Application Developer Jobs

JOB TITLE: Application Developer

DEPARTMENT: Software Development

REPORTS TO: Manager, Software Development

LOCATION: Head Office - 351 King Street East, Toronto

TRAVEL REQUIREMENT:

Up to 10%, other than regular commute to the office of employment. Travel between Employee’s residence and office of employment does not qualify for reimbursement.

SUMMARY

Responsible for developing and deploying both web and mobile applications in a professional manner with incredible attention to details, problem solving skills and the ability to multi-task.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

· Develop and deploy both front end and back-end applications using PHP, Javascript, HTML and PostgreSQL

· Develop and deploy mobile applications for iOS, iPadOS and Android platform.

· Responsible for providing hands-on architectural design for native iOS applications.

• Stay up to date with the latest advancements in iOS development and technologies.
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.

· Collaborate with UX designers to deliver the best possible audience experience.

· Effectively report to Senior Developers and work well with other non-technical personnel

· Must be willing to participate as needed in various ongoing projects. Job requirements are subject to change from time to time according to project requirements and the challenges of the organization.

· Opportunity exists to take a lead role in new projects.

· Other duties as assigned.

COMMUNICATION/INFLUENCING OTHERS (Contacts)

This role will be interacting daily with colleagues across all departments.

CUSTOMER SERVICE

This position entails customer service to all departments by ensuring user needs are met through the deployment and updates of web and mobile applications.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (Education, Experience, Knowledge & Skills)

· Strong written and verbal communication skills

· Must be able and willing to document code changes.

· Good organizational skills

· Ability to work independently, self-starter.

· Must be able to collaborate with a team or other departments.

· 3+ years PHP & SQL experience

· 5+ years of iOS/iPadOS experience

· Strong design and coding skills (Swift/Objective-C/Xcode/SwiftUI/UIKit/Android SDK)

· A solid grasp of fundamental algorithms and mobile applications

· In depth knowledge of regular expressions

· Must be comfortable in a Unix shell environment.

· Extensive experience with HTML, CSS and Javascript

· Beneficial Qualifications

· Ability to program shell scripts (bash, awk, sed etc)

· Knowledge of XML

· Experience with image manipulation with server-side tools like ImageMagick, manipulating/creating PNG’s, image maps/hot spots.

· Preferred experience/training with object-oriented languages like C++

· Experience with desktop image manipulation using Photoshop, GIMP, etc

· Experience with 1 or more of the following an asset: jquery, bootstrap, handlebar, sass.

· Should have experience with 1 or more revision control systems, experience with Gitlab an asset.

· Education

· Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering, College Programming degree in web and mobile application development, or equivalent industry experience

SUPERVISION & BUDGET AUTHORITY

· This position has no supervisory authority.

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

· Office environment – sitting/working at a desk/computer in a shared office space and/or remotely.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Manual dexterity is needed to operate a keyboard and mouse.
• Sitting at computer 90% of the time
• Work under pressure in a fast-paced environment is critical to success in this role.