Company Description

Location: 25 York Street, Toronto, Canada

Vacancy: This posting is for an existing open role at WildBrain’s Toronto office.

Hybrid work: Employees work in a hybrid model balancing collaboration in our office and remote work.

Overview

Find a job that lets your imagination run wild! WildBrain is made up of a team of innovators and creators who bring industry-leading kids’ content and brands to families globally. We inspire imagination, put creativity first, and believe in the power of storytelling. We are constantly connecting the powers of our global team, making WildBrain a collaborative, openminded and passionate environment to work in.

To work at WildBrain means you get to create stories that let imaginations run wild. Join our team today to become part of the story!

Job Description

About the Role

Reporting to the Manager – Software Engineering, a Software Engineer designs and executes technical solutions for internal development and maintenance of products and services to support WildBrain’s goals. This is a one-year position to support the development and maintenance of applications that power high-volume digital publishing and reporting workflows. This role focuses on analyzing software requirements, building and maintaining backend services, and developing integrations with third-party platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

-Software Development & Maintenance

• Analyze and interpret functional and technical requirements for new initiatives and system enhancements.

• Design, develop, and maintain Laravel/PHP applications supporting high-volume, high-performance VOD publishing workflows, reporting tools, and integrations.

• Maintain and enhance existing applications to ensure reliability, scalability, and operational stability. -System Integration & APIs

• Develop and maintain integrations with external services including YouTube and other third-party APIs.

• Design and implement middleware solutions to support integration between first-party systems, third-party platforms, and internal databases. -Collaboration & Delivery

• Work with project stakeholders to support scoping, effort estimation, and timeline planning for software development initiatives.

• Collaborate with platform engineering teams to design and deploy robust and cost-efficient workloads in AWS and private cloud environments. -Engineering Standards & Quality

• Adhere to established engineering standards, policies, and best practices for development, testing, and deployment.

• Participate in peer code reviews and contribute to continuous improvement of development practices and code quality. -Documentation & Knowledge Sharing

• Create, maintain, and validate technical and functional documentation supporting system design, development, and operations.

• Ensure documentation is accurate, complete, and aligned with engineering and project standards.

Qualifications

Skills & Experience

-What You Bring

• Experience developing and maintaining web applications usingPHP and Laravel.
• Ability to analyze software requirements and translate business needs into reliable technical solutions.
• Experience supporting bothnew development initiatives and ongoing maintenance of production systems.
• Experience building integrations withthird-party APIs and external platforms.
• Ability to design and implementmiddleware and service integrationsbetween internal and external systems.
• Experience working collaboratively withproduct managers, business stakeholders, and engineering teams.
• Familiarity withsoftware development lifecycle practices, including code reviews, testing, and version control.
• Strong written communication skills and ability to producetechnical documentation and design artifacts.
• A proactive mindset with a willingness tolearn new technologies and improve existing systems.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or related field and/or post graduate Internet related Certificate, or equivalent working experience
• 5+ years' experience developing high traffic applications with PHP (Laravel) and PHP
• 5+ years' experience with SQL, at least one DBMS, Database Design, NoSQL, performance tuning and migration/ETL
• Understanding of front-end development, libraries, and frameworks (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery UI, Bootstrap, Vue, React)
• Understanding of and comfortable working with continuous integration pipelines [Git], tools [GitHub Actions], and automation [Docker, Swarm]
• Able to adhere to and keep up to date with current and evolving best practices relating to security and development methodologies
• Strong understanding of integrating with third party web services and systems via REST APIs
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms and design patterns
• Familiarity with Big Query a plus -Nice to Have

  • Experience working withvideo publishing platforms, media workflows, or digital content distribution systems.

  • Experience integrating withcontent platforms such as YouTube APIs.

  • Familiarity withAWS or cloud-based infrastructure.

  • Experience supportinghigh-volume, high-availability applications.

  • Exposure toCI/CD pipelines, automated testing, or containerized environments.

Additional Information

What We Offer

Working at WildBrain is more than a job — it’s the opportunity to join forces with extraordinary, insightful, and imaginative people who will recognize your talents and encourage your professional growth and development in a work environment that promotes creativity and individuality. We offer competitive benefits, and we invest in our people and their future.

Total Rewards

At WildBrain, we strive for equitable and consistent pay practices within a robust total rewards framework. Compensation may vary within the same role based on experience, performance, specialized expertise, and overall impact.

Compensation: $85,000 - 95,000 CAD. Base salary is part of a comprehensive total rewards package that includes:

• Paid time off
• Retirement savings with company matching
• Comprehensive health and dental coverage, with shared premium costs from day one.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Hybrid work model

Our Hiring Process

• Initial virtual screening with our Talent Acquisition team
• Interview with the hiring manager (virtual or in person, TBD)
• Interview with 2–3 key business partners (virtual or in person, TBD)
• Role-specific assessment, where applicable

AI in Our Hiring Process

We use artificial intelligence (AI) to support and enhance the recruitment experience—for example, by organizing applications or surfacing relevant qualifications. AI is never used to make hiring decisions. All decisions are made by our hiring managers and recruitment professionals. AI tools used in our recruitment process are subject to rigorous privacy, security, and risk assessments and are applied in alignment with WildBrain’s Inclusive Hiring framework. We believe technology should enhance human judgment, not replace it.

Our Commitment

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are in our DNA. As a global leader in kids and family entertainment, we strive to reflect and honour the diversity of our audiences around the world. We believe that creating diverse and inclusive content & brands begins with fostering a culture of belonging at WildBrain. To us, a culture of belonging is one where we celebrate and welcome the diversity of all employees, stakeholders, and external partners and strive to create an environment where every individual feels valued, respected, and brings their authentic self to work.

We demonstrate our commitment to this by striving to provide a supportive work environment and a corporate culture that welcomes and encourages equal opportunities for all employees. We recognize that people bring experience and talent that goes beyond the technical skills and requirements of a job. If you possess similar experience that is close to what we’ve listed here, we encourage you to please still consider applying. We strongly believe that diverse experience, transferable skills, and passion are key! WildBrain accommodates people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. Applicants are encouraged to make their needs known in advance if accommodation is required.

About WildBrain

At WildBrain, we build and grow beloved family brands through exceptional entertainment experiences. Home to franchises such as Strawberry Shortcake, Teletubbies, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Inspector Gadget and Degrassi, we are a global leader in franchise management—bringing stories to life through content production, audience reach and consumer products. Our award-winning studio has partnered with top global platforms such as Apple TV, Netflix and the BBC, producing acclaimed series such asThe Snoopy Show, Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City, Teletubbies (2015), Yo Gabba GabbaLand!andFinding Her Edge. Through our global digital network across YouTube, FAST and AVOD, we deliver premium, broadcast-quality content to today’s kids and families wherever they’re watching—connecting brands to audiences at scale and offering advertisers one of the largest digital inventories in family media. WildBrain CPLG, our global licensing and consumer products arm, represents our own and partner brands across major territories worldwide. Headquartered in Toronto, WildBrain trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit us at wildbrain.com.

About WildBrain

At WildBrain, we build and grow beloved family brands through exceptional entertainment experiences. Home to franchises such as Strawberry Shortcake, Teletubbies, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Inspector Gadget and Degrassi, we are a global leader in franchise management—bringing stories to life through content production, audience reach and consumer products. Our award-winning studio has partnered with top global platforms such as Apple TV, Netflix and the BBC, producing acclaimed series such asThe Snoopy Show, Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City, Teletubbies (2015), Yo Gabba GabbaLand!andFinding Her Edge. Through our global digital network across YouTube, FAST and AVOD, we deliver premium, broadcast-quality content to today’s kids and families wherever they’re watching—connecting brands to audiences at scale and offering advertisers one of the largest digital inventories in family media. WildBrain CPLG, our global licensing and consumer products arm, represents our own and partner brands across major territories worldwide. Headquartered in Toronto, WildBrain trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit us at wildbrain.com.