At Equitable, we believe work should be a place where you feel supported, inspired, and empowered to grow. In our caring and collaborative environment, your curiosity is encouraged, your passion is recognized, and your contributions truly matter. Together, we create meaningful impact, for our clients, our communities, and each other.
The Opportunity: At Equitable, we believe great things happen when we work together. We’re a Canadian mutual company driven by purpose - putting people first and helping Canadians protect today and prepare for tomorrow. If you’re passionate about making a difference and growing your career in an inclusive and collaborative environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Our culture is built on care, passion and curiosity. We put people above all else, strive to be our best and welcome new ideas to deliver positive outcomes.
This role will be part of a larger team developing and supporting application solutions for our Individual Insurance lines of business. Your activities will include designing, developing, documenting, testing, and implementing changes to our core systems while working closely with business and technology colleagues who collaborate with agility.
Join one of the region’s top employers and be part of something that truly makes a difference.
Work Arrangements: This is a hybrid role. You will work in our office in Waterloo, ON a minimum of two (2) assigned, consecutive days every other week, plus a fifth (5th) assigned day per month. You are welcome to work from the office more than the minimum requirement and there may be some roles that are required to work in our office more than the minimum requirement.
What you’ll do:
- Design, program and test high-performance, scalable applications and database solutions
- Work closely with product owners, business partners and platform gurus to build working applications to meet our business goals
- Investigate and solve production problems with minimal to no guidance
- Make recommendations when new technologies should be used
What you’ll bring:
- A strong technical background with at least 7 years of experience in:
- Cobol/Micro Focus Cobol (Required)
- Microsoft SQL Server and Transact SQL (Required)
- Ingenium (Required)
- GIT (would be an asset)
- To be highly motivated team player who is a strong individual contributor
- A laser-focus on achieving outcomes through regular releases of working software that is easy to maintain
- To continually improve delivery and release practices to deliver quality software and reduce cycle time of release
- Effective verbal and written communications, with an ability to effectively convey information, concepts, and ideas to others
- Degree or diploma in Computer Science or a related field
What’s in it for you:
- Career Growth: Regular learning sessions and development opportunities
- Total Rewards: Incentive pay, annual salary reviews, employer-paid benefits and pension matching
- Time Away: Competitive vacation plus one paid volunteer day each year
- Flexibility: Healthy work-life balance with employee wellness always top of mind, complemented by a “dress for your day” approach
We’re committed to fair pay and an inclusive, accessible hiring experience. If you need accommodations or alternative formats at any stage, just reach out to us at [email protected]. We’re happy to help.
If you’re selected to move forward, our Talent Acquisition team will walk you through all the details of our total rewards program, so you know exactly what’s included. This position is open and we are excited to find the right person to join our team. Your base pay will be based on your skills, qualifications, experience and education.
At Equitable, your resume will be reviewed by real people and all hiring decisions are made by our recruiters and hiring managers. AI tools may be used to support administrative and productivity tasks throughout the recruitment process, but we believe that evaluating experience, skills, and talent potential requires meaningful human interaction.
As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure and trusted workplace, candidates selected to move forward in the recruitment process will be required to complete a background screening in accordance with company policy.
Reports To: Technology Manager, Core Systems
Department: IT Individual Insurance
Term: Permanent Full-Time
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