Sr Application Developer : Toronto, ON Canada Onsite(Any office in Toronto)

Job Title : Sr Application Developer

Location : Toronto, ON Canada Onsite

Duration : Long Term

Contract

Job Description:

As a Senior Application Developer you will be working under minimal supervision on designing implementing and maintaining a complex ecosystem of business systems and applications

You will play a pivotal role in a diverse team of solution analysts developers and business representatives executing the plan designing developing testing and implementing solutions.

Job Responsibilities What you will do :

• You will design and develop complex application features and act as a technical lead for the successful completion of medium sized initiatives or parts of complex large sized initiatives
• Drive the delivery team and other stakeholders to analyze and produce the technical solution design ensuring alignment with business goals and standards and practices
• Create and maintain comprehensive solution design documentation ensuring clarity and alignment within the team
• Take ownership of the software development process from the structuring and review of functional and nonfunctional requirements in the form of user stories to work decomposition and delivery approach
• Identify and manage integrated systems data and existing implementation dependencies proactively addressing potential impacts on delivery
• Develop and configure software within existing enterprise frameworks and platforms while contributing to improvements to these frameworks and platforms and promoting agile methodologies and best practices
• Conduct peer design and code reviews ensuring the code is of high quality and adheres to Wawanesa standards Provide coaching and improvement suggestions to team members based on the code review and continuously update and enhance the coding standards
• Ensure high quality delivery through the creation and execution of automated tests while contributing improvements to testing frameworks and processes Support the delivery team in developing a cohesive Quality Assurance approach and reviewing test cases.

Qualifications :

• Completion of postsecondary degree or diploma in software development or equivalent experience
• Five years of practical experience performing an application development role specifically working on the Guidewire platform building and configuring software using current programming languages web services and databases
• Tools Software development tools including the use of Git Bitbucket TeamCity Jira Confluence are considered an asset
• Knowledge and experience in Insurance industry is considered an asset
• Experience working in an Agile environment and or large scale software development is considered an asset
• Demonstrated excellence in fostering teamwork and working with both internal and external groups to implement application designs with quality
• Detail oriented with analytical and problem solving skills to recognize and identify issues and take proper action to resolve them
• Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner with style fitting for the audience and message
• Strong planning and organizing skills with the ability to develop and implement plans by prioritizing and multitasking.
• Ideally the candidates would be Guidewire certified Associate or ACE As client is on Guidewire Cloud Mammoth version
• Ideally they would be based in Canada There is no preference in terms of location within Canada Where possible they would go to one of our office 2 times per week For GTA Toronto or other large cities we might be able to allow for exceptions based on travelling time