.Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.
We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Primary Location:Broadcast Centre 205 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7
Number of Openings:1
Work Schedule:Full time
