Software Developer - Full Stack - Senior (ESRI/GIS)

Job Title: Software Developer - Full Stack – Senior (ESRI/GIS)

Location: Toronto

Work Model: Onsite

Duration: 4 months

Must Haves

• 10+ years of programming and development experience in Java and/or Angular
• Development tools with emphasis on technical skills listed below

Description / Responsibilities / Skills

Developer – Project Summary

• The AFFES Portfolio Team—which includes Business Analysts, Developers, Business Area Leads, and a Team Lead—is seeking an experienced ESRI/GIS Developer to support migrating our existing GeoCortex mapping application to the VertiGIS platform.
• The goal is to have 90% of the application migrated and functional by April 1, 2026, ahead of the fire season.
• Migrating existing tools and features from GeoCortex to VertiGIS Studio
• Adding new functionality for the 2026 fire season, including an hourly Fire Weather Index (FWI) layer with interpolation
• Collaborating with the team to design, build, and deploy web-based GIS tools tailored to operational needs

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and continuously expand data pipelines by performing extraction, transformation, and loading activities.
• Required to translate technical systems specifications into working, tested applications.
• Resolves and troubleshoots technical problems which arise during the use and operation of software packages
• Knowledge and experience with the design and construction of REST API services
• Knowledge and experience in design and implementation of continuous integration and deployment

Experience & Skill Set Requirements

Desirable Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to work independently
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with the project team to meet goals and objectives
• Knowledge of MNRF-AFFES division service offerings

Data Analysis and Design - 25%

• Experience conceiving, reviewing, and implementing design changes
• Experience analyzing data records, diagnosing, and resolving issues

Technical - 30%

• Demonstrated experience developing Java applications based on:
• Liberty
• Spring
• JPA2.1 implementations, e.g. Hibernate 3.6, Eclipse Link 2.5 etc.,
• JAX-RS 2.0, JDBC 4.1
• Windows Exchange Web Services (EWS) API
• Websocket 1.1
• Angular JS
• Demonstrated experience with Oracle database
• Developing database scripts
• Database design
• Data modelling

Accessibility - 10%

• Experience developing and designing intuitive, simple to use interfaces
• Experience developing and coding web UI components that are compliant with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (WCAG 2.0 LEVEL AA)

Public Sector Experience - 5%

• Experience working with the OPS with a track record of delivering value