Sr. Systems Developer - IQA Project (18 month contract)

Why you’ll love working here:

• high-performance, people-focused culture

• our commitment that equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental to our work environment and business success, which helps employees feel valued and empowered to be their authentic selves

• learning and development initiatives, including workshops, Speaker Series events and access to LinkedIn Learning, that support employees’ career growth

• membership in HOOPP’s world class defined benefit pension plan, which can serve as an important part of your retirement security

• competitive, 100% company-paid extended health and dental benefits for permanent employees, including coverage supporting our team's diversity and mental health (e.g., gender affirmation, fertility and drug treatment, psychological support benefits of $2,500 per year, parental leave top-up, and a health spending account).

• optional post-retirement health and dental benefits subsidized at 50%

• yoga classes, meditation workshops, nutritional consultations, and wellness seminars

• the opportunity to make a difference and help take care of those who care for us, by providing a financially secure retirement for Ontario healthcare workers

Job Summary

Are you a bold, quick-thinking and driven individual seeking the growth and challenge that comes from working with collaborative teams for a dynamic company? Are you intrinsically passionate as a change agent, influencer of growth and have the desire to “move the needle?”

If you feel satisfaction at seeing your team’s ideas and dreams become reality and answered yes to any of these questions, we want to hear from you!

The Pension Solutions Group at HOOPP (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan) is looking for an experienced individual to fill a Temporary, Sr. Systems Developer role to support an 18-month project.

The group’s principles are focused on delivering true customer value in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. They value challenging the status quo, innovative solutions, team collaboration and practicality.

What you will do:

• Design and implement automated test frameworks using C# and Playwright, integrated within the CI/CD pipeline to ensure builds of the Insight platform align with business requirements, to validate software functionality.

• Actively engage in architecture and design discussions, participate in code reviews, and provide mentorship and guidance to the developer community within the team.

• Analyze and enhance the infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and integration of platform components, while being proficient in troubleshooting and optimizing these systems.

• Apply the latest techniques and best practices in test automation, such as data-driven testing, behavior driven development and other design patterns to increase test coverage, efficiency and scalability.

• Oversee and contribute to the creation and maintenance of test data, environments, and scenarios required for automated testing workflows.

• Refine and enforce current standards, patterns, and best practices for test automation development by evaluating and providing strategic feedback on tools, processes, and methodologies, to elevate the team's technical maturity.

• Participate and contribute to the team product roadmap planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, planning and sprint retrospectives.

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship, guiding developers to improve their automation skills and expand their technical capabilities. Fostering collaboration and inclusion.

• Ask powerful questions, create awareness and guidance in the decision-making and exploring potential solutions.

• Continuously evaluate and rapidly incorporate new technologies and concepts to keep the team at the forefront of the field.

Who you are:

• 7+ combined years of experience in both frontend and backend development with focus on test automation

• Preferred experience with Playwright, XUnitMSTest or Selenium

• University degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field

• Strong analytical skills and communication skills, with an ability to lead and take end-to-end ownership

• Excellent knowledge of software development and enterprise design patterns

• Understanding of Object-Oriented programming concepts

• Superior proficiency in C# (.NET Framework and .NET Core), JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, React/Redux

• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, Azure, .Net

• Understanding of Quality Assurance methodologies and best practices 

• Prior experience PowerShell Scripting would be considered an asset 

• Prior experience with Spec Flow would be considered an asset for behavior driven development 

• Mathematical aptitude and strong problem-solving skills 

• Accuracy and attention to detail 

• Self-development skills to keep up to date with fast-changing trends and building knowledge on the Insight product, the business, and our release processes 

• Extremely organized with strong time-management skills.