Senior Software Developer

Winnipeg, MB Full-time

Doing business to business, person to person. Payworks is a leading workforce management solutions provider and multi-year winner of the Canada’s Best Managed Companies program. We are proud to be Canadian owned and operated as well as committed to developing world-class products and providing a progressive workplace culture where Doing Right by People is our purpose.

With clients of all sizes from coast to coast and more than 600 employees, we currently have an exciting opportunity on our Development team for the right candidate. Because when it comes to great people, there’s always room for one more.

DOING RIGHT BY PEOPLE – IT’S WHAT WE DO

Payworks develops proprietary, integrated SaaS-based products in the payroll, human resources and time and attendance space. We create, deploy and maintain our own solutions; this requires a talented team of Developers who are excellent critical thinkers, driven to create products and solve problems. Individual drive and team collaboration are the keys to success; we feel that exceptional and inventive development comes naturally to teams that are having fun and working together. 

Reporting to Team Lead Development, the Senior Software Developer will play a key role in collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and maintain high quality, scalable, and efficient software applications for new and existing clients. Conducting code reviews and providing feedback and mentorship to other developers are key components to this position. You will get the chance to work with our top-notch team to build out and connect various interfaces, including mobile interfaces, to our Service Based Architecture. 

WHY YOU SHOULD CHOOSE PAYWORKS
  • Comprehensive employer paid benefits for you and your family and excellent pension plan with employer contributions.
  • Plenty of professional development opportunities.
  • Community-minded culture – Receive two paid days per year to volunteer and lots of opportunity to “Pay it Forward”. 
  • Time and flexibility to meet your needs – Hybrid work model with flexible work options, plus 3 weeks vacation to start, flex time and parental leave benefits.
  • Cool perks – Annual wellness subsidy, Costco membership, fun office environment and events, and more!
COLLABORATE AND INNOVATE – IT’S WHAT YOU’LL DO
  • Design and code solutions – We love to solve problems! You will take on more advanced coding problems and be involved with the design and estimation process. You will update tickets with solution details, testing notes and results, independently and with a higher level of detail and complexity.
  • Work with a cross-functional team – You will collaborate as part of a squad, and cross-functionally with other squads. You work with Business Analysts to estimate upcoming tasks with a high degree of accuracy. Providing informal guidance and mentorship to other developers on best practices and a variety of debugging and testing issues will be a key responsibility as a Senior Developer. You will also spend your time reviewing code and providing feedback to other developers on code quality, coding standards, implementation decisions, high-level design decisions, scalability, performance, sustainability, maintainability and risk.
  • Make great products even better – We build great products that delight our customers! You will monitor, maintain and support existing functionality by resolving defects and enhancing the user experience. You will participate in technical architecture discussions, where you will get the chance to take larger requirements from our Product team and determine how to build it into or application. We are user focused and motivated to deliver high quality products that exceed our customers’ expectations.  
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
  • Post-Secondary education in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 5+ years of experience as a Software Developer or in a similar position.
  • Proven experience with coding solutions in a modern procedural language such as C#, Java or C++. 
  • Knowledge and understanding of basic SQL queries; experience with Microsoft SQL Server and T-SQL Queries is an asset.
  • Experience with Microsoft .NET Core (C#), Microsoft .NET (VB), ASP.NET and Git source control is an asset.
  • Experience using a source control system and a debugging tool.
  • Strong communication, collaboration and problem solving skills.
  • Openness to give and receive constructive feedback, and a desire to improve ones own skills and make others around them better.
  • An understanding of solid coding standards and practices including basic software architecture principles.
  • Ability to execute high-level coding assignments with minimal supervision.
  • Ability to define high-level solutions for more junior team members.
  • Ability to tackle and debug complex issues or problems with code.
  • Experience with HTML and modern front-end frameworks and technologies such as Vue.js, CSS3, SCSS, JavaScript is an asset.
  • Experience with JIRA, Bitbucket, Confluence and other Atlassian tools is an asset.
  • Experience using build and packaging tools such as MSBuild/dotnet, Webpack and Grunt is an asset.
  • Experience working in an Agile environment is an asset. 

We are proud to support a Flexible Work Plan that recognizes the diverse needs and lifestyles of our people. The Senior Software Developer has the option to work fully out of the Payworks Winnipeg office or on a hybrid work model, working in the office at least three (3) days a week.

Payworks is committed to providing an inclusive, accessible environment, and collaborating with employees, clients and guests to identify and effectively remove barriers, in a manner that respects the principles of independence, dignity, integration, reasonable accommodation and equal opportunity. Payworks welcomes and encourages applications from all persons. Individuals applying for employment with Payworks may request accommodations at all stages of recruitment and employment from Human Resources.

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