Full Stack Developer

About us:

The Enterprise Applications and Solutions Integration (EASI) department within the Chief Information Officer's (CIO) Division is a central department responsible for all matters pertaining to the development, maintenance and effectiveness of the core administrative management and student systems at the U of T. Included within these responsibilities are all central SAP systems, such as Financial Services, Human Resources, Research Administration and Procurement; the central U of T Student Information System (ROSI); approximately 40 related vendor and specialized web applications, and Document Management applications.

Your opportunity:

Under the general direction of the Student Information Systems (SIS) Manager, Core System Products, you will be part of a dynamic, collaborative and innovative team focused on delivering transformational technology solutions to the University. Through your efforts in this position, you will directly help improve the University's administrative management and student systems. You will work in cross-functional teams with developers, analysts, designers and stakeholders on existing and new products using established methodologies, including Agile. You will participate in all stages of the product life cycle including requirement elicitation, design, development, testing, and implementation and be responsible for producing high quality code. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining and supporting the university's core student information system, including the student degree planning application. Additionally, you will actively participate in a transformation program aimed at modernizing the legacy student information system. You will work closely with managers, senior stakeholders and team leads. You may also be involved in work with associated systems in the Student Information Systems group.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Evaluating programming code to ensure it has validity, compatibility, and that it meets appropriate standards
• Analyzing, recommending, documenting, and designing technical solutions for highly complex IT problems
• Designing, testing, and modifying programming code
• Analyzing programming solutions to ensure compliance with best practices, industry standards, and securing coding standards
• Analyzing and making recommendations for programming enhancements
• Assessing and determining feasibility of programming requests and requirements
• Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues
• Keeping well-informed on current technologies, best practices and industry standards

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science or acceptable equivalent of education and experience.
• Minimum five years relevant experience in full stack application development; Java and Angular experience is required.
• Minimum five years working with Java applications, including REST API development and OAuth 2.
• Minimum five years building front end applications using Angular, JavaScript, Typescript, Angular 13+, HTML5 and CSS.
• Experience building Java web applications/APIs: Java Web Services, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Junit, JPA/Hibernate, maven and gradle
• Experience working in a development team environment using git, code reviews and pull requests.
• Experience building applications that are secure, performant and maintainable.
• Experience building web responsive applications that are AODA compliant.
• Proficient in SQL and noSQL: Demonstrated expertise in writing complex queries, optimizing database performance, and managing relational and non-relational databases
• Experience working in cross functional development and implementation teams including developers, user experience designers, business analysts and business owners/stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams in highly complex projects.
• Experience developing applications/solutions for cloud environments (including Azure).
• Demonstrated ability to work within tight timelines; ability to problem-solve technical issues, exercise good judgment, ability to work effectively independently as part of a team.
• Excellent client service skills, ability to communicate effectively and accurately both orally and in writing, including the ability to communicate technical concepts to persons with limited technical backgrounds.

Assets (Nonessential):

• Familiarity with Azure Dev Ops or other project and task management applications.
• Familiarity with Agile development processes.
• Familiarity with JSP.
• Familiarity with building applications for Azure.
• Familiarity with Azure Data Factory.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Adaptable
• Cooperative
• Goal oriented
• Motivated self-learner
• Multi-tasker
• Problem solver

Closing Date: 03/04/2025, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 16 -- $101,539. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $129,851. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Information Technology (IT)
Recruiter: Khristen Sivaramalingam

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.