Sr. Systems Developer (Operations & Support)

Why you’ll love working here:

• high-performance, people-focused culture

• our commitment that equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental to our work environment and business success, which helps employees feel valued and empowered to be their authentic selves

• learning and development initiatives, including workshops, Speaker Series events and access to LinkedIn Learning, that support employees’ career growth

• membership in HOOPP’s world class defined benefit pension plan, which can serve as an important part of your retirement security

• competitive, 100% company-paid extended health and dental benefits for permanent employees, including coverage supporting our team's diversity and mental health (e.g., gender affirmation, fertility and drug treatment, psychological support benefits of $2,500 per year, parental leave top-up, and a health spending account).

• optional post-retirement health and dental benefits subsidized at 50%

• yoga classes, meditation workshops, nutritional consultations, and wellness seminars

• the opportunity to make a difference and help take care of those who care for us, by providing a financially secure retirement for Ontario healthcare workers

Job Summary:

The IT Investment Solutions Group at HOOPP (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan) is looking for a permanent, fulltime Sr. Systems Developer to holistically support HOOPP Investment activities.

Reporting to the Sr. Manager, DevOps, the Sr. Systems Developer will support the day to day operations and enhancements of applications that drive HOOPP's investment activities. The Sr. Systems Developer will work on bug fixes, code development as well as architecture and design.

You will work with a team that is focused on delivering true customer value in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. They value challenging the status quo, innovative solutions, team collaboration and practicality.

What you will do:

• Interface with internal business partners to manage technical operations, triage and fix operational issues.

• Work closely with your product owner(s) and business users to understand business problems, and design cost effective solutions.

• Participate in design sessions, code reviews, and support the community of developers on the team

• Develop standards, patterns, and practices to improve the craft of software development in the department

• Negotiate system architecture with other development teams for projects spanning many systems

• Actively participate in Agile Scrum practices such as providing input to the team product roadmap, daily standups, backlog refinement, planning and sprint retrospectives

• Contribute during design and planning meetings, write wiki articles and participate in issue and team retrospectives

• Provide technical coaching and mentorship in conjunction with team development lead

• Create a safe, supportive and participatory environment that produces ongoing mutual respect

• Ask powerful questions, create awareness and guide individuals and groups in exploring options and deciding what to do

• Design, build, and support new features and participate in issue resolution across our entire software stack

• Prioritize technical improvements to create sustainable software

• Support occasional weekend updates and afterhours deployment.

• Diagnose production issues spanning multiple systems and technologies and work with associated team to resolve those issues

Who you are:

• 7+ years of backend development experience using C# (.NET Framework and .NET Core) and/or Java/Kotlin, and SQL.

• Experience in frontend development is considered an asset.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to lead and take end-to-end ownership.

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to think critically and creatively to develop long-term, resilient solutions

• Ability to quickly learn, evaluate, and apply new technologies with a strategic, big-picture mindset.

• Excellent knowledge of software development and enterprise design patterns

• Understanding of Object-Oriented programming concepts

• Experience in designing and building microservice-based enterprise-level applications from ground up

• Experience with Cloud Based infrastructure products, preferably AWS.

• Practical experience with Redis, SNS/SQS, Kubernetes, Docker, as well as exposure to GraphQL, Angular.

• Experience with Applications for front and back office for investment & accounting activities in Public Equities, FX, Cash management, and Collateral management is an asset.

• Experience with DevOps work would be considered an asset.