Description

Position Description:

This role is hybrid and requires you to be in Toronto Downtown. One day a week and last Friday of the Month – subject to change at any time.

“Senior Developer” (.Net)

CGI is a global business and technology service provider with $11.5B in revenues. CGI is on a mission to help financial services organizations focus on servicing their clients. CGI supports 15 of the top 20 banks worldwide and our top 10 banking clients have worked with us for 26 years on average. Our clients have seen the value and commitment we bring through our products. This is why nearly $1.6 trillion in assets managed through CGI’s portfolio management, investment fund and asset management solutions.

You will be joining our consulting organization at pivotal point. Over the next 18 months, we will intensely help our client build out a regulatory product and an AML product. We have ambitious growth plans and are looking for motivated people to join us.
As a Senior developer, you will be given the tools to create great software, but it’ll be up to you to make it happen. As an experienced developer, you will be expected to mentor our junior developers.

What will you do?

Diagnose. Be curious, learn from others – peers, development team, and management, and understand what we have built and how we have built it. Identify what we do well and what we can do better.

Build. Help solve complex problems working with your team. Develop solutions that are fast and scalable. Automate testing for what you built.

Mentor. Help your team get better. Work with junior developers to improve their contribution to the team. Build a sense of community.

Who are you?

Quality first. You believe quality is into every step of the development cycle, not bolted on at the end. You believe in automating as much as possible. You believe we should be open-minded and logic should prevail where the best solution given constraints wins.
Team player. You believe a strong team will achieve more than a few heroes. You believe humility is strength and that no one, including yourself, is above any task to achieve a team goal. You try to foster an environment in which teammates can constructively challenge anyone for the betterment of the team.

Continuous learner. You are open-minded and are excited about being challenged and solving complex problems. You can empathize with and mentor junior developers to achieve engineering excellence. You get excited at the opportunity to work on new technologies and solving new and complex problems.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Deliver maintainable, testable and reusable production quality code in a corporate financial environment using Agile development practices  

• Design and develop market leading solutions by combining technical skills with a solid understanding of business goals

• Produce scripts/scripting to integrate with team’s automated process and tooling for build/deploy

• Work directly with business units to make modifications to existing features and build new prototypes/solutions

• Uses expertise to solve highly complex defects and issues

• Optimize application performance and stability by identifying, investigating, and resolving problems ahead of time

• Visualizes, articulates, and conceptualizes solutions to other team members and clients

• Experience with React/React Native, REACT UI library, .NET 4.5+, .NET Core, C#, SQL server, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Service Oriented Architecture, MVC3, ADF Data bricks, C # core , Azure and Web APIs required

• Design and creation of relational database schemas and SQL queries preferred

• Responsible for highly complex system analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation

• Consistently finds and delivers new ways to develop and improve processes and technology

• Perform additional duties as assigned

• Act as a primary contact for development queries and concerns from users

• Perform all responsibilities in accordance with CGI and our Client’s Core Competencies

• Ensures the (external or internal) client’s perspective is a driving force behind their decisions and actions

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related engineering field required. Advanced degree preferred

• 8 to 10 years of Software Development experience required

• Experience collaborating with multiple teams, including business unit teams, to deliver solutions through all aspects of the SDLC required

• High proficiency with full stack development skills including UI, web, middle-tier, and database required

• Experience with React/React Native, .NET 4.5+, .NET Core, C#, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Service Oriented Architecture, ADF Data bricks, C # core , Azure , MVC, and Web APIs required
Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies required

• SQL database schema design experience required

• Proven ability to stay current with emerging technologies as well as with new applications of existing technologies through work experience, academics, or self-study required

• Highly proficient with full stack of development skills; including UI, web and middle tier services, and DBMS software development required

• Strong knowledge of secure coding standards and best practices required

• Up to date knowledge of design and development tools required

• Experience with Git version control preferred

• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery required

• 2 years financial services experience, CFA charter or CFA Investment Foundations certificate, or relevant degree preferred

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to interface with all domains and seniority levels in the organization

• Ability to communicate clearly and build trusted relationships with others

• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery required

• Experience in Test Driven Development concepts, methods and tools required

• Experience with automating standard IT functions like builds and deployments required

• Experience with source control models and processes required

• Experience with performance tuning is preferred

• Demonstrated ability to take on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency and enthusiasm

Nice to have :
Experience working in Java projects
Experience working in cloud environments (Azure)
Capital Markets Regulatory business domain knowledge
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Skills:

  • .NET
  • C#
  • Code Review
  • Code Review
  • Database Design
  • Financial Services
  • GitHub
  • Performance/Stress Testing
  • Software Architecture
  • Software Design Patterns

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

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