Position Title: Senior Technology Specialist, Core Systems Developer

Reports To: Senior Technology Manager

Department: IT Savings & Retirement

Term: Permanent Full-Time

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.

The Opportunity: Looking for an exciting and challenging career opportunity as a Senior Developer? Look no further!

Put your knowledge of the latest technologies to work creating solutions to some of the insurance and investments industry's toughest challenges. Work in a team to understand business needs and build innovative responses to today's problems and tomorrow's opportunities.

We work using a wide variety of primarily Microsoft tools including APIM, Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus, .NET framework, .NET 6/7, SQL Server and other technologies. Your work will be part of changing the way Equitable helps clients get the help they need when they need it most.

Now is an exciting time to join one of the Waterloo Area's Top Employer for 2025 and Southwestern Ontario's Top Employers for 2024!

What you will be doing:

• Be a part of a team of developers to create and enhance a wide range of solutions using a variety of technologies
• Recommend and implement system designs based on long-term IT organization strategy
• Provide technical and practice leadership, to continuously evolve the capabilities and technologies that enable continuous delivery of shared infrastructure systems
• Work closely with business and systems analysts, and QA to develop alternative solutions to meet business needs
• Analyze production system problems and recommend solutions
• Investigate and solve production problems
• Research and recommend technologies to the team and management to help keep our tech stack up-to-date
• Participate in an IT-On Call rotation

What you will bring:

• Willingness and ability to learn new ways of working and different technologies
• Proficiency in C# .Net with at least 5 years of relevant experience
• Proficiency in Azure DevOps, Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus, Azure SQL with at least 3 years experience
• Solid knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and Transact SQL with at least 2 years of relevant experience
• Experience with SOAP and/or RESTful services
• High motivation to be a team player and ability to be a strong individual contributor
• Effective verbal and written communications, with an ability to effectively convey information, concepts, and ideas to others
• Hands on experience using testing frameworks (ie. NUnit, etc.) is an asset
• Degree or diploma in Computer Science or a related field
• Nice to haves: Bicep, React, Unitrax, ExStream, Active Batch, Ingenium

What's in it for you:

• A healthy work-life balance with employee wellness top of mind
• Annual bonus program, annual vacation allowance, and company-paid benefits program
• An additional paid volunteer day each year so you can spend time giving back to the community
• Immediate enrollment in the company's pension program with employer matching
• Employee resource groups that support an inclusive work environment
• Tuition support and specialized program assistance
• An onsite full-service cafeteria with a variety of daily options
• A company subsidized cafeteria with a variety of daily options
• Discounts on company products and services, and access to exclusive employee perks
• Regular EQ Together events focused on company togetherness and collaboration

As part of the recruitment/offer process you will be required to:

• Provide two professional references (minimum one supervisor and above)
• Undergo a criminal background check